A calendar of grants, resources, and funding opportunities listed by application or inquiry due date and tagged in various categories. For more information about grant, foundation, and other resources contact Laura Hennighausen at lhennighausen@purposepossible.com.
America’s Healthy Food Financing Initiative: Food Access and Retail Expansion (FARE) Fund
The America’s Healthy Food Financing Initiative (HFFI) Food Access and Retail Expansion Fund (FARE Fund) will support innovative fresh food retail and food system enterprises that seek to improve access to healthy food in underserved areas of the United States through food retail. $60 million in loans, grants, and technical assistance will be provided over five years for the predevelopment, planning, and implementation of projects aiming to increase food access, and strengthen, expand, and innovate within the food retail supply chain. Support will be provided for projects in eligible underserved geographic areas. Grants and loans are designed to be one-time investments of capital into a food retail or food enterprise project in order to address higher costs and initial barriers to entry in underserved rural and urban areas. Eligible applicants include for-profit business enterprises, cooperatively owned businesses, nonprofits, institutions of higher education, state and local governments and governmental agencies and authorities, and tribal governments and tribal governmental agencies and authorities. (State, local, and tribal governments are not eligible for loans.)
Grants will range up to $250,000 for implementation and up to $100,000 for early-stage planning, predevelopment, and technical assistance. Loans may range from $500,000 to $5,000,000.
Deadlines: October 14, 2024, and March 3 and August 4, 2025, for funding inquiry forms (Loans and technical assistance applications are reviewed on a rolling basis.)
Looking Out Foundation
The Looking Out Foundation supports nonprofit organizations nationwide that address the ever-changing needs of the human race, and focuses on empowering those without a voice. Program interests include, but are not limited to, disadvantaged youth, public health, women, the environment, the arts, community development, human and civil rights, the hungry, and the homeless.
Application deadline: February 1 and August 1, annually.
Grant amount: $1,000 to $5,000
NEA: Grants for Arts Projects
The NEA is committed to supporting excellent arts projects for the benefit of all Americans. Grants for Arts Projects (GAP) provides funding for public engagement with the arts and arts education, for the integration of the arts with strategies promoting the health and well-being of people and communities, and for the improvement of overall capacity and capabilities within the arts sector. We welcome applications from first-time and returning applicants; from organizations serving rural, urban, suburban, and tribal communities of all sizes; and from organizations with small, medium, or large operating budgets.
We fund arts projects in the following disciplines: Artist Communities, Arts Education, Dance, Design, Film & Media Arts, Folk & Traditional Arts, Literary Arts, Local Arts Agencies, Museums, Music, Musical Theater, Opera, Presenting & Multidisciplinary Works, Theater, and Visual Arts.
Applicant organizations must have completed at least 5 years of arts programming prior to the application deadline. Generally, an applicant may submit one application per calendar year.
Applicants may request an amount between $10,000-$100,000. 1:1 Cost-share/match required. Sources may include both cash and in-kind.
Deadlines: Cycle 1: March 24, 2025; Cycle 2: July 22, 2025
Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation
Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation (DRK) is a global venture philanthropy firm supporting early-stage social impact organizations solving the world’s biggest social and environmental problems with bold, scalable approaches. Support is primarily provided in Africa, Europe, India, and the United States, although projects in Latin America and Israel may be considered in select situations. DRK seeks social entrepreneurs with dynamic products or services that have a proven ability to positively impact the lives of underserved people. DRK supports these organizations at the early stages by providing capacity, capital, and community. Capacity support includes operational and technical support, both through a hands-on board service role and specialist capacity-building resources. Capital of up to $300,000 USD over a three-year period is provided as either unrestricted grant funding or investment capital. Nonprofit organizations (U.S. 501(c)(3) organizations and non-U.S. equivalents) and mission-driven for-profit entities are eligible to apply.
Application deadline: None
Geographic scope: Primarily Africa, Europe, India, and the United States
Moderna Charitable Foundation Grants
his funding opportunity supports organizations that promote public health, improve access to quality healthcare, advance scientific education and innovation, and advocate for diversity and inclusion, especially in underserved populations. Established in 2022, the Moderna Charitable Foundation aims to benefit local and global communities through these grant-making priorities. Grants are available to 501(c)(3) organizations within the United States and similarly, organized nonprofit organizations outside the U.S.
