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.
Bloomberg Philanthropies: Asphalt Art Initiative
Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Asphalt Art Initiative provides support for arts-driven street redesigns that improve safety, revitalize public spaces, and engage local communities. The Initiative’s current funding round will award ten grants of up to $100,000 each, as well as provide on-call technical assistance and impact evaluation support, to cities in Canada, Mexico, and the United States with populations of 50,000 or more. The focus is on large-scale projects that will make important streets safer and more accessible, create significant new public spaces, or enact other similarly transformative roadway redesigns. Applicants must include a lead city agency which is the primary government agency with oversight of the project. Applicant teams are encouraged to include collaborative partners, such as other city agencies, nonprofit community or arts organizations, or individual artists or consultants.
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.)
Dept. of Agriculture: Heritage Site Protection
USDA Forest Service is looking seeking assistance in the protection and management of significant cultural resources on public lands through its Heritage Program. This initiative aims to foster co-stewardship between USDA Forest Service, and historic preservation focused partners to assist the agency to manage, preserve and share our history for public enjoyment and professional use. The agency works with other land management agencies, local communities, interested publics, and Tribes to ensure agency actions address cultural sensitivities and priorities.
This outreach of interest (OOI) functions as an outreach mechanism to cultivate relationships and connect with potential partners. This OOI is intended to solicit responses to explore future projects meeting the needs and interests of potential partners through partnership agreements within legislative authority with USDA Forest Service. Submission signals an opportunity for USDA Forest Service to explore with you your ideas/projects/programs and federal funding opportunities.
NEA Big Read: Matching Grants Facilitate Community Reading Programs
NEA Big Read, an initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest, is a national program that offers matching grants of up to $20,000 to support community-wide reading programs in the United States. The grant helps bring communities together around the shared activity of reading and discussing the same book. Each applicant organization selects one of 22 available books from the NEA Big Read library; engages with community partners to develop, conduct, and promote engaging literary and artistic programs that illuminate the book and theme; and offers events and activities related to the theme and chosen book. The theme for the 2025-26 cycle is “Our Nature: How Our Physical Environment Can Lead Us to Seek Hope, Courage, and Connection.” Nonprofit arts organizations, universities, libraries, service organizations, museums, school districts, and tribal governments are eligible to apply.
Grant amount: $5,000 to $20,000
Application deadline: January 23, 2025, for intents to apply, and January 30, 2025, for applications.
South Arts: Cultural Sustainability program
Cultural Sustainability, an initiative of The Wallace Foundation in partnership with the six U.S. Regional Arts Organizations, is designed to provide general operating support and collaborative learning opportunities for arts organizations rooted in communities of color with annual operating expenses under $500,000.
Cultural Sustainability acknowledges the invaluable contributions arts and cultural organizations of color make in our communities and the broader cultural landscape. Funded in part by the Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta, South Arts’ program will strive to promote equity, diversity, and inclusion within the arts sector while learning how organizations that have historically been underrepresented advance sustainability.
South Arts will award approximately twelve organizations located among the nine-state service area with general operating grants.
The Caplan Foundation for Early Childhood
The Foundation is an incubator of promising research and development projects that appear likely to improve the welfare of young children, from infancy through 7 years, in the United States. Funding is provided in three areas: Parenting Education, Early Childhood Welfare, and Early Childhood Education and Play.
The Foundation employs a two-step grant application process that includes the submission of both a Letter of Inquiry (LOI) and a Full Proposal–the latter only by those applicants requested to do so.
The Stranahan Foundation’s Early Childhood Education Grants
The Stranahan Foundation’s Early Childhood Education grantmaking program focuses on increasing access to high-quality early care and education for young children (birth to five), especially those from low-income families, by investing in developing and retaining a high-quality, thriving early educator workforce.
The spring 2025 funding cycle will support nonprofit organizations and projects focused on advancing our Innovation and Proven Professional Development strategies.
Applicants may request funding up to $500,000, paid over three years. However, only proposals that include multiple collaborators or take a systems-based approach are anticipated to receive funding at the highest level.
Justice Outside: Rooting Justice Grant
The Liberated Paths grantmaking program aims to help build a more equitable outdoor and environmental movement by centering the strength, joy, and leadership of communities of color. We know that the communities who have persevered through systemic racism bring resilience, creativity, and lived experience that can help transform the movement. By offering flexible funds and capacity building*, the Liberated Paths Grantmaking Program seeks to embody grantmaking that is built on trust, relationships, and support.
