Find our roundup of support opportunities listed below, updated monthly.
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Vanguard Charitable
Sustainable Disaster-Relief Fund
Deadline: January 15, 2025
Funding is available for nonprofits helping to rebuild communities following a disaster or to establish infrastructure to prepare for future disasters. Details.
National Endowment for the Humanities
Chair’s Disaster Recovery Grants for Humanities Collections
Deadline: April 25, 2025
Grants support the recovery of humanities collections, including rare books, documents, historical artifacts, and more, for organizations impacted by hurricanes. Details.
NIVF Foundation
Emergency Relief Fund
Deadline: Open
Venues that present music, comedy, and performing arts as their primary activity may apply for disaster relief. Details.
Helen Diller Family Foundation
Diller Teen Tikkun Olam Awards
Deadline: December 20 (nominations)
Awards of $36,000 each go to 15 Jewish teens in recognition of their efforts to change the world as a volunteer leader. Details.
MIT Solve / Truist Foundation
Inspire Awards
Deadline: January 8, 2025
Nonprofits offering reskilling, upskilling, or career navigation for adults already established in the workforce can enter into an award competition with a number of funding prizes. Details.
Harvard Business Club of Atlanta
HBS Social Enterprise Executive Education Scholarships
Deadline: January 25, 2025
Nonprofit executives may apply for free nonprofit-specific leadership education programs taking place this spring and summer. Details.
Aurora Humanitarian Initiative
Aurora Prize for Awakening Humanity
Deadline: May 8, 2025
Nominations are open for “modern-day heroes,” individuals or groups working to preserve human life and advance humanitarian causes in the face of life-threatening adversity. Details.
National Park Service
Save America’s Treasures
Deadline: December 12
Two types of grants are available for nonprofits working to preserve or conserve nationally significant properties or collections. Details.
Gilroy Foundation
Rising Star Performing Arts Grant
Deadline: December 13
Nonprofits may apply for a $10,000 grant to support performing arts efforts including dance, music, opera, theater, musical theater, stagecraft, and costume/makeup. Details.
The Home Depot Foundation
Veteran Housing Grants
Deadline: December 13 (additional deadlines March 21 and July 3)
Nonprofits building or rehabilitating permanent supportive multifamily housing for veterans may apply for funding equal to 50 percent (or less) of total project costs. Details.
KidsGardening
Youth Garden Grants
Deadline: December 13
Grant packages including $500 in funding and a gardening supply collection will go to 50 youth garden programs that support, work with, or serve under-resourced populations. Details.
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation / WE in the World
JUSTICE SQUARED
Deadline: December 15 (registration), January 15, 2025 (phase one applications)
Healthcare organizations seeking to remove racism from their systems may apply for a comprehensive two-year support package including up to $400,000 in funding. Details.
▲ Samuel H. Kress Foundation
History of Art
Deadline: December 15 (letter of intent)
Funding supports projects centered on European art from antiquity to the early 19th century, including scholarly endeavors, museum exhibitions, conferences, and more. Details.
USA Swimming Foundation / U.S. Masters Swimming
Adult Learn-to-Swim Grant
Deadline: December 15
Grants of up to $5,000 support nonprofits that provide swimming lessons for adults. Details.
Temper of the Times Foundation
Grant program
Deadline: December 15
Environmental nonprofits working to conserve and restore wildland may apply for funding to underwrite advertising, promotional, and earned media campaigns. Details.
Environmental Protection Agency
Consumer Recycling Education and Outreach
Deadline: December 20
Funding supports projects that reduce greenhouse gas, reduce food waste, expand markets for and awareness of composting programs, and related goals. Details.
HCLTech
Climate Action Grant in the Americas
Deadline: December 20
Grants support scalable, replicable, and sustainable ways to combat climate change and restore biodiversity across any of a number of countries in North, South, and Central America. Details.
Brooks and Joan Fortune Family Foundation
Grant program
Deadline: December 31
Funding is available for education, art, and outreach programs with specific activities and defined outcomes. Details.
▲ Classics for Kids Foundation
Grant program
Deadline: December 31
Matching grants are available for nonprofits incorporating string instruments (including guitars and ukuleles) in K-12 music education programs. Details.
GEICO Philanthropic Foundation
Grant program
Deadline: December 31
Funding is available for nonprofits working in education; equity, justice, diversity, and inclusion; or community engagement (in a wide range of areas). Details.
Walmart Foundation
Spark Good Local Grants
Deadline: December 31
Up to $5,000 is available for nonprofits serving a community in which Walmart operates (including Sam’s Club and distribution centers). Details.
Department of Health and Human Services
Partnership for National Maternal and Child Health Leadership
Deadline: January 3, 2025
National organizations working in state or urban Maternal and Child Health programs, Healthy Start programs, or Home Visiting programs may apply for funding. Details.
National Endowment for the Humanities
Media Projects Program
Deadline: January 8, 2025
Funding assists in development, production, and distribution costs for a range of media projects (radio, podcasts, documentary films) concerning humanities topics. Details.
National Science Foundation
Advancing Informal STEM Learning
Deadline: January 8, 2025
Funding is available for public-serving education projects that engage excluded, underserved, or underrepresented audiences in STEM topics. Details.
NewSchools Venture Fund
Grant program
Deadline: January 8, 2025
Support services and unrestricted grants of up to $250,000 go to early-stage organizations and initiatives that reimagine education in any of a number of areas. Details.
