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Tomberg & Brecher Charitable Funds Grant
Tomberg Family Philanthropies
Our Mission
The mission of the Tomberg Family Philanthropies is to support well run and effective programs that make a difference in the areas of poverty alleviation, the environment, health and education. Our focus is on supporting projects that help their recipients build capabilities themselves that will last far beyond the end of the specific project.
We agree with the Nobel Committee that “every single individual on earth has both the potential and the right to live a decent life.”
Funding Areas
This funding cycle we will again be accepting applications in all four of our funding areas, which are:
- Education
- Environment
- Health
- Poverty Alleviation
Motorola Solutions Foundation Grant
Motorola Solutions Foundation
About the Motorola Solutions Foundation
At Motorola Solutions, we are good citizens by design. Our work makes a difference in the critical moments that shape lives, businesses and the world, but our contributions don’t end there. The Motorola Solutions Foundation acts as the charitable and philanthropic arm of Motorola Solutions and focuses on giving back to the community through strategic grants, employee volunteerism and other community investment initiatives. The Foundation is one of the many ways in which the company lives out its purpose to help people be their best in the moments that matter.
Grant Program Focus
The Motorola Solutions Foundation, which has donated $100 million over the past 10 years, aims to partner with organizations that are creating safer cities and thriving communities, and prioritizes underrepresented and/or underserved populations, including people of color and women, within the three focus areas below:
- Technology and engineering education
- First responder programming
- Blended first responder programming and technology/engineering education programs
Overarching Priorities
- Reach people of color, women and other underrepresented and/or underserved populations within our focus areas
- Leverage robust partnerships with other nonprofit organizations and institutions
- Support organizations that exhibit strong financial health
- Support organizations with data-driven evaluation methods, including quantifiable metrics
Focus Areas
First Responder Programming
- Provide leadership development and training opportunities for underrepresented first responders, including people of color and women
- Provide mental wellness and stress management trainings for first responders and their families
- Provide wellness and scholarship support to families of fallen first responders
- Prepare youth and young adults for careers in public safety through outreach, scholarship and educational programs
- Offer safety preparedness and response training to schools, adults, students and first responders
- Lead safety and disaster preparedness trainings for the public
Technology & Engineering Education
- Engage students in innovative, hands-on technology and engineering activities, such as design, coding and robotics
- Provide vocational skills, scholarships, certifications and workforce placement opportunities in engineering, information technology and data science
- Equip teachers with the skills and training necessary to enhance instruction in technology and engineering
- Prioritize school-aged students ages 8-18, college/university students and young adults
Background
At Lubrizol, the communities where we work and live have long been valued stakeholders in the sustainability of our organization. In 1952, Lubrizol established The Lubrizol Foundation (Foundation), which provides financial support to nonprofit organizations and charities in our local home communities.
Grants will be awarded to organizations with missions consistent with Lubrizol's community engagement priorities and aligned with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals 3, 4, 13, 14, 15, focused on advancing health and wellbeing, quality education, climate action and life under water and on land.
Lubrizol’s Corporate Community Engagement Priorities
Grants will be awarded to organizations with a mission that is consistent with Lubrizol's Corporate Community Engagement Priorities, which are to improve lives and also align with the United Nations Strategic Development Goals (UN SDG) through:
- Good Health and Well-Being – aligned with UN SDG 3
- Quality Education – aligned with UN SDG 4
- Protecting, preserving and enriching the natural environment – aligned with:
- UN SDG 13 – Climate Change
- UN SDG 14 –Life under Water
- UN SDG 15 –Life on Land
Hearst Foundation: Culture Grant
William Randolph Hearst Foundation
Mission
The mission of the Hearst Foundations is to identify and fund outstanding nonprofits to ensure that people of all backgrounds in the United States can build healthy, productive and satisfying lives. Through its grantmaking, the Hearst Foundations support well-established nonprofit organizations that address significant issues within their major areas of focus—culture, education, health and social service—and that primarily serve large demographic and/or geographic constituencies. In each area of funding, the Foundations seek to identify those organizations achieving truly differentiated results relative to other organizations making similar efforts for similar populations. The Foundations also look for evidence of sustainability beyond their support.
Whether providing a scholarship to a deserving student, supporting a rural health clinic or bringing artists into schools so children can see firsthand the beauty of the arts, the Foundations’ focus is consistent: to help those in need, those underserved and those underrepresented in society. Since the Foundations were formed in the 1940s, the scale and capabilities of the grant making have changed, but the mission has not.
Culture Grant
The Hearst Foundations fund cultural institutions that offer meaningful programs in the arts and sciences, prioritizing those that enable engagement by young people and create a lasting and measurable impact. The Foundations also fund select programs nurturing and developing artistic talent. Supported organizations include arts schools, ballets, museums, operas, performing arts centers, symphonies and theaters.
Funding Priorities in Culture
In the recent past, 25% of total funding has been allocated to Culture. Organizations with budgets over $10 million have received 60% of the funding in Culture.
The Hearst Foundations are only able to fund approximately 25% of all grant requests, of which about 80% is directed to prior grantees and about 20% is targeted toward new grantees.
Types of Support
Program, capital and, on a limited basis, general and endowment support
Our Mission & Five Pillars
Infinite Hero Foundation exists to connect our military, veterans and military family members with innovative and effective treatment programs for service related injuries.
- Physical Rehabilitation
- Mental and physical health issues are real challenges that our military and veterans face. We carefully vet and financially support organizations that help with expenses, physical therapy and more.
- Leadership Development
- Our military outputs some of the best leaders in our country. We research and fund initiatives that provide resources they need to hone those skills to continue to make an impact.
- Brain Health
- PTSD is the silent impact of war and deployment, but it's also one of the most important issues to remedy. We work to pilot new initiatives for individuals who return home with PTSD, brain injury or other mental injuries.
- Family Support
- Deployment and war affects the family as well. At Infinite Hero Foundation, we provide resources for organizations who support spouses, children and parents in managing the day-to-day.
- Suicide Prevention
- Life is important. We understand that our military and veterans have sacrificed mentally and physically for our country, and it's our job to continue to support innovation to ensure they get the support they need to heal.
Grant Program
Since its inception in 2012, Infinite Hero Foundation has awarded more than $5.1 million dollars in funding and support to 44 different veteran service organizations offering innovative and effective programs or treatments for service-related mental and physical injuries.
We see IHF as an investment fund for nonprofit entities pushing the envelope on developing effective treatments for heroes’ service-related mental and physical injuries.
Funding
Program grants up to $100,000 per cycle, per year will be considered based on need and an approved budget. Infinite Hero funds must be applied directly to program costs and cannot be used for fundraising or administrative overhead.
Michael & Susan Dell Foundation Grants
Michael & Susan Dell Foundation
Michael & Susan Dell Foundation Grants
The Michael & Susan Dell Foundation only accepts unsolicited proposals for specific areas within the education, family economic stability and childhood health sectors in select countries where we work, namely the United States, India and South Africa.
