A calendar of grants, resources, and funding opportunities listed by application or inquiry due date and tagged in various categories. For more information about grant, foundation, and other resources contact Laura Hennighausen at lhennighausen@purposepossible.com.
JAMS Foundation-Association for Conflict Resolution (ACR) Initiative for Students and Youth
The initiative seeks to provide financial support for conflict resolution education and training (CRE) for Pre-K through 12th grade students and youth. The populations to be served by the funding streams will be both (1) youth in Pre-K through 12th grade age range and (2) adults working with these youth populations in ways that directly transfer CRE skills for adults to the youth populations.
The focus of the 2026 funding cycle intends to support work at the intersection of culture and conflict. This funding track will implement and evaluate the effectiveness of conflict resolution skills in navigating multicultural environments among middle school youth, grades 5-9 or a subset thereof.
Interested organizations or individuals are required to submit a 1 -3 page Initial Project Idea description.
Scaling Pathways to Homeownership: An Open Call by Capital One Foundation
This Open Call seeks solutions that can drive transformative change, including innovations in housing counseling, consumer education, and for-sale housing production at scale. Priority will be given to proposals with the potential to create meaningful and measurable impact through resources and tools that address information gaps or supply challenges, improve access, and support homeownership readiness to make it easier for individuals and families to benefit from the wealth-building that can come from homeownership.
In Spring 2027, up to five awardees will receive a $4.6 million Award to bring their solutions to life and expand their impact nationwide.
Interested applicants must register to apply before 5 p.m. U.S. Eastern Time on Wednesday, December 17, 2025. Complete applications are due before 5 p.m. U.S. Eastern Time on Thursday, January 29, 2026.
National Endowment for the Arts - Grants for Arts Projects
Activities funded through Grants for Arts Projects (GAP) enable Americans throughout the nation to experience the arts, foster and celebrate America’s artistic heritage and cultural legacy, and benefit from arts education at all stages of life. We also support arts and health programs, including creative arts therapies, that advance the well-being of people and communities. We strongly encourage applications for arts projects that focus on one or more agency funding priorities. We welcome applications from first-time and returning applicants; from organizations serving rural, urban, suburban, and tribal communities of all sizes; and from organizations with small, medium, or large operating budgets.
We fund arts projects in the following disciplines: Arts Education, Challenge America, Dance, Design & Our Town, Folk & Traditional Arts, Literary Arts, Local Arts Agencies, Museums, Music, Opera, Our Town, Presenting & Multidisciplinary Works, Theater & Musical Theater, and Visual & Media Arts.
Deadlines: cycle 1 - February 12, 2026 and Cycle 2 - July 9, 2026
Many Hands
Many Hands aims to leverage the power of collective giving to support nonprofits serving and empowering Washington, D.C., area women, children, and families in socioeconomic need.
The organization currently makes four grants a year, one in each of its four focus areas: economic empowerment, education, health, and housing. Of the four annual grantees, one receives the Many Hands $100,000 Impact Grant, and three receive Many Hands Partner Grants, the value of which depends on annual fundraising. In 2025, each Partner Grant was $75,000.
Laura Bush Foundation for America’s Libraries
The foundation 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. Grants will be awarded to public schools, including charter and magnet schools, as well as private, and parochial schools that have a school library. Schools must have a library or designated space on campus where books are accessible to all students to check out.
To be eligible, a certified librarian or other paid professional must be assigned as responsible for the collection, care, and use of the materials housed in the school library. Public school applicants must be Title 1 eligible. Neighborhood schools, charter schools, magnet schools, etc. are all welcome to apply if Title 1 eligible. Private and parochial schools are also welcome to apply if at least 50 percent of their student population qualifies for financial aid.
Literary Arts Fund - General Operating Grants
The Literary Arts Fund was established in 2025 to dramatically increase funding for and the visibility of the nonprofit literary arts field toward ensuring a healthy and more robust U.S. literary culture in support of creative writers.
The Literary Arts Fund will award at least $50 million in grants to the nonprofit literary arts field over the next five years, concluding in 2031. Literary arts nonprofits based in the U.S. whose primary mission is presenting, publishing, and/or otherwise supporting contemporary writers of creative nonfiction, fiction, hybrid literary forms, or poetry are invited to apply.
Baltimore Women’s Giving Circle
The Baltimore Women’s Giving Circle provides grants to nonprofit organizations in Baltimore City and County that advance opportunities for women and their families. Funding supports a wide range of programs, including housing, addiction recovery, financial literacy, education, health services, parenting, workforce development, legal aid, and violence prevention. Both project-specific and general operating support are available to help organizations strengthen services and create lasting impact.
Impact100 DC
Impact100 DC is an all-volunteer women’s philanthropic community dedicated to improving lives in the greater Washington, D.C., area by collectively funding high-impact grants to local nonprofit organizations.