William T. Grant Foundation
Research Grants on Reducing Inequality
Deadline: January 8, 2025
Grants of up to $600,000 support research into ways to reduce inequality among young people (age 5-25) in terms of academic, social, behavioral, or economic outcomes. Details.
Department of Agriculture
Patrick Leahy Farm to School Grant Program
Deadline: January 10, 2025
Farm-to-school programs, both new and existing, may apply for funding in any of three grant tracks: Action Planning, Agricultural Education, and Edible Gardens. Details.
Forest Service
Community Forest and Open Space Conservation Program
Deadline: January 13, 2025
Funding is available for purchasing private forest land in order to protect it and open it up to the public. Details.
JAMS Foundation
ACR Initiative for Students and Youth
Deadline: January 10, 2025 (initial project idea descriptions)
Grants of up to $20,000 are available to help develop systemwide educational solutions that use conflict resolution and restorative practice training to improve schools. Details.
▲ Association of Reptile and Amphibian Veterinarians
Conservation of Reptiles and Amphibians Grant
Deadline: January 15, 2025
Grants of $1,500 support projects that support the conservation of reptiles and amphibians through education, captive breeding, or habitat preservation. Details.
Les Paul Foundation
Grant program
Deadline: January 15, 2025
Funding supports education projects for students encouraging innovation in music production and performance, or presenting innovative STEAM challenges. Details.
Mockingbird Foundation
Grant program
Deadline: January 15, 2025 (inquiry)
Grants support music education projects for children, prioritizing creative expression, diverse or unusual material, and service for disenfranchised groups. Details.
National Endowment for the Arts / Mid-America Arts Alliance
Creative Forces Community Engagement Grant
Deadline: January 15, 2025
Grants support arts-based projects to improve the health and quality of life for military service members and veterans exposed to trauma and their families or caregivers. Details.
The Sapelo Foundation
Environmental Justice and Protection Grants
Deadline: January 15, 2025
Nonprofits working to create safe, healthy, sustainable, and protected natural environments in Georgia, with significant commitments outside Atlanta, may apply for funding. Details.
Society of Family Planning
Grant program
Deadline: January 15, 2025
Grants of up to $75,000 support research into people’s preferences and experiences with post-abortion contraceptive care. Details.
Vanguard Charitable
Philanthropic Impact Fund
Deadline: January 15, 2025
Funding supports efforts to elevate the philanthropic industry by helping donors make informed decisions and educate nonprofits in capacity-building. Details.
American Society of Breast Surgeons Foundation
Grant program
Deadline: January 17, 2025
Up to $5,000 is available for projects that raise awareness of, educate underserved populations about, or conduct research into breast health and breast disease. Details.
Stranahan Foundation
Early Childhood Education
Deadline: January 21, 2025 (letter of interest)
Grants of up to $500,000 fund programs using innovation and proven professional development strategies to educate children up to age 5 from low-income families. Details.
National Endowment for the Arts
NEA Big Read
Deadline: January 23, 2025 (intent to apply), January 30 (application)
Matching grants of up to $20,000 support community-wide reading programs centered on one of the 22 titles in the 2025 NEA Big Read library. Details.
Teiger Foundation
Grant program
Deadline: January 28, 2025
Up to $150,000 in funding supports curator-led initiatives in U.S. contemporary visual art, including original and community projects, hosting traveling exhibits, and research. Details.
Arts Midwest
Shakespeare in American Communities
Deadline: January 30, 2025 (letter of intent)
Theater companies presenting Shakespeare-based productions and activities for schools or juvenile justice facilities may apply for up to $25,000 in funding. Details.
Bloomberg Philanthropies
Asphalt Art Initiative
Deadline: January 31, 2025
Arts-driven street redesign projects that improve safety and engage communities are eligible for up to $100,000 in funding. Details.
Caplan Foundation for Early Childhood
Grant program
Deadline: January 31, 2025 (letter of intent)
Supporting projects and research aiming to improve the welfare of children up to age 7 in terms of parenting education, early childhood welfare, or early childhood education and play. Details
▲ Peace Development Fund
Community Organizing Grants
Deadline: January 31, 2025
Funding is available for social justice nonprofits with budgets under $250,000 that work to shift power, build a movement, dismantle oppression, or create new structures. Details.
New Earth Foundation
Grant program
Deadline: February 1, 2025 (letter of inquiry)
Grants are available for innovative projects in a wide variety of areas meant to enhance life on Earth and brighten the future. Details.
Mid Atlantic Arts
USArtists International
Deadline: February 26, 2025
Matching grants of up to $11,000 support travel expenses for U.S. artists and ensembles performing engagements outside of the U.S. Details.
Department of Energy
Energy Improvements in Rural or Remote Areas
Deadline: February 27, 2025
Clean energy projects benefiting communities of 10,000 people or fewer in a measurable and sustained manner are invited to apply for funding. Details.
Glenn W. Bailey Foundation
STEM grant programs
Deadline: Open
STEM education programs in any of four areas – young children, middle and high school students, post-secondary, or teen tech competitions – are eligible for funding. Details.
Jason Debus Heigl Foundation
Namaste Spay and Neuter Initiative / Grant program
Deadline: Open
Humane societies, rescue organizations, no-kill shelters, and nonprofits offering free or subsidized services for pets may apply for funding in one of two programs. Details.
Patterson Foundation
Grant program
Deadline: Open (letter of inquiry)
Support is available for Marietta-based nonprofits that work to expand access to oral and dental care for individuals in need. Details.
These opportunities have been sourced from Candid’s Philanthropy News Digest, GrantStation, and Grant Gopher, as well as grantmakers’ online notices.
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