As a guideline, the foundation does not fund more than 25% of a project’s budget or more than 10% of an organization’s total annual operating expenses.
The Michael & Susan Dell Foundation has always recognized the power of providing grants to partner organizations that we knew were already working hard to improve the lives of urban children living in poverty. By aligning with organizations that are already making a difference, we continue to make an immediate impact on the lives of thousands of children.
Foundation priorities:
We fund social enterprises that directly serve or impact children or youth from urban low-income communities in the areas of education, health, and family economic stability (including livelihoods and financial inclusion). These social enterprises may be structured as for-profit or nonprofit entities.
Partnerships
We collaborate with a range of organizations focused on creating opportunities for children and families living in urban poverty, with a deep emphasis on measuring impact. Our funding advances projects already making an impact in education, health, and family economic stability. Through these enduring and long-standing partnerships, we create lasting change together.
HDR Foundation Grant Cycle
HDR Foundation
About HDR Foundation
We believe giving back is not only a civic duty, but a privilege.
Our company founder, H.H. Henningson, noted over a century ago, “There is always time enough for kindness.” Founded in 2012 by HDR Chairman and CEO Eric Keen, the HDR Foundation is an extension of that mission, aiming to benefit the communities in which we live and work.
The HDR Foundation provides grants to qualified organizations that align with HDR’s areas of expertise: education, healthy communities and environmental stewardship. Since its inception, the HDR Foundation has provided more than $9 million in grants to over 350 organizations.
Our Areas of Focus
The foundation's areas of focus mirror HDR's breadth of knowledge and expertise.
Education
Our company, clients and communities benefit from a well-educated, skilled and informed population. We believe education is perhaps the most powerful tool for reducing poverty, improving health and advancing prosperity. We fund educational grants addressing education from pre-K through college.
Healthy Communities
With a globally recognized healthcare design practice, we value the importance of healthcare and healthy communities. Promoting healthy living at the community level brings the greatest health benefits to the greatest number of people. We fund grants that address active lifestyles, wellness education and preventative healthcare.
Environmental Stewardship
We promote the value of environmentally responsible practices to our clients, employee-owners and communities. We are all responsible for the use, stewardship and protection of our natural environment. We support grants that address restoration, renewal, conservation and sustainable best practices of our global resources.
Richard Donchian Foundation Grants
The Richard Davoud Donchian Foundation
Mission
The Richard Davoud Donchian Foundation provides funds to nonprofit organizations whose programs result in the strengthening of the human spirit and the enhancement of personal integrity. The Foundation channels most of its financial resources toward charitable organizations whose attention is concentrated on character development through leadership training, literacy, primary education, business integrity, spiritual enrichment and ethics.
It is the expressed belief of the Donchian Foundation that every individual can become physically, intellectually, emotionally and spiritually stronger, resulting in the culmination of a more confident and scrupulous lifestyle. The primary objective of the Donchian Foundation's grant making activities is to ensure that its ultimate recipients become empowered to strengthen and build up their families and communities -- passing onto others that which was given to them.
Guiding Principles
The Donchian Foundation's goal is to help effective organizations advance their mission and meet their charitable objectives. Through its endorsement, the Foundation's secondary objective is to create a ripple effect that leverages new partners and greater visibility. Leveraging is a principle that the foundation believes in, and one that is applied to its efforts toward strategic philanthropy. Whether it's leveraging matching funds through challenge grants, or motivating like-minded organizations to participate in a foundation-initiated project, the ultimate intention is to foster the best possible results.
Qualities sought by the Donchian Foundation in its partner organizations are:
- effective and dynamic personnel;
- passionate leadership;
- a bias against bureaucracy;
- prudent management & governance practices; and
- commitment to results and to the documented assessment of program impact.
The Foundation focuses its grant making in three key areas: Literacy & Education; Humanitarian Efforts and Ethics & Personal Development.
Literacy & Education
– With an interest in rethinking and reconfiguring curriculum, pedagogy, and the other academic resources in schools and communities, the Foundation focuses on programs that work toward long-term improvement in all aspects of education, but with an emphasis on literacy.
Humanitarian Efforts
– To improve the lives and spirits of individuals and communities facing pressing circumstances, etc., including efforts to address Children’s Health.
Ethics & Personal Development
– To enhance the moral, ethical, spiritual and physical well-being and progress of mankind. The Foundation's grantmaking activities are centered around the concept of social purpose enterprise that seeks to raise the standards of ethical excellence in society, moral character in the community, faith in the family, integrity in business and grassroots leadership in needy communities.
DDCF: Environment Program Grants
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
Environment
Through the Environment Program, the foundation seeks to ensure a thriving, resilient environment for wildlife and people, and foster an inclusive, effective conservation movement.
Doris Duke was a lifelong environmentalist with a keen interest in conservation. In her will, which guides our focus areas, she expressed her interest in "the preservation of wildlife, both flora and fauna" and in supporting "ecological endeavors."
Why It's Important
In the wildest places and the most urban, our health and quality of life depends on the natural world—from the water we drink, the air we breathe and the food we eat, to the places where we may find inspiration, joy, healing or kinship. Increasingly, nature depends on us as well, to be responsible stewards of the ecosystems where we and millions of other species dwell. In the face of accelerating extinctions and global climate change, now is the critical decade for taking action.
What We Support
The Doris Duke Foundation seeks to demonstrate how effective conservation can protect and restore nature, help address climate change and promote a more equitable society. We support initiatives that increase the pace and scale of land conservation and stewardship across the United States to protect biodiversity, bolster the resilience of natural areas and advance climate change mitigation. We also focus on conservation efforts that advance equity, in particular for communities that identify as Black, Indigenous and people of color. To achieve these goals, the foundation concentrates on three complementary and intersecting areas of focus.
Nature: Land Conservation in an Era of Climate Change
Conserving, restoring and managing ecosystems is fundamental to protecting wildlife and sustaining biodiversity in all its forms. As climate change increasingly alters the natural world, the approaches by which we conserve and steward land must adapt to ensure enduring benefits to wildlife, the climate and communities.
Our support focuses on three critical approaches to increasing the pace, scale and effectiveness of land conservation and stewardship across the United States, with the goal of conserving at least 30% of U.S. lands and waters by 2030 for biodiversity, landscape connectivity, climate resilience and thriving wild and human communities:
- Conservation of resilient lands and waters through efforts that identify and accelerate conservation of areas expected to be most intrinsically resilient to climate change.
- Climate-adapted conservation and restoration practices that draw on the best available science and traditional ecological knowledge to intentionally help prepare ecosystems for changing conditions rather than resist them.
- Landscape-scale conservation through collaborative approaches that focus on maintaining functioning, resilient, connected ecosystems.