The total grant amount requested for a period of two years should be no less than $50,000 and no more than $100,000. Approximately 50% of the total subawards are going to disadvantaged communities with an emphasis on Indigenous-led projects.
Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis throughout 2025 until all funds have been awarded. We have priority application deadlines scheduled for March 7, 2025 and August 15, 2025.
Home Depot: Veteran Housing Grants
The Foundation's Veteran Housing Grants Program awards grants to nonprofit organizations for the new construction or rehabilitation of permanent supportive housing for veterans. Only physical construction of housing for veterans (hard costs) is covered. THDF does not provide funding for furnishings, rental subsidies, tenant services, etc. THDF’s grant funding must be comprised of less than 50% of the total development cost of the project/program and the target population of honorably discharged veterans must be at or below 80% AMI.
Deadlines: March 3rd for determination by August 2025 and July 3rd for determination by December 2025.
Awards typically range from $100,000 to $500,000.
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
The Nature Conservancy: Connectivity, Climate, Communities Fund
The Nature Conservancy is currently offering two grant programs as part of its Connectivity, Climate, Communities Fund to protect and conserve the Appalachian region and New York. The Resilient and Connected Appalachians Grant Program provides grants of up to $100,000 for fee and easement land acquisition projects throughout the Appalachians. Projects must include lands that are mapped as part of the Resilient and Connected Network. Geographic scope: The Appalachians landscape area of AL, CT, GA, KY, MA, MD, ME, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, SC, TN, VA, VT, and WV.
Specific to New York, the Climate Resilience Grant Program provides up to $50,000 for fee and easement land acquisition projects that connect with important floodplains and shorelines, as well as for organizational capacity building, planning, and strategy development that ultimately increases resilience to climate change for people and nature. For both programs, nonprofit 501(c)(3) conservation and community organizations, municipalities, Tribal Nations, and local and state agencies are eligible to apply.
NEA: Grants for Arts Projects
The NEA is committed to supporting 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, Folk & Traditional Arts, Literary Arts, Local Arts Agencies, Media Arts, Museums, Music, Musical Theater, Opera, Presenting & Multidisciplinary Works, Theater, and Visual Arts.
Deadlines: Cycle 1: February 13, 2025; Cycle 2: July 10, 2025
National Dance Project Production Grant
The National Dance Project (NDP) supports the creation and U.S. touring of new dance projects and connects artists, cultural organizations, and audiences across the nation. NDP Production Grants are made to projects led by professional choreographers or companies to support the creation and U.S. touring and/or sharing of a new dance project.
Production Grants are awarded to 20 dance projects annually through a competitive two-stage application process. Artists/choreographers and/or companies apply to receive a package of support that includes:
$45,000 for the creation of a new dance project
$10,000 in general operating support for the artist/company
$10,000 for production residency and/or community engagement plans
$35,000 to support a U.S.* tour** of the work
Creation funds and general operating funds are paid directly to the artist/company or their fiscal sponsor to cover expenses related to making the new dance project during the creation period (defined as the period from the receipt of funds to the premiere of the performative work). Works may not premiere before October 1, 2025.
The JAMS Foundation/ACR Initiative for Students and Youth
This JAMS Foundation-ACR Initiative seeks to provide financial support for conflict resolution education and training (CRE) for Pre-K through 12th grade students and youth. The populations to be served by the funding streams will be both (1) youth in Pre-K through 12th grade age range and (2) adults working with these youth populations in ways that directly transfer CRE skills for adults to the youth populations.
It is anticipated that for each designated subject area, 1-2 applicants will be selected each year to receive Year 1 grant funding of up to $20,000 to support their efforts to develop, refine, or expand programming in that subject area. Grant recipients may also be eligible for Year 2 funding of up to $40,000, contingent upon the satisfactory achievement of Year 1 benchmarks and goals.
Impact100 DC
Impact100 DC is an all-volunteer women’s philanthropic community dedicated to improving lives in the Greater Washington, DC area by collectively funding transformational grants to local nonprofit organizations. The Impact100 model is designed for transformational grant-making within local communities, with a minimum grant size of $100,000.
Grant focus areas include arts and culture, environment/preservation and recreation, education, family, and health and wellness.
