GrantStation Insider: March 21, 2024

Application deadline: Applications open one month before the following submission deadlines: January 3, April 1, July 1, and October 1, annually.
Grant amount: Up to $6,000
Description: ProLiteracy builds the capacity of adult literacy programs to transform lives and communities. ProLiteracy’s Literacy Opportunity Fund provides grants to nonprofit literacy organizations of all types and sizes in the United States that are doing direct work with adult students. Grants can cover general operating expenses, including salaries, technology, supplies, teacher stipends, equipment, space rental, etc., or may focus on a particular project, event, or new programming effort. (ProLiteracy also offers support through the National Book Fund, which assists literacy and basic education programs by providing grants of quality print materials through New Readers Press, and the Mobile Learning Fund, which provides grants of subscriptions and licenses to online learning solutions for adult education programs.)

Application deadline: April 16, 2024
Geographic scope: United States, including U.S. territories
Grant amount: Up to $20,000
Description: The Anonymous Was A Woman Environmental Art Grants, administered by New York Foundation for the Arts and funded by Anonymous Was A Woman, will distribute a total of $300,000 in funding to support environmental art projects led by women-identifying artists in the United States, including U.S. Territories. Support is provided for environmental art projects that inspire thought, action, and ethical engagement. Projects should not only point at problems, but aim to engage an environmental issue at some scale. Projects that explore interdependence, relationships, and systems through Indigenous and ancestral practices are encouraged. Selected projects must benefit the public in some way, and are required to have a free, open public engagement component by August 31, 2025. Support is available to artists from every background and at all stages in their creative careers, and artists of color, artists with disabilities, and LGBTQ+ artists are strongly encouraged to apply.

Application deadline: October 31, 5 PM Central, 2024, or until funds are expended
Geographic scope: United States (including U.S. territories), Canada, and Mexico
Grant amount: Up to $40,000, though the average grant is $15,000
Description: NDN Collective is an Indigenous-led organization dedicated to building the collective power of Indigenous peoples, communities, and nations to exercise the right to self-determination, while fostering a world that is built on a foundation of justice and equity for all people and Mother Earth. NDN Collective’s Community Action Fund provides short-term grants to frontline organizations, groups, and individuals most impacted by local challenges for direct action and organizing efforts that are often urgent and time sensitive. Priority is given to frontline, grassroots, and community-based efforts that defend Indigenous peoples’ rights, communities, and nations, including responses to climate disasters. (NDN Collective’s Community Self-Determination Grant, which invests in the self-determination of Indigenous people working in their community to defend, develop, and decolonize, will be open for application from May 29 to July 17, 2024.)

Application deadline: None
Geographic scope: United States and internationally
Grant amount: The maximum request amount for first-time grant recipients is US $75,000.
Description: Cisco’s Global Impact Cash Grant Program provides support to nonprofit and non-governmental organizations around the world with national or multinational operations that address critical social challenges. Supported organizations and programs must focus on one of the following areas: crisis response, including increased capacity to access clean water, food, and shelter; access to education, with a focus on increasing equitable access to education while improving student performance, engagement, and career exploration; economic empowerment, with a focus on solutions that provide access to the knowledge, skills, and resources that people need to support themselves and their families; and climate impact and regeneration, including programs that foster bold climate solutions as well as community education and activation. Programs must serve an audience greater than 65 percent economically underserved relative to the average standards of the target geography and must use the internet or internet-based communications technology to improve the efficiency and reach of program services.

Application deadline: May 3, 2024
Geographic scope: New York
Grant amount: $10,000 to $20,000
Description: The New York State Pollution Prevention Institute’s Community Grants Program provides support to community organizations and local government agencies in New York for pollution prevention efforts. Support is available for projects that raise awareness and understanding and lead to the implementation of pollution prevention practices or behaviors at the local level with the goal of improving the health, environmental quality, and economic vitality of communities in New York. Examples of focus areas include reduction of natural resource consumption, reduction of hazardous chemical use, food waste reduction, and pollution prevention in New York State priority areas such as greenhouse gas reductions or waste reduction through adoption of circular economy concepts.