Regions Bank Community Engagement Program
The Regions Bank Community Engagement Program provides support to nonprofit organizations in communities served by Regions, including locations across the South, Midwest, and Texas. Support is provided for programs in the following areas: community and economic development, with a focus on affordable housing, job creation, small business development, homebuyer education and retention, and neighborhood revitalization and stabilization; education and workforce readiness, including student competency and skill building, college and career readiness, educational access and success, credential building and employment, and educator training and resources; and financial wellness, with a focus on financial education, financial planning tools and resources, and asset-building. No deadline.
Geographic scope: Communities served by Regions, including locations in AL, AR, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KY, LA, MO, MS, NC, SC, TN, and TX
Southface Institute's GoodUse program
GoodUse provides matching grants for nonprofits to upgrade facilities, reduce utility costs, and reinvest in their mission—all with the support of expert technical assistance to ensure impactful, lasting results. Nonprofit sustainability upgrades, like efficient HVAC systems and LED lighting, create healthier, more comfortable spaces for staff, volunteers, and constituents. GoodUse empowers nonprofits to have a lasting impact on the environment and the communities they serve.
GoodUse now funds Southeast states, Mid-Atlantic states, and SW Florida.
Deadlines are ongoing. Next deadline is April 11, 2025.
The Lawrence Foundation
The foundation makes grants to US based qualified charitable organizations. To date we have funded organizations that address the following areas of interest:
Environment (US headquartered organizations operating programs in the US or elsewhere in the world),
Human Services
Disaster relief (US headquartered organizations responding to disasters in the US or elsewhere in the world on an occasional basis),
Other (US headquartered organizations operating programs in the US or elsewhere in the world).
Nonprofit organizations that qualify for public charity status under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code or public schools and libraries are eligible for contributions or grants. There are no geographical restrictions. Grants typically range between $5,000 - $10,000.
A completed application must be submitted online, using the Common Grant Application, by midnight Central Time (CT) on either April 30 or October 31.
International Paper Foundation
The International Paper Foundation provides support in the United States in the communities where the company operates. (Memphis, TN, funding requests are by invitation only.) Areas of interest include education, with a primary focus on literacy, particularly from birth through 3rd grade; hunger, including food banks and other agencies addressing hunger and food security for children, families, and seniors; health and wellness, with a focus on promoting healthy living habits and improving health and wellness; and disaster relief, including helping communities prepare for and to recover from natural disasters. Nonprofit organizations are eligible to apply. Some municipal, county, state, and federal entities (such as a school district or fire department) are eligible if an affiliated tax-exempt organization acts as a fiscal conduit.
North Carolina GlaxoSmithKline Foundation
The North Carolina GlaxoSmithKline Foundation supports programs in North Carolina that help advance science, health, and education. The Foundation’s Traditional Grants support nonprofit organizations working to help meet the educational needs of today’s society and future generations. The focus is on providing seed funds for new and worthwhile educational programs. Supported programs should benefit a large geographical region or provide a statewide impact. The Foundation also provides support through Ribbon of Hope Grants of $50,000 for projects furthering science, health, and education in local communities in North Carolina. These grants are intended to offer organizations an opportunity to develop a pilot or new initiative or to grow and expand or enhance an existing program.
Traditional Grants must be $25,000 or greater; Ribbon of Hope Grants are $50,000.
Application deadline: January 1, April 1, July 1, or October 1, annually, for Traditional Grant inquiries and for Ribbon of Hope Grant applications.
Santander Bank Charitable Giving Program
The Santander Bank U.S. Charitable Giving Program aims to help low- to moderate-income communities within the Bank’s northeast and Florida retail banking footprint address key community development needs. Grants support community development in the following areas: affordable housing, small business development and job creation, financial education, first-time homebuyer education and down payment and closing cost assistance, career counseling, job training and workforce development, neighborhood revitalization and disaster relief, and human welfare and community service programs.
Application deadline: April 11 and July 18, 2025, for letters of inquiry
The Meyer Foundation
In 2025, the Meyer Foundation will make available rapid response funding to current core grantee partners to address emergent and urgent challenges and opportunities that surface throughout the year. With our commitment at the intersection of racial justice and systems change, these one-time, $10,000 or $20,000 grants will continue to support movement building, mobilization, and power building around causes or issues that promote racial justice through advocacy, organizing, and/or coalition building.
Work funded through these rapid response grants must be based in DC, Maryland, or Virginia, or have multi-jurisdictional or regional impacts.
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Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: Exploring Equitable Futures
Exploring Equitable Futures call for proposals is designed to support projects that seed new and unconventional ideas that could radically advance health equity for generations to come.
