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.
Peoples Bank Foundation
Application deadlines: Applications are reviewed quarterly. Visit the Foundation’s website for the upcoming application deadlines.
Geographic scope: Communities within the Peoples Bank footprint in OH, WV, KY, VA, DC, and MD, as well as Burlington, VT; Excelsior, MN; and Lee’s Summit, MO
The Peoples Bank Foundation provides support to nonprofit organizations working to improve the quality of life for individuals and families within the Peoples Bank footprint of Ohio, West Virginia, Kentucky, Virginia, Washington D.C., and Maryland, as well as Burlington, VT; Lee’s Summit, MO; and Excelsior, MN. Support is provided for local programs that help low- to moderate-income individuals and families. Areas of interest include community investment and economic development, youth and education, health and human services, arts and culture, and the environment.
Humanities DC Capacity Building Grant
The Capacity Building Grants fund capacity building projects that help humanities-focused nonprofit organizations advance their mission and serve DC’s communities.
Applicants will propose distinct capacity building projects, such as identifying a communications strategy, improving volunteer recruitment, ensuring thoughtful leadership succession, updating a nonprofit’s technology, or improving how it measures its outcomes, that will build the capacity of their organization to effectively deliver its mission.
Eligibility: non-profit organizations with a humanities-focused mission and annual budgets of less than $2 million
Award Amount: Up to $25,000
Application Deadline: May 1, 2024
Grant Period Begins: July 1, 2024
Grant Period Ends: April 30, 2025
HumanitiesDC Youth in the Humanities Grant
Youth in the Humanities grants provide general operating support to humanities-focused organizations that work primarily with young people ages 11 to 19.
Eligibility: DC-based humanities-focused, youth-serving nonprofit organizations
Award Amount: Up to $25,000
Application Deadline: May 1, 2024
Grant Period Begins: July 1, 2024
Grant Period Ends: April 30, 2025
Doris Duke Foundation
The Performing Arts Technologies Lab is both a grant and a support system designed to expand access to and nurture new methods for creating, sharing and experiencing the performing arts. The Doris Duke Foundation (DDF) is looking for innovative ideas in jazz, contemporary dance and theater that make use of new digital tools and production methods.
Selected projects will proceed through a series of development phases, beginning with the articulation of a basic concept and culminating, for some proposals, in a fully funded implementation. Support will combine financial resources with technical assistance. Participants will be expected to participate in a series of virtual and in-person meetings that will be programmed to facilitate shared learning and exchange.
For more information and before submitting an application, please closely review the request for applications document.
Care Quest: Veteran Oral Health, Expanding Access and Equity
Through the Veteran Oral Health: Expanding Access and Equity Request for Proposals (Veteran Oral Health RFP), CareQuest Institute is seeking to fund projects and partner with organizations that are working to address system-level barriers to oral health for veterans. CareQuest Institute prioritizes proposals that reflect the applicant’s authentic commitment to meaningfully and consistently engage members of the veteran community in the planning phase and throughout their proposed project. Compelling and aligned projects should be driven by, or collaborate with, individuals and/or organization partners representative of rather than “on behalf of” people involved in the veteran community.
CareQuest Institute will fund 10 projects for up to $125,000 each.
RRF Foundation for Aging Accepting LOIs
RRF Foundation for Aging focuses on improving the quality of life for older people. Priority areas are (1) caregiving, (2) economic security later in life, (3) housing, and (4) social and intergenerational connectedness. Next LOI deadline is 5/1. Grants tend to be $50k to $500k+ but no specified range.
Dept. Of Justice: The Second Chance Act Community-Based Reentry Program
The Second Chance Act Community-Based Reentry Program seeks to help community-based nonprofit organizations and federally recognized tribal governments to enhance or implement evidence-based responses to improve reentry, reduce recidivism, and support successful transitional planning for individuals who are currently, or were formerly, involved in the criminal justice system. Supports and services can include, but are not limited to, service coordination and tracking; gender-specific and trauma-informed programming and services; individual or group mentoring; peer support; educational, literacy, and vocational services; substance use and mental health disorder treatment and recovery services; connections to physical healthcare; services to support family reunification and restoration; assistance in providing or making referrals for safe and affordable housing; civil legal services; and staff training.
