GrantStation Insider: September 26, 2024

Application deadline: November 1, 2024
Description: SBP is a national organization dedicated to helping communities shrink the time between disasters and recovery by rebuilding homes, increasing resilience, and improving policies. SBP’s SHARE Program, which supports nonprofit organizations to help meet recovery needs, is currently providing support through the following programs: The National Long Term Recovery Grant provides funds to nonprofit organizations to support repairs for homeowners who reside in a FEMA Individual Assistance declared county and that have been impacted by a presidentially declared disaster in the last four years. Grantees will also assist impacted individuals in receiving the maximum eligible awards from FEMA, the Small Business Administration, and their insurance companies. The Preparedness and Resilience Micro Grant funds nonprofit organizations supporting individuals in areas at high risk for extreme weather or climate change impacts. Supported resilience and preparedness measures may include minor fortifications of homes as well as wider community preparedness and disaster response efforts, such as preparedness and emergency kits or training events. For both programs, priority is given to organizations serving immigrants, migrants, refugees, Indigenous, and communities of color.

Application deadline: None
Description: The AKC (American Kennel Club) Humane Fund’s Women’s Shelters Grant program provides financial assistance to domestic abuse shelters in the United States that accept pets. Preference is given to nonprofit organizations that provide temporary or permanent housing for victims of domestic abuse and their pets. Nonprofit organizations that provide housing for victims’ pets (pet shelters) and have a working relationship with at least one shelter for victims of domestic abuse are also eligible to apply. Grants are awarded for essential operational support relating to the housing of pets or capital improvements specifically for the housing and maintenance of pets.

Application deadline: February 26, 2025
Geographic scope: United States, including U.S. territories
Grant amount: Up to $11,000
Description: USArtists International, a program of Mid Atlantic Arts, supports in-person performances by U.S. artists and ensembles across all performing arts practices and disciplines at international festivals, global presenting arts marketplaces, and other eligible engagements outside of the United States. The aim is to encourage the presence of U.S. performing artists on international stages and support international tours that develop and expand the careers and artistic goals of U.S. performers by providing connections with presenters, curators, and fellow artists; promote cross cultural exchange through performances or additional activities and workshops; and elevate traditions, aesthetics, art forms, and voices that have been historically underrepresented. Matching grants of up to $11,000 are provided for eligible travel expenses. Applicants must be a dance, music, or theater ensemble or individual artist that works at a professional level and currently resides in the United States or its territories.

Application deadline: None, for letters of inquiry
Geographic scope: United States and internationally
Description: The Charles Stewart Mott Foundation works to promote a just, equitable, and sustainable society. The Foundation’s civil society program provides grants internationally to support national, regional, and global-level organizations working to protect the space for civic engagement, enhance community philanthropy development, and increase access to justice in communities around the world. The education program funds projects in the United States to expand learning opportunities and support for children, particularly those from low‑ and moderate-income communities. The environment program primarily funds organizations in the Great Lakes region, but also makes grants to selected organizations in other countries to help ensure that international investment and trade support sustainable development and reduce environmental degradation. The Flint area program funds a broad range of projects in the city of Flint and Genesee County, Michigan. No grants (except in the Flint area) are made for local projects unless they are part of a Foundation-planned national demonstration or network of grants. The Foundation is open to new ideas and projects, but funding for unsolicited requests is very limited.

Application deadline: October 31, 2024
Geographic scope: AL, AR, DE, FL, GA, IL, IN, IA, KY, LA, MD, MI, MN, MS, MO, NJ, NC, OH, PA, SC, TN, VA, WV, WI, and DC
Grant amount: Up to four two-year grants of $20,000 to $25,000 per year will be provided.
Description: The Cedar Tree Foundation’s Rooted in Justice funding program helps amplify youth voices and actions in the environmental and food justice movements. The program supports community-based organizations in the Southeast, Midwest, and Mid-Atlantic that manage established, youth-led urban greening programs within a justice framework as a core part of their work. Support is provided for organizations, groups, collectives, and programs that work with young people between the ages of 12 to 20 in youth-led programming for communities or cultures which have historically or currently experience a lack of access to land or nature, agricultural oppression or neglect, food apartheid, and other forms of injustice. Preference is given to organizations or programs with a budget of less than $800,000 that are majority-led by people who identify as BIPOC or of the global majority.

