2025 Proposal Guidelines

Dear Light My Fire Grant Applicant or Recipient:

In 2025, Light My Fire begins its 12th year of operations.  We are proud of our record of funding NGOs whose mission is to improve the lives of women and girls in developing countries.  In the past eleven years, we have funded over 70 grant proposals, donating over one-half million dollars in funds.

In light of our experience, Light My Fire is revising our grantmaking procedure.  Our new approach will focus each year on a single thematic area.  We believe this will increase our impact and ability to improve the lives of women and girls we support.

HERE IS OUR NEW PROCEDURE.

 BEGINNING IN 2025, Light My Fire will:

1)    make grants only once a year,

2)    accept proposals only from March 1 to March 31.  Any proposals that come in before March 1 or after March 31 will be discarded,

3)    limit the proposals to one theme.

HERE ARE THE SPECIFIC GUIDELINES FOR 2025.

Proposal Theme:  

All proposals in 2025 must deal with women’s and/or girls’ reproductive health,which could include any of the following: family planning, menstruation, cervical cancer, obstetric fistula, education, and any other reproductive health issue.

Proposal Format:

1)    Description of problem to be addressed (up to 250 words)

2)    Description of community to be served (up to 250 words)

3)    Time line and stages of implementation of project (up to 250 words)

4)    Description of grantee’s organization and record of activity/experience in the field of reproductive health, including former grants received and grantors (up to 250 words)

5)    Budget – requests for $5000 or less (up to 250 words)

6)    Key grantee personnel and qualifications (up to 250 words)

7)    Plans for six-month and one-year self-assessment and reporting to LMF (up to 250 words)

Proposal Submission:

All proposals must be submitted between March 1 to 31, 2025 to:  lightmyfirefund@gmail.com

Use of Word format is preferred

Awards will be announced on June 1, 2025.