Climate: Natural Climate Solutions
Natural climate solutions, strategies that leverage the capacity of ecosystems to absorb and store carbon, have the potential to provide 20% of the nation’s climate mitigation progress while also providing benefits to wildlife and communities. Through the Environment Program, the foundation works to accelerate the use of natural climate solutions as an essential means to mitigate climate change and support rural economic development. To that end, we focus on scaling climate mitigation through protection of intact ecosystems and priority habitats, ecosystem restoration and approaches to improved land management.
To dramatically scale natural climate solutions, we particularly focus on supporting the following activities:
- Land restoration approaches like reforestation, through efforts that drive innovation, investment and implementation.
- Policy and program frameworks that enable federal and state governments to pursue natural climate solutions.
- Market-based approaches with high ecological and methodological integrity and accessibility to a diverse array of conservation stakeholders.
- Science, research and synthesis that underpin the design of effective natural climate solutions policy, programs, and implementation.
- Innovative finance and new models to scale public and private investment in natural climate solutions.
- Strategic communications approaches that deepen key audiences’ understanding of natural climate solutions.
Equity: Inclusive Conservation
Land conservation, restoration and stewardship of nature can have a valuable and tangible role in advancing equity in our society. This is especially true when land conservation is inclusive and respectful of local communities and traditional knowledge, and when it advances equitable access to and benefits from nature. For this reason, the foundation works to support environmental organizations who are advancing conservation efforts from a variety of cultural perspectives, including those led by and serving communities who identify as Black, Indigenous and people of color (BIPOC). We also aim to ensure that the conservation, restoration and stewardship of nature yield meaningful and equitable benefits to all people, particularly for BIPOC communities and those from households whose annual incomes fall below a government-designated threshold through the following approaches:
- Equitable distribution of urban trees and nature access for nature, climate and social well-being benefits.
- Expanding land access to enable conservation action by resolving barriers to land protection and stewardship posed by land tenure and usage rights issues.
- Diversifying the conservation workforce by investing with purpose in the next generation of young people, and supporting inclusive and equitable institutions. The longest running of the foundation’s efforts in this vein is The Doris Duke Conservation Scholars Program, which launched in 2013 to support the next generation of environmental conservation professionals from a diverse set of backgrounds and perspectives.
Child Well-Being Grant Program
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
Child Well-being
Through the Child Well-being Program, the foundation aims to promote children’s healthy development and protect them from abuse and neglect.
Doris Duke took a special interest in the well-being of children and families, supporting communities, early family planning efforts and nearly 85 child welfare organizations during her life. In her will, which guides our focus areas, she expressed her interest in "the prevention of cruelty to children."
Why It's Important
Children’s well-being and ability to thrive are strongly tied to the safety and stability of both their families and where they live. These factors provide the foundation for healthy physical and emotional development during childhood. Unfortunately, many children in the U.S. experience a long legacy of unjust historic and systemic inequities and disparities that rob them of access to the fundamental factors that allow others to flourish. All children should be able to grow up in secure, positive, healthy and inclusive environments that allow them to reach their full potential.
What We Support
Through the Child Well-being Program, the foundation funds efforts that strengthen the systems that serve families and support the needs of children and caregivers together. In March 2024, we launched Opportunities for Prevention & Transformation, or “OPT-In for Families,” to help build a prevention-oriented child well-being system that supports children and families within their communities.
OPT-In for Families
Building a New Model for Child Well-being. The current child welfare system, with surveillance at its center and maltreatment concerns as its trigger, too often causes lasting harm to children and families and misses the opportunity to support them in their community and help them thrive. We believe there is a better way to prevent abuse and neglect.Launched by the Doris Duke Foundation, Opportunities for Prevention & Transformation Initiative, or “OPT-In for Families,” builds on work done across the country to create and test a meaningful alternative to the child welfare system—one that moves from a punitive system focused on assessing whether children should be removed from their homes to a prevention-oriented well-being system that leads to better outcomes across a child's life.
Strengthening & Coordinating Service Systems
Through its grantmaking, the Child Well-being Program aims to strengthen and expand the capacity of social service systems that are collaborative and provide culturally appropriate, evidence-based, and context-specific prevention and treatment programs for parents and children. By strengthening the ability of existing social service systems to better serve those in places contending with sizeable inequities, more children and families can receive the essential supports and resources that help them to pursue full, healthy and happy lives. Services such as these, when well-coordinated, can make a significant impact in responding to the effects of generations of inequities and exposure to trauma, violence, abuse, and neglect to help give families a fairer shot at achieving healthy and happy futures.
Building Capacity and Sharing Knowledge
The Child Well-being Program works to build individual, organizational and collective capacity that fosters, aligns and expands opportunities to advance more equitable outcomes for children and families. The program invests in the career development of visionary and effective leaders from a variety of disciplines who reflect the experiences, cultures and backgrounds of the communities they serve. These leaders include those from multiple social service systems, nonprofit organizations and researchers.
Our grantmaking also supports the generation and use of research evidence that offers invaluable insights into the communities we aim to serve and informs policies and practices that shape the experiences and well-being of children and families.
The program also provides targeted funds to facilitate communication and storytelling that use a strengths- and equity-based lens to replace harmful dominant narratives with authentic representation and the lived experiences of the communities and families we support.
Additionally, we support advocacy efforts that increase awareness of community needs and promote essential elements of well-being.
Child Well-being Program Priorities
The Child Well-being Program prioritizes funding for projects and programs that:
- Cultivate partnerships between organizations and systems that serve children and families to increase health equity and well-being;
- Coordinate efforts across a variety of social service systems;
- Implement interventions that meet the needs of children and families in their neighborhoods and communities;
- Increase access to prevention and treatment services;
- Communicate lessons and outcomes broadly to inform policy and practice; and/or
- Invest in developing and supporting the next generation of leaders committed to implementing effective programs and policies serving children and families.
Walmart Foundation: Concept Note
Wal Mart Foundation
Healthier Food for All
We aim to help people live healthier by increasing access to healthy food and bringing nutrition and healthcare together.Expanding access to affordable, healthy food lies at the heart of Walmart’s purpose to help people save money and live better. Walmart and Sam’s Club provide access to low-cost, nutritious food through over 5,000 stores and clubs within 10 miles of 90% of Americans, as well as thousands more grocery delivery and pickup options.
Our philanthropy complements and expands the impact of our business by increasing access to healthy food in underserved communities and creating a closer link between nutrition and healthcare.
For nearly two decades, we’ve helped expand access to food by donating food and strengthening the charitable meal system. Since 2006, our network of Walmart stores, Sam’s Clubs and distribution centers have provided more than 7.5 billion pounds of food to local Feeding America food banks across the country. We've also supported local food banks in innovating, rescuing, and distributing food to those in need. And, through our annual Fight Hunger. Spark Change. campaign, each year we invite our associates, customers and suppliers to join us in supporting Feeding America member food banks.
