GrantStation Insider: September 12, 2024

Application deadline: October 1, 2024
Grant amount: Up to $1 million total will be provided to up to ten organizations.
Description: Young Futures aims to support youth-led, youth-designed solutions that give teens the agency to thrive in a tech-filled world. Young Futures’ Under Pressure Challenge is a $1 million commitment and open funding call for early-stage organizations and solutions focused on alleviating the pressures teens (ages 10 to 19) in the U.S. feel growing up in a tech driven world. Solutions can be tech driven (e.g., an app or online platform), offered online or in-person (e.g., campaign, curriculum, community, or digital platform), or feature a hybrid approach. Examples of funded solutions include youth-led campaigns or digital programs that empower youth to consider norms related to tech, community programs that promote expression and creativity as outlets for teens, evidence-based catalogs or toolkits of best practices promoting self-care, resources for parents and guardians to help coach instead of just referee, and educational resources or tools that help educators and mental health professionals support young people as they manage pressures. Up to ten grant recipients, known as Young Futures Innovators, will join the Young Futures Academy, a five-month program designed to help level up their organization and amplify their impact. U.S. nonprofit organizations and fiscally sponsored groups are eligible to apply.

Application deadline: The upcoming deadline for letters of inquiry is November 4, 2024.
Geographic scope: United States and internationally
Grant amount: $25,000 to $100,000
Description: Emphasizing direct engagement with contemporary visual art, VIA Art Fund supports projects that exemplify the core values of artistic production, thought leadership, and public engagement. The Fund’s Artistic Production Grants are awarded twice annually to artists, nonprofit organizations, cultural institutions, art production platforms, and biennials or festivals working in the field of contemporary art in the United States and internationally. Support is provided for new artistic commissions that take place outside museum or gallery walls, within the public realm or in non-traditional exhibition environments. If the project takes place in the United States, the featured artists may be U.S.-based or international. Nonprofit entities (U.S.-based or international) applying for support for a project outside the United States must feature the work of a U.S.-based artist. Application information is available on the Fund's website.

Application deadline: The Foundation has a year-round, rolling application process. The last day to submit an application to be considered for this year is October 31, 2024.
Geographic scope: National, as well as Pittsburgh, PA, and New York City
Description: The William Talbott Hillman Foundation strives for a future where creativity is nurtured, democracy is upheld, and gun violence is no more. The Foundation supports Pittsburgh- and New York City-based visual arts institutions, as well as national efforts to strengthen gun laws, prevent gun-related suicides, and drive voter and civic engagement, with a focus on young people and BIPOC communities.

Application deadline: The last concept paper deadline for 2024 is December 1.
Grant amount: Up to $25,000 for planning and up to $350,000 for implementation
Description: The Teagle Foundation works to support and strengthen liberal arts education in the United States. The Foundation’s Transfer Pathways to the Liberal Arts initiative, jointly sponsored with the Arthur Vining Davis Foundations, aims to bring the lifelong benefits of a liberal arts education to students who historically have been excluded from higher education—including low-income students, first-generation students, students of color, and immigrant students—who now constitute the “new majority” of undergraduates and depend on community college as their gateway to higher education. Support is provided for statewide, regional, or consortial academic partnerships between public two-year and private four-year colleges to facilitate transfer and completion of the baccalaureate in the liberal arts. The focus is on building comprehensive curricular frameworks between community colleges and independent colleges and ensuring alignment in learning objectives between lower and upper division coursework, transferability and applicability of credits, and timely completion of the baccalaureate in the liberal arts. 

Application deadline: October 11, 2024
Geographic scope: Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington
Grant amount: Average of $10,000 per year
Description: Pride Foundation fuels transformational movements to advance equity and justice for LGBTQ+ people in all communities across the Northwest, including Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington. The Foundation’s Community Grants provide unrestricted general operating grants to organizations advancing equity and justice for LGBTQ+ communities. Priority is on LGTBQ+ groups and organizations that are 1) serving Black, Indigenous, and other people of color (BIPOC) and trans and gender non-conforming folks, and whose leadership reflects these communities, and 2) innovatively supporting communities when or where nobody else is, especially smaller, grassroots organizations and those who don’t have access to mainstream funding sources. Priority issue areas include health and wellness, education, and community building. 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations and fiscally sponsored groups are eligible to apply.