RWJF aims to fund projects that:
Explore the future by researching and experimenting with ideas that are ahead of the curve or at the edge of our collective imagination;
Shine a light on the emerging trends and forces that are shaping our future for better or worse—and suggest ways to navigate them to mitigate harm and advance health equity;
Dream big and challenge conventional wisdom to surface possibilities and uncover new paths to dismantle structural racism and build a more equitable future.
W.K. Kellogg Foundation
Education, health, food and workforce systems are intertwined with community efforts toward racial equity and racial healing in serving what children need to thrive. We aim to support holistic solutions across these integrated systems. Funding available across the United States, with generational commitments in Michigan, Mississippi, New Mexico and New Orleans.
Our application process is always open. Submit a letter of inquiry (LOI) through Fluxx.
The Ricks-Wheeler Fund at The Cathedral of St. Phillip, Atlanta
The proceeds of the Ricks-Wheeler Fund are designated to support programs and activities which minister to persons living with HIV/AIDS.
Grants from the Ricks/Wheeler fund are not restricted to Episcopal or other faith-based organizations. However, it is important to the grants review committee to understand how the grant will be used to carry out the gospel service to which we are called. Please make sure your letter explains to us how the grant provided will carry out both the intent of the donor—ministry to persons with HIV/AIDS—and this gospel call to service.
Family Medicine Cares USA
Family Medicine Cares USA (FMC USA) provides monetary grants of up to $25,000 to help new free clinics open their doors. Applicants for a new clinic FMC USA grant must have opened or will open within six months of the application deadline, received or are in the process of receiving the National Association of Free and Charitable Clinics Seal of Excellence, has an AAFP member in a leadership role within the clinic, and met the specified criteria as stated in the Grant Guidelines and Requirements below.
The priority of FMC USA is to support the opening of new free clinics. However, if funds are available, FMC USA also provides grants up to $10,000 to existing clinics to help care for the uninsured in their communities. Grant applications are accepted from clinics who have an AAFP member in an active leadership role within the organization and meet the specified criteria as stated in the Grant Guidelines and Requirements below. Priority will be given to clinics with an AAFP member serving as medical director and to those who have Family Medicine residents and/or medical students involved as volunteers.
Norfolk Southern: Thriving Communities Grant
The Thriving Communities Grant Program is designed to promote economic development, support vibrant community life, and provide equal access to basic necessities. All grant recipients must be located within the Norfolk Southern territory. Grants are awarded for specific projects and programs only, not for general operating support.
Organizations must operate in Norfolk Southern’s 22-state network and the project or program must be located within 30 minutes of NS main line.
Decolonizing Wealth Project: Youth Mental Health Fund
Decolonizing Wealth Project is excited to launch a new culturally responsive care fund focused on supporting and expanding mental health care for youth in the United States, prioritizing access for LGBTQ+ youth and youth of color. The fund will redistribute a minimum of $15 million in grants over three years starting in 2025. Proposals demonstrating youth engagement and voice in strategy and program development will be prioritized. Organizations should have a track record of supporting youth from a variety of backgrounds, including BIPOC and LGBTQ+.
There are two grant types organizations can apply for:
Anchor Grants: General operating support grants ranging from $100,000-$250,000 for youth mental health organizations or projects that have been operating for 5 years or more with organizational budgets over $2,000,000.
Opportunity Grants: 1) General operating support grants ranging from $30,000– $100,000 for organizations or projects that have been operating for less than 5 years; or 2) Project-specific grants for new innovative solutions, pilots, convenings, one-time special opportunities, etc.
The Liz Blake Giving Fund
Leveraging a two-generation investment model, the Liz Blake Giving Fund partners with like-minded funders, nonprofits, and researchers to collectively address key points of vulnerability that perpetuate cycles of economic immobility for Atlanta’s children and their families.
Proposals may be considered if they address one of three issue areas:
Early Childhood Education (ECE)
Financial Empowerment and Workforce Development
Mental and Behavioral Health for Mothers and Children
NASDAQ Quarterly Grant Program: Empowering entrepreneurs and investors
Driven by Nasdaq’s Purpose to advance economic progress for all, the Nasdaq Foundation works with organizations that promote & support under-resourced communities by reimagining investor engagement and equipping communities with the financial knowledge needed to share in the wealth that markets create. The average size of a grant made by the Foundation is $75,000.
JustPax Fund
The JustPax Fund provides financial and logistical support to individuals and organizations working for effective change in the realm of gender justice, environmental justice, and/or economic justice. Through monetary grants, JustPax invests in projects and initiatives that bring innovative and novel approaches to justice advocacy, research, and implementation. We anticipate awarding up to $600,000 in grant funding this year.