Eligible organizations must serve the greater Washington, DC area and be making an impact in one of the following: arts and culture; environment, preservation and recreation; education; serving families; or health and wellness.
Firehouse Subs Public Safety Foundation
The Firehouse Subs Public Safety Foundation seeks to impact the lifesaving capabilities and the lives of local heroes and their communities by providing lifesaving equipment and prevention education tools to first responders, nonprofits, and public safety organizations in the United States. Funding areas include lifesaving equipment, prevention education, disaster relief, support to military veterans, and scholarships and continuing education for individuals pursuing a career in public safety. Fire departments, law enforcement agencies, EMS organizations, municipal and state organizations, public safety organizations, nonprofit organizations, and schools are eligible to apply. Grants average $15,000 to $25,000.
The Foundation accepts the first 600 applications for each open cycle.
City of Atlanta Youth Development Grants
The objective of the Youth Development Grants program is to facilitate grants to youth serving community-based organizations that will increase the capacity of the organizations to expand service to City of Atlanta students. The Youth Development Grants are designed based on the core values of the overall Youth Development Strategy; 1) equitable approaches to engagement 2) education and access 3) enrichment and development 4) empowerment, independence and positive self-efficacy.
Program implementation should take place between February 1, 2026, and May 30, 2026.
The Justice Fund of Georgia (JFG) | United Way of Greater Atlanta
The Justice Fund of Georgia (JFG) is pleased to announce a Fall 2025 open call for proposals through a Letter of Connection (“LOC”) process for adult and youth justice reform and transformation organizations in Georgia across two tracks:
Track 1: Grassroots, Community, and Justice-Impacted-Led Organizations
Track 2: Youth Justice Organizations and Initiatives
This LOC opportunity is dedicated to supporting organizations led by and serving individuals and communities directly impacted by the adult and youth justice systems.
Our aim is to foster equitable, transparent, and streamlined grantmaking that expands access to resources for organizations, while continuing to learn from the field. We welcome applications from organizations advancing transformative justice in Georgia and emphasizing the leadership of impacted communities and youth.
Letter Of Connection Deadline: November 10, 2025
Proposals Invited: December 9, 2025
Full Proposal Deadline: January 15, 2026
The Venturous Theater Fund
The Venturous Theater Fund aims to make venturous, challenging theater possible for companies and audiences alike. The Fund supports small and medium-sized nonprofit theaters in the U.S. that produce bold new plays driven by the unique voice and vision of the playwright. Grants cover extraordinary production costs for works that are ambitious in scale, experimental in form, or provocative in subject. Eligible theaters have annual budgets under $5 million and are either nonprofit organizations or fiscally sponsored by one.
Grant amount: $5,000–$35,000
American Snuff Charitable Trust
The American Snuff Charitable Trust provides grants to nonprofits in select counties of North Carolina and Tennessee, working to strengthen and uplift their local communities. Funding priorities include education and after-school enrichment, community development, and initiatives promoting equity in health and economic opportunity. The Trust also supports programs that prevent cruelty to children and projects applying innovative, research-driven solutions to local challenges.
Grant amount: $1,000–$15,000
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The Klingenstein Third Generation Foundation
The Klingenstein Third Generation Foundation funds research that improves access to high-quality mental health care for children and families, especially in under-resourced communities. Grants support innovative approaches such as new care models, digital tools, and programs in schools or homes that can be scaled to reach more youth. Projects should demonstrate measurable improvements in access to care and positive outcomes for children and families.
Grant amount: $100,000 per year for two years
The Southern Black Girls and Women’s Consortium - 2025 Dream Fund
The 2025 Black Girl Dream Fund offers general operating grants to support the capacity of organizations that care for Black girls.
The Black Girls Dream Fund offers support in different categories, including Education, Health and Wellness, Economic Opportunity, Leadership and Empowerment, and Social Justice in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, West Virginia and Virginia.
To qualify for this grant, applicants must:
Be working to support Southern Black and marginalized girls, women, and femme-identifying youth.
Organizations must have operating budgets under $1M and can be new or established.
Grant Award Range: $5,000 - $30,000
GEICO Philanthropic Foundation: Strengthening Diverse Communities
The GEICO Philanthropic Foundation provides grants to nonprofit organizations nationwide that deliver programs to support and uplift diverse communities. Its funding priorities include expanding access to education, particularly in STEM, early childhood learning, and safety. The Foundation also invests in community engagement efforts that address issues such as financial literacy, food insecurity, environmental conservation, animal welfare, and health and wellness. In addition, it supports organizations advancing equity, justice, diversity, and inclusion to create fairer opportunities for all.
