GrantStation Insider: April 11, 2024

Application deadline: May 14, 2024, for Phase 1 submissions
Grant amount: In Phase 1, up to 40 winners will each receive $5,000 and an invitation to the Phase 2 accelerator.
Description: The Learning Landscapes Challenge, sponsored by Siegel Family Endowment and the Walton Family Foundation, is a $2.2 million competition to design and build future-ready K-12 education environments in the United States. The Challenge seeks infrastructure solutions, including physical, digital, and social tools, structures, resources, and systems, that deliver and connect digital, in-school, and community-based learning experiences. Phase 1 of the Challenge is open to individuals, groups of individuals, organizations, or coalitions of organizations, and up to 40 winners will each receive $5,000 as well as an invitation to the Phase 2 accelerator. In Phase 2, up to five winners will each receive $200,000 and an invitation to the Phase 3 incubator. In Phase 3, up to two grand-prize winners will receive $500,000 each.

Application deadline: June 4, 2024, for letters of inquiry
Grant amount: $5,000 to $25,000
Description: The Herb Block Foundation is committed to defending basic freedoms, combating all forms of discrimination and prejudice, and improving the condition of the poor and underprivileged in the United States. The Foundation’s Encouraging Citizen Involvement program seeks to ensure a responsible, responsive democratic government through citizen involvement. Support is provided for proposals focused on citizen education and greater voter participation in the electoral process. All projects must be nonpartisan and may not involve lobbying for specific legislation or candidates.

Application deadline: May 10, 2024
Geographic scope: United States, including U.S. territories
Grant amount: $5,000 or $10,000
Description: The National Book Foundation, with support from the Hawthornden Foundation, is offering a new funding opportunity to support the capacity-building initiatives of nonprofit literary arts organizations in the United States. The Capacity-Building Grant Program will provide one-year grants of $5,000 or $10,000 for projects that aim to create a sustainable and effective organization in the following areas: fundraising, finance, or marketing; skill-building opportunities for staff and board members; strategic planning consultants; diversity and equity initiatives; leadership development and management training; sabbaticals for long-term staff members and leaders; and succession planning.

Application deadline: June 3, 2024
Grant amount: Up to ten awards of $250,000 each will be made.
Geographic scope: United States, including U.S. territories
Description: The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Culture of Health Prize honors the work of communities in the U.S. that are at the forefront of addressing structural racism and other injustices to advance health, opportunity, and equity for all. The goal is to recognize the collective work of communities whose efforts show that improving health and equity is possible. The Prize is awarded to place-based communities that are addressing structural racism and other structural injustices in order to create conditions that advance health equity; committing to sustainable policy, systems, environmental, and cultural changes; and working alongside partners across sectors. Applicants must represent a city, town, village, borough, municipality, county or parish, a tribal nation, an American Indian reservation, an Indigenous community residing on contiguous land, a Native Hawaiian organization serving Native Hawaiians, a community within U.S. territories such as Puerto Rico, or a region. The Prize is awarded to partnerships of multiple unique organizations whose collaboration predates the Prize application. 

Application deadline: May 3, 2024
Geographic scope: Ohio
Grant amount: Up to $51.19 million total will be distributed.
Description: The OneOhio Recovery Foundation is a nonprofit organization created to distribute 55 percent of the funds the state of Ohio will receive from the pharmaceutical industry as a consequence of its role in the national opioid epidemic. Applications are currently being accepted through the Regional Grant cycle to support region-specific programs for the prevention, treatment, recovery, and abatement of substance use and co-occurring disorders. Funding priorities, which vary by OneOhio region, include treatment and healthcare services, intervention and crisis support, criminal legal system, recovery supports, prevention, harm reduction, services for impacted children and families, public safety and first responders, workforce development, and infrastructure (building purchase or renovation, vehicle purchases, technology improvements). Nonprofit, for-profit, and government entities based in Ohio or serving Ohioans are eligible to apply.

Application deadline: June 11, 2024
Geographic scope: North Carolina
Grant amount: Up to $60,000 per year for three years
Description: The Burroughs Wellcome Fund’s Student STEM Enrichment Program supports diverse programs in North Carolina that enable primary and secondary students to participate in creative, hands-on STEM activities and pursue inquiry-based exploration. Funded activities must enable students to “do” STEM in creative and engaging ways that involve hands-on activities and inquiry-based exploration. Activities should occur outside of the usual school environment, such as after school, on weekends, or during vacation periods, and may be conducted all year, during the school year, or during the summer, provided there is a year-long educational component. Nonprofit organizations in North Carolina are eligible to apply, including public and private schools, colleges and universities, community groups, museums, zoos, scientific groups, and others that can provide experiential activities for K-12 students.

