GrantStation Insider: December 12, 2024

Application deadline: January 31, 2025
Geographic scope: United States, including Puerto Rico
Description: The Parkinson’s Foundation funds community grants that further the health, wellness, and education of people with Parkinson's disease (PD) across the U.S. Programs for the 2025 grant cycle should be geared towards expanding or creating access for priority populations and must incorporate one of the following objectives: address the intersection of mental health and PD, reach and support care partners of individuals with PD, or educate and deliver exercise programs specifically designed for people with PD. Eligible applicants include nonprofit and other tax-exempt organizations, for-profit organizations offering programs at no cost, and healthcare facilities. Eligible organizations must operate on the local level. Reach out to programs@parkinson.org for more information about this grant opportunity. 

Application deadline: February 28, 2025, for preliminary applications
Geographic scope: United States, including U.S. territories
Grant amount: The package of support totals $100,000.
Description: The National Dance Project (NDP), a program of the New England Foundation for the Arts, supports the creation and U.S. touring of new dance projects. The NDP Production Grants are awarded to 20 new dance projects annually, including $45,000 for the creation of a new dance project, $10,000 in general operating support for the artist or company, $10,000 for production residency and community engagement plans, and $35,000 to support a U.S. tour of the work. Professional choreographers or companies working with a U.S. organizational partner committed to supporting the development or presentation of the proposed new project are eligible to apply. The upcoming cycle of the NDP Production Grants will be the final grant cycle in its current form. Visit the New England Foundation for the Arts website for additional information.

Application deadline: January 31, annually, for letters of inquiry
Geographic scope: United States, including U.S. territories and Native American tribal lands
Grant amount: Typically $5,000 to $40,000
Description: Sky Ranch Foundation is committed to giving at-risk youth a second chance by supporting efficient and effective programs in the United States. Preference is given to organizations that serve troubled youth between the ages of 11 and 18, with a priority for programs that focus on youth between the ages of 11 and 15; focus on preventing youth involvement in the criminal justice system, or provide long-term rehabilitation in a residential or alternative setting; and provide comprehensive support services to youth that may include education, job training, enrichment activities, counseling, and case management. General operating, capital, and capacity-building support are provided.

Application deadline: February 1 and August 1, annually
Grant amount: $1,000 to $5,000
Description: The Looking Out Foundation supports nonprofit organizations nationwide that address the ever-changing needs of the human race, and focuses on empowering those without a voice. Program interests include, but are not limited to, disadvantaged youth, public health, women, the environment, the arts, community development, human and civil rights, the hungry, and the homeless. 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations are eligible to apply.

Application deadline: Interest form submissions will be accepted from January 6 to January 30, 2025.
Geographic scope: Minnesota
Grant amount: $160,000, paid over three years
Description: The Minnesota Community IDEAS Program seeks to design, test, and spread ideas that make Minnesota communities better for everyone and inspire, equip, and connect people through community-led change. An initiative of the Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation in partnership with the Bush Foundation, the Program will award a total of $1.6 million in unrestricted funding in 2025. Five grants will be provided within each of the following communities: Greater Minnesota, the Twin Cities seven-county metro area, and Native-led, Native-serving organizations. Proposed work should demonstrate potential for significant and long-lasting change, develop and test ideas to solve problems and create opportunity, support building an equitable future for underserved communities, build agency with and within communities, and propose actionable solutions.

Application deadline: February 7, 2025
Geographic scope: The Appalachians landscape area of AL, CT, GA, KY, MA, MD, ME, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, SC, TN, VA, VT, and WV
Description: The Nature Conservancy is currently offering two grant programs as part of its Connectivity, Climate, Communities Fund to protect and conserve the Appalachian region and New York. The Resilient and Connected Appalachians Grant Program provides grants of up to $100,000 for fee and easement land acquisition projects throughout the Appalachians. Projects must include lands that are mapped as part of the Resilient and Connected Network. Specific to New York, the Climate Resilience Grant Program provides up to $50,000 for fee and easement land acquisition projects that connect with important floodplains and shorelines, as well as for organizational capacity building, planning, and strategy development that ultimately increases resilience to climate change for people and nature. For both programs, nonprofit 501(c)(3) conservation and community organizations, municipalities, Tribal Nations, and local and state agencies are eligible to apply. 