The JustPax Fund welcomes proposals that seek to create space for critical inquiry, generating awareness, and promoting solutions to some of the most complex societal challenges facing the global community. The JustPax Fund seeks to bolster the capacity of passionate and creative agents for change by providing the financial resources necessary for their work.
McDonald’s Golden Grants
The Golden Grants program aims to help education and non-profit organizations that serve children from ages 5 -18, including those in grade levels K-12.
Grants are available for each area in the amounts of:
$20,000
$10,000
$1,000
Qualifying activities include the following, as long as need is demonstrated:
Arts activities
Education initiatives
Mentorship and empowerment programs
After-school programs
Community service
Sports activities
Technology
Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta: Extra Wish
Extra Wish funding is intended to support unique and tangible items beyond an organization’s operating budget, especially for small or mid-sized organizations. Extra Wish is a resource for those “hard to fund” things that make an impact for staff, volunteers or people the organization serves. Through this program, donors have given grants for everything from backpacks to snakes, and baby monitors to washing machines.
Extra Wish provides monetary contributions for specific expenses (not staff or general operations) that contribute in a clear way to the success of organizations and the populations they serve. Extra Wish requests cannot exceed $10,000. Inclusion in Extra Wish is not a guarantee of funding - creative, compelling and innovative requests have the best chance of receiving support from a Community Foundation donor.
Ecolab Foundation Grants
To qualify for a community grant from the Ecolab Foundation, a 501(c)(3) organization must fall within one of our four strategic areas and deliver services in the St. Paul, MN area where our corporate office is located, or in one of Ecolab U.S. regional communities where we have larger operations.
Focus Areas of Giving:
Youth and Education: programs that promote youth development, particularly for youth who have been traditionally underserved
Civic & Community Development: affordable housing, work readiness, crisis assistance and hunger relief
Environment & Conservation: hands-on environmental learning programs; conservation and environmental organizations, with a focus on water
Arts & Culture: arts education for children and youth as well as support for museums and the performing arts
2025 Gainbridge Assists
In honor of the $5,000 check Billie Jean King used to start the Women’s Sports Foundation® 51 years ago, Gainbridge®, Parity, and the WSF will award 32 total grants of at least $5,000 each, totaling $222,000, to organizations and Parity Athletes dedicated to advancing girls and/or women in sports and/or education. In addition to the community grants, a $50,000 grant will be awarded in Billie Jean King's honor to one standout organization.
Organizations and Parity Athletes* are encouraged to apply for a grant. To be considered for a grant, applicants must:
Focus on supporting girls and/or women in sports and/or education
Be located in the U.S.
Be able to share their impact through storytelling and social media
Implement the grant in November 2025
The Racial Equity to Accelerate Change (REACH) Fund
For this year’s RFP, the REACH Fund will continue our approach to accelerating change, with a focused eye toward supporting not just practitioners, but practitioner-led organizing. We’re looking for practitioners organizing within and across movements, especially those whose work builds power, deepens solidarity, and shapes new ways of being.
We are offering a range of funding amounts so practitioners can request what actually makes sense for where they are. Applicants may apply for anywhere from $30,000 to $150,000 over two years.
South Arts: Cross-Sector Impact Grants
The value of partnership and working together across sectors brings new opportunities, increased effectiveness, and greater depth to our collective work. Through this program, South Arts seeks to provide significant support to projects developed by partners that harness the power of “Arts & …” (these are projects at the intersection of arts and other sectors).
Over the next three years, South Arts is committed to one community impact area – Health and Wellness. Eligible projects must focus on the “Arts & Health and Wellness” theme - for example, arts & mental wellness or arts & physical health. Matching grants of up to $15,000 will be awarded to support approximately 18 projects. We anticipate funding these 18 projects for three grant cycles and expect applicants to commit to the collaborative work for a three-year duration. Funding will be awarded in three separate fiscal years with streamlined, grant renewal forms submitted for cycles two and three. Matching grants of up to $10,000 will be awarded to continue or advance the project with the same two partners in cycles two and three.
The Elevance Health Foundation
The Elevance Health Foundation will prioritize funding for programs that improve clinical health outcomes for individuals with diet-related conditions and increase access to nutritious foods for populations experiencing food/nutrition insecurity.
Elevance Health will consider proposals from qualified organizations across the U.S. with an emphasis on:
National programs- Promoting scalable and sustainable systemic change. OR Local programs- Implementing relevant interventions in California, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Missouri, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Texas, and Virginia.
