GrantStation Insider: May 8, 2025

Application deadline: June 30, 2025
Grant amount: Up to $40,000 per year for three years
Description: The Levitt Foundation's Levitt Music Series Grants provide three-year matching grants to bring free outdoor concerts to communities across the United States. Applications are accepted in the following categories: Levitt AMP is geared to towns and cities with populations under 250,000. Levitt VIBE, geared to large cities with a population over 250,000, brings free outdoor concerts to neighborhoods where there is limited access to arts programming and live music. Levitt BLOC, geared to communities of any size, activates different neighborhoods in a town or city by “layering” concerts across multiple public spaces. Nonprofit organizations located in the same town, city, or county of the proposed music series are eligible to apply.

Application deadline: Applications are accepted on a rolling basis. The upcoming deadline is June 27, 2025.
Geographic scope: United States and Canada
Grant amount: Up to $10,000
Description: The Aerie Real Foundation's Community Grants support nonprofit organizations in the U.S. and Canada that are focused on confidence, inclusivity, and sustainability. Support is provided for projects that build confidence and increase mental well-being in young women, promote inclusive communities, or protect the planet.

Application deadline: June 11, 2025
Description: The Delta Dental Future Workforce Fund, an initiative of the Delta Dental Institute, invests up to $1 million annually in comprehensive solutions, innovative pilots, and scalable models that inspire school-aged children to pursue a career in oral health. The Fund invites ideas to address the lack of awareness of oral health careers and to increase the supply of candidates for the workforce. Applications should demonstrate how the concept would be implemented for growth or how an existing program is ready to be scaled at the national level.

Application deadline: The remaining 2025 deadlines for letters of inquiry are July 8 and October 7.
Grant amount: Typically $10,000 to $50,000
Description: The Impact Fund provides grants to legal services nonprofits, private attorneys, and small law firms in the United States who seek to confront economic, environmental, racial, and social injustice. Funding is provided for specific cases targeting social justice, including human and civil rights; environmental justice; and economic justice, including workers' rights and consumer protection. Grants may be used for out-of-pocket litigation expenses such as expert fees and discovery costs, but not for attorneys’ fees, staff, or other overhead. Most grants are for class actions, though funding may be provided for other cases that will have a systemic impact.

Application deadline: May 23, 2025
Geographic scope: CA, CT, MA, NC, NY, or PA
Grant amount: $300,000 to $1 million over three years
Description: The Tow Foundation's 2025 Innovation Fund will support nonprofit organizations in California, Connecticut, Massachusetts, North Carolina, New York, and Pennsylvania that are innovatively expanding access to the care and support that youth need to thrive. Up to ten general operating support grants will be awarded to organizations that are improving youth mental health and well-being and serving young people between the ages of 0-25. The Fund takes a broad and inclusive approach when imagining the kinds of care and support that may have a positive impact on youth mental health and well-being and welcomes submissions from a diverse array of organizations working in a variety of community, school, and clinical settings.

Application deadline: The next letter of intent deadline is July 3, 2025.
Geographic scope: Rural Kansas and western Missouri counties
Description: The Patterson Family Foundation provides support in rural Kansas and western Missouri counties with fewer than 50,000 residents. Areas of interest include economic opportunity, with a focus on entrepreneurship and business support, trades workforce development, childcare, and innovation; education, with a focus on high school career and technical education, advanced and specialized course access, teacher pipeline development, and innovation; healthcare, with a focus on preventative care access, specialty care access, healthcare workforce development, and innovation in healthcare; and community engagement, with a focus on youth engagement, community foundations, and innovation.

Application deadline: June 20, 2025
Geographic scope: Louisiana
Description: Keep Louisiana Beautiful (KLB) seeks to promote personal, corporate, and community responsibility for a clean and beautiful Louisiana. KLB is currently accepting applications through several grant programs: The Healthy Communities Grant funds local programs focused on litter removal, prevention, and enforcement; waste management and reduction; recycling and reusing; and education on litter prevention and environmental stewardship. The Beautification Grant funds the purchase of native trees and plants and welcome signs to beautify entry points of municipalities and parishes or highly visible and trafficked roadway medians. The Greener Grounds Grant aims to promote better waste reduction, recycling, and litter prevention at large Louisiana outdoor events.

Application deadline: May 31, 2025
Geographic scope: Arizona
Description: The Arizona Justice Reinvestment Grants Program, administered by Vitalyst Health Foundation and the Technical Assistance Partnership of Arizona, provides funding to organizations in Arizona supporting people impacted by substance use or the justice system. Grants are provided to organizations working on the following: 1) public and behavioral health initiatives for substance use prevention, treatment, and early intervention services; 2) restorative justice, jail diversion, workforce development, and mentoring services for economically disadvantaged individuals in communities disproportionately affected by higher arrest and incarceration rates; 3) addressing the root causes of crime, reducing drug-related arrests, and lowering the prison population; and 4) developing technology and programs to restore civil rights and expunge criminal records. More information is available at www.azjusticegrants.org.

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.

Are you looking for data on DOGE cuts across the nation? If so, you may want to check out the interactive map put together by the Center for American Progress. This map, entitled DOGE Cuts by City, State, and Congressional District, allows users to find out how DOGE cuts to grants and federal real estate are affecting their community. It includes a list of grant and lease terminations by congressional district.

If your organization is working to get a new program or project off the ground, there are several types of support to look for. Some funders offer support for the planning phase of your efforts. In addition, startup funding (sometimes called seed money) is often available for specific efforts, not just new organizations. Other funders will offer technical assistance to help your organization work through issues that arise. In the GrantStation database (Members only), these options are available in the "types of support" dropdown menu.

Webinar date: May 15, 2025, 2:00 to 3:30 PM Eastern Time
Description: Often, the difference between a proposal getting funded or rejected is the relationships you have with your funding partners, but cultivating these relationships can feel daunting. During this webinar, Alix Rosenfeld of Elevate will lead you through the relationship-building stage of the grant cycle, including who to cultivate at philanthropic organizations and how to do it.

Webinar date: May 20, 2025, 2:00 to 3:30 PM Eastern Time
Description: Do your proposals and appeals check all the boxes but still fall flat with funders and donors? It’s not just about meeting the criteria—it’s about moving people while bridging the gap between information and inspiration. During this interactive webinar, Sarah Barton and Madeleine Nance will help you transform technical writing into powerful narratives that connect with funders and supporters—without sacrificing clarity, credibility, or compliance.

Webinar date: May 21, 2025, 2:00 to 3:30 PM Eastern Time
Description: Volunteers can be an incredible resource for your organization. They can help you build capacity, save money, and enhance community engagement. In this webinar, Mindy Muller of Community Development Professionals will explore the basics of good volunteer programs and how to effectively integrate volunteers into your organizational structure.

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More funding opportunities are featured on the GrantStation homepage. Current opportunities include the Joyful Heart Foundation: Heal the Healers Fund (U.S. national), Elizabeth R. Koch Foundation (U.S. local: Los Angeles County, CA), ABC Life Literacy Canada (Canada), and African Women's Development Fund (Africa).