Today, nearly half of Americans face chronic illnesses like diabetes and heart disease, and proper nutrition is crucial for managing and reversing these conditions to enhance overall health. As we continue our efforts to improve health outcomes so people can live better, we are focusing our investments on initiatives that more closely connect nutrition and healthcare for people with chronic illnesses. Our investments aim to complement the impact of Walmart’s business in improving the cost and convenience of healthcare, particularly for Americans in rural and underserved communities.
We focus on two key areas: 1) filling gaps in food access, and 2) accelerating the adoption of food as medicine programs.
Fill Gaps in Food Access
We use philanthropy to improve access to food for underserved communities by:
- Investing in building capacity and accelerating innovation in the charitable meal system so food banks can recover and distribute more food.
- Supporting user-friendly technology for nutrition benefits and incorporating these benefits into nonprofit and healthcare services.
- Identifying and testing innovative models that leverage nonprofit and retail strengths to get food to underserved communities.
Accelerate Adoption of Food as Medicine Programs
We use philanthropy to better connect nutrition and healthcare by accelerating the use of food as medicine programs by:
- Supporting high-impact research to help stakeholders better understand the effectiveness of food as medicine programs and the specific elements needed for successful programs.
- Developing nutrition and healthcare programs that are culturally relevant and resonate with people from all backgrounds.
- Increasing coordination between food and healthcare sectors through convening and knowledge-sharing.
The Standard's Corporate Giving Program
Standard Insurance Company (The Standard)
Philanthropy
In 1906, when Leo Samuel founded the company that would become The Standard, he had two radical — at least for the time — ideas for business: it should provide local services for customers and it should contribute to the well-being of the community. Our company has grown considerably since those early days — we have customers and offices around the country. Our dual focus on exceptional customer service and supporting the places we live and work continues to guide The Standard today.h
Corporate Giving
At The Standard, our business purpose is to help people achieve financial well-being and peace of mind. This focus means that our company exists to help people. Our more than 3,000 employees are a huge part of that culture of caring. Not surprisingly, our corporate giving reflects that culture of caring. We work with employees to find ways to make a difference and support our communities through corporate giving and grants. The philosophy behind our charitable giving is shaped by the same attributes that help make us a leading provider of financial services: integrity, commitment and doing things differently. Through our corporate giving program, we support organizations that align with our four focus areas: Healthy Communities, Disability and Empowerment, Cultural Development, and Education and Advancement.
Organizations We Support
Healthy Communities
Strong, vibrant communities are a critical source of security for all residents. We fund organizations that provide support, training and rehabilitation to individuals and families facing significant challenges. We also fund programs that help individuals and families develop capabilities to increase self-sufficiency.
Disability and Empowerment
Our business is about helping people overcome hardships and empowering success. We support organizations that help people with disabilities thrive independently and overcome barriers to social and economic success. We also support programs that provide relief during transitions to independent living.
Cultural Development
Arts and cultural organizations play a major role in vibrant communities. We support organizations that offer multicultural art programs and provide enhanced access for the under-served. Specifically, we encourage programs that build audiences and promote the arts through education, interactive media and artistic excellence.
Education and Advancement
The future health and well-being of our communities is in the hands of children, who are the workers, innovators, leaders and artists of the future. We fund organizations that foster strategic learning initiatives to better prepare children for success. We emphasize programs that strengthen the quality of education, early childhood education and workforce development.
Types of Support/Range of Support
- General operating support
- Program support
- Capital support
- Event sponsorship
- Exhibitions
- Performance/Productions
$500 to $25,000
The average gift is $3,000.
Standard's Corporate Giving Program
The Standard Charitable Foundation
Philanthropy
In 1906, when Leo Samuel founded the company that would become The Standard, he had two radical — at least for the time — ideas for business: it should provide local services for customers and it should contribute to the well-being of the community. Our company has grown considerably since those early days — we have customers and offices around the country. Our dual focus on exceptional customer service and supporting the places we live and work continues to guide The Standard today.
The Standard Charitable Foundation
In 2006 we celebrated our 100th anniversary, and to mark the occasion — and properly honor our rich legacy of philanthropy — we launched The Standard Charitable Foundation.
The mission of The Standard Charitable Foundation is to make a positive difference in the communities we serve by supporting community development, education and disability organizations. While the foundation has a broad goal of making a positive difference in our communities, we place special emphasis on helping individuals and families who have experienced a major disability or the loss of a loved one.
Focus Areas
Healthy Communities
Strong, vibrant communities are a critical source of security for all residents. We fund organizations that provide support, training and rehabilitation to individuals and families facing significant challenges. We also fund programs that help individuals and families develop capabilities to increase self-sufficiency.
Cultural Development
Arts and cultural organizations play a major role in vibrant communities. We support organizations that offer multicultural art programs and provide enhanced access for the under-served. Specifically, we encourage programs that build audiences and promote the arts through education, interactive media and artistic excellence.
Disability and Empowerment
Our business is about helping people overcome hardships and empowering success. We support organizations that help people with disabilities thrive independently and overcome barriers to social and economic success. We also support programs that provide relief during transitions to independent living.
Education and Advancement
The future health and well-being of our communities is in the hands of children, who are the workers, innovators, leaders and artists of the future. We fund organizations that foster strategic learning initiatives to better prepare children for success. We emphasize programs that strengthen the quality of education, early childhood education and workforce development.
Types of Support / Range of Support
- General operating support
- Program support
- Capital support
- Event Sponsorship
- Exhibitions
- Performance/Productions
$500 to $25,000
The average gift is $10,000
J.W. Couch Foundation Grant
Jesse W Couch Charitable Foundation
About the Foundation
Jesse W. Couch lived a life of zeal, honor, and dedication to the betterment of his community. The Couch family now humbly stewards the foundation he created to carry on his legacy of service for future generations. We believe that impact is best accomplished through partnerships with local organizations that know the people and communities they serve. We invest in and support efforts to protect the environment, further conservation and preservation initiatives, and save historical architecture that preserves community heritage. We also support initiatives that promote wellness and mental health and organizations seeking to provide and further education for all communities.
Annual Grant Focus
Each year, we seek to partner with and support non-profit organizations making an impact in the focus areas listed here.
The focus area for this year is Wildlife Conservation. We believe it's our duty to conserve the lands and waters on which all life depends. We envision a world where everyone works in harmony to protect what is important so that all life on this planet can thrive.
Polinger Family Foundation Grants - Family Well-Being
Howard and Geraldine Polinger Family Foundation
About
To improve the quality of life for families and their communities through support of innovative projects and successful ongoing programs.
Family Well-Being
The Foundation seeks to promote healthy development for families with children at the earliest and most formative years, utilizing strategies that are preventative in nature, strengthen and build healthy families, and are responsive to the needs of children and families. We do this in two primary ways:
Promoting Behavioral Health Services
Identifying and addressing the behavioral and mental health needs of pregnant women, mothers with new babies and families with young children. This work is focused on employing strategic systems-building strategies in a variety of settings including, but not limited to: schools, child care centers, health care providers and home visiting programs.