Grant Program Goals: Improving clinical outcomes for individuals with diet-related conditions experiencing high social riskIncreasing access to nutritious foods for populations experiencing high social risk and food/nutrition insecurity
City of Atlanta: HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM
The City of Atlanta’s Department of Grants and Community Development (DGCD) is pleased to announce that it is seeking applications for funding to address challenges faced by low-income to moderate-income residents, homeless residents, and overall community development in the City of Atlanta for the FY 2025 entitlement funding received from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for the HOME Investment Partnerships Program (HOME).HOME provides formula grants to states and local governments, which are often used in partnership with nonprofit organizations, to support a range of eligible activities. These include building, purchasing, and rehabilitating affordable housing for rent or homeownership, as well as providing direct rental assistance to low-income households. HOME is the largest federal block grant exclusively dedicated to the creation and preservation of affordable housing for low-income individuals and families.
HOME Investment Partnerships Program NOFA Walkthrough on Wednesday, June 25, 2025 @ 2:00PM. (Attendance Required to Apply)
The AmeriHealth Caritas Foundation
The AmeriHealth Caritas Foundation is dedicated to preventing and mitigating adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), which will help drive positive outcomes for children's health and help set a stronger foundation for a lifetime of wellness. In addition to preventing and mitigating ACEs, it promotes protective and compensatory childhood experiences (sometimes referred to as “PACEs”), which can counteract the effects of ACEs.
Grants are made based on three pillars:
Empowered families
Healing behaviors
Access to health care
The Foundation expects to make one-year project-specific grants totaling up to $1.945 million, with awards ranging from $100,000 to $250,000.
The LOI includes general information, financial information, and a narrative for the proposed program or project (1,000 words maximum).
USDA: Local Food Promotion Program
LFPP offers four types of projects, 24-month Planning, 36-month Implementation, 24-month Turnkey Marketing and Promotion, and 24-month Turnkey Recruitment and Training. Planning projects range from $25,000 to $100,000, while implementation projects range from $100,000 to $500,000. Each of the turnkey project options is available for a defined set of activities, with funding amounts ranging from $50,000 and $100,000.
Eligible entities may apply if they support local and regional food business enterprises that process, distribute, aggregate, or store locally or regionally produced food products.
The program requires cost share contributions in an amount equal to 25 percent of the total Federal portion of the grant.
CFGA 2025 Housing Stability Grant
The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta is offering grants focused on Housing Stability for 2025, with particular emphasis on eviction prevention and services for individuals and families experiencing homelessness. Eligible focus areas include, but are not limited to:
Eviction prevention services and financial assistance
Legal support for housing instability
Homelessness services (transitional housing, shelters, rapid rehousing)
Permanent supportive housing
Fair housing education and advocacy
Tenants' rights education and advocacy
Award range: $20,000 - $50,000
Geographic focus: Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Fulton, and Gwinnett counties (Policy work may address statewide initiatives)
Hunger to Health Collaboratory 2025 Prizes for Innovation
The Hunger to Health Collaboratory (H2HC) is calling for applications for its 2025 Prizes for Innovation. We will award two $100,000 prizes to organizations advancing health equity for youth through food and nutrition policy change. New this year, in collaboration with Newman’s Own Foundation, we will also award four $25,000 prizes to organizations working in nutrition education and school food and Indigenous food justice for youth.
Shipt: Accessible food grants
Shipt is accepting applications for the Community Impact & Innovation Grant program, supporting nonprofits working to ensure that all people, regardless of zip code, have access to fresh, nutritious, and culturally relevant food.
We invite nonprofits leading community-driven solutions aligned with our 2025 impact areas to apply. Applications are open to eligible 501(c)(3) nonprofits nationwide, with priority given to organizations serving the following metro areas: Birmingham, AL; Detroit, MI; Dallas, TX; Baltimore,MD; and Phoenix, AZ.
This year, we’re investing in two high-impact program models that address food insecurity and strengthen community access to fresh, nutritious foods:
Teaching Farms: Innovative programs that strengthen the relationship between impacted communities and access to sustainable urban agriculture systems and production
Mobile Markets: Markets on wheels that bring, distribute, and sell food in sustainable, scalable, and community-centered ways in places impacted by food and economic insecurity
The East Lake Neighborhood Community Association Grants
The East Lake Neighborhood Community Association annually gives grants to support 501c(3) nonprofit organizations and schools serving residents of the East Lake community (Atlanta/Decatur, Georgia).
Proposed activities must directly support residents of East Lake/Kirkwood/Edgewood/Oakhurst and/or NPU-O, with a focus on supporting one or more of our primary giving pillars: Community Wellbeing, Education & Youth Development, and Environment and Animal Welfare. Eligible orgs must have an annual operating budget of $1m or less, and/or haven't received funding from ELNCA in the past twelve (12) months.