Application deadline: Applications for fall 2024 will be open from October 1 to 31.
Geographic scope: Communities served by the Cable One family of brands in 24 states
Description: Through the Charitable Giving Fund, Cable One and its family of brands (Sparklight®, Fidelity Communications, ValuNet Fiber, Hargray, and CableAmerica) provide support to nonprofit organizations and governmental units building strong and vibrant communities, improving the quality of life, and making a positive difference in areas served by the Cable One family of brands in 24 states. Priority areas of support include education and digital literacy, hunger relief and food insecurity, and community development. A variety of initiatives and programs are funded, including STEM education in local schools, vocational and life skills training for persons with disabilities, social services, and programs advocating on behalf of abused and neglected children, families in need, and the homeless. Funding is available for special projects, facilities improvements, programs, and equipment.

Application deadline: January 1, April 1, July 1, and October 1, annually
Geographic scope: South Carolina
Grant amount: $25,000 to $300,000 (Applicants requesting over $100,000 should connect with Power:Ed before applying.)
Description: Power:Ed, a philanthropy of South Carolina Student Loan, provides grants to local nonprofits, colleges, and organizations that help South Carolina students succeed in school, their careers, and life. Support is provided for a broad range of education, career readiness, and workforce development efforts benefiting South Carolina residents and students, middle school through adulthood. (Pre-K and K-5 programs or services are not currently funded.) Focus areas include supporting low-income, minority, and first-generation students; improving access to college and degree completion; and creating pathways to quality workforce opportunities.

Application deadline: October 11, 2024
Geographic scope: Oklahoma
Description: The mission of the Delta Dental of Oklahoma Foundation is to improve the oral health of all Oklahomans by funding and facilitating dental health and education programs. Grants are provided to organizations in four areas: benevolent dentistry/access to dental care, oral health education for the public, education for dental professionals, and oral health related research. 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations, educational institutions, government agencies, and faith-based organizations that serve all members of the community regardless of religious belief are eligible to apply. Funded programs, projects, and initiatives must be dental health or education related.

Application deadline: November 7, 2024 
Description: The purpose of the Community Food Projects Competitive Grants Program is to bring together stakeholders from distinct parts of the food system and to foster understanding of national food security trends and how they might improve local food systems. Projects should address food and nutrition security, particularly among the nation’s historically underrepresented communities. Two types of grants are available: Community Food Projects and Planning Projects. Community Food Projects grants seek solutions over the longer term rather than focusing on short-term food relief. Planning Projects grants seek to provide early-stage investment in new startup projects or to invest in completing project plans toward the improvement of community food security.

Application deadline: November 15, 2024
Description: The Museum Grants for African American History and Culture program supports projects that nurture museum professionals, build institutional capacity, and increase access to museum and archival collections at African American museums and Historically Black Colleges and Universities. Projects designed to build the capacity of African American museums may involve increasing the number of museum professionals working at African American museums to enable the museum to expand educational programs, engage with the community, enhance organizational operations and resiliency, or provide for enhanced care of collections.

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Webinar date: September 23, 2024, 2:00 to 2:45 PM Eastern Time
Description: The budget section of your grant proposals can present some unique challenges. Project budgets must be accurate, complete, and transparent. This can be challenging when the proposed project involves different activities, personnel, or resources. Even small errors and omissions in your budget or budget narrative can undermine the credibility of the proposal and reduce the chances of funding. Beyond that, you must demonstrate you can truly achieve project goals while keeping costs reasonable. During this TargetED, Alice Ruhnke will show you how you can develop a project budget that makes sense: one that justifies all of your proposed costs and demonstrates you’ll be an effective steward of the grantmaker’s funds.

Don’t forget to check out the additional Funding Spotlights on our homepage—you don't want to miss them! Current opportunities include Hug Morenz Foundation for Media Literacy (U.S. national), the Degen Foundation (U.S. local: River Valley region of Arkansas), Children’s Grief Foundation of Canada (Canada national), and European Fine Art Foundation: TEFAF Museum Restoration Fund (global).