Grants.gov deadline: April 29, 2024
JustGrants deadline: May 6, 2024
Newman's Own Foundation: Food Justice for Kids
The Food Justice for Kids Prize, an initiative of Newman’s Own Foundation, will provide up to $1 million in total funding over two years to nonprofits, public schools, and tribes working to advance food justice for children in the United States. Funds will be provided for projects that support community-based direct service, ecosystem and community power building, and sustainable practices that drive 1) food justice for Indigenous children or 2) enhanced nutrition education and nutritious school food. Eligible applicants include 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations, federally recognized tribes and Indian tribal governments, public schools and school districts, governmental entities or affiliated organizations, and organizations with a fiscal sponsor.
Grant amount: Up to $100,000 over two years.
Ribbons of Hope—Invest in Women
Ribbons of Hope—Invest in Women is dedicated to making a positive impact on the lives of women and children. Each year Ribbons of Hope awards one $100,000 grant to a nonprofit organization in Georgia that promotes education, health, economic independence, social well-being, or human rights for women or their children. The grant may be used for special projects or capital improvements that can be sustained by the organization after the grant allocation. Applying organizations must have been in operation for at least three years with a consistent operating budget of $500,000 or more annually.
The Presbyterian Committee on the Self-Development of People (SDOP)
The Presbyterian Committee on the Self-Development of People (SDOP) aims to empower economically poor, oppressed, and disadvantaged people who are seeking to change the structures that perpetuate poverty, oppression, and injustice. Support is available to groups in the United States that are oppressed by poverty and social systems, want to take charge of their own lives, have organized or are organizing to do something about their own conditions, and have decided that what they are going to do will produce long-term changes for their lives or communities. Projects must utilize some combination of the SDOP core strategies to promote justice, build solidarity, advance human dignity, and advocate for economic equity. In addition, projects must be presented, owned, and controlled by the group of economically poor people who will directly benefit. (Internationally, applications are accepted from Panama, and work is done in Guatemala, Nicaragua, and Nigeria through intermediary partners.)
There are no deadlines.
The Americana Foundation’s Early American Art and Heritage Projects
The Americana Foundation’s American Heritage program area supports projects and programs throughout the United States that seek to broaden the inclusivity of early American art and the early American historical narrative to “tell the full story of” the American experience. The Foundation seeks to support organizations and projects that elevate those whose perspectives have been traditionally underrepresented, especially people of color, Indigenous people, and women. Examples of eligible projects include interpretation or reinterpretation of art, decorative arts, or other objects of early American material culture (“Americana”) and their placement on public display for the appreciation and understanding of present and future generations; internships, fellowships, apprenticeships, and other career development opportunities for people interested in the curation, conservation, preservation, or restoration of Americana; and exhibits, visual media, interactive experiences, and other educational programs that contribute to better understanding or “tell the full story” of the American experience.
Grant amount: Typically $10,000 to $25,000
Concept letters and grant applications are accepted on a rolling basis and reviewed quarterly.
RedefinED Clayton County Community Engagement Grant
Our first investment in Clayton County aims to support strengthening family and community engagement for K-12 public education. The grant fund will allocate $100,000 towards family and community engagement programming that empowers families with tools and knowledge to support their child’s learning and education experience. The grant is open to grassroots organizations, public schools serving Clayton County students, and the Clayton County School district.
Partnering with families and the community is essential to driving student outcomes and providing equitable education. We believe family and community engagement is one factor that will help advance our mission of every child in every community receiving a great K-12 public education.
