GrantStation Insider: November 14, 2024

Application deadline: December 13, 2024, and March 21 and July 3, 2025
Geographic scope: United States, including Puerto Rico
Grant amount: $100,000 to $500,000
Description: The Home Depot Foundation's Veteran Housing Grants program awards grants to nonprofit organizations for the new construction or rehabilitation of multifamily, permanent supportive housing for veterans throughout the United States, including Puerto Rico. The grants fund physical construction costs, and must comprise less than 50% of the total development cost of the project. While rural areas will be considered, priority will be given to large cities with populations of over 300,000 people. Specifically, there is a focus on projects in the following cities: Los Angeles and San Diego, CA; Denver, CO; Atlanta, GA; Tampa, FL; Chicago, IL; Detroit, MI; New York, NY; Houston, TX; and Seattle, WA. 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations with a current operating budget of at least $300,000 that have previous experience developing veteran housing and that currently manage or own veteran-specific housing are eligible to apply.

Application deadline: December 6, 2024, for letters of interest
Geographic scope: National, with some emphasis on the San Francisco Bay Area of California
Grant amount: Up to $150,000
Description: WITH Foundation provides support to nonprofit organizations in the United States that promote comprehensive healthcare for adults with developmental disabilities. The focus is on programs that improve delivery of healthcare to adult consumers with developmental disabilities and do at least one of the following: improve health practitioner competency through education and training programs, address the current inadequate reimbursement system, advance innovations in formal care coordination, enhance advocacy regarding the inadequacies of developmentally disabled care in order to advance systemic change, increase understanding of supported decision-making in healthcare settings, promote national efforts in digital health that support designers and developers to include the perspectives and experiences of the developmental disability community within the design process, identify and overcome barriers to high-quality healthcare access, and perform social policy research. (Applications from the San Francisco Bay Area of California may be given preferential consideration, but applications from throughout the United States are accepted.)

Application deadline: January 28, 2025, 5:00 PM ET
Geographic scope: United States, including U.S. territories
Grant amount: Varies by category up to $150,000
Description: Teiger Foundation supports curator-led initiatives in the field of contemporary visual art in the United States. Supported initiatives may include group exhibitions, single-artist surveys, participatory and community-engaged art projects, digital exhibitions, live and virtual performance in the context of the visual arts, and as-yet-unknown curatorial forms involving contemporary visual art and artists. Curators affiliated with 501(c)(3) nonprofit institutions devoted to presenting visual art may apply for the following grants: grants of up to $150,000 to support single projects led by curators at organizations of all sizes; grants of up to $150,000 to support curators planning three years of programming at organizations with an annual budget of $3.5 million and below; grants of up to $75,000 to support curators at organizations of all sizes hosting exhibitions that originated elsewhere; and grants of up to $50,000 to support curatorial research and development at the earliest stages of a project.

Application deadline: January 10, 2025, for initial project idea descriptions
Grant amount: Requests for funding may range up to $20,000 in year one, with funding for a second year contingent on accomplishments at the end of the first year.
Description: The JAMS Foundation-ACR Initiative for Students and Youth provides support for conflict resolution education and training for pre-K through 12th grade students and youth in the United States, as well as the adults working with these youth populations. The 2025 funding cycle focuses on the development of systemwide educational policies and procedures that effectively integrate conflict resolution and restorative practice training in order to foster a more peaceful and positive school climate. Proposed projects should build upon the current work of the school system’s policies and practices regarding youth involved in fights, disruptive behavior, or violating school conduct rules, moving them to become more restorative in nature and focus on resolving the conflict with the least amount of disruption for the student, teacher, peers, and family. (Attendance at an informational conference call held on December 2, 2024, is strongly advised.)

Application deadline: None for letters of inquiry
Geographic scope: Communities served by Patterson Companies
Grant amount: Up to $35,000
Description: The Patterson Foundation provides grants to support communities in Patterson Companies service areas throughout the United States and Canada. In the area of oral health, the Foundation supports programs that expand access to oral hygiene programs and restorative and emergency dental care for individuals in need, with priority given to organizations that are staffed primarily by volunteer dental professionals or students. The Foundation supports the following types of oral health requests: capital projects that expand an organization’s capacity to serve individuals in need; personnel costs for a dental assistant, hygienist, or coordinator to support the work of volunteer dental professionals or students; program support to help improve on the patient experience, expand awareness or access to underserved populations, or help with general operations; and state Mission of Mercy events that provide free dental care to underserved people across the U.S. In the area of animal health, the Foundation funds organizations that provide service animals to veterans and individuals with disabilities. (In general, support is limited to organizations that are members or candidates of Assistance Dogs International or the International Guide Dog Federation who breed and raise puppies for placement.)

Application deadline: Letters of connection for the Environmental Justice and Protection grant portfolio are due January 15, annually. Letters of connection for the Social Justice grant portfolio are due July 15, annually.
Geographic scope: Georgia
Description: The Sapelo Foundation strives for a just Georgia through partnerships and solutions that increase environmental protection, social prosperity, and civic power. In the area of environmental justice and protection, the Foundation seeks to increase the number of Georgians who shape and benefit from environmental policies, practices, and systems that are just and effective and who prosper in safe, healthy, sustainable, and protected environments. Grantmaking priorities include 1) water and 2) climate and energy. In the area of social justice, the Foundation aims to increase the number of Georgians who shape and benefit from civic and social policies, practices, and systems that are just and effective and who prosper with full rights, protections, access, and agency in democracy. Grantmaking priorities include voting rights and criminal justice. Potential grantee partners must be a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization or use a fiscal agent who is a 501(c)(3) organization and must work in Georgia with significant commitment to areas outside of metro Atlanta.

