Private Grants Alert

Community Development

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Arts, Culture, Community Projects Can Win Support

Los-Angeles-based Annenberg Foundation offers an array of support and focuses on major program areas including K-12 education and youth, arts and culture, community and civic services and health. It generally limits its funding to programs likely to produce change on a large scale basis, with a ...

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Foundation Seeks Applications for Community Awards

Foundation: W.K. Kellogg Foundation; Opportunity: Foundation Grants; Funding Focus: Low-income families, children, youth; Geographic Focus: National; Eligibility: 501(c)(3) nonprofits; Funding: multiple awards up to $500,000 each (the foundation distributed $260 million last year); Deadline: Rol...

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Education, Development Projects Are Foundation Favorite

The Shell Oil Company Foundation, founded in 1953, is one of the nation's leading company-sponsored foundations. It allocates funds to Internal Revenue Code 501(c)(3) nonprofit charitable and educational institutions on an annual basis across clearly defined areas of focus. It funds projects whe...

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Foundation Underwrites Community Efforts

Private Funder: John S. and James L. Knight Foundation (formerly Knight Foundation); Opportunity: Fostering the Arts; Funding Focus: Arts and community engagement; Geographic Focus: Regional; Eligibility: Nonprofits; Funding: Funding varies, the foundation gave $108 million in grants last year; ...

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Community Fund Offers Regional Support

The Appalachian Community Fund provides grants to groups for community organizing and social change in the central region of Appalachia--East Tennessee, Eastern Kentucky, Southwest Virginia and all of West Virginia. Deadline: TBA, the 2015 next round of grants is to open soon (the 2015 deadline...

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OSF Supports Families, Capital Projects

Private Funder: OMNOVA Solutions Foundation (OSF); Opportunity: OSF Grants; Funding Focus: Children and youth; Geographic Focus: National (with some local priorities where the company has locations); Eligibility: Nonprofits; Funding: Up to $2 million in grants anticipated this year; Deadline: Rol...

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Motorcycle Foundation Favors Community Revitalization, Veteran Initiatives

Private Funder: Harley-Davidson Foundation; Opportunity: 2014-15 foundation grants; Funding Focus: Education, community revitalization, veteran initiatives, health and the environment.; Geographic Focus: Primarily focused on Milwaukee, Wauwatosa, Menomonee Falls or Tomahawk, WI; York, PA; or Kan...

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Human Services Important to Costco Giving

Private Funder: Costco Wholesale; Program: Program Grants; Funding Focus: Children, youth, education, health/human services; Geographic Focus: National (communities with Costco stores; for location information, please visit http://tinyurl.com/ynv7tm); Eligibility: 501(c)(3) nonprofits; Funding: ...

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Community Growth Projects Get Funding Boost from Blackstone

Foundation: Blackstone Charitable Foundation; Opportunity: Innovation Grants; Funding Focus: Workforce, entrepreneurship, education; Geographic Focus: National; Eligibility: 501(c)(3) nonprofits and colleges; Funding: Multiple awards up to $300,000 each; Deadline: (TBA) last year's deadline was ...

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Enterprise Assists Family Services, Workforce Projects

Funder: Enterprise Holdings Foundation (formerly Enterprise Rent-A-Car Foundation); Opportunity: Community Grants; Funding Focus: Family services, workforce, human services, health care, community services; Geographic Focus: National; Eligibility: 501(c)(3) nonprofits; Funding: Awards average $2....

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