IOLTA/ Georgia Bar Foundation
The GBF Board of Trustees reviews grant applications from qualified organizations and may award funds to be used for one or more of the following purposes:
Supporting legal services for Georgians who lack access or are experiencing poverty
Aiding children involved in the justice system
Improving the administration of justice
Promoting professionalism in the practice of law
Providing legal education to Georgia’s children
Providing educational programs for adults in order to advance understanding of democracy and our government
Gas South Impact Investment Grant
Gas South is committed to giving 5% of our profits to children in need in the areas of basic needs, education and illness/disability. If you are a 501c3 non-profit organization that serves children age 0-21(ish), in one of the areas above, we would like to invite you to apply for funding. The application will be available on our website March 11, 2024. Scroll down the page to the Impact Investment Application button in ORANGE. The application opens March 11th and closes (5pm) April 19th, 2024. Applications are reviewed and vetted by a committee of trained employees. Two organizations in each area (basic needs, education, illness/disability) will be selected as finalists for funding. Gas South employees, along with the public, will vote for their favorite non-profit. The top 2 organizations overall will be awarded funding. Finalists will be notified in May and winners will be announced in early July.*If your organization received an impact investment in 2022, or 2023, you are not eligible to apply. Organizations that receive funding in 2024 are not eligible to apply again until 2027.A few tips for applying:
These applications are reviewed by a committee of employees. Remember who your audience is when you are filling out the application. The more concise, the better. More story and less data. This is not a traditional foundation or grant application.
Direct, clear and specific information around what you will use funding for has typically been more successful in the past. (i.e. our organization needs $40k to a purchase a van to transport food. This van will allow us to expand our service territory to 2 new counties and roughly 200 families.)
Be transparent and honest – if your organization needs funding for operations/overhead, that is fine! Just tell the story of why it is needed and what the impact would be if you received that operational support. If your organization does not have capacity for volunteers, that is fine! Explain other ways employees can engage (attend events, provide in-kind donations, leverage social media, serve on your board, etc.).
Things to Note:
Organizations can apply for any amount of funding – requests can range from $1k - $100k+. Last year we awarded $100k investments.
Gas South invites the public to vote for the winners. We open it up as a social media campaign. Our team creates the content and finalists are encouraged to use this content to share with their own networks.
Funding is unrestricted and can be used over the course of multiple years.
Organizations may submit up to 3 separate applications. If you have initiatives/programs that impact more than one focus area (basic needs, education, illness/disability), you may submit separate applications for each.
The applications can be saved and returned to – you do not have to fill it out all at the same time. After you complete the application, a pdf copy will be emailed to you.
The application is roughly 2 pages. The first page is your contact information, and the second page is around 8 questions. It should not take you hours to complete.
If you currently receive funding from Gas South outside of this process and you are awarded funding, any current funding will not be impacted.
Wilhelm Family Foundation
Geographic scope: National, but with emphasis on California
The Wilhelm Family Foundation supports nonprofit arts organizations with the goal of helping improve the quality of life of artists and creative communities nationwide. While applications are welcome from across the U.S., the majority of grants support organizations in California. The Foundation’s mission is to help expand artists’ access to resources by supporting organizations working to make creative expression, experimentation, public programming, and discourse accessible to all people, artists and non-artists alike. Grantmaking focuses on nonprofit arts organizations of all types and sizes, with an interest in organizations and programming that prioritize diversity, inclusiveness, community, and freedom of speech. Organizations that utilize art and programming to engage diverse, marginalized, at-risk, or underserved communities of all kinds are of particular interest. Generally, the Foundation’s grants are given to small nonprofit organizations that use their staff, programming, and resources to further dialog around creativity, cultural issues, and environmental and social justice issues, towards the benefit of artists as well as the communities in which they operate.
RedefinED A.R.I.S.E. Grant
The Atlanta Reimagining and Innovating for Schools Everywhere (A.R.I.S.E.) Fund is our commitment to participatory grantmaking. Community members participating in our nine-month ARISE Fellowship program learn about the levers that drive systemic change for all of Atlanta’s children, including access to funding.
