GrantStation Insider: June 19, 2025

Application deadline: July 31, 2025
Grant amount: Up to $10,000.
Description: The KFC Foundation’s Kentucky Wishes program provides grants to support capacity-building projects that expand access to food and shelter in local communities. Examples of eligible projects include remodeling food pantries, creating community gardens, upgrading animal shelters, and repairing or renovating buildings. Eligible applicants must be local nonprofit organizations, or local chapters/affiliates of larger nonprofits, that directly serve their communities.

Application deadline: July 31, 2025 and October 31, 2025
Description: The Disabled American Veterans Charitable Service Trust awards grants to nonprofit organizations based in the United States that serve sick and injured veterans and their families. Supported programs may include access to quality healthcare services; assistance for veterans dealing with PTSD, traumatic brain injury, military sexual trauma, and substance abuse; support for mobility and rehabilitation needs, and initiatives that evaluate and address the unique needs of veterans from various eras of military service.

Application deadline: October 31, 2025
Description: The Dale Jr. Foundation is dedicated to giving underprivileged youth the resources to improve confidence, education, and the opportunity to achieve extraordinary goals. Support focuses on the following areas: empowerment, education, wellness, hunger, and hope. Types of support include monetary donations and in-kind donations of items for auctions and raffles.

Application deadline: September 30, 2025
Description: The Yamaha Outdoor Access Initiative’s mission is to provide practical support for efforts that promote safe, responsible use of off-highway vehicles; educate the public on proper recreational land use and wildlife conservation practices; and protect appropriate and sustainable access to public lands. Support is provided to nonprofit or tax-exempt groups, including clubs and associations, public riding areas, outdoor enthusiast associations, land conservation organizations, and communities with an interest in protecting, improving, expanding, or maintaining access for safe, responsible, and sustainable use by motorized off-road vehicles.

Application deadline: September 15, 2025
Geographic scope: Organizations in DE, MD, NJ, and PA that are located within a 75-mile radius of Philadelphia
Grant amount: Typically between $5,000-$25,000
Description: The Presser Foundation is dedicated solely to the support of music and music education. Special project support includes pilot programs and first-time collaborations between existing music organizations and other artistic organizations, significant anniversary celebrations of an organization and not of organizational personnel, and initial general operating funding for newly established music organizations. Grants are primarily provided to nonprofit music performance, presenting, and educational organizations.

Application deadline: August 29, 2025
Geographic scope: Pittsburgh and Hazleton, PA; New York City; and Ottawa, KS
Grant amount: Typically between $5,000-$15,000
Description: The American Eagle Outfitters Foundation is committed to showing the world that there is real power in the optimism of youth by supporting causes that educate and empower teens and young adults (ages 15 to 25 years old). First-time applicants may submit proposals for grants of $5,000.

Application deadline: August 29, 2025
Geographic scope: CA, MD, and VA
Grant amount: Up to $25,000
Description: The Campbell Foundation is dedicated to preserving the environment and protecting natural resources. The Chesapeake Initiative seeks to identify, broaden, and enhance leadership and grassroots advocacy by building capacity for those who chart a sensible course for the future. The Pacific Initiative focuses on water quality, land-sea connection, and protection of special places. Types of support include general support, capacity building, and capital campaigns.

Application deadline: September 12, 2025
Geographic scope: AZ, AK, CA, GA, IA, KY, MN, NE, NV, ND, OH, OR, TN, TX, WA
Grant amount: Grants range up to $150,000, but vary by the community served
Description: CommonSpirit offers Community Health Improvement Grants to improve the health and well-being of vulnerable and underserved populations in communities served by the company. Grants seek to address significant issues in community health needs assessments, such as improving access to healthcare, mental health, social services, health education, safe shelter and housing, food, and violence prevention. The program is intended both to support the delivery of services and to strengthen collaborative service systems.

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.

This whitepaper outlines how nonprofits can use AI to streamline grantwriting, identify funding gaps, and build stronger cases for support. It also provides prompt-writing examples and privacy best practices tailored for nonprofit teams.

Sometimes grants won't meet all of your organization's monetary needs. Fundraising events can help fill these financial gaps. Many businesses offer product donations, other in-kind donations (like volunteer support), and sponsorships to help you make your fundraising event a success. About four months before your event, start reaching out to local businesses to see what they can offer.

Webinar date: June 26, 2025, 2:00 to 3:30 PM Eastern Time
Description: Nonprofits today are facing a perfect storm: diminishing government support, intense competition for private dollars, and a likely heightened demand for services. In this insightful webinar, Alice Ruhnke will provide you with practical strategies for navigating this challenging landscape with confidence and clarity.

Webinar date: June 30, 2025, 2:00 to 2:45 PM Eastern Time
Description: In a crowded field of grant applications, data alone isn’t enough to capture funders’ attention. During this TargetED, Alice Ruhnke will help you refine your storytelling skills to enhance your grant applications. You’ll learn how to weave compelling narratives that highlight community needs, demonstrate impact, and align with funder priorities—all while maintaining a strong foundation of data-driven evidence.

Webinar date: July 15, 2025, 2:00 to 3:30 PM Eastern Time
Description: Fundraising can feel like nonstop adulting—chasing metrics, wrangling CRMs, and drowning in “pivot tables of doom.” In this webinar, 20+ year fundraising veteran Patrick Kirby will help you break free from the rut of solicitation fatigue. He’ll show weary fundraisers how to swap burnout with playground-level enthusiasm by revisiting ten timeless traits we all had in 5th grade—like fearless asks, curious questioning, and friendly stewardship.

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Don’t forget to check out the additional Funding Spotlights on our homepage—you don't want to miss them! Current opportunities include the Sovereign Equity Fund: Green Horizons Project (U.S. national), Adams Bank & Trust Community Involvement Program (U.S. local: communities in CO, KS, and NE), Canadian Foundation for AIDS Research (Canada), and Spyware Accountability Initiative (global).