Application deadline: May 15, 2024
Geographic scope: Wyoming
Grant amount: Generally $1,000 to $10,000
Description: The Wyoming Women’s Foundation provides support to nonprofit organizations in Wyoming for efforts promoting the long-term economic self-sufficiency of women and opportunities for girls living within the state of Wyoming. Funding priorities include 1) income and asset development, such as education and job training for higher wages and programs aimed toward first home purchases, business development, and retirement savings; 2) mentoring and leadership, such as leadership training, women and girls mentoring, career development, and STEM programming; and 3) systems change, including programs that address barriers to economic self-sufficiency and the gender wage gap through advocacy and education. Applicants must have 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status through their own organization or a sponsoring agency. 

Application deadline: June 18, 2024, for letters of inquiry
Geographic scope: Missouri
Grant amount: $5,000 to $100,000
Description: Delta Dental of Missouri’s Oral Health Grant Program aims to improve oral health for people of all ages in Missouri. The Program’s objectives are to reduce oral disease through education, prevention, and treatment; ensure access to affordable, timely, and high-quality dental healthcare; enhance the awareness of good oral health with a focus on children, the indigent, and other underserved populations; and improve the oral health of Missourians, with an emphasis on underserved populations. Grants are generally awarded for project and program support, capacity building, and equipment. Preference will be given to proposals focused on increasing access to care in rural areas with shortages of dental health professionals and to proposals showing a dollar-for-dollar level of matching funds from other sources. (Requests of under $5,000 may be submitted through the Community Donation Program.)

Application deadline: May 20, 2024
Description: The Global Sports Mentoring Program encourages mutually beneficial relationships between American sports executives and leaders in the sports sector overseas. The Program conducts two separate month-long professional development mentorship programs and a reciprocal overseas exchange involving approximately 70-80 international and American participants in total (30 emerging leader participants from other countries and 40-50 American mentors). Key themes include women’s empowerment and disability rights.

Application deadline: May 20, 2024
Description: The goal of the Pension Counseling and Information Projects program is to reduce the risk of financial insecurity by empowering individuals through information, resources, and tools. This program strives to maximize the independence of older individuals and empower them to make informed choices so that they can live well in retirement. Successful applicants will demonstrate a proven track record of advising and representing individuals who have been denied employer or union-sponsored pensions or other retirement savings plan benefits and will have the capacity to deliver services on a regional basis. Successful applicants will also have a recognized history of serving older people who may be economically marginalized, with an emphasis on diversity, equity, and inclusion.

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Major news events can provide an opportunity for organizations to speak out on important issues. However, in an increasingly divided society, it can also be difficult for nonprofit leaders to decide if and when to take a stand. If you have found yourself in this position, you may want to read “Should We Put Out a Statement?” This article discusses how nonprofits can think strategically about how to respond to potentially polarizing world events.

Webinar date: April 16, 2024, 2:00 to 3:30 PM Eastern Time
Description: Expanding or improving your organization's infrastructure can drastically improve your ability to serve your community and fulfill your mission. But how do you begin the process? In order to run a successful campaign, you should begin by exploring six vital questions designed to prepare you to raise the capital campaign funds you need. During this webinar, Kevin Wallace and Melissa Sais of CampaignCounsel.org will show how your organization can benefit by taking the right steps at the outset to prepare for your successful capital campaign. (This is the first in the Power of 3 series Preparing for a Successful Capital Campaign.)

Webinar date: April 18, 2024, 2:00 to 3:30 PM Eastern Time
Description: Nonprofits addressing substance use disorders encounter significant hurdles in obtaining the funding essential for their impactful work. The intense competition for grants and the challenge of conveying the complex needs and achievements of such initiatives demand skillful grant development skills. In this focused webinar, Alice Ruhnke will share strategic and actionable insights tailored for organizations dedicated to supporting individuals with substance use disorders. You’ll hear about the nuances of developing grant proposals specifically tailored to this vital sector of health and recovery.

Webinar date: April 22, 2024, 2:00 to 2:45 PM Eastern Time
Description: Business and corporate support for philanthropic activities can be an integral part of your overall funding strategy. However, businesses give in different ways. Some have corporate foundations while others provide sponsorships, matching funds, product donations, or volunteer time. This diversity makes it difficult to determine the best way to strategically position yourself to be competitive for corporate support. During this TargetED, Alice Ruhnke will share strategies you can use to add corporate donations to your organization’s funding portfolio.

Interested in GrantStation's funder profiles? View the weekly Funding Spotlights to see profiles of grantmakers currently accepting applications. Current opportunities include American Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture (U.S. national), the National Council on Aging (U.S. local: CA, GA, KY, NJ, NY, NC, OH, PA, PR, TN, VT, VA, and WV), the Softchoice Charity Accelerator Program (Canada and the U.S.), and the Save Our Seas Foundation (global).