The 2024 ARISE Fund is a one-year $150,000 fund aimed at supporting Atlanta Public Schools’ goal of career and college readiness for middle and high school students within the Carver Cluster. The goal of the investment is to provide wrap-around support that helps students excel academically, leads to student achievement, and global impact at home and beyond. Wrap-around services include:
Summer learning and experiences that develop curiosity, skills, and knowledge (i.e. Work-based learning)
Out-of-school/after-school learning (i.e. literacy support, tutoring, discovery, and exploratory project/problem-based learning)
SAT/ACT and ASVAB prep and support
Financial Literacy and Entrepreneurship
Mentorship and apprenticeship for college and career (ie. Technical and trade opportunities)
The grant criteria, application, issue area of focus, and community of impact were developed and selected by community members participating in the A.R.I.S.E. Fellowship.
NEXT for AUTISM
NEXT for AUTISM is committed to enhancing the lives of adults with autism throughout the United States. NEXT for AUTISM’s 2024 grant cycle will support both autistic-led and community-based organizations and initiatives. Grants fund programs supporting the transition from school into adulthood for individuals with autism in the following three areas: home, addressing the need to design or develop and maintain high-quality living environments for adults with autism; work, addressing the need for autistic adults to gain and retain paid employment; and social, including supporting autistic adults to make connections, build relationships, and establish friendships. Nonprofit organizations working in the United States that have an interest in building or starting innovative programs, services, or models of service delivery with measurable impact or outcomes are eligible. Preference is given to low-income and limited-resource communities.
Womens Sports Foundation: Sports4Life
The Women’s Sports Foundation advances the lives of women and girls in the United States through sports and physical activity. The Foundation’s Sports 4 Life program seeks to increase the participation and retention of girls of color in sports. Funded programs must serve predominantly Black, African American, Hispanic, and Native American girls (representing more than 70% of the enrolled program participants) and deliver structured, developmental sports programming to girls ages 11 to 18 through experienced and committed leadership. In general, applicants should be nonprofit schools, parks and recreation departments, nonprofit organizations, or amateur sports leagues. Funding can be used for coaching, curriculum, equipment, uniforms, transportation, facility rental, tournaments, and team-building activities.
Grant amount: $10,000
Rocket Foundation: 2024 SPARK Grants
10 grants of $10K will be awarded to high-impact organizations that are helping build an ecosystem of gun violence prevention and reduction in Atlanta. These micro-grants will support evidence-based initiatives addressing community gun violence. We highly encourage all organizations that are eligible to apply, either to get support for an existing program or to pilot an initiative.
Open to nonprofits focused on advocacy, research, and/or (in)direct delivery services.
NBCUniversal Local Impact Grants
The Comcast NBCUniversal Foundation, NBC and Telemundo owned television stations will fund organizations that are doing work in three specific areas: Youth Education and Empowerment, Next Generation Storytellers and Community Engagement. These grants are general operating grants, and your application will be reviewed based on your overall work and impact in your local community.
In 2024, NBCUniversal Local Impact Grants will award $2.5 million to nonprofit organizations in 11 NBC and Telemundo owned television station markets. The grant program will provide unrestricted funds to eligible nonprofits with total expenses between $100,000 and $1,000,000.
Race Forward and Americans for the Arts are seeking proposals for: Cultural Week of Action on Race and Democracy (CWA)
The first annual Cultural Week of Action on Race and Democracy (CWA) will take place September 27 to October 5, 2024. Race Forward and Americans for the Art are excited to sponsor select projects to encourage deep, bold, and long-term change. Through a competitive process, 12-15 local communities that represent the diversity of our country will receive $25,000-$40,000 for cultural organizers and community partners to design and implement projects that align with the theme of Building the Bigger We. This is an opportunity to deepen commitments to racial justice and inclusive democracy through cultural activities.
Participation in the CWA will also be encouraged and open to organizations not requesting funding.
TD Charitable Foundation: Regional Grants
Application deadline: Applications are accepted on a bimonthly basis; upcoming deadlines are December 22, 2023, and February 16, 2024.
Geographic scope: Communities TD Bank serves
Grant amount: The minimum amount is $5,000.
The TD Charitable Foundation provides support to nonprofit organizations to improve the quality of life in the communities TD Bank serves, which include specific counties of CT, DE, DC, FL, ME, MD, MA, NH, NJ, NY, NC, PA, RI, SC, VT, and VA. (A list of eligible counties is available in the online application.)
