Social and Behavioral Sciences Grants for Nonprofits

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Grant Details:

Community Grants range from $1,000 to $11,000.

Application Deadlines:

March 14, 2024
(The 2025 deadline will be available early in the year.)

Description:

The Bainbridge Community Foundation is dedicated to improving the quality of life for the residents of the Bainbridge Island, WA, community.

Through the Community Grants Program, the…

Grant Range:
$1500 - $45000
Grant Details:

Occasionally, larger grants are made.

Application Deadlines:

February 1 and August 1, annually

Description:

The Beveridge Family Foundation is dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for the residents of Hampden and Hampshire counties, MA.

The Foundation's specific areas of interest include:…

Grant Details:

Grants range up to $5,000.

Application Deadlines:

Note: The Foundation will not be releasing an open call for proposals in 2024.

Description:

The Child Health Foundation is dedicated to improving the lives of children in low-income settings by empowering local communities to creatively solve their most pressing child health challenges…

Grant Details:

Fellowships of up to $12,600 each are provided.

Application Deadlines:

December 5, 2024
(The 2026 deadline will be available in late 2025.)

Description:

The Council of American Overseas Research Centers (CAORC) fosters international scholarly exchange, primarily through sponsorship of fellowship programs, which allow pre-doctoral and senior…

Grant Range:
$1000 - $40000
Grant Details:

Occasionally, larger grants are made.

Application Deadlines:

Varies by program

Description:

The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation promotes the advancement and perpetuation of humanistic inquiry and artistic creativity by encouraging excellence in scholarship and in the performing arts,…

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…

Grant Details:

Grants of $10,000 are provided.

Application Deadlines:

December 1, annually

Description:

The Horowitz Foundation for Social Policy supports the advancement of research and understanding in the major fields of the social sciences.

The Foundation provides small grants to aspiring…

Average Grant:
$3000
Grant Details:

Grants range up to $9,000.

Application Deadlines:

February 15, annually

Description:

The Jacobs Research Funds provides grants for anthropological and linguistic research working with aboriginal peoples of the Americas.

Priority is given to research on the Pacific Northwest…