Promoting School Readiness
Ensuring families with young children have an awareness of and access to services and resources that promote school readiness and healthy emotional development including, but not limited to, developmental screening and early childhood education opportunities.
About Takeda
Takeda is a patient-focused, values-based, R&D-driven global biopharmaceutical company committed to bringing Better Health and a Brighter Future to people worldwide. Our passion and pursuit of potentially life-changing treatments for patients are deeply rooted in over 230 years of distinguished history in Japan.
Commitment to Community
Takeda has a long history of supporting nonprofit organizations through corporate giving, employee volunteerism and employee giving. Our Growing Communities program enables us to engage our employees and make meaningful contributions to support the communities where we live and work in the U.S., aiming to build deep, impactful relationships with our community partners.
Philanthropic Giving
Takeda’s purpose of “better health for people, brighter future for the world” serves as the inspiration for our corporate giving efforts. We seek to reduce the social disparities affecting communities in need by supporting meaningful programs in two focus areas: Food is Health and Building STEM Foundations.
Food is Health
- Access to nutritional food
- Medically tailored meals
- Elimination of swamps and deserts
- Urban farming
Eating a healthy diet is essential for maintaining good health and preventing chronic diseases. By providing access to healthy food and promoting education and awareness around healthy eating habits, we can help support communities in need and take an active role in improving healthcare and overall well-being. This is why we support programs that focus on the role of food in improving health.
The lack of good, healthy food burdens the U.S. health care system with an estimated $53 billion in avoidable expenses each year, says Feeding America. The pandemic further increased the demand for nutritious food and inflation put affordable healthy food out of reach for many working families. Yet good nutrition is essential for people to stay healthy.
We work with partners to provide the right nutrition to those who need it the most. Incorporating healthy foods into diets can help reduce the risk of heart disease, stroke, diabetes and certain types of cancer. In addition, a healthy diet can improve mental health, boost energy levels and promote healthy aging.
Building STEM Foundations
- K-8 math
- High school STEM enrichment
- College success
To solve many of the most pressing challenges facing the world, like climate change and population health, we need diverse perspectives in science and technology. By investing in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) education, we can prepare the next generation of innovators and problem-solvers to drive progress and shape the future. We support programs in the areas of K-8 math, high school STEM enrichment and college success.
Building a strong foundation in STEM subjects is critical for students who aspire to pursue careers in science. STEM education provides students with the necessary skills and knowledge to solve complex problems, think critically, and innovate. By developing a strong understanding of STEM fundamentals, students can pursue careers of tremendous impact.
STEM education can also help students develop important life skills such as teamwork, communication, and adaptability, which are essential for success in any career. By investing in STEM education, we can prepare the next generation of innovators and problem-solvers who will drive progress and shape the future. We focus on supporting programs in the areas of K-8 math, high school STEM enrichment and college success.
RNP Foundation Grant
Ravi and Naina Patel Foundation
About Us
As a family team, we’ve been working together for over 15 years to make happiness possible for underserved communities by promoting basic education, proper nutrition, secure housing, and a healthier environment through our nonprofit organization.
Our Mission
The RNP Foundation is committed to increasing the overall well-being of our neighbors and beyond. As long time meditation practitioners, we believe the path to lasting happiness is through spirituality, but before establishing self-transcendence, an individual must have their basic living, education, nutritional, and environmental needs met. Our mission is to nurture a safer, healthier world in which every person can achieve lasting happiness that spans for generations.
Our Pillars
At the RNP Foundation, we’re driven by the five core pillars of our organization: addressing homelessness, promoting better education, caring for the environment, providing nourishment, and fostering a sense of spirituality.
- HOMELESSNESS - We believe that we are all interconnected, so no part of society should be isolated. Therefore, we help combat the issue of homelessness in our community by being a part of the Kern County Homeless Collaborative.
- EDUCATION - We believe in the power of education and the impact it can have. Therefore, we do what we can to make it easier for people in the community to obtain an education.
- ENVIRONMENT - We believe that protecting the environment is imperative to our society. To do this we make sure we invest our resources in people and organizations that promote the well being of our planet.
- NUTRITION - We understand the importance and impact of good nutrition on the mind, body, and spirit. We love this community, so we are committed to the health of the people who live here. We work with a non profit cafe who promotes these beliefs and values.
- SPIRITUALITY - We believe that true happiness is connected to our spirituality. Therefore, once we help provide the basic necessities, such as a home, food, and education, we can focus on our spirituality.
Our Work
Our work is centered on the pillars of environment, nutrition, education, housing/homelessness, and spirituality. We try to serve in these areas through starting and running our own programs anywhere in the world from Kern County to India, partnering with others on projects for doing such work around the globe, or stepping out of the way and simply giving grants to impactful organizations. We find that to create impact effectively it is important to know which problems to get involved with directly and which ones to trust others to be able to take care of.
Despite our pillars, we are willing and able to pivot in times of need. During the Covid-19 crisis we shifted a large portion of our efforts and funds towards alleviating the effects and bringing us out of the pandemic. Being that our team has a large amount of knowledge, experience, and infrastructure in health care we were able to pivot outside of our typical focus.
We try to balance between being focused on our areas of knowledge and responding to the ever changing needs of the world.
OneCause Cares Corporate Grants Program
OneCause
Investing in Our Communities
At OneCause, our Why is to build better tomorrows for nonprofits like yours, your supporters, and the impact you create together! To live our Why, we go beyond industry-leading software, services, and support by offering innovative programs to move your mission forward.
Our Corporate Grants Program helps nonprofits leverage technology to raise more life-changing funds and reach more donors. We offer two technology-based grants annually to registered 501c3 organizations, up to $10,000 each, used to underwrite OneCause fundraising software. Because an investment in nonprofits is an investment in our communities.
Grant Focus Areas
Mental Health & Wellness:
Everyone has a right to a safe and healthy environment. We’re looking for organizations that promote self-care and wellness to help triumph a meaningful life, free from mental illness, hunger, poverty, and social injustices or inequities. Tell us how you help members of your community reach their highest potential – mind, body, and soul.
Community:
Does your organization empower populations to thrive and grow in safe environments? Share how you contribute to community strength and pride in culture by embracing and expanding diversity, encouraging mutual support, and preserving important community history.
Sustainability:
The planet we call home needs protection now, more than ever, so that its ecosystems and biodiversity can be preserved for future generations. How does your organization help guard the planet and conserve our natural resources that are essential to our global community?
What does OneCause look for in a potential grantee?
OneCause looks at the following factors when awarding grants:
- Alignment with cause focus areas
- Needs based
- Software use case for fundraising or awareness building
- Clear focus on how the software will further the mission
- Adhering to deadline and application completeness
- Organization’s commitment to fulfilling grantee responsibilities
What is a technology-based grant?