USDA Agricultural Marketing Service: Regional Food System Partnerships (RFSP)
RFSP funds regional coalitions working to coordinate food systems and align cross-sector efforts.
RFSP offers two types of projects, 24-month Planning and Design and 36-month Implementation and Expansion Projects. Planning and Design projects range from $100,000 to $250,000, while Implementation and Expansion projects range from $250,000 to $1,000,000.
USDA Agricultural Marketing Service: Local Food Promotion Program (LFPP)
LFPP Focuses on intermediaries (aggregators, distributors, processors) in local/regional food chains.
LFPP offers four types of projects, 24-month Planning, 36-month Implementation, 24-month Turnkey Marketing and Promotion, and 24-month Turnkey Recruitment and Training. Planning projects range from $25,000 to $100,000, while implementation projects range from $100,000 to $500,000. Each of the turnkey project options is available for a defined set of activities, with funding amounts ranging from $50,000 and $100,000.
USDA Agricultural Marketing Service: Specialty Crop Block Grant Program (SCBGP)
The purpose of the Specialty Crop Block Grant Program (SCBGP) is to enhance the competitiveness of specialty crops. Specialty crops are defined as “fruits, vegetables, tree nuts, dried fruits, horticulture, and nursery crops (including floriculture).
Use of funds: market expansion, technical assistance, research, environmental mitigation, access for underserved producers.
USDA Agricultural Marketing Service: Farmers Market Promotion Program (FMPP)
This grant supports direct-to-consumer sales (farmers markets, CSAs, agritourism, online platforms).
Use of funds: tech upgrades, food safety certifications, marketing, on-farm food waste reduction, value-added production.
FMPP offers four types of projects, 36-month Capacity Building, 36-month Community Development Training and Technical Assistance, 24-month Turnkey Marketing and Promotion, and 24-month Turnkey Recruitment and Training. Capacity Building projects range from $50,000 to $250,000, while Community Development Training and Technical Assistance projects range from $100,000 to $500,000. Each of the turnkey project options are available for a defined set of activities, with funding amounts ranging from $50,000 and $100,000.
Together Women Rise
Through our Featured Grants Program, Together Women Rise provides funding to organizations that empower and support women and girls in low-income and marginalized communities in the Global South. We feature a different organization/project each month, providing extensive learning materials on the project and the issue being addressed, and promoting it through our nationwide chapters, website, newsletters, and social media. Grantees are assigned to be featured in a specific month based on an issue area and geography.
Levitt Foundation: Music Series Grants
The Levitt Foundation is inviting proposals from U.S.-based nonprofits to present a Levitt Music Series in 2026, 2027 and 2028. These multi-year matching grants of up to $40K/year (up to $120K total) will activate underused public spaces, ensure access to the arts and strengthen the social fabric of communities through creative placemaking, bringing people together of all ages and backgrounds through free, outdoor concert series.
Henry Len DeFoor Charitable Trust
The Henry Len DeFoor Charitable Trust provides grants to organizations for the purpose of supporting small parks, playgrounds or other recreational centers. Preference is given to small parks, playgrounds or other recreational centers located within the City of Atlanta, GA and Fulton County, GA, though other locations within the metropolitan Atlanta area may be considered. Types of support include: Program support, Equipment purchases and Supplies.
Vilcek Foundation
The Vilcek Foundation invites applications for grants to support nonprofit organizations that work with immigrant artists and communities, and that promote diversity in the arts, sciences, education, and humanities. A portion of the foundation’s grants are identified and initiated directly by the Vilcek Foundation.
The Good Troublemaker Neighborhood Grants
The Good Troublemaker Neighborhood Grants will identify and support community-based organizations that are committed to the same ideals shared by Congressman John Lewis. These grants will be given to organizations with a proven track record of making a difference in their communities.
This grant program focuses on three key areas: Education, Social Justice, and the Environment. Grants are available to eligible 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations that operate and provide services from Congressman Lewis’ district. Eligible organizations will have an annual revenue of $500,000 or less. These grants aim to support community-based programs that foster positive change, advance democracy, and empower communities guided by truth, integrity, and moral clarity.
Selected community-based organizations will be honored at the Good Trouble Gala May 29, 2025.
Metropolitan Atlanta Arts Grant
The purpose and goal of the Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta’s Metropolitan Atlanta Arts grant is to support and provide resources to strengthen independent arts organizations with annual operating budgets between $25,000 and $2 million. These creative enterprises promote public access and encourage the breadth of arts and cultural programming in our metro Atlanta community. These general operating support grants are intended for programming and operations to allow organizations to increase public engagement as well as provide access to various forms of art across the region.
