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.
Open Space Institute: Appalachian Landscapes Protection Fund
Geographic scope: Areas of Alabama, Georgia, Maine, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and Vermont
Grant amount: Typically between $50,000 and $400,000
The Open Space Institute’s Appalachian Landscapes Protection Fund provides capital grants to protect 50,000 acres in key focus areas along the Appalachian mountain range. The Fund is currently providing support in portions of 1) the Cradle of Southern Appalachia (Tennessee, Georgia, and Alabama); 2) Western/Central Pennsylvania; and 3) the Northern Appalachians (Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont). The grants must be used to acquire land or permanent conservation easements. Supported land conservation projects should have strong climate resilience attributes and be managed to enhance forest carbon. Nonprofit conservation organizations, federally and state-recognized tribes, government entities, and municipalities are eligible to apply.
Food Lion Feeds Charitable Foundation
Geographic scope: Company communities in the ten states served by Food Lion
The Food Lion Feeds Charitable Foundation provides support to organizations based in or providing support in the ten states in which Food Lion operates, including locations within a 20-mile radius of a Food Lion store in Delaware, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia. Grants support children at risk of hunger by providing funds to feeding agencies to increase their "fresh" capacity so families can put nutritious meals on their tables. Foundation grants can only be used for the purchase of food in support of an organization's hunger-relief effort.
Rolling - U.S. Bank Foundation's Community Possible Grant Program
U.S. Bank Foundation's Community Possible Grant Program provides support to nonprofit organizations in the 26 states served by U.S. Bank. Grants are provided in the following categories: 1) play, with a focus on access to artistic and cultural enrichment, learning through play, and preserving, protecting, and enhancing outdoor places to play; 2) work, with a focus on small business and workforce development, pathways to higher education, and financial literacy; and 3) home, with a focus on safe, affordable, energy efficient housing and home ownership education. Priority is given to organizations serving low- and moderate-income communities, women, and people of color as well as organizations led by people of color. A guidelines document (PDF) for the Community Possible Grant Program, which includes a list of eligible states, is available on the U.S. Bank website. Online letters of interest may be submitted throughout the year.