The OneCause Corporate Grants Program provides nonprofit organizations access to OneCause software products and services to help expand their collective impact. The program includes two (2) donated subscriptions per organization (two full years, worth up to $10,000), service, support, and consulting plus discounts on additional subscriptions, products, and/or services from OneCause.
Does OneCause provide monetary award in lieu of technology-based grant?
Currently, the OneCause Corporate Grants Program is a technology-based grant offering.
The technology-based grant may be applied toward the following:
- Fundraising Platform
- Text2Give
- Online Giving
- Ambassador Fundraising
- Peer-to-Peer Solutions
- Professional Services
- Add-On Consulting Services
- Add-On Virtual Services
Grant also includes:
- Grant Liaison Representative
- Customer Success Manager
- Phone, Chat & Email Support
- Consulting
- OneCause University Fundraising Courses
- Access to OneCause Webinars and Fundraising Resources
P.E.A.R.L. Pledge
Pearl Milling Company
P.E.A.R.L. Pledge is a multi-year program championing the empowerment and success of Black women and girls across America. Pearl Milling Company has awarded 50 P.E.A.R.L. Pledge grants to nonprofit organizations dedicated to creating opportunities for the Black community.
The program is based on five key pillars:
Prosperity
Alleviating systemic barriers and inequities in areas such as food, housing, employment, financial support, and generational wealth.
Empowerment
Inspiring and encouraging Black women and girls to attain holistic wellness and success in areas such as confidence building, self-esteem, and mental and physical health.
Access
Enhancing equal opportunity to education and entrepreneurship in areas such as scholarships, grants, capital, and financial literacy.
Representation
Elevating Black women and girls in the areas such as culinary arts, food innovation, science, and media support.
Leadership
Advancing skill development and access to resources for emerging talent in areas such as public speaking, strategic thinking, team building, and mentorship.
Unless Project
A Little Better Company, LLC
Dr. Seuss' Lorax left one simple word on a rock before he disappeared forever: Unless.
It meant that "Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not." As we look around at the state of our communities, our country, and our planet, it's hard not to feel overwhelmed with the challenges ahead - both tangible and existential.
But we at ALBC care a whole awful lot, and have decided to do something about it.
The Challenge
In our experience, organizations with truly new and novel ideas struggle to get the buy-in and resources they need to bring their ideas to life. It's much easier to sell an idea that's already been proven/profitable, so change-makers need to work much harder to get their audiences on board and bought-in, requiring high-end expertise they typically can't afford. The gap between idea and impact is where we come in.
The Big Idea
The Unless Project (UP) is our grant-meets-accelerator program designed to identify organizations with transformational solutions and limited resources, then to repackage, reposition, and amplify them to be as successful as possible. Once a year, we select up to four (4) organizations - one (1) in each of our four focus areas - and donate services & resources worth over $500,000 USD in total.
How Does It Work?
Each grantee is guided through a six-month intensive process with six major stages worth up to $150,000 in services & resources to refine your positioning, build your capacity, and better engage with your audiences.
Throughout this process, we help our grantees transform from current-state to ideal-state, tapping into our entire array of capabilities and expertise, and funding all marketing-related expenditures required to realize their vision along the way.
At the end of the process, the Grantee should see a measurable increase in their impact and their ability to engage new audiences sustainably. Hopefully, their success will inspire others to pursue their own big ideas.
- Discovery & Strategy to establish a viable north star, a pathway to get there, and prioritize our efforts along the way.
- Operations & Education to ensure the infrastructure and resources are in place to successfully reach that destination.
- Branding & Storytelling to revitalize or reimagine how the organization is packaged, positioned, and explained.
- Marketing & PR to ensure the Grantee’s audience is experiencing them in the right way at the right time.
- Pitching & Delivery to ensure we’re successfully achieving our goals and connecting with new, bigger audiences.
- Analysis & Graduation to assess successes and opportunities, and to ensure the Grantee is headed off with the tools they need for sustainable success.
Focus Areas
- Environmental Sustainability
- When we think of environmental sustainability, we think of sustainable farming, shifting to renewable energy sources, and passive/net-zero building solutions, as well as the removal of harmful plastics and waste products from our environment.
- Health & Human Wellness
- When we think about human health and wellness, we think of ways we could improve personalized healthcare, proactive healthcare, and mental health destigmatization and support.
- Social Progress & Advocacy
- When we think about social progress and advocacy, we think of ways we could build a less polarized, better educated, unconditionally equal, safer, and wholly empathetic society.
- Artistic Activism
- When we think about artistic activism, we think about the explosive documentaries, guerilla installations, unforgettable performances, and stunning imagery that has defined generations.
Award Information
While there’s a small cash stipend ($2500) to minimize any unplanned out-of-pocket expenses, the vast majority of value is provided in services and resources, including any hard costs associated with executing our strategy.
Our for-profit partners typically invest $150,000+ for these services, hence the valuation of the grant. Moreover, we’ve heard and seen too many examples of “chunk-o-cash” grants that end up failing because they don’t come with adequate support, direction, and resources.
O'Reilly Automotive Foundation Grant
O'Reilly Automotive Foundation Inc
How and Why Giving Back to Communities is Important to O’Reilly
From O’Reilly Auto Parts’ inception, O’Reilly co-founder C.H. “Chub” O’Reilly instilled the culture of maintaining high standards for every endeavor, including the area of building civic pride. With Chub’s good example to guide them, all four of his children adopted a business and family philosophy of “giving back” to the community as the Company grew and prospered. Supporting a large number of charitable organizations in all communities in which we operate has long been a focal point for O’Reilly Auto Parts. In order to make an even greater impact, the O’Reilly Automotive Foundation was established in 2020.
O’Reilly Automotive Foundation, Inc.
Impact
The O’Reilly Automotive Foundation complements O’Reilly Auto Parts’ role as the Friendliest Parts Store in Town. The Foundation serves as an additional conduit to connect with, support, and strengthen the communities in which O’Reilly Auto Parts’ team members and customers live and work. The Foundation continues the philanthropic legacy of the O’Reilly family as dependable community partners, seeking to support critical services in times of need to build stronger communities.
Mission
The O’Reilly Automotive Foundation strives to have a lasting, positive impact in the communities where O’Reilly Auto Parts’ team members and customers live and work by supporting organizations and programs which address issues critical to improving the quality of life for underserved and underrepresented individuals and families. In particular, the Foundation will concentrate its giving in support of organizations and programs addressing economic stability and mobility, workforce development, health and social services, and disaster relief.
Economic Stability and Mobility
Advocating for and endowing programs which provide assistance with issues including hunger, homelessness, and poverty for the economic betterment of the communities in which we operate.
Workforce Development
Promoting programs which aid in workforce readiness, technical training, and literacy, including children’s literacy, to ensure the continuance of an educated society and a capable, innovative workforce.