NewSchools Venture Fund
NewSchools Venture Fund envisions an education system that keeps its promise to all students. Through NewSchools 2025 funding opportunity, $10 million is available for innovators and educators working to reimagine education in the United States. Support is provided to early-stage organizations and new initiatives within existing organizations in the following areas: new, innovative public schools that support students to develop a strong academic foundation and skills needed for success in life; learning solutions, including tools, content, and models focused on K-8 foundational literacy and numeracy; teaching reimagined, including solutions that evolve how educators work, engage caregivers and community experts, and leverage genAI; and learning differences, including enhancing teaching and learning for students with diagnosed and undiagnosed learning disabilities. The focus is on creating new possibilities and a just future for all students, especially those furthest from opportunity. One-year, unrestricted grants ranging from $150,000 to $250,000 are provided, as well as one-on-one coaching, access to national experts, and connections with peer organizations.
National Independent Venue Foundation: Emergency Relief Fund
The NIVF Emergency Relief Fund (ERF) is dedicated to providing economic relief to independent, live performance venues and promoters, both for-profit and nonprofit, across the United States experiencing a critically severe emergency due to circumstances beyond their control.
The ERF is a crucial initiative for NIVF and uniquely aligns with its mission to preserve and nurture our national independent, live entertainment community. The Emergency Relief Fund holistically covers unforeseeable situations beyond recipients’ control, including but not limited to natural disasters, natural hazards, manmade disasters, or acts of terrorism.
Applications accepted on a rolling basis.
CareSource Foundation
The CareSource Foundation funds programs that improve health outcomes and conditions for low-income, underserved populations in states where CareSource does business, including Arkansas, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, West Virginia, North Carolina, and Michigan. The Foundation focuses on the following priority areas: supporting health education and promoting healthy habits; improving maternal, infant, and child health; 21st century workforce development; and neighborhood and downtown redevelopment in Dayton, OH. Pilots and partnerships with local and national nonprofits that align with the focus areas and foster learning and innovation are particularly of interest. The Foundation seeks to support organizations that deploy innovative solutions, address root problems, engage the community voice in the solution, and aim for meaningful improvements to health and wellness.
No deadline.
The Smart Family Fund Targets Impactful Early-Stage Nonprofits
The Smart Family Fund’s mission is to discover, support, and mentor emerging U.S. nonprofit organizations and their leaders, providing the necessary backing to help them succeed. The Fund focuses on early-stage nonprofit ventures that have the potential to make a significant impact on the world, but that have yet to demonstrate the efficacy needed to acquire large-scale funding. Early-stage, U.S.-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations are eligible to apply. Applicants must be able to clearly articulate how they will demonstrate the efficacy of the intervention, quantify the potential positive impact in the world, and communicate how the organization is differentiated and better than other ecosystem players.
Grant amount: $25,000 to $100,000. No deadline.
Temper of the Times Foundation
he Temper of the Times Foundation promotes the use of standard marketing concepts to increase awareness about wildland conservation and restoration initiatives in the United States. Recognizing that organizations working to protect the environment in general have limited access to paid media, the Foundation provides funds to underwrite advertising designed to promote the conservation and restoration of native wildlife, plants, and ecosystems anywhere in the U.S. The Foundation also supports earned media campaigns and other efforts to communicate about conservation and restoration initiatives and actions. Grants may be used to fund the production of print, radio, or television ads; pay for advertising space or airtime; or produce or distribute pamphlets, books, videos, or press packets.
Grant amount: Typically $5,000 to $15,000.
Save America’s Treasures program from the Historic Preservation Fund
The Save America’s Treasures program from the Historic Preservation Fund provides grants for preservation or conservation work on nationally significant properties and collections through two types of grants: preservation and collection grants. Work to historic districts, buildings, sites, structures, and objects will be funded through preservation grants, and collection grants support conservation work on nationally significant collections, including artifacts, museum collections, documents, sculptures, and other works of art.
National Partnership for Student Success: Community Collaboration Challenge
The National Partnership for Student Success (NPSS) Community Collaboration Challenge supports collaborations to scale, expand, or pilot evidence-based, people-powered student supports in communities across the country. The Challenge seeks to connect schools and districts with local organizations that provide high-quality tutors, mentors, student success coaches, wraparound and integrated student support coordinators, and post-secondary transition coaches in their communities. Preference will be given to applicants addressing chronic absenteeism in their communities and applicants engaging high school students in NPSS-aligned roles (e.g., high school students supporting their younger peers as tutors, mentors, etc.). Eligible applicants include nonprofit organizations, school districts, city or state agencies, and higher education institutions. Both local and state-level collaborations will be supported.
