Peace and Security Grants for Nonprofits

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Grant Details:

Grants range up to $10,000.

Application Deadlines:

October 21, 2024, and April 21, 2025
(Additional deadlines will be available in the fall of 2025.)

Description:

The A.J. Muste Foundation for Peace + Justice supports efforts to attain racial, ethnic, and gender equality, economic and environmental justice, and immigrants’ and labor rights. 

The…

Grant Details:

Awards of $50,000 and $10,000 are given.

Application Deadlines:

February 29, 2024
(The 2025 deadline will be available in January.)

Description:

Each year, the Purpose Prize, administered by the AARP, honors extraordinary people ages 50 and older who have tapped into the power of life experience to build a better future for us all.…

Grant Range:
$1000 - $1000000
Grant Details:

Occasionally, larger grants are made.

Application Deadlines:

General proposals: none
(Requests for proposals may have specific deadlines.)

Description:

The Charles Koch Foundation supports the study of the institutions that enable a society of mutual benefit where people succeed by helping others improve their lives.

The Foundation…

Grant Range:
$5000 - $80000
Grant Details:

Occasionally, larger grants are made.

Application Deadlines:

Initial pitches: none

Description:

The El-Hibri Foundation envisions a society where everyone can achieve the American dream in a diverse and inclusive world. Support is provided to organizations working in the U.S.

The…

Grant Range:
$1500 - $50000
Grant Details:

Occasionally, larger grants are made.

Application Deadlines:

None

Description:

The Eric Schwartz Family Foundation primarily supports nonprofit organizations in Fairfield, IA.

The Foundation's areas of interest include:

  • Maharishi programs promoting peace…
Grant Range:
$10000 - $30000
Grant Details:

New applicants should tailor requests to the middle or low end of the Foundation's grant range.

Application Deadlines:

Letters of inquiry for Community Development, Middle East Peace, Immigration and Human Rights, and Environmental Conservation program areas: March 31, 2024
Traumatic Brain Injury program area requests may be submitted at any time during the year.
(The 2024 deadline will be available in the winter.)

Description:

The Firedoll Foundation helps nonprofit organizations fight the good fight for environmental conservation and justice, immigrant rights, community development, and Middle East peace, and offers…

Grant Details:

One $50,000 prize is awarded every two years.

Application Deadlines:

June 30, 2024
(The 2026 deadline will be available in the spring.)

Description:

The goal of the Guru Nanak Interfaith Prize is to enhance awareness of the critical role of religious dialogue in the pursuit of peace as well as to provide direct support for the furtherance of…

Grant Details:

Distinguished Scholar Awards: $15,000 to $45,000

Emerging Scholar Awards: $25,000
African Fellow Awards: $10,000

Application Deadlines:

Emerging Scholar Awards: February 1, annually
African Fellow Awards: March 1, annually
Distinguished Scholar Awards: August 1, annually

Description:

The mission of the Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation is to create and disseminate knowledge against violence. The Foundation awards research grants to support distinguished and emerging scholars…