Application deadline: None (Grant requests from the foundations are processed quarterly.)
Geographic scope: Communities where Kroger family of companies operates in 35 states and the District of Columbia
Description: Kroger's charitable giving is committed to supporting nonprofit organizations in communities where Kroger family of companies operates in 35 states and the District of Columbia. Support may also be provided to national initiatives. Focus areas include Zero Hunger | Zero Waste, the company's commitment to ending hunger in its communities and eliminating waste across the company; diversity and inclusion; health and nutrition; and stronger communities. Support is provided through The Kroger Co. Foundation, primarily focused on ending hunger, improving food security, and bringing balanced meals to families who need it most, and The Kroger Co. Zero Hunger | Zero Waste Foundation, focused on scalable and innovative solutions to help create communities free of hunger and waste. Sponsorships, gift card donations, and in-kind or product donations are also provided. Visit the Kroger website to access the online application portal.

Application deadline: Letters of intent for Maternal and Pediatric Health Grants will be accepted from April 1 to April 12, 2024. Letters of intent for Behavioral Health Grants will be accepted from July 1 to July 12, 2024.
Geographic scope: Arkansas
Grant amount: $5,000 to $200,000
Description: The Blue & You Foundation for a Healthier Arkansas funds projects and initiatives to improve the health of Arkansans. Upcoming in 2024, the Foundation will accept applications for Maternal and Pediatric Health Grants and Behavioral Health Grants. Maternal and Pediatric Health Grants focus on bettering the health outcomes of birthing people and children in Arkansas. Areas of interest include adverse childhood experiences solutions, child development support, education and outreach, postpartum care support, maternal and infant health disparities, maternal mortality improvement solutions, prenatal healthcare, and pediatric healthcare. Behavioral Health Grants focus on improving the state of behavioral healthcare and mental health in Arkansas. Areas of interest include access to quality mental healthcare; awareness, education, and outreach; crisis care; early intervention; mental health innovation; substance use disorder; suicide prevention; and preventative behavioral healthcare. (The Foundation’s Social Determinants of Health Grants were open for application early in the year. The Foundation also makes $1,000 to $2,000 mini grants on a rolling basis to support food pantries, emergency response equipment for nonprofits, and health initiatives that positively impact students at schools, colleges, and universities.)

Application deadline: April 30, 2024
Geographic scope: Wyoming
Grant amount: A total of approximately $1.8 million will be awarded for a 24-month period.
Description: Equal Justice Wyoming and the Equal Justice Wyoming Foundation provide grants to nonprofit organizations for programs that will promote access to justice and civil legal services for low-income individuals in Wyoming. Funding priorities include providing direct legal representation to low-income individuals; addressing high needs areas of law affecting the target population including, but not limited to, family law, housing, consumer law, and income maintenance; expanding services to underserved geographic areas of the state; expanding services to underserved populations; enhancing collaboration with community organizations; expanding support for pro bono legal service delivery; enhancing pro se support; and exploring new methods for expanding services to the income-eligible population throughout the state.

Grants.gov deadline: April 24, 2024
JustGrants deadline: May 8, 2024
Description: The Preventing Trafficking of Girls program supports prevention and early intervention services for girls who are at risk of, or are victims of, sex or labor trafficking. Services may be provided to girls and young women up to and including age 25. Consideration of the unique needs of LGBTQI+ individuals is encouraged. Additionally, due to the high rates of trafficking reported among certain populations—specifically Native Hawaiian, American Indian/Alaska Native, Black, and Latino populations—organizations primarily serving these communities are encouraged to apply.

Application deadline: May 2, 2024
Description: The Targeted Violence and Terrorism Prevention (TVTP) Grant Program supports projects that aim to prevent all forms of targeted violence and terrorism as well as projects that focus on preventing the most pressing current targeted violence and terrorism threats. The program supports online, in-person, and hybrid projects that address the threat of online pathways to violence as well as the threat of violence in physical spaces. These grants enable recipients to develop sustainable, multidisciplinary TVTP capabilities in local communities, pilot innovative prevention approaches, and identify prevention best practices that can be replicated in communities across the country.