Grant amount: $5,000 to $10,000
Department of Health and Human Services: Grants to Promote Maternal and Child Health Capacity Building
The purpose of the Partnership for National Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Leadership program is to support national organizations in building the capacity of state MCH programs, urban MCH programs, Healthy Start programs, and maternal, infant, and early childhood home visiting programs to achieve the long-term goal to improve national MCH health outcomes and reduce associated disparities by better serving specific populations and awardees.
Brooks and Joan Fortune Family Foundation
The Brooks and Joan Fortune Family Foundation was established to support education and the arts. While the Foundation has historically supported nonprofit organizations in Florida and Indiana, requests from around the country are considered. The Foundation primarily supports education, art, and outreach programs and projects. In general, the Foundation desires to support specific activities that result in a defined outcome rather than general operating funds or fundraising campaigns.
Applications may be submitted between April 1 and December 31, annually.
People With Disabilities Foundation
The mission of the People With Disabilities Foundation (PWDF) is to provide education and advocacy for people with psychiatric and/or developmental disabilities so that they can achieve equal opportunities in all aspects of life. PWDF provides grants to nonprofit organizations in the United States for work to integrate people with psychiatric and/or developmental disabilities into the whole of society. Grants are provided for advocacy, education, vocational programs, and other areas of particular impact to people with psychiatric and/or developmental disabilities. Applicant organizations must have been in operations a minimum of three years.
Grant amount: $5,000 to $12,500
All Kids Play: Youth Sports Grants
The mission of All Kids Play is to increase quality youth sports participation in the United States by providing financial assistance to families and communities that lack sufficient resources and provide education on safe and healthy sports-related play. All Kids Play’s Youth Sports Grants for organizations support nonprofit organizations, school sports programs, or government-run programs (i.e. community park districts) in low-income communities that provide community-based recreational level sports for kids in grades K-12. (Grants for individuals are also provided.)
No deadline.
National Endowment for the Humanities
The Media Projects program supports the development, production, and distribution of radio programs, podcasts, documentary films, and documentary film series that engage general audiences with humanities ideas in creative and appealing ways. Projects must be grounded in humanities scholarship and demonstrate an approach that is thoughtful, balanced, and analytical. The program offers two levels of funding: development and production.
Optional draft deadline: December 4, 2024
Hearst Foundations: Culture, Education, Health, and Social Services
The Hearst Foundations fund nonprofit organizations to ensure that people of all backgrounds in the United States have the opportunity to build healthy, productive, and satisfying lives. The Foundations’ major areas of focus are culture, education, health, and social services. Funding is provided for approaches that create sustainable employment and productive career paths for adults, improve health and quality of life, increase academic achievement through access to high-quality educational options, promote the arts and sciences, and support family stability and self-sufficiency. The Foundations support well-established nonprofit organizations that operate with audited expenses of greater than $2 million and that primarily serve large demographic or geographic constituencies.
Action for Women’s Health
Pivotal, a Melinda French Gates organization, has launched Action for Women’s Health, a $250 million global open call that will fund organizations around the world that are improving women’s mental and physical health. Eligible organizations serve women and have a record of improving women’s mental or physical health. They should center equity in their approach and be poised to scale their work to strengthen the health of more women. Organizations from around the world are invited to apply.
After applications are submitted, they will undergo Administrative Review to confirm basic eligibility, followed by Participatory Review by other applicants.
In May-June 2025, organizations top-rated by their peers will advance to a second round of review by an external Evaluation Panel. Following a final round of due diligence, Pivotal will select awardees from among the organizations top-rated by their peers and external evaluators, giving each awardee flexible funding between $1 million and $5 million USD. Action for Women’s Health awardees will be announced by the end of 2025.
MIT Solve: Truist Foundation Inspire Awards
Through the Inspire Awards, Truist Foundation and MIT Solve seek innovative nonprofit solutions that improve resources and wraparound services for adults who are in the middle or late stages of their careers seeking reskilling, upskilling, and career navigation support. The Awards will support nonprofits serving within the Truist footprint, including AL, AR, DE, FL, GA, IN, KY, MD, MS, NJ, NC, OH, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA, DC, and WV. Supported services can include wraparound services for unemployed and underemployed individuals on their journey to economic mobility, including transportation support, childcare, mentorship, mental health services, and more; coalition building to generate greater buy-in and support for workforce navigation efforts across diverse sectors and stakeholders; career navigation enabling workers to navigate their career choices more easily; and upskilling and reskilling training opportunities for those transitioning between careers or facing unemployment.
