GrantStation Insider: May 1, 2025

Application deadline: June 15, 2025
Grant amount: Up to $100,000
Description: Infinite Hero Foundation exists to connect military, veterans, and military family members with innovative and effective treatment programs for service related injuries. Support is provided to U.S. nonprofit organizations committed to creating or working with cutting edge technologies, methods, practices, or products that address the mental and physical challenges faced by military heroes and their families. Grants are provided in five categories: physical recovery, brain health, suicide prevention, veteran leadership development, and military family support.

Application deadline: January 1, April 1, July 1, and October 1, annually
Grant amount: $250 to $1,000
Description: The Karma for Cara Foundation seeks to support young people throughout the United States in their efforts to contribute to society and help repair the world through volunteerism and community service. Students 18 years of age and under may apply for funds between $250 and $1,000 to complete service projects in their communities. The microgrants support a wide variety of projects and events, such as turning a vacant lot into a community garden, rebuilding a school playground, or helping senior citizens ready their homes for the winter.

Application deadline: May 20, 2025, for pre-proposals
Grant amount: Up to $4 million will be available to support approximately four to eight projects.
Description: Acres for America, the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation's premier land conservation program, provides funding for projects in the United States that conserve important large-scale habitats for fish, wildlife, and plants through voluntary land acquisitions and perpetual conservation easements. Program priorities include conserving critical habitats for birds, fish, plants, and wildlife; connecting existing protected lands to unify wild places and protect critical migration routes; providing access for people to enjoy the outdoors; and ensuring the future of local economies that depend on forestry, ranching, wildlife, and recreation.

Application deadline: May 28, 2025, for registrations
Geographic scope: U.S. (including U.S. territories), Canada, and Mexico
Grant amount: $50,000
Description: NDN Collective's Radical Imagination grant supports visual and performance-based artists, writers, filmmakers, storytellers, and other creatives who are deeply engaged with their communities to develop alternative visions that inspire the Indigenous movement towards a new future and just world for all people and Mother Earth. $50,000 grants will support eight individual Indigenous artists, artist collectives, or small nonprofits for the development and amplification of their work. The grants support efforts 1) proposing solutions to dismantle structural racism while defending air, land, waters, and Indigenous rights; 2) working to build a just world for all people and Mother Earth; and 3) reclaiming Indigenous lifeways while amplifying community voices to dismantle inequitable systems.

Application deadline: None
Geographic scope: Currently eligible states include CT, CO, FL, GA, IN, KY, MI, MS, NV, NJ, VA, and WI
Description: The School-Based Healthcare Solutions Network (SBHSN) is offering a new grant opportunity for public school principals interested in implementing student mental health support services. Grants are currently available in CT, CO, FL, GA, IN, KY, MI, MS, NV, NJ, VA, and WI. Grant funds must be used to expand access to mental health support services for students with a documented history of chronic absenteeism, behavioral challenges, or declining academic performance. The grant provides a fully funded mental health professional for each school campus who will deliver evidence-based mental health support services directly to students. In addition, qualifying schools are eligible for up to $5,000 per year, renewable for five years, to support student service initiatives aligned with the program’s objectives.

Application deadline: June 6, 2025
Geographic scope: Washington State
Grant amount: $2,500 to $25,000
Description: The Community Accelerator Grant program, a collaboration between ArtsFund and the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation, offers unrestricted grants to cultural nonprofit organizations across Washington State. The funding provides capital to Washington’s cultural organizations, including fiscally sponsored organizations and tribal entities, with primary missions of producing or supporting arts and cultural activities. The Community Accelerator Grant funds are intended to boost arts organizations’ ability to invest in their missions and essential roles serving communities across the state.

Application deadline: June 30, 2025, for letters of inquiry
Geographic scope: Oklahoma and the surrounding states
Description: The Kerr Foundation provides support to nonprofit organizations in Oklahoma and the surrounding states that provide new or enhanced opportunities, particularly for the young. Oklahoma organizations receive priority, but requests are also accepted from Arkansas, Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, New Mexico, and Texas. Grants focus on the following categories: education, arts and culture, health, and human services. Capital, program, and operating support are provided.