Max grants of $7,500 for first time grantees and $5,000 for returning grantees.
UpTide Accelerator (through 92NY)
UpTide (through 92NY) will serve a cohort of five nonprofit leaders (Executive Directors / Presidents / CEOs) from diverse, community-building organizations looking to significantly scale the impact of their programs.
UpTide is dedicated to combating the "Crisis of Community"— the growing disconnection and disaffiliation at the root of many societal challenges. Your organization should address the Crisis of Community through your mission and programming.
Program Impact: Your organization directly serves at least 500 people or a meaningful proportion of your community. You must have implemented at least one proven intervention with at least one year of positive impact data that demonstrates that you are achieving the desired outcome.
Applicants must be confident that they can attend all sessions. To receive the $5,000 unrestricted grant, you must attend all virtual sessions, NYC Week, and Showcase Day.
Women's Sports Foundation: Sports 4 Life
Sports 4 Life is a national effort to increase the participation and retention of African-American and Hispanic girls, ages 11-18, in developmental youth sports programs. Through education, public awareness and grants to organizations nationwide, Sports 4 Life seeks to effect sustainable improvement to the overall health and development of girls in these communities.
Funding can be used for coaching, curriculum, equipment, uniforms, transportation, facility rental, tournaments and/or team-building activities, all while fostering the Sports 4 Life benefits: leadership, self-esteem, confidence and perseverance.
Kubota’s Hometown Proud community grant program
Kubota’s Hometown Proud community grant program will invest in communities across the country by awarding 10 grants in 2025. Each grant is valued at $50,000 (includes $25,000 cash and $25,000 equipment voucher). The grant program has helped fund various projects across the country, from building agricultural education centers to revitalizing community gardens to support initiatives that make a lasting impact on a local level.
Downtown Rising Outreach and Navigation and Rapid Rehousing
The Downtown Rising Program is accepting applications for the Outreach & Navigation and Rapid Rehousing programs in the city of Atlanta.
Outreach & Navigation
This funding opportunity seeks agencies to provide outreach and navigation services for up to 120 households, using trauma-informed strategies to engage individuals and support transitions out of homelessness. Agencies must monitor encampments with a harm-reduction approach, educate unsheltered individuals about housing resources, and enroll clients in Coordinated Entry within 72 hours of consent. They should assist with obtaining necessary documents, maintain engagement with clients, and create by-name lists for tracking and prioritization. Agencies will advocate for clients, facilitate stable housing transitions, work flexible hours, and provide transportation for housing placements.
Rapid Rehousing
This funding opportunity seeks agencies to provide rapid rehousing services for up to 120 households, including providing case management and timely payment of all rental and utility assistance for all enrolled participants. Agencies must offer proactive, home-based case management, secure ongoing utility services, and assist clients in obtaining key documents. They should help clients access mainstream benefits while increasing income and developing individualized housing stability plans. Agencies must support clients in transitioning to self-sufficiency or other subsidies, facilitate communication with property management, mediate tenant issues, and assist with furnishing units and securing food resources.
The Larch Creative Fund
The Larch Creative Fund, in conjunction with the Spruill Center for the Arts, is seeking project proposals for innovative projects that encourage creative and critical thinking through the arts, with a focus on having fun and encouraging community participation and related activities. A total of $50,000 will be awarded to artists or organizations. Grant funding will be awarded commensurate with the project scope and impact, in amounts determined at the discretion of the jury committee. Individual artists, collaborations, and nonprofit organizations are encouraged to apply.
The Anxiety & Depression Initiative: 2025 Get Out & Get Active Grant
The Anxiety & Depression Initiative, Inc (The ADI) is seeking proposals for the Get Out and Get Active Grant, which supports innovative projects that explore and/or promote the mental health benefits of physical activity in the community. We are seeking proposals that facilitate, advocate for or research the benefits of physical activity to improve mental health outcomes, including reducing stress, anxiety, and depression, introducing an active lifestyle, and enhancing a general sense of well-being. Our goal is to advance effective strategies that promote physical activity as a mental health intervention across diverse populations and settings.
The ADI offers grants of up to $10,000 to support projects that promote the mental health benefits of physical activity.
NFL Foundation Grassroots Program
The NFL Foundation Grassroots Program provides non-profit, neighborhood-based organizations with financial and technical assistance with the goal of improving the quality, safety, and accessibility of local football fields. The NFL Foundation Grassroots Program provides grants of up to $250,000 for capital improvement projects.