The Foundation primarily funds programs aligned to one or more of the following areas: better health, with a focus on research, technology, and innovative solutions that improve access to care for all; connected communities, with a focus on increasing access to the opportunities people need to participate and feel a sense of belonging in their community, including arts and culture; financial security, including early learning, income stability, financial literacy, and affordable housing; and vibrant planet, including clean economic growth that supports the transition to a low-carbon economy and activating green spaces.
Special consideration will be given to organizations delivering programs that support diverse and historically underserved communities and to programs that support low- to moderate-income individuals with services that improve the quality of life.
WES Mariam Assefa Fund: Elevating Migrant Leadership Funding Opportunity
The WES Mariam Assefa Fund, the philanthropic arm of World Education Services, is committed to building an inclusive economy that works for immigrants and refugees. The Fund’s Elevating Migrant Leadership: Building Inclusive Futures Funding Opportunity seeks proposals from organizations in the United States that are elevating the voices and leadership of immigrants and refugees. Support will be provided to organizations that work with immigrants and refugees who are seeking to develop civic leadership and advocacy skills so they can more effectively influence the development of programs and policies that affect them and their communities.
Seven selected awardees will receive $100,000.
ArtsHERE
New Initiative Aims to Boost Arts Participation for Underserved Groups
Geographic scope: United States, including U.S. territories
Grant amount: Grants ranging from $65,000 to $130,000 each will be awarded to approximately 95 organizations.
ArtsHERE, a new grantmaking initiative from the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with South Arts and in collaboration with the five other U.S. Regional Arts Organizations, supports increased opportunities for arts participation in the United States.
ArtsHERE will invest in a range of projects from organizations throughout arts and cultural ecosystems that have demonstrated a commitment to equity within their practices and programming and undertaken consistent engagement with underserved groups and communities. Examples of commitment to equity include programming reflective of the community served, planning activities that are inclusive of diverse voices, and having undertaken consistent engagement with underserved groups and communities that have rich and inspiring artistic and cultural contributions to share.
Grants will be provided for specific projects to strengthen each organization’s capacity to sustain meaningful community engagement and increase arts participation for underserved groups and communities. In addition, grantees have access to peer learning and technical assistance opportunities.
The Families and Workers Fund: Powering Climate and Infrastructure Careers Challenge
Grant amount: $150,000 to $1.5 million in direct funding or technical assistance over one to three years
The Powering Climate and Infrastructure Careers Challenge, an initiative of the Families and Workers Fund, is a collaborative philanthropic effort to help create at least one million good jobs in the clean energy and infrastructure industries. Through grants and technical assistance to nonprofits, state and local governments, training and education providers, and private sector employer groups, the Challenge aims to tackle the workforce implementation challenges facing the United States on its path toward a net-zero economy and 21st-century infrastructure.
Funding will be provided in two tracks: the Training and Career Pathways track, focused on scaling models to train, place, support, and retain a diverse workforce that meets the growing labor demand in clean energy, infrastructure, and related industries, and the Government Planning and Implementation track, focused on supporting government agencies and their community partners to plan for and implement good jobs and effective, inclusive workforce development.
Applicants must be using, applying for, or otherwise leveraging climate, infrastructure, or other related public or private funding and must be committed to advancing career opportunities and improving economic mobility, especially for underinvested communities.
Many Hands
Geographic scope: Washington, DC, area
Grant amount: One $100,000 Impact Grant and three Partner Grants, the value of which depends on annual fundraising, are provided.
Many Hands leverages the power of collective giving to support nonprofit organizations serving and empowering Washington, DC, area women, children, and families in socioeconomic need. Funds must be used to serve residents of one or more of the following areas: the District of Columbia; Montgomery and Prince George’s counties, MD; Arlington and Fairfax counties, VA; and the cities of Alexandria, Fairfax, and Falls Church, VA.
Four grants are made each year, including one in each of four focus areas: economic empowerment, education, health, and housing. Many Hands provides unrestricted funding which may be used for operating, program, or capital expenses.