15 semi finalists will receive a $10,000 award and six finalists will be selected for a $250,000 first place award, a $150,000 second place award, and four $25,000 runner-up awards. Additionally, one of the six finalists will also receive the $75,000 audience favorite award.
The Malone Family Foundation
The mission of the Malone Family Foundation is to promote positive changes in the lives of people, who in turn can build and enhance the communities in which they live. The Foundation primarily supports organizations and programs whose beneficiaries reside in the state of Alabama, while organizations and programs in the states of Florida and Georgia will be considered to a limited extent. Support is provided for initiatives that improve the quality of education and the motivation and self-esteem of students from pre-kindergarten through higher education. The Foundation has an especially strong interest in supporting innovative endeavors that lead to a better-educated population and a higher standard of living. The focus is on programs and projects designed to prevent or solve problems and create opportunities, rather than meet basic needs. 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations are eligible to apply.
Georgia Music Foundation Grant
Georgia Music Grant applications for music programs taking place in 2025 will go live at georgiamusicfoundation.org on Oct. 1, 2024 and will be accepted through Nov. 1, 2024. Grant recipients will be notified by Dec. 15, 2024 and awards will be disbursed in January 2025.
Eligible applicants include K-12 schools (public, private and charter) and non-profit organizations with IRS 501(c)3 status. The music programs must fall under one of the three categories below, with preference given to music education programs in rural or underserved communities:
Music Education
Music Preservation
Outreach
GEICO Philanthropic Foundation
the GEICO Philanthropic Foundation strives to support organizations that provide programs and resources to help strengthen our diverse communities across the country. The Foundation’s interests include Education, Community (Financial literacy, Food insecurity, Environmental conservation, Animal welfare and advocacy, and Health and wellness initiatives), and Promoting Equity.
The Andrew Family Foundation Junior Board Grants
The Andrew Family Foundation Junior Board seeks to fund qualified Section 501(c)(3) organizations whose purpose is aligned with our mission statement and is focused on positively impacting the lives of youth. Our preference is to support well-established organizations with 5 or more years of operating experience unless a Board Member has familiarity with the organization. Additionally, to ensure that our support will provide a more significant impact, we are interested in organizations with a budget of less than $5 million. We are highly interested in funding grants designated for a specific purpose or specific project that will have a direct impact on the target population.
Interested grantseekers will be required to complete and submit an online letter of inquiry for consideration.
Atlanta Fulton County Recreation Authority
As a Board of Directors initiative, AFCRA will make available funds to be used for grants and donations that align with the goals of creating a better recreational experience for all Atlanta and Fulton County citizens.
AFCRA accepts grant application via the grant portal from October 1st through December 31st each year. The grant requests will be reviewed during the months of January and February. Decisions and granting of funds will occur in the month of March.
To be considered for funding, each online submission shall include a Request for Grant and Proposal (“RFGP”) document.
CNX Foundation
CNX Foundation provides support in urban and rural communities facing socio-economic challenges within the Appalachian Basin where CNX operates, including Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia. Areas of interest include food security, children’s health and wellness, broadband and information technology access, recidivism and re-entry, domestic abuse awareness, the opioid epidemic, career awareness and technical/vocational training, and water quality safety and awareness. (The Foundation’s Dream Fields initiative also provides grants to rehabilitate and revitalize sports fields across the Appalachian Basin.) Grants are reviewed on a quarterly basis. The next application period is open from October 1 to November 30, 2024.
Delta Dental Community Care Foundation Senior Oral Health Partnership 2025 Request for Proposals (RFP)
The Delta Dental Community Care Foundation (DDCCF) works with nonprofit partners across our enterprise to increase access to oral health care, fund oral health education and support organizations that serve vital needs in our communities. Through this grant opportunity, The Delta Dental Community Care Foundation will dedicate up to $5 million in grant funding over five years to a collaborative of organizations serving a defined geographic community. Application is open to collaborating organizations based and operating in the states of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, or Georgia. The selected partnership will work together to address the pressing issue of senior oral health access in their communities and from a systems-change perspective.