Sundt Foundation
The Sundt Foundation funds nonprofit organizations dedicated to improving quality of life in communities where the company operates. Its giving priorities include youth development, hunger and nutrition, basic needs and social services, as well as support for military members and veterans. Through these focus areas, the foundation aims to strengthen individuals, families, and communities facing pressing challenges.
Geographic scope: Company communities in AL, AZ, CA, FL, GA, ID, KY, NM, NC, OR, SC, TN, TX, UT, WA, and WV
Grant amount: $2,500–$25,000
A.J. Muste Foundation for Peace + Justice: Organizing Grants
The A.J. Muste Foundation supports grassroots movements committed to advancing human rights, building equality, and dismantling systems of oppression. Grants are available to U.S.-based activist projects fighting for systemic change, especially those challenging militarism, economic injustice, and mass incarceration. The Foundation prioritizes smaller groups with bold, creative strategies and limited access to mainstream funding.
Grant range: Up to $10,000
Responsible Technology Youth Power Fund
The Responsible Technology Youth Power Fund supports youth-led and intergenerational organizations driving the responsible technology movement. Funding focuses on projects that use technology to protect human rights, promote digital inclusion, and maximize positive social impact. The Fund is especially interested in initiatives addressing artificial intelligence, mental health and well-being, or climate-related technology solutions.
Grant range: $25,000–$100,000
Clarkston (Georgia) C.A.R.E.S. Grant Program
The Clarkston C.A.R.E.S. (Community Assistance, Resources, Empowerment, and Support) Grant is designed to fund initiatives that improve the well-being and quality of life of our community members while also promoting growth, sustainability, and resilience within the City of Clarkston, GA.
Program Overview:
Grant Type: Non-Matching Grant
Maximum Award: Up to $10,000 per grantee
Number of Awards: Five (5) grants per cycle
Mobilize Power Fund
The Mobilize Power Fund is a rapid response fund that resources gender justice organizations to adapt or pivot their work when met with unanticipated, time-sensitive opportunities or threats to their movement building work and organizing conditions.
The Mobilize Power Fund prioritizes organizations that are responding to specific incidents or changes of circumstances that have occurred in the last six months. This can include rapid response mobilizations, healing justice work, conflict resolution/conflict transformation, community accountability, mutual aid, direct actions, emergency safety, security, and defense needs, and more. This fund prioritizes groups and organizations who are experiencing an unanticipated incident. Because of this, organizations applying on behalf of a budget shortfall or preplanned events or ongoing programming will not be prioritized.
The Growing Justice Fund
The Growing Justice Fund (GJF) is proud to announce the launch of its 2025 Request for Proposals (RFP). With grants ranging from $25,000 to $250,000, this opportunity will resource Tribal, Indigenous, Black, Latinx, Asian, and immigrant communities leading and benefiting from efforts to transform institutional food procurement into a values-aligned system that builds community power, equity, and sustainability across the food chain.
Grant seekers are strongly encouraged to complete the Eligibility Quiz by Monday, October 6th, at 5 pm PT/8 pm ET to allow ample time to receive an invitation and submit an application.
Presbyterian Thank Offering Supports Innovative Community Projects
The Presbyterian Church (USA) Thank Offering provides grants of $5,000 to $50,000 to up to 20 projects each year. Eligible programs must address basic human needs, align with the church’s mission, and offer aid that directly responds to community-identified needs. Projects must either be new (under three years old) or established initiatives moving in a fresh, innovative direction.
Amphion Foundation
The Amphion Foundation aims to encourage the performance of contemporary concert music, particularly by American composers, through support to performing, presenting, and music service organizations. The Foundation’s fall grant cycle is open to presenting and music service organizations for activities including professional development programs, educational initiatives, presenting concerts and festivals, artist residency programs, and archival activity. (The Foundation’s spring grant cycle supports performing organizations.) General operating support is available for organizations with a history of substantial commitment to contemporary American concert music and plans to continue that commitment, while project support is available for exceptionally important activities relating to contemporary concert music that are out of the scope of an organization’s regular programming. Applicants must have 501(c)(3) nonprofit status (or the foreign equivalent) or have a fiscal sponsorship, and have two or more years of performance or program history as an organization.
The fall deadline is September 25, 2025. (New applicants must submit an account request by September 19, 2025.)
RWJF: Rapid Response: Reinvesting in Racial and Indigenous Health Equity Research
Rapid Response Research funding is exclusively available to applicants who have already received federal funding (e.g., from the NIH, CDC, NSF) for their health equity research, but have since had their funding partially or fully rescinded due to federal administrative actions. While we will not re-scrutinize the scientific merits of projects that have lost federal funding, our intent is to support research consistent with Evidence for Action’s mission to advance community-centered, action-oriented racial and Indigenous health equity research that focuses on structural solutions that are innovative, push beyond the status quo, and target root causes.
