GrantStation Insider: October 31, 2024

Application deadline: December 11, 2024
Grant amount: $30,000 to $200,000 
Description: Community Care Corps, administered by Oasis Institute, its partner organizations, and the Administration for Community Living, is a national federally funded program that fosters innovative local models in which volunteers provide non-medical assistance to family caregivers, older adults, and adults with disabilities in order to maintain their independence. Funds are awarded to organizations across the country to develop, expand, or refine volunteer models in home or community-based settings which provide only non-medical assistance to support older adults, persons with disabilities age 18 and older, and family caregivers. A range of nonprofit entities may apply, including nonprofit organizations, state and local governments, Indian tribal governments and organizations, faith-based and community-based organizations, hospitals and healthcare systems, institutions of higher education, local aging services organizations, centers for independent living, AmeriCorps, and time-banking or volunteer agencies.

Application deadline: December 6, 2024
Description: The Laura Bush Foundation for America’s Libraries provides funds to the nation’s neediest schools so that they can extend, update, and diversify the book and print collections in their libraries with the goal of encouraging students to develop a love of reading and learning. Funding may be used to purchase printed or Braille volumes, audio books, e-books, magazine/serial copies or subscriptions, and e-magazine subscriptions. Eligible applicants include public schools, neighborhood schools, charter schools, and magnet schools that are Title 1 eligible, as well as private and parochial schools in which at least 50% of the student population qualify for financial aid. Schools must have a library or designated space on campus where books are accessible to all students to check out. Visit the George W. Bush Institute’s website to access the online application.

Application deadline: December 6, 2024
Geographic scope: United States, including Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands
Grant amount: Average grant awards are anticipated to be $50,000. $12 million total will be awarded.
Description: Enterprise Community Partners, acting as an intermediary under the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Section 4 program, is accepting applications through the Section 4 Capacity Building for Community Development and Affordable Housing Program request for proposals. The goal is to enhance the technical and administrative capacity of community development corporations (CDCs) and community housing development organizations (CHDOs) in the United States to carry out community development and affordable housing activities to benefit families of low to moderate income. Enterprise will support CDCs and CHDOs in urban areas to build their organization’s capacity to address community needs across six program areas that work towards advancing racial equity, increasing housing supply, and fostering resilience and upward mobility: climate and community resilience, homelessness, new housing production, partner sustainability, preservation of existing housing, and upward mobility. 501(c)(3) nonprofit CDCs and CHDOs working in urban areas across the United States, including Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, are eligible to apply. (A request for proposals for CDCs, CHDOs, tribes, tribally designated housing entities, tribal housing authorities, and Native CDFIs working in rural and tribal communities will be released on December 4, 2024.)

Application deadline: None
Description: The Jason Debus Heigl Foundation works to address the pet population crisis and eliminate the suffering of companion animals in the United States. The Foundation supports organizations around the country, such as humane societies, rescue organizations, no kill shelters, and advocacy groups, that offer free or subsidized spay and neuter clinics, adoption and rescue services, foster and transport services, obedience training, and pet care education. Priority is given to applications that seek to implement the Foundation’s Namaste Spay and Neuter Initiative, which supports host organizations organizing large-scale dog and cat spay/neuter clinics called Namaste Days that provide pet owners with free spaying and neutering. Clinic hosts can be reimbursed for the costs of all surgeries, associated pain medications, and any other pre-approved vaccinations or incidentals that the veterinarians deem necessary. Application forms for both the Namaste Spay and Neuter Initiative and grants are available on the Foundation’s website.

Application deadline: Upcoming deadlines for Capacity Building Grants are November 27, 2024, and May 30, 2025. Nonprofit Training Resource Fund grants are accepted on an ongoing basis.
Geographic scope: TD Bank market areas, including CT, DE, DC, FL, MA, MD, ME, NC, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI, SC, VA, and VT
Grant amount: Capacity Building Grants range from $25,000 to $150,000. Nonprofit Training Resource Fund grants range up to $1,000.
Description: The TD Charitable Foundation’s Capacity Building Fund provides grants to nonprofit organizations in TD Bank’s U.S. market areas for training, talent, tools, and tactics to further help their programs succeed. The Fund includes two opportunities: Capacity Building Grants provide funding to help strengthen and increase the impact of organizations on the communities they serve. These grants support work around three key issues: tactics, talent, and tools. The Nonprofit Training Resource Fund supports specific trainings that increase the capacities and skill sets of organizations’ employees. For both opportunities, support is primarily provided for programs aligned to one of TD’s corporate citizenship priorities: better health, connected communities, financial security, and a vibrant planet. Applicants must have annual operating budgets of $2 million or less and serve low- to moderate-income communities and diverse or historically underserved communities.

Application deadline: Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis until spring 2025. The deadline for the first review is November 25, 2024.
Geographic scope: Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming, and British Columbia
Grant amount: $1,000 to $50,000
Description: The Indigenous Lifeways Fund, an initiative of the Na’ah Illahee Fund, supports Indigenous-led projects in Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming, and British Columbia. The Indigenous Lifeways Fund seeks to support Indigenous-led projects and activities that promote healing and wellness in Indigenous communities, transfer traditional knowledge to future generations, address barriers to community-led problem-solving, and advance environmental justice and regenerative economies. Examples of eligible projects include environmental justice projects, Indigenous food security and food sovereignty projects, green infrastructure, youth leadership development and traditional knowledge transfer programs, and campaigns and educational projects raising awareness and supporting justice for missing and murdered Indigenous relatives. Indigenous-led 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations and Canadian registered charities, tribes and First Nations, and Native community groups with a fiscal sponsor are eligible to apply.

