Application deadline: November 2, 2023, for letters of intent

Grant amount: $1,000 to $20,000, with most grants ranging from $10,000 to $15,000

The Sparkplug Foundation provides grants to start-up nonprofit organizations and new projects of established nonprofits in the areas of education, community organizing, and music.

In the music category, the Foundation supports emerging professional musicians in developing new work, sharing existing work with a wider community, bringing together musicians to collaborate on creating or performing pieces, or facilitating new workshops that bring music to oppressed communities.

In the area of education, the Foundation funds projects that engage excluded students in new ways, that restore knowledge that has been marginalized through racism or colonialism, and that rebuild community and collective problem-solving.

In the area of community organizing, the Foundation funds work by members of a community for their community—work that aims to create justice by making systemic change and shifting power. The Foundation also provides limited support for projects in Palestine and in Israel that involve Palestinian communities and work for justice.

Prospective applicants should read the entire website carefully for the Foundation's mission, guidelines, FAQs, and previous grantees, and then may begin the application process online. Visit the Foundation's website at www.sparkplugfoundation.org to review the information for grantseekers, as well as the online application instructions.