Threshold Eligibility and Qualification Requirements:
Open to community-based organizations, middle schools or high schools serving a neighborhood consisting of low- and moderate-income families and individuals.
Be located within the NFL Target Markets outlined in the RFP.
Charlie’s Heart Foundation
Charlie’s Heart Foundation provides support to nonprofit organizations based in North Carolina for holistic programs that promote the mental and emotional well-being of families in underserved and under-resourced communities. Preference is given to nonprofits that have an operational budget of less than $3 million. Support is provided for specific program expenses, though operating expenses may be considered when directly related to program staffing and overhead.
Geographic scope: North Carolina
Grant amount: $5,000 to $15,000 for first-time applicants
Kentucky Fried Wishes Grant Program – Improving Health & Wellbeing
The KFC Foundation will award $10,000 grants to 100 nonprofit organizations, totaling $1 million, to fund actionable projects that improve health and wellbeing in local communities. Eligible projects include initiatives such as creating mobile health clinics, upgrading playgrounds, improving domestic violence shelters, and providing accommodations for individuals with disabilities.
Organizations must be based in the United States and serve individuals within the U.S., operating on a local level or as an affiliate or chapter of a larger organization that operates locally. Projects must directly benefit the surrounding community, with preference given to those that can be completed within 6-12 months.
PEDIGREE Foundation
The PEDIGREE Foundation provides grants to shelters and rescues across the country to increase dog adoption. Program Development Grants support initiatives aimed at increasing adoption rates, with funding available in the following categories: foster programs that place dogs in temporary, loving homes; behavior programs that focus on socialization, training, and stress relief; and transport programs that help organizations move dogs from overpopulated areas to regions with better adoption opportunities. In addition, one grant may be awarded through the Dogs rule.™ Grant program to support an innovative best practice initiative focused on increasing adoption rates in the areas of foster, behavior, or transport. This grant includes additional requirements, such as potential speaking engagements and the creation of a toolkit. U.S.-based 501(c)(3) animal welfare shelters and rescues are eligible to apply. (The Foundation also offers Disaster Relief Grants of up to $5,000 throughout the year.)
Program Development Grants range from $10,000 to $15,000. The Dogs rule.™ Grant is $50,000 a year for two years.
Council on Library and Information Resources: Recordings at Risk
Recordings at Risk provides support in the United States for the preservation of rare and unique audio, audiovisual, and other time-based media through digital reformatting. Grants cover the costs of preservation reformatting for fragile or obsolete time-based media content by qualified external service providers. Eligible media may include, but are not necessarily limited to, magnetic audio and video tape, grooved discs, wax cylinders, wire recordings, and film (with or without sound). The program encourages professionals who may be constrained by limited resources or technical expertise to take action against the threats of degradation and obsolescence. Applicants must be U.S. nonprofit academic, research, or cultural heritage organizations. Indian tribes, Alaska native villages, regional corporations, and village corporations are also eligible to apply, as are cultural heritage-focused government agencies.
Grant amount: $10,000 to $50,000
Speedway Children's Charities
Through a variety of events and fundraisers held throughout the year, each SCC chapter raises funds to be distributed in their local communities. These funds are distributed in the form of one-time grants among worthy non-profit organizations that address the needs of children.
SCC Chapters: Atlanta, Bristol, Charlotte, COTA, Dover, Las Vegas, Nashville, New Hampshire, North Wilkesboro, Sonoma, and Texas Grants
The J.M.K. Innovation Prize
The J.M.K. Innovation Prize seeks to identify and support bold problem-solvers leading transformative, early-stage projects in the fields of heritage conservation, the environment, and social justice.
In 2025, we will award up to 10 Prizes, each including a cash award of $150,000 over three years and $25,000 in technical assistance funds. Awardees will also receive guidance through the Fund’s resource network, accessing hands-on training and support to help turn their ideas into sustainable growth and impact.
The Cigna Group Foundation: Improving Youth Mental Health Grant
The Cigna Group Foundation is committing $9 million over three years to improve the mental health of youth (ages five to 18) as it relates to post-pandemic stress and distress. This commitment includes support for their parents, caregivers, and youth service professionals like educators and therapists.
We are focused on investing in solutions that address mental health concerns early, and strategically offer programming, intervention, and access to care in schools and related settings in underserved communities. Nonprofit partners must align to at least one of these grant program goals:
Increase reach of programming that fosters social-emotional skills and well-being.
Increase the number of parents, caregivers, and youth service professionals who feel equipped to support.
Increase pathways to mental health intervention and access to care.