NewSchools Venture Fund: Innovative Public Schools
Grant amount: One-year grants of $215,000 support teams’ planning year. Teams are also eligible to apply for additional funding to support the school’s first three years of operation.
NewSchools Venture Fund is a venture philanthropy that seeks to build a better education system in the United States by connecting people, resources, and ideas. The Fund’s Innovative Public Schools funding opportunity is currently accepting applications from educators who are designing new, innovative public schools launching in Fall 2025. Support is provided to early-stage charter organizations launching their first or second school in a new network and to district schools developing and implementing innovative designs for new schools.
Applicants must enroll students within the pre-K-12 grade span on a full-time basis and be eligible to receive public funding. While a variety of approaches are supported, all funded schools are committed to a student-centered vision and the three design principles of an expanded definition of student success, equity, and innovation. NewSchools especially seeks to invest in more Latino and Indigenous leaders who are underrepresented in education innovation and school leadership roles.
COPIC Medical Foundation
Grant amount: Up to a total of $750,000 will be awarded in 2024.
The COPIC Medical Foundation aims to improve the quality of healthcare delivery in the United States by reducing adverse outcomes and supporting innovation. Grant funding is provided for programs and initiatives that improve patient safety and quality of care through systems changes and improvements, pilot programs that are designed to reduce medical errors, and development and implementation of checklists and other tools to improve disease management and transitions in care.
For 2024, the focus is on the issue of reducing fragmentation across care settings. Nonprofit organizations with an approach or program that has demonstrated potential for uptake or replication by the healthcare community are eligible to apply.
National Science Foundation
The Advancing Informal STEM Learning Program seeks to fund research and practice, with a focus on investigating a range of informal STEM learning experiences and environments that make lifelong learning a reality.
The current solicitation encourages proposals from institutions and organizations that serve public audiences and specifically focus on public engagement with and understanding of STEM, including community STEM, public participation in scientific research, science communication, intergenerational STEM engagement, and STEM media. Five types of projects will be supported: synthesis, conferences, partnership development and planning, integrating research and practice, and research in support of wide-reaching public engagement with STEM.
Georgia Council for the Arts Bridge Grant
Description: Bridge Grants provide general operating support for non-profit arts organizations affected by COVID.
Grant Request: From $12,000 to $50,000 depending on the budget size of the applicant organization.
Match requirement: 100% match of request amount
Funding period: FY25 Bridge Grants provide general operating support for Georgia nonprofit arts organizations from July 1, 2024-June 30, 2025
Eligible Applicants: Non-profit arts organizations.
Deadline: FY25 Bridge Grant applications are now available. The application submission deadline is Friday, February 2, 2024.
Georgia Council for the Arts Arts Education Grant
Description: Arts Education Program Grants support arts programs delivered to K-12 students in a variety of disciplines, including visual art, music, theatre, dance, media arts, and creative writing
Grant Request: Between $1,500 and $8,000
Match Requirement: 50% match of request amount
Projects Must Take Place: July 1, 2024-June 30, 2025 for FY25 grants
Eligible Applicants: Non-profit organizations, government entities, public libraries, schools and colleges/universities.
Next Deadline: FY25 Arts Education Program Grant Guidelines and applications are now available. The application submission deadline is Friday, March 1, 2024.
Fulton County Arts & Culture (FCAC) Contracts for Services
Fulton County Arts & Culture (FCAC) is pleased to announce funding opportunities for the 2024 Contracts for Services (CFS) funding cycle. Funding awards ranging from $1,000 to $50,000 are available for Fulton County based artists, non-profit arts, organizations, non-profit cultural institutions, colleges and universities, schools, municipalities, and community based non-profit organizations in the form of essential project support.
The Contracts for Services (CFS) Program provides unrestricted general operating and project support to nonprofit and tax-exempt organizations, arts & culture organizations, cultural institutions, colleges, and universities, as well as units of government that produce or present ongoing arts programming for the general public. Award recipients present programs that reflect the cultural diversity of the County, captures the imagination of adults, families, and youth, invigorates neighborhood growth, and supports economic development.