National Science Foundation: Discovery Research Pre-K-12 program
The goal of the Discovery Research Pre-K-12 program is to catalyze research and development that enhances all pre-K-12 teachers’ and students’ opportunities to engage in high-quality learning experiences related to the sciences, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). The program’s objectives are to build knowledge about how to develop pre-K-12 students’ and teachers’ STEM content knowledge, practices, and skills; support collaborative partnerships among STEM education researchers, STEM education practitioners, and school leaders with the goals of extending relevant scientific literature while developing more effective practice; and build the field of STEM education by supporting knowledge synthesis, interdisciplinary interactions across fields and stakeholders, and the development of novel and robust ways of assessing teacher and student learning, engagement, and skills.
National Endowment for the Humanities: Public Humanities Projects program
The Public Humanities Projects program supports projects that bring the ideas of the humanities to life for general audiences through public programming. Projects must engage humanities scholarship to analyze significant themes in disciplines such as history, literature, ethics, and art history. The focus is on projects that are intended to reach broad and diverse public audiences in non-classroom settings in the United States. Project categories include exhibitions, historic places, and humanities discussions. Grants are available for planning and implementation.
Optional draft due: December 4, 2024. Deadline: January 8, 2025.
AKC Humane Fund: Women’s Shelters Grant
The AKC (American Kennel Club) Humane Fund’s Women’s Shelters Grant program provides financial assistance to domestic abuse shelters in the United States that accept pets. Preference is given to nonprofit organizations that provide temporary or permanent housing for victims of domestic abuse and their pets. Nonprofit organizations that provide housing for victims’ pets (pet shelters) and have a working relationship with at least one shelter for victims of domestic abuse are also eligible to apply. Grants are awarded for essential operational support relating to the housing of pets or capital improvements specifically for the housing and maintenance of pets. Rolling deadline.
Charles Stewart Mott Foundation: Support Promotes Education, the Environment, and Civil Society
The Charles Stewart Mott Foundation works to promote a just, equitable, and sustainable society. The Foundation’s civil society program provides grants internationally to support national, regional, and global-level organizations working to protect the space for civic engagement, enhance community philanthropy development, and increase access to justice in communities around the world. The education program funds projects in the United States to expand learning opportunities and support for children, particularly those from low‑ and moderate-income communities. The environment program primarily funds organizations in the Great Lakes region, but also makes grants to selected organizations in other countries to help ensure that international investment and trade support sustainable development and reduce environmental degradation. The Flint area program funds a broad range of projects in the city of Flint and Genesee County, Michigan. No grants (except in the Flint area) are made for local projects unless they are part of a Foundation-planned national demonstration or network of grants. The Foundation is open to new ideas and projects, but funding for unsolicited requests is very limited. Rolling deadline for LOIs.
Cedar Tree Foundation: Rooted in Justice, Youth-Led Urban Greening Programs
The Cedar Tree Foundation’s Rooted in Justice funding program helps amplify youth voices and actions in the environmental and food justice movements. The program supports community-based organizations in the Southeast, Midwest, and Mid-Atlantic that manage established, youth-led urban greening programs within a justice framework as a core part of their work. Support is provided for organizations, groups, collectives, and programs that work with young people between the ages of 12 to 20 in youth-led programming for communities or cultures which have historically or currently experience a lack of access to land or nature, agricultural oppression or neglect, food apartheid, and other forms of injustice. Preference is given to organizations or programs with a budget of less than $800,000 that are majority-led by people who identify as BIPOC or of the global majority. Up to four two-year grants of $20,000 to $25,000 per year will be provided.
Geographic scope: AL, AR, DE, FL, GA, IL, IN, IA, KY, LA, MD, MI, MN, MS, MO, NJ, NC, OH, PA, SC, TN, VA, WV, WI, and DC
SBP: SHARE Program
SBP is a national organization dedicated to helping communities shrink the time between disasters and recovery by rebuilding homes, increasing resilience, and improving policies. SBP’s SHARE Program, which supports nonprofit organizations to help meet recovery needs, is currently providing support through the following programs:
The National Long Term Recovery Grant provides funds to nonprofit organizations to support repairs for homeowners who reside in a FEMA Individual Assistance declared county and that have been impacted by a presidentially declared disaster in the last four years. Grantees will also assist impacted individuals in receiving the maximum eligible awards from FEMA, the Small Business Administration, and their insurance companies.
The Preparedness and Resilience Micro Grant funds nonprofit organizations supporting individuals in areas at high risk for extreme weather or climate change impacts. Supported resilience and preparedness measures may include minor fortifications of homes as well as wider community preparedness and disaster response efforts, such as preparedness and emergency kits or training events.
For both programs, priority is given to organizations serving immigrants, migrants, refugees, Indigenous, and communities of color.