Application deadline: June 15, 2025
Geographic scope: North Carolina and South Carolina
Grant amount: $5,000 to $50,000
Description: The CCME Foundation provides grants to nonprofit organizations in North Carolina and South Carolina seeking to improve health quality and equity. The Foundation prioritizes projects that have a high impact on healthcare improvements and access, particularly for uninsured and underserved populations. Support is primarily provided in rural and sparsely populated suburban areas or for under and unserved populations, though urban community projects are also funded. Priority focus areas include post-acute care, behavioral health, chronic disease management, and workforce development. 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations are eligible to apply, including faith-based entities, hospitals and clinics, educational institutions, and community-based organizations.

GrantStation is closely monitoring recent federal actions and their impact on the nonprofit sector. This article tracks ongoing developments, providing links to source materials. We will update the article at least once a week, and in cases of significant developments, we will provide updates as quickly as possible.

The 5th Annual Kubota Hometown Proud® grant program is now open! This year, Kubota will award funding and equipment to 10 hometown projects, each valued at $50,000 ($25,000 in cash AND a $25,000 equipment voucher). Any nonprofit can apply for any community project—from rodeo arena renovations to parks, trails, and community gardens, Kubota is looking to make an impact in your hometown. Visit KubotaHometownProud.com for official rules.

50 US/DC, 18+, & designated representatives of 501(c)(3) nonprofit, in viable financial standing & located within 50 miles of a Kubota dealer. Void where prohibited. Contest Entry Period ends 5/9/25. Judging Period ends 7/31/25. Subject to Rules: see link above. Kubota Tractor Corporation.

Are you curious as to how Generation Z and Millennials, also referred to as the next generation of donors, may reshape the future philanthropic landscape? If so, you might be interested in exploring a new report by Indiana University’s Lilly Family School of Philanthropy. The Next Generation of Philanthropy takes a close look at how these two groups approach giving differently than the generations that came before them.

If you are using a search engine to look for grant opportunities in your specific mission area, pay attention to the terms you are using in your search. If you are specifically looking for "human services," you may miss out on funders that categorize that work as "social services." Try searching for different iterations of your mission focus. The GrantStation website provides a list of common search terms. And if you have a GrantStation Membership and search using our databases, we've already done the work of interpreting the variety of language funders use and streamlining it into our search system.

Webinar date: May 8, 2025, 2:00 to 4:00 PM Eastern Time
Description: Join Gregg S. Bossen, CPA and national nonprofit trainer, for this 120-minute session covering two vital topics for nonprofits using QuickBooks. In part one of this session, you'll learn how to accurately track special fundraising events in QuickBooks Online without disrupting your overall accounting. Part two will focus on in-kind contributions in QuickBooks Online, including what qualifies as an in-kind donation, how to value it, and where to record it.

Webinar date: May 12, 2025, 2:00 to 2:45 PM Eastern Time
Description: Funders are increasingly moving away from deficit-based narratives that focus on problems and scarcity, instead prioritizing initiatives that highlight community strengths, resilience, and empowerment. In this TargetED session, Alice Ruhnke will provide practical guidance on crafting proposals that emphasize community assets and capabilities. You’ll learn how to shift your storytelling to highlight empowerment and resilience while maintaining a compelling case for support.

Webinar date: May 14, 2025, 2:00 to 3:30 PM Eastern Time
Description: Is a capital campaign in your future? In order to run a successful campaign, you should begin by exploring six vital questions designed to prepare you to raise the capital campaign funds you need. During this webinar, Kevin Wallace and Melissa Sais of CampaignCounsel.org will show how your organization can benefit by taking the right steps at the outset to prepare for your successful capital campaign.

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Have you visited our homepage this week? Additional local, national, Canadian, and international funding opportunities are featured there weekly! Current opportunities include the Bell's Brewery: Grassroots Grants (U.S. national), Neilom Foundation (U.S. local: Maryland), Build a Biz Kids: Canadian Future-Ready Education Grant (Canada), and New Commons Challenge (global).