Georgia Council for the Arts Project Grant
Description: Project Grants support single art projects such as an art exhibit, a theatre production, a series of workshops for children, or an artist residency. Project Grant applicants also can apply for capacity building projects, such as developing a strategic plan, creating a development plan, or providing professional development.
Grant Request: Between $1,000 and $8,000
Match Requirement: 50% match of grant request amount
Projects Must Take Place: July 1, 2024-June 30, 2025 for FY25 grants
Eligible Applicants: Non-profit organizations, government entities, public libraries, schools and colleges/universities.
Next Deadline: FY25 Project Grant Guidelines and applications are now available. The application submission deadline is Friday, February 2, 2024, at 11:59 p.m.
HumanitiesDC Visions - Projects + Events
The Vision grant funds the creation of innovative interpretations of the humanities for public audiences. (Includes the former Festivals & Gatherings and DC DOCS grant programs).
The 2024 DCOHC Visions Request for Proposal is now available, and the application is open.
Eligibility: DC-based nonprofit organizations
Award Amount: Up to $25,000
Application Deadline: February 20, 2024
Project May Begin: May 1, 2024
Project Must be Completed by: April 30, 2025
United Way Atlanta Learning Loss Grant
United Way of Greater Atlanta and Georgia Division of Family and Children Services (DFCS) collaborate to strengthen academic support by reducing learning loss throughout the state of Georgia.
Learning loss refers to any specific or general loss of knowledge and skills or to reversals in academic progress, most commonly due to extended gaps or discontinuities in a student’s education.
Through the strategy of Academic Support, grant funding will support programming that incorporates at least one of the following:
Build Reading Skills – Expand literacy-focused after-school and summer enrichment programs designed to increase reading skills and close the literacy achievement gap.
Improve Math Proficiency – Support continuous learning, problem-solving and practice in math; utilize engaging and hands-on methods of experiencing math, science and technology.
School Transition – Prepare students, families, schools, and communities to develop the necessary skills, knowledge, and relationships to assist young people in successfully moving from one grade level to another. And also to assist them in transitioning from elementary to middle school, middle to high school, and high school to post-secondary education.
Strengthen Family Engagement – Foster parents’ natural leadership as their child’s first teacher, brain builder, advocate, and coach.
Learning Acceleration – Strategically prepare students for success in the present— (i.e., this week, on this content) rather than concentrating on a list of items that students have failed to master. Past concepts and skills are addressed, but always in the purposeful context of future learning. Acceleration jump-starts underperforming students into learning new concepts before their classmates even begin. Rather than being stuck in the remedial slow lane, students move ahead of everyone into the fast lane of learning.
Access to Quality Out of School Time – Offer high-quality after-school and summer learning programs that: help close educational and opportunity gaps, support the positive development of the whole child and offer key strategies to improving child well-being.
Contextualizing Learning – Teach students the content in a context (i.e., embedding the concepts in meaningful activities and in a scenario to which the student can relate) to enhance their understanding and make the concepts more relatable.
Hinge - One More Hour Grant
Hinge has teamed up with DoSomething Strategic and the Foundation for Social Connection, to invest $1M into dozens of social groups and clubs that are creating opportunities to connect in-person with others.
Groups based in Atlanta, Los Angeles, and New York City can apply for grants up to $25,000. The initiative is a response to the growing loneliness epidemic described in the U.S. Surgeon General’s advisory from last spring.
Applications close on Tuesday, January 30, 2024 at 11:59PM ET and interested groups can directly access the portal here, where they can read more about the opportunity (including full eligibility guidelines, evaluation process and criteria, etc.). The first round application is straightforward and was designed to take less than an hour to complete.
The Hinge Social Impact team can be reached directly at impact@hinge.co with any questions.