Application deadline: January 31, 2025
Geographic scope: Oregon and southwest Washington
Grant amount: $2,500 to $5,000
Description: The Black United Fund of Oregon (BUF-OR) aims to assist in the social and economic development of Oregon’s underserved communities and broaden understanding of ethnic and culturally diverse groups. BUF-OR’s Community Impact Grants offer unrestricted general operating support to organizations whose work aligns with BUF-OR’s mission and impacts BIPOC communities in Oregon and southwest Washington. Nonprofit organizations and fiscally sponsored organizations residing in and serving communities within Oregon and southwest Washington are eligible to apply.

Application deadline: The upcoming deadline for concept papers is January 14, 2025.
Geographic scope: Virginia
Grant amount: First-year awards typically range from $60,000 to $100,000. 
Description: Virginia Health Care Foundation’s Health Access Grants work to increase access to medical, dental, and mental healthcare for uninsured Virginians and those who live in areas with limited access to care. Applicants are encouraged to develop initiatives in the following areas based on their local needs: developing or expanding capacity, establishing a broader scope of services, accelerating licensure of behavioral health professionals, and creating local coordinated systems of care. Public agencies, 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations, and fiscally sponsored organizations are eligible to apply.

Application deadline: January 21, 2025
Description: The purpose of the American Indian and Alaska Native Head Start Expansion, Early Head Start Expansion, and Early Head Start-Child Care Partnership Grants program is to expand access to high-quality, comprehensive early learning services for newly enrolled, income-eligible American Indian/Alaska Native pregnant women and children from birth to compulsory school age through Early Head Start-Child Care partnerships or through the expansion of Early Head Start services.

Application deadline: January 22, 2025
Description: The FY25 State Fire Capacity Wildfire Hazard Mitigation program supports wildfire mitigation activities that clearly focus on identifying and creating fire-adapted communities by reducing hazardous fuels in the wildland urban interface, developing and implementing community wildfire protection plans, providing prevention and mitigation education, and achieving fire-adapted community and firewise programming and other community hazard mitigation activities. The program’s priorities include restoring and maintaining landscapes (landscapes across all jurisdictions are resilient to fire-related disturbances, in accordance with management objectives) and creating fire-adapted communities (human populations and infrastructure can withstand a wildfire without loss of life or property.)

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Are you a nonprofit leader looking to harness the power of purpose to effect change? If so, you may be interested in reading How to Lead Nonprofits: Turning Purpose into Impact to Change the World, by Nick Grono. This book offers a nonprofit leadership framework centered on what matters most for success. Topics covered include achieving outsize impact by pursuing an organization's purpose, building an inclusive culture that motivates and empowers a team, and partnering with the community, funders, and peer organizations to scale impact.

As the end of the year quickly approaches, you may want to set aside some time to evaluate this past year. Were there any grant opportunities you missed due to timing issues? Get those on your calendar early. Are there any other timelines you need to adjust? For example, starting your grant searches and then applications earlier to give more time for review before submitting? We hope you've had a successful year, and that next year brings additional opportunities.

Webinar date: December 16, 2024, 2:00 to 2:45 PM Eastern Time
Description: When developing a grant strategy for a nonprofit organization, establishing success metrics is crucial for evaluating the effectiveness and impact of your efforts. During this TargetED, Alice Ruhnke will guide you through the importance of success metrics and show you how they can enhance your overall grant strategy. You’ll leave with valuable insights and practical tools to enhance your nonprofit's grant strategy, ensuring long-term sustainability and success.

Webinar date: December 17, 2024, 2:00 to 3:30 PM Eastern Time
Description: Join GrantStation President Alice Ruhnke in this information-packed, fast-paced training focused on a step-by-step process to help you develop your grantseeking strategy for 2025-26. With so many unknowns when it comes to fundraising, having a strong grantseeking plan in place is essential to keeping your organization financially healthy.

Webinar date: January 6, 2025, 2:00 to 2:45 PM Eastern Time
Description: AI can be a powerful tool for your grants program, increasing productivity and efficiency by automating routine tasks, organizing data, and assisting in writing. But to leverage AI effectively, you need a strategic setup and the right foundation. In this TargetED session, Alice Ruhnke and David Gates will provide an in-depth introduction to using AI in grant development, emphasizing how to prepare your grants program to take advantage of AI technology. The focus will be on developing templates that will integrate smoothly with AI tools, allowing you to maximize their impact in the future.

Don’t forget to check out the additional Funding Spotlights on our homepage—you don't want to miss them! Current opportunities include Opportunity Finance Network (U.S. national), Chamiza Foundation (U.S. local: New Mexico Pueblo Indian tribal communities), Commission for Environmental Cooperation: Generation of Environmental Leaders Program (Canada, Mexico, and the United States), and G. & A. Mamidakis Foundation: Art Prize (global and Greece).