Application deadline: None
Geographic scope: Texas, with emphasis on the Dallas-Fort Worth area
Description: The Meadows Foundation exists to assist people and institutions of Texas to improve the quality and circumstances of life for themselves and future generations. The Foundation provides grants throughout Texas, with up to 50% of giving focused on the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Program areas include arts and culture, civic and public affairs, education, environment, health, and human services. Grants are also provided through the Foundation’s initiatives in education, environment, homelessness, and mental health. 501(c)(3) public charities or public entities serving the people of Texas are eligible to apply. Programs or project support accounts for almost 85% of the Foundation’s giving, with limited support provided for capital projects and general operations.

Application deadline: Grants are reviewed on a quarterly basis. The next application period is open from October 1 to November 30, 2024.
Geographic scope: Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia
Description: CNX Foundation provides support in urban and rural communities facing socio-economic challenges within the Appalachian Basin where CNX operates, including Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia. Areas of interest include food security, children’s health and wellness, broadband and information technology access, recidivism and re-entry, domestic abuse awareness, the opioid epidemic, career awareness and technical/vocational training, and water quality safety and awareness. (The Foundation’s Dream Fields initiative also provides grants to rehabilitate and revitalize sports fields across the Appalachian Basin.)

Application deadline: The fall 2024 cycle will be open from October 1 to November 15.
Geographic scope: Alaska
Grant amount: Up to $10,000
Description: The Alaska Community Foundation’s Strengthening Organizations Fund, offered in partnership with the Rasmuson Foundation, helps Alaska nonprofits become better equipped to meet their missions. Support is provided for projects that strengthen the applicant organization, ensuring it has well-organized systems and experienced staff with the training and resources to successfully provide services. Applicants may select one capacity-building activity to be accomplished at a time from the following categories: board training and board-related consultants, executive director/CEO/tribal administrator recruitment or coaching, staff training and leadership development, volunteer training and skills development, strategic or business planning, donor development and fundraising planning, financial management, and technology training. Eligibility is limited to 501(c)3 nonprofits or equivalent organizations in Alaska, including tribes, churches, local government agencies, and programs. 

Optional draft due: December 4, 2024
Deadline: January 8, 2025
Description: The Public Humanities Projects program supports projects that bring the ideas of the humanities to life for general audiences through public programming. Projects must engage humanities scholarship to analyze significant themes in disciplines such as history, literature, ethics, and art history. The focus is on projects that are intended to reach broad and diverse public audiences in non-classroom settings in the United States. Project categories include exhibitions, historic places, and humanities discussions. Grants are available for planning and implementation.

Application deadline: November 13, 2024
Description: The goal of the Discovery Research Pre-K-12 program is to catalyze research and development that enhances all pre-K-12 teachers’ and students’ opportunities to engage in high-quality learning experiences related to the sciences, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). The program’s objectives are to build knowledge about how to develop pre-K-12 students’ and teachers’ STEM content knowledge, practices, and skills; support collaborative partnerships among STEM education researchers, STEM education practitioners, and school leaders with the goals of extending relevant scientific literature while developing more effective practice; and build the field of STEM education by supporting knowledge synthesis, interdisciplinary interactions across fields and stakeholders, and the development of novel and robust ways of assessing teacher and student learning, engagement, and skills.

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Webinar date: October 3, 2024, 2:00 to 3:00 PM Eastern Time
Description: Are you ready for your nonprofit's most crucial appeal of the year? Thirty percent of all fundraising gifts are given in December. If you're going to launch a phenomenal fundraising campaign, year-end is when it matters. During this webinar, Jena Lynch, Education and Community Engagement Manager at Donorbox, will share practical tips, tricks, and tools you can use to prioritize your year-end campaign the smart way. You’ll see how to knock out your plan NOW in order to free up your time this fall.

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