Awards may range from $50,000 to $200,000 each.
Catholic Campaign for Human Development
he Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD) is the U.S. Catholic bishops’ domestic program aimed at addressing the root causes of poverty through community-driven solutions and education. It empowers low-income individuals and communities to break cycles of poverty by supporting self-help organizations and fostering participation in decision-making. CCHD offers two main types of funding: Community Development Grants, which strengthen solidarity and leadership among people living in poverty, and Economic Development Grants, which support community-based businesses that create jobs and build assets. Grant awards typically range from and may include general support, seed funding, capacity building, technical assistance, and implementation support.
Grant range: $25,000 to $75,000
Curtis and Edith Munson Foundation
The Curtis and Edith Munson Foundation focuses on conserving natural resources in eastern North America and the Caribbean Basin, with priority funding in south Florida and Alabama. Its major program areas include marine resource conservation—especially fisheries—and ecosystem protection in key Florida regions such as the Everglades, Biscayne Bay, and the Florida Keys. Additional funding priorities address Alabama environmental issues, as well as pre-selected initiatives in Washington, DC, and global population-environment programs. Site-specific grants are strictly limited to south Florida and Alabama.
Geographic scope: Priority in Florida and Alabama
Average grant: $15,000 to $20,000
James G. Hanes Memorial Fund
The James G. Hanes Memorial Fund primarily supports nonprofit organizations in Winston-Salem, across North Carolina, and, secondarily, in the southeast and nationally. The Fund’s areas of interest are wide-ranging, including arts and cultural initiatives, community-based programs, environmental conservation, health and education, and social services. Grants are awarded for diverse purposes such as project support, seed funding, land acquisition, equipment, facilities, matching and challenge grants, planning, research, and general operating needs. Median grant: $30,000
Geographic scope: First Winston-Salem, NC; Second NC, Third Southeast; and Fourth Nationally.
American Association of University Women
The American Association of University Women (AAUW) funds Community Impact programs that create hands-on STEM learning experiences for girls in grades K–12. These initiatives often include mentorship, family involvement, and activities designed to build confidence. AAUW places special emphasis on projects that serve rural and under-resourced communities. By supporting these efforts, AAUW works to expand equity and opportunities for young girls in STEM fields.
Grant amount: Up to $75,000
Diverse City Fund’s 2025 Fall Grant
Diverse City Fund is a grantmaking organization dedicated to racial justice that invests financial and social capital to transform systems in DC.
We fund and support efforts led by and rooted in communities of color to realize liberation, spark solutions, organize against oppression of all kinds to create systemic change.
City of Atlanta: HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM
The City of Atlanta’s Department of Grants and Community Development (DGCD) is pleased to announce that it is seeking applications for funding to address challenges faced by low-income to moderate-income residents, homeless residents, and overall community development in the City of Atlanta for the FY 2025 entitlement funding received from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for the HOME Investment Partnerships Program (HOME).HOME provides formula grants to states and local governments, which are often used in partnership with nonprofit organizations, to support a range of eligible activities. These include building, purchasing, and rehabilitating affordable housing for rent or homeownership, as well as providing direct rental assistance to low-income households. HOME is the largest federal block grant exclusively dedicated to the creation and preservation of affordable housing for low-income individuals and families.
HOME Investment Partnerships Program NOFA Walkthrough on Wednesday, June 25, 2025 @ 2:00PM. (Attendance Required to Apply)
The Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation
The Babcock Foundation invites proposals from local, statewide, regional and national nonprofits serving the South that have track records of helping people and places move out of poverty and achieve greater social and economic justice. We look for the most promising opportunities to support power building work to advance racial equity and social and economic justice. The Foundation funds work that builds power to advance racial equity across an 11-state Southern footprint: Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia.
We are pleased to receive organizational summaries year round from organizations that meet our eligibility requirements and fit with our program description. The board of directors reviews proposals and approves grants each February, June and October.
Worthington Industries Community Grant Support
The Worthington Industries Foundation supports nonprofits through volunteerism and financial contributions, prioritizing education, civic organizations, health and human services, and arts and culture, with support available for operations, programs, and capital campaigns.
Geographic scope: Communities with company presence in CA, CT, FL, GA, IL, IN, KS, KY, MD, MI, MO, NV, NJ, NY, OH, RI, TN, TX, WI
U.S. Venture/Schmidt Family Foundation
Grants are available to organizations working in education, economic development, family support, health, and human services. Support may include program funding, operating costs, capital grants, and sponsorships.
Geographic scope: Communities served in AL, AZ, AR, CA, CO, FL, GA, IL, IN, IA, KS, MD, MI, MN, MO, NE, NV, NY, NC, OH, PA, SD, TX, UT, WI
Requires a letter of support or similar endorsement from a US Ventures employee or shareholder.