Application deadline: General grant applications for 2024 will be accepted through December 19.
Geographic scope: Montana
Description: The Town Pump Charitable Foundation provides financial support to Montana charitable and governmental organizations with a priority on supporting basic needs and education for Montana citizens. The Foundation’s general grants focus on basic needs, including food insecurity, homelessness, and veterans' needs; education, including classroom activities and reading programs; and community assistance, including support for first responders and community projects. In addition to general grants, the Foundation offers several other grant programs at various times throughout the year: Keep Kids Reading Grants support libraries’ summer youth reading programs. Meals for Backpacks Grants support schools, food banks, food pantries, and other community organizations that provide weekend meal programs to Montana students. The Adopt a Family Grant Program awards grants to groups working to make Christmas brighter for Montana neighbors. Visit the Foundation’s website for more information.

Application deadline: Large applications are due January 10, 2025. Medium applications are due January 24, 2025. Small applications are due February 7, 2025. (Applicants must first submit a letter of intent.)
Geographic scope: Kentucky
Description: The Kentucky Colonels’ Good Works Program provides over $2.5 million in grants annually to nonprofit organizations located within Kentucky. Grants focus on the following categories: community enhancement and support, education, health and rehabilitation, life skills, historic preservation, homelessness, services for low-income populations and those in crisis, services for veterans and members of the military, and youth services. Funding is generally limited to items that can be seen or touched. Small grant applications are for requests less than $2,499. Medium grant applications are for requests between $2,500 and $9,999, and large grant applications are for requests exceeding $10,000. For organizations that have been in existence for at least one year but fewer than five years, grants are capped at $5,000.

Application deadline: January 10, 2025
Description: The Patrick Leahy Farm to School Grant Program is designed to increase the availability of local foods in schools and connect students to the sources of their food through education, taste tests, school gardens, field trips, and local food sourcing for school meals. Grants can launch new farm-to-school programs or expand existing efforts. There are three Turnkey Grant project tracks available in FY 2025: Action Planning, Agricultural Education, and Edible Gardens.

Application Deadline: December 9, 2024
Description: The purpose of the Field Initiated Projects program is to develop knowledge, methods, procedures, and rehabilitation technology that will maximize the full inclusion and integration into society, employment, independent living, family/caregiver support, and economic and self-sufficiency of people with disabilities, especially people with the greatest support needs. Grants are available for research and for development. Interests include projects addressing people with disabilities from underserved communities; the relationship between climate change and the needs, experiences, and outcomes of people with disabilities; oral health and people with disabilities; how to make airline travel accessible for people with disabilities; how to improve emergency and disaster preparedness plans and systems relative to the needs of people with disabilities; the criminal justice system and people with disabilities; people with disabilities experiencing long COVID; school experiences among children with disabilities; and social and built environments that facilitate fully inclusive play and participation among children with disabilities.

Have you recently been awarded a grant? Are you curious as to how to best manage it? If so, you should read “Getting Started With Post-Award Grant Management,” published by Foundant Technologies. This article discusses important practices for managing grants once they have been awarded, covering compliance, reporting, financial management, and communication with stakeholders.

Do you want to learn more about the grants process but are struggling to fit a live webinar into your schedule? GrantStation offers several online courses that you can take at your own pace. Topics include building a grants strategy, raising funds from local businesses, developing a statement of need, and more. A range of recorded webinars is also available.

Webinar date: November 18, 2024, 2:00 to 2:45 PM Eastern Time
Description: Accurately accounting for your indirect costs is crucial in effectively managing your nonprofit organization. While indirect costs can be confusing, understanding what they are and how to calculate them is worth your time and effort because this will help you provide funders with an accurate picture of what it costs to truly run your programs. Join Alice Ruhnke and Megan Tarnow for an insightful TargetED designed to enhance your financial management skills.

Webinar date: November 20, 2024, 2:00 to 3:30 PM Eastern Time
Description: As a current or aspiring nonprofit consultant, your goal is likely to boost your income without working extra hours, all while enhancing your client relationships and work quality. To achieve this, it’s essential to work smarter, not harder. During this webinar, Marie Palacios will help you identify and create templates that will streamline interactions with your clients and ensure you consistently deliver high-quality products. By adopting a "timesaving-template mindset," you can transform the way you work with clients, potentially saving hundreds of hours each year and allowing you to take on more clients and increase your revenue.

Webinar date: November 21, 2024, 2:00 to 3:30 PM Eastern Time
Description: Funders often look at financials first because they want to support sustainable organizations with realistic project budgets that demonstrate thoughtful planning. During this webinar, Mary Jessup will help you understand what funders are looking for in your organizational budgets, how you can build effective and accurate program and project grant proposal budgets, and how you can communicate about costs in compliance with funder guidelines.

Interested in GrantStation's funder profiles? View the weekly Funding Spotlights to see profiles of grantmakers currently accepting applications. Current opportunities include Fisher House Foundation: Fisher Service Award (U.S. national), Dupaco Foundation (U.S. local: company communities in IL, IA, and WI), IODE Canada: IODE 100th Anniversary Grant Program (Canada national), and WomenStrong International (global).