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Do you know a community project in need? Kubota wants to help make an impact in YOUR community. Through the Kubota Hometown Proud grant program, Kubota will award 20 grants to deserving hometown projects across the country. Each project can be as diverse and imaginative as your community. Grant applications can be submitted by any 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization or municipality with a closely affiliated nonprofit. Visit KubotaHometownProud.com for more information or to apply.

Contest open only to legal residents of the 50 US/DC, 18+ who are designated representatives of 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations, located within 50 miles of an authorized Kubota dealer. Void where prohibited. Enter Contest before 4/12/24 at 11:59:59 pm CT. Sweepstakes open only to 50 US/DC 18+ (19 AL and NE, 21 MS). Enter Sweepstakes by voting 8/1- 8/14/24. Subject to full Official Rules, including prizes, judging criteria, and all details, visit KubotaHometownProud.com. Sponsor: Kubota Tractor Corporation, 1000 Kubota Drive Grapevine, TX 76051.

As a leader in the third sector, you are likely looking for ways to maximize your impact. If you are seeking guidance in this area, you may want to read The Business of Giving: New Best Practices for Nonprofit and Philanthropic Leaders in an Uncertain World, by Denver Frederick. This book helps nonprofit leaders successfully navigate turbulent social and economic times. It provides thoughtful strategies and novel approaches to help leaders step up and become the "sense maker" for their organization. 

Webinar date: March 25, 2024, 2:00 to 2:45 PM Eastern Time
Description: Many nonprofit organizations face the same dilemma: how to expand their programs when they lack the capacity to do so. Fortunately, today’s AI tools provide numerous ways to enhance efficiency. In addition to harnessing ChatGPT for writing grant proposals, AI can serve as a versatile assistant in many aspects of your development work. During this TargetED, Alice Ruhnke and David Gates will show you a variety of ways you can use AI to streamline various processes in your nonprofit. (This session is part of a full TargetED series: AI for Nonprofits.)

Webinar date: March 26, 2024, 2:00 to 3:30 PM Eastern Time
Description: A well-designed strategic plan provides a clear direction for your nonprofit to grow, which can lead to long-term sustainability. During this webinar, Mindy Muller of Community Development Professionals will provide a step-by-step guide on how you can develop a strategic plan for your organization. You’ll review key concepts such as external/internal vision, mission, and core values and discover how those concepts set the foundation for identifying your activities for the next three to five years.

Webinar date: April 2, 2024, 2:00 to 3:30 PM Eastern Time
Description: Do you know what actually happens after you push “Submit” on your proposal? If you’re like 98% of grantseekers, you’ve never seen the entire grants review and decision-making process in action, from start to finish. But what if you could hop inside a real-life grantmaker’s decision-making process and get an up-close look at what goes on? Can you imagine how the insights and takeaways from this experience might give you an edge in your own grants success? During this webinar, Maryn Boess will take you through an actual grants review and decision-making process which awarded a total of $600,000.

Does your organization struggle with the grant application process? Do you spend too much time writing proposals that do not get funded? Do you want to take your grantwriting to the next level? If so, then GrantStation’s new online course, Turbocharge Your Grantwriting Skills, is right for you!

A successful grantseeking program can provide your nonprofit with vital financial resources so you can enhance your capacity and fulfill your mission. Consistently writing winning grant proposals, however, can feel like a daunting task that leaves many nonprofits stressed, confused, and overwhelmed.

Throughout this course, GrantStation President Alice Ruhnke will guide you through the entire grant proposal process step-by-step. You’ll learn how to craft an organizational background, compelling statement of need, process and outcome evaluation, approach, and budget with detailed videos, downloads, examples, and other resources. 

You’ll be introduced to a proposal writing framework that can be used repeatedly and will help save you time, write better proposals, and get funded more frequently. All participants will receive a Certificate of Completion and five CFRE credits. Questions? Contact David.Gates@GrantStation.com.

 Don’t forget to check out the additional Funding Spotlights on our homepage—you don't want to miss them! Current opportunities include Bell's Brewery: Grassroots Grants (U.S. national), Mayo Clinic Health System: Community Giving (U.S. local: northwest Wisconsin), Canadian Internet Registration Authority: Community Investment Program (Canada national), and Theirworld (global).