Health and Social Services
Championing and prioritizing matters of health, including mental and behavioral health, access to basic needs such as medical and dental care for underprivileged communities, and providing funding for organizations focused on childhood development and children’s advocacy as well as care and support for victims of domestic violence.
Disaster Relief
Providing funding and visibility to organizations specializing in providing relief from natural disasters and state of emergency, including providing temporary shelter, food, water, and hygiene or sanitation products to those affected and aiding in cleanup efforts.
Application Requirements
We will consider three principal types of grants:
Project Support Grants support specific projects or programs aligned with our mission. These requests may include some funds earmarked for the overhead costs associated with running a project.
General Operating Support Grants provide limited general operating support for the core operations or organizations whose missions and activities are aligned with our mission. These grants will often help the grantee build organizational, programmatic, and fundraising capacity. Operating support is not intended to help organizations in fiscal crisis. Applicants must have a current strategic or business plan that clearly outlines the organization’s goals and presents a plan for achieving results. Operating support grants must not exceed 15% of an organization’s total agency budget.
Capital Support Grants provide limited support for capital campaigns to fund the acquisition and construction of facilities, existing property renovation, or the purchase of major equipment. The program has a comprehensive approach to funding capital initiatives, which also includes funding for increased program capacity. A feasibility study may be required for capital initiatives to be considered.
GEICO Philanthropic Foundation Grant
Geico Philanthropic Foundation
GEICO Philanthropic Foundation
Through our community funding, the GEICO Philanthropic Foundation strives to support organizations that provide programs and resources to help strengthen our diverse communities across the country. We know that a strong community is one where every individual has access to educational and employment opportunities, can thrive in safe communities, and has the resources to overcome challenges.
About the GEICO Philanthropic Foundation
For more than 40 years, The GEICO Philanthropic Foundation has supported organizations that provide programs and resources to help strengthen diverse communities across the country. To date, The Foundation has donated to 7,000+ charities and averaged between $6 and $8 million in annual giving over the last two decades.
The GEICO Philanthropic Foundation focuses its funding on three key areas:
Educating
The Foundation regularly teams up with nonprofits focused on educational resources and opportunities supporting diverse communities across the country, as well as groups that focus on STEM, early childhood learning, and safety.
Engaging the Community
Part of the Foundation's vision is improving our communities and supporting local organizations through volunteer and outreach efforts. Topics of focus may include:
- Financial literacy
- Food insecurity
- Environmental conservation
- Animal welfare and advocacy
- Health and wellness initiatives
Promoting Equity
The Foundation is committed to building meaningful relationships with community organizations that support equity, justice, diversity, and inclusion.
Stranahan Foundation Early Childhood Education Funding
Stranahan Foundation
Overall Program Goal & Approach
The Stranahan Foundation’s Early Childhood Education Strategy focuses on increasing access to high-quality early care and education for low-income children (birth to five) by investing in developing and retaining a high-quality, thriving early educator workforce.
Context
The spring 2025 funding cycle will support nonprofit organizations and projects focused on advancing our Innovation and Proven Professional Development strategies. These strategies are outlined below:
- Innovation: This strategy focuses on developing, piloting, and refining new approaches to improve the knowledge, skills, or practices of aspiring and existing early childhood professionals. To be considered under this strategy, your project must have:
- A clearly defined logic model.
- Incorporated best practices in adult learning.
- An evaluation plan that (a) assesses the model’s impact on classroom environments, teacher practices, and, ideally, child learning and (b) advances our collective understanding of “what works, for whom, and under what conditions” by the end of the grant period.
- Plan to repeat or scale the innovative approach to other settings or geographies if proven successful.
- Proven Professional Development: This strategy focuses on expanding or modifying a clearly defined, proven professional development model to enable future expansion or implementation in a new childhood setting. To be considered as part of this strategy, your professional development model must have:
- A clearly defined logic model.
- Substantial third-party evidence of positive outcomes for early childhood professionals, classroom environments, and, ideally, child learning. The Foundation generally defines “substantial” as consistent with the definitions of What Works Clearinghouse or ESSA Tier 1 or 2 evidence.
- Clear evidence of repeated, successful implementation in multiple early childhood settings or various geographies.
FUNDING OPPORTUNITY
This cycle has up to $1.5 million in funding available to support innovation and proven professional development proposals. Based on the highest needs surfaced through the Foundation’s recent engagement and discussions with ECE leaders and educators in our 2024 Provider cycle, we are exclusively interested in models and approaches designed to do one of the following:
- Build the capacity of early childhood leaders, coaches, or mentor teachers to deliver or support instructional coaching.
- Support early childhood professionals in building the skills necessary to support children’s social-emotional health and effectively address challenging behaviors.
- Grow the pipeline of high-quality, well-trained early childhood leaders and teachers.
Contemplative Changemaking Grants
Mind & Life Institute
Overview
To support the use of contemplative approaches by grassroots change-makers addressing urgent community needs, Mind & Life launched the Contemplative Changemaking Grants program in 2022.
Contemplative Changemaking Grants, of up to $10,000 for a 2-year period, fund small-scale, impact-oriented work undertaken by individuals, community workers, and non-profit organizations that ground themselves in contemplative practices to achieve real impact in people’s everyday lives.
Inspired by the Francisco J. Varela Research Grants—established by Mind & Life in 2004 to support scientists and scholars conducting contemplative research—the Contemplative Changemaking Grants are a critical component of Mind & Life’s work to “inspire action toward flourishing.” Through the grants, we encourage the expansion of contemplative practices and their benefits beyond the individual and into the community.
Given the unprecedented challenges of our time, proposals will be encouraged across broad domains, including civic engagement, climate action, economic empowerment, education, physical and mental health, and social inclusion. In the face of growing climate-related stressors, including eco-anxiety and eco-grief, Mind & Life is increasingly interested in nature-based contemplative practices. We encourage projects with a focus on mindfulness in nature and nature connectedness to apply. Our hope is to support those seeking to integrate contemplative approaches into their work as a means of building resilience and agency for their community.
The impact of the grants—and the stories that emerge from these projects—will help to increase visibility and momentum around the role of contemplative practices in promoting positive social change.
Funding
Grants of up to $10,000 (USD) will be awarded through a competitive application and selection process. The proposed project should be completed within a two-year period, and periodic progress reports will need to be presented as required by Mind & Life.
Hearst Foundation: Health Grant
William Randolph Hearst Foundation
Mission
The mission of the Hearst Foundations is to identify and fund outstanding nonprofits to ensure that people of all backgrounds in the United States can build healthy, productive and satisfying lives. Through its grantmaking, the Hearst Foundations support well-established nonprofit organizations that address significant issues within their major areas of focus—culture, education, health and social service—and that primarily serve large demographic and/or geographic constituencies. In each area of funding, the Foundations seek to identify those organizations achieving truly differentiated results relative to other organizations making similar efforts for similar populations. The Foundations also look for evidence of sustainability beyond their support.