Early Literacy Intervention Initiative Grant
The Office of the State Superintendent of Education (OSSE)invites nonprofit, community-based organization that provides early literacy services for students in the District of Columbia or districts with similar demographics as the District of Columbia to apply for the Early Literacy Intervention Initiative Grant. The purpose of this grant is to implement evidence-based early literacy interventions to increase proficiency of District students in the early grades. The overall goal of the Early Literacy Intervention Grant is to provide resources that will enable the grantee to partner with local education agencies (“LEAs”) in which they would provide direct, developmentally appropriate, evidence-based reading programs to students in grades Pre-K through 3. The application deadline is January 18, 2024
Safe Commercial Corridors Grant Program
Commercial corridors serve as public gathering places to meet and interact with neighbors; these locations provide local services, generate jobs for residents, and create a sense of neighborhood identity. Additionally, these neighborhood commercial areas provide a significant source of revenue as they are destinations for retail and commerce. Increased teleworking has kept large numbers of office workers, residents, and visitors away from major commercial corridors; concerns about safety have also impacted the cohesiveness of commercial corridors in the District. As a result, a reduction in foot traffic in these areas has disrupted retail, hospitality, and arts and entertainment venues as well as safe community interactions.
The Office of the Deputy Mayor for Public Safety and Justice (DMPSJ) announces the availability of FY 2024 grant funds for the Safe Commercial Corridors Grant Program. This program is designed to promote public safety and public health through evidence-based activities for residents, workers, and visitors within the Downtown, Shaw, or Adams Morgan commercial corridors.
Request for Partners: NOAA Climate Resilience Regional Challenge, Resilience Hub Network Coordination
The Department of Energy and Environment (the Department) seeks eligible entities through a Request for Partners (RFP) to be included in the Department’s response to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Climate Resilience Regional Challenge (CRRC). NOAA encourages the inclusion of community organizations in their applications. The deadline for the NOAA grant is February 13, 2024. This RFP seeks applications for the following related activities:
1. Conducting outreach to potential resilience hub organizations.
2. Assisting at least three organizations to take on the role of resilience hub, one in each of Wards 6, 7, and 8.
3. Coordinating a network of resilience hub partners.
The Department anticipates applying for approximately $65,000,000 from NOAA, of which up to $550,000 will be available for the above listed activities.
Providing Older Workers Employment Senior Work Readiness Program Grant
DOES, through its Office of Workforce & Federal Programs, is requesting applications from qualified organizations wo can effectively and efficiently development and implement an innovative training program to serve worker 50+ years of age as they transition into the workforce, specifically in one or more of the District’s six high demand industries, construction, infrastructure (transportation, energy utilities and energy efficient technologies), hospitality, law enforcement, healthcare and information technology (IT). The program should offer a broad range of career and supportive services and credential-based workforce readiness training.
HumanitiesDC Oral History Collaborative + Extensions
DC Oral History Collaborative Grants support oral history projects that explore Washington, DC’s life, history, and culture through interviews with the people who have lived it. There will be an opportunity to request additional funds for translation of interview transcripts, as well as extensions of successfully completed oral history projects previously funded by HumanitiesDC.
The 2024 DCOHC Request for Proposal is now available, and the application is open.
Eligibility: DC-based Individuals, community groups, and nonprofit organizations
Award Amount: Up to $8,000
Application Deadline: February 20, 2024
Project May Begin: May 1, 2024
Project Must be Completed by: December 31, 2024
Herb Block Foundation Pathways Out of Poverty Grant
The Herb Block Foundation seeks proposals for its Pathways Out of Poverty program which focus on improving student achievement and healthy development of young people. Grants of up to $25,000 will be awarded to nonprofit organizations working to help young people in the greater Washington, DC region gain a quality education. Letters of intent are due no later than Thursday, February 1, 2024.
HumanitiesDC Community Culture and Heritage Grant
Community Culture and Heritage Grants fund projects that capture the culture and narratives of DC’s communities for public audiences. These projects are showcased together in an annual culminating public event.
The 2024 Community Culture and Heritage Request for Proposal is now available, and the application is open.
Eligibility: DC-based Individuals, community groups, and nonprofit organizations
Award Amount: Up to $10,000
Application Deadline: February 20, 2024
Project May Begin: May 1, 2024
Project Must be Completed by: April 30, 2025