Application deadline: December 9, 2024
Geographic scope: Wisconsin
Grant amount: $100,000 or $200,000 over two years
Description: Ruth Foundation for the Arts’ Wisconsin Special Project Grants provide project funding to small and mid-size nonprofit visual and performing arts organizations in Wisconsin. The aim is to build a robust and equitable arts ecosystem by investing in projects that have long-term cultural and structural impact for their communities. Of particular interest are initiatives that rethink and reimagine past practices, bring an expansive range of voices into public and artistic discourse, and contribute to a more complex and abundant understanding of the histories, lived experiences, and futures of the region. Supported efforts can include new artistic commissions in the public realm, archival projects, publications, cultural revitalization projects, and capacity building and planning initiatives. Arts and culture organizations with operating budgets under $2 million and Wisconsin tribal nations are eligible to apply.

Application deadline: None
Geographic scope: Arizona, California, Florida, Michigan, and Texas
Description: Comerica’s Charitable Giving Sponsorships provide support to 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations within Comerica’s key market areas of Texas, Michigan, California, Arizona, and Florida for events and activities. The focus is on programs that support low- and moderate-income families and communities. Areas of interest include education, including financial education, business-focused and STEM-related education, and college scholarships for business, finance, and STEM-related fields; economic and community development, including economic self-sufficiency, job creation and training, neighborhood revitalization and business development, small business training and development, and affordable housing advocacy and development; human services including transitional and supportive services, housing, feeding the hungry, and food access; and equity programs that address systemic racism, social injustice, and the improvement of societal well-being.

Concept paper deadline: February 27, 2025
Application deadline: August 28, 2025
Description: The Energy Improvements in Rural or Remote Areas funding opportunity provides support for rural and remote communities (10,000 people or fewer) to build clean energy projects that benefit their communities. The goals of the program are to deliver measurable and sustained benefits to people who live in rural or remote areas by funding replicable clean energy projects that lower energy costs, improve energy access and resilience, increase economic opportunity, or reduce environmental harm; demonstrate effective rural or remote energy system approaches using climate-resilient technologies, business structures that promote economic resilience, accessible and appropriate financing mechanisms, or best practices in community leadership and engagement and workforce development; and build clean energy knowledge, experience, capacity, and self-reliance in rural and remote parts of America.

Application deadline: January 8, 2025
Description: The Advancing Informal STEM Learning program seeks to center engagement, broaden participation and belonging, and further the well-being of individuals and communities who have been and continue to be excluded, underserved, or underrepresented in STEM. The current solicitation encourages proposals from institutions and organizations that serve public audiences and specifically focus on public engagement with and understanding of STEM, including community STEM, public participation in scientific research, science communication, intergenerational STEM engagement, and STEM media.

Rising digital engagement has afforded people of all ages the ability to connect more online—not just with brands or loved ones, but with the fundraisers and charities that matter most to them. If you are curious about how different generations use social media to connect with causes that matter to them, you should read The Social State of Giving, by GoFundMe and Classy. Using data gathered from a survey of 1,000 people, this report breaks down how age groups share, donate, and encourage others to get involved. 

Webinar date: November 4, 2024, 2:00 to 3:00 PM Eastern Time
Description: Finding the funds needed to fulfill your mission is a never-ending challenge for all nonprofits. Whether you’re part of an established nonprofit or you’re a one-person development office, GrantStation can work for you because it is designed to help nonprofit organizations of all sizes get funded. During this live demo and Q&A session, Jeremy Smith, Director of Communications Technology, and Kerry Glauser, Director of Research, will show you how you can use GrantStation to complete your grant research quickly and get high-quality results.

Webinar date: November 6, 2024, 2:00 to 3:00 PM Eastern Time
Description: During this webinar, Alice Ruhnke will show you how to use the Grants Scorecard as a comprehensive grant review tool you can use (and reuse!) to edit information in your applications so you submit the strongest proposals. The Grants Scorecard includes specific guidelines that will show you what makes different sections of your applications exemplary, adequate, needing improvement, or poor. This webinar will provide you with practical strategies you can put to use right away to increase your grantseeking success.

Webinar date: November 7, 2024, 2:00 to 3:30 PM Eastern Time
Description: Are you thinking about jumping into federal grants? Every year the federal government releases millions of dollars to help nonprofit organizations serve their communities. However, federal grants are extremely competitive. The application process is cumbersome and often requires a high level of work investment. There are two essential ingredients of every successful federal grant proposal: preparation and early planning. During this webinar, Alice Ruhnke will show you how to research federal funding opportunities and develop the initial strategies needed to craft competitive federal grant applications.

Have you visited our homepage this week? Additional local, national, Canadian, and international funding opportunities are featured there weekly! Current opportunities include Growing Justice (U.S. national), Cullen Foundation (U.S. local: Houston, TX, area), Physical and Health Education Canada (Canada national), and Global Change Award (global).