Whether providing a scholarship to a deserving student, supporting a rural health clinic or bringing artists into schools so children can see firsthand the beauty of the arts, the Foundations’ focus is consistent: to help those in need, those underserved and those underrepresented in society. Since the Foundations were formed in the 1940s, the scale and capabilities of the grant making have changed, but the mission has not.
Health Grant
The Hearst Foundations assist leading regional hospitals, medical centers and specialized medical institutions providing access to healthcare for high-need populations. In response to the shortage of healthcare professionals necessary to meet the country’s evolving healthcare demands, the Foundations also fund programs designed to enhance skills and increase the number of practitioners and educators across roles in healthcare. The Foundations also support public health, medical research and the development of young investigators to help create a broad and enduring impact on the nation’s health.
Funding Priorities in Health
In the recent past, 30% of total funding has been allocated to Health. Organizations with budgets over $10 million have received 80% of the funding in Health.
The Hearst Foundations are only able to fund approximately 25% of all grant requests, of which about 80% is directed to prior grantees and about 20% is targeted for new grantees.
Types of Support
Program, capital and, on a limited basis, endowment support
Hearst Foundation: Education Grant
William Randolph Hearst Foundation
Mission
The mission of the Hearst Foundations is to identify and fund outstanding nonprofits to ensure that people of all backgrounds in the United States can build healthy, productive and satisfying lives. Through its grantmaking, the Hearst Foundations support well-established nonprofit organizations that address significant issues within their major areas of focus—culture, education, health and social service—and that primarily serve large demographic and/or geographic constituencies. In each area of funding, the Foundations seek to identify those organizations achieving truly differentiated results relative to other organizations making similar efforts for similar populations. The Foundations also look for evidence of sustainability beyond their support.
Whether providing a scholarship to a deserving student, supporting a rural health clinic or bringing artists into schools so children can see firsthand the beauty of the arts, the Foundations’ focus is consistent: to help those in need, those underserved and those underrepresented in society. Since the Foundations were formed in the 1940s, the scale and capabilities of the grant making have changed, but the mission has not.
Education Grant
The Hearst Foundations fund educational institutions demonstrating uncommon success in preparing students to thrive in a global society. The Foundations’ focus is largely on higher education, but they also fund innovative models of early childhood and K-12 education, as well as professional development.
Funding Priorities in Health
The Hearst Foundations are only able to fund approximately 25% of all grant requests, of which about 80% is directed to prior grantees and about 20% is targeted for new grantees.
In the recent past, 30% of total funding has been allocated to Education. Organizations with budgets over $10 million have received 80% of the funding in Education.
Types of Support
Program, scholarship, capital and, on a limited basis, general and endowment support
Funding
Minimum grant size is $100,000.
Hearst Foundation: Social Service Grant
William Randolph Hearst Foundation
Mission
The mission of the Hearst Foundations is to identify and fund outstanding nonprofits to ensure that people of all backgrounds in the United States can build healthy, productive and satisfying lives. Through its grantmaking, the Hearst Foundations support well-established nonprofit organizations that address significant issues within their major areas of focus—culture, education, health and social service—and that primarily serve large demographic and/or geographic constituencies. In each area of funding, the Foundations seek to identify those organizations achieving truly differentiated results relative to other organizations making similar efforts for similar populations. The Foundations also look for evidence of sustainability beyond their support.
Whether providing a scholarship to a deserving student, supporting a rural health clinic or bringing artists into schools so children can see firsthand the beauty of the arts, the Foundations’ focus is consistent: to help those in need, those underserved and those underrepresented in society. Since the Foundations were formed in the 1940s, the scale and capabilities of the grant making have changed, but the mission has not.
Social Service Grant
The Hearst Foundations fund direct-service organizations that tackle the roots of chronic poverty by applying effective solutions to the most challenging social and economic problems. The Foundations prioritize supporting programs that have proven successful in facilitating economic independence and in strengthening families. Preference is also given to programs with the potential to scale productive practices in order to reach more people in need.
Funding Priorities in Social Service
In the recent past, 15% of total funding has been allocated to Social Service. Organizations with budgets over $5 million have received 60% of funding in Social Service.
The Hearst Foundations are only able to fund approximately 25% of all grant requests, of which about 80% is directed to prior grantees and about 20% is targeted for new grantees.
Types of Support
Program, capital and general support
Funding
Minimum grant size is $100,000.
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How common are grants in this category?
Common — grants in this category appear regularly across funding sources.
100+ Health and Wellness grants for nonprofits grants for nonprofits in the United States, from private foundations to corporations seeking to fund grants for nonprofits.
46 Health and Wellness grants for nonprofits over $25K in average grant size
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Grant Deadline Distribution
Over the past year, when are grant deadlines typically due for Health and Wellness grants for Nonprofits?
Most grants are due in the first quarter.
Typical Funding Amounts
What's the typical grant amount funded for Health and Wellness Grants for Nonprofits?
Grants are most commonly $25,000.
Frequently Asked Questions
What types of nonprofits can qualify for Health and Wellness for Nonprofits grants?
Health and wellness grants are available to nonprofits that seek to improve public health. Organizations that promote physical fitness, mental health, nutritional initiatives, and preventative care are eligible. Eligible groups may also address health disparities and guarentee underserved and marginalized communities have access to quality care.
Grants in health and wellness typically have the highest concentration of deadlines in first quarter, with 31.1% of grant deadlines falling in this period. If you're planning to apply, consider prioritizing your applications around this time to maximize opportunities. Conversely, the least active period for grants in this category is fourth quarter.
Why are Health and Wellness for Nonprofits grants offered, and what do they aim to achieve?
Health and wellness grants aim to support individual well-being and community health. To reduce healthcare gaps, funders support wellness programs in the communities that need them most and work to make healthcare more accessible. These grants also encourage proactive wellness by funding initiatives promoting healthy lifestyles and overall well-being.
On average, grants in health and wellness provide funding between $250 and $1,000,000, with typical awards falling around $25,000 (median) and $73,525 (average). These insights can help nonprofits align their funding requests with what grantmakers typically offer in this space.
Who typically funds Health and Wellness for Nonprofits grants?
Health and wellness grants are often funded by government agencies like the CDC and NIH and private foundations like the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and W.K. Kellogg Foundation. Healthcare companies and hospitals contribute by funding programs that improve community health.
What strategies can nonprofits use to improve their success rate for Health and Wellness for Nonprofits grants?
To improve the chances of receiving health and wellness grants, nonprofits should:
- Align with public health priorities – Research the funder’s mission and make it clear how your program addresses key public health priorities.
- Use data to show impact – Provide measurable outcomes that illustrate how your program makes a difference.
- Build strong partnerships – Collaborate with healthcare providers, local government agencies, and community organizations to strengthen your proposal and expand your program’s reach.
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