Private Grants Alert

Foundation Provides $11M for Education, Human Services

Private Funder: Hearst Foundation; Opportunity: 2016 grants; Funding Focus: Education, affordable housing, homelessness prevention, healthcare; Geographic Focus: National; Eligibility: Nonprofits; Funding: Up to $250,000 each; the foundation made $11 million in awards last year; Deadline: Rolling. Summary: The funding goes for K-12 education and social services. The foundation supports a wide range of healthcare-related grants and specialized medical institutions -- such as children's and women's hospitals. The foundation also supports efforts to improve K-12 education and efforts related to affordable housing and homelessness. Although there are no deadlines, the foundation Board of Directors -- which must review all applications -- meets quarterly. Education groups have benefited. The foundation recently gave $250,000 to Rady...

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