Funding Opportunities
Funder: Kars 4 Kids
Due: Rolling Deadline
Funds: $500-$2,000 grants to support educational and after school youth development programs which empower future generations.
Funder: Home Depot Foundation
Due: Ongoing opportunity
Funds: Support to nonprofit organizations and public service agencies in the U.S. that are using the power of volunteers to improve their communities. The program focuses on support for organizations that serve veterans in local communities, as well as organizations that serve vulnerable and under-served communities. Grants of up to $5,000 are made in the form of Home Depot gift cards for the purchase of tools, materials, or services.
https://corporate.homedepot.com/foundation/communityimpactgrants
This grant is accepting applications on a rolling basis.
Funder: BNSF Railway Foundation
Due: Ongoing opportunity
Funds: Organizations, institutions, & federally recognized tribal governments providing civic, cultural, educational, health, human service, or youth-serving programs & services
LyftUp is accepting applications on a rolling basis.
Funder: LyftUp
Due: Ongoing opportunity
Funds: Organizations that need delivery services for essential goods—such as groceries, medical supplies, auto parts, and home necessities—who are matched with Lyft drivers that can carry the deliveries out. This can also include trips to the grocery store, pharmacy, healthcare appointments, etc. for those in need.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScUiTfWdML2vVHXxNcsooEPxLYNQ8SMN3q4x8ICY8nszgR0Xw/viewform
This grant is accepting applications on a rolling basis.
Funder: St. Louis City Senior Fund
Due: Ongoing opportunity
Funds: Funding to offer support when organizations serving older St. Louis City residents have an unanticipated event that is beyond the control of an organization, threatens the organization’s ability to operate senior programs and services, and requires urgent or timely action
Funder: Illinois Charitable Trust
Due: March 31, 2022
Funds: Illinois nonprofits working on Food Programs, Housing Programs, and Workforce & Economic Development. Applicants must have annual budgets under $1 million.
https://illinoistreasurer.gov/Office_of_the_Treasurer/Charitable_Trust
Funder: Women on Mission St. Louis
Due: March 31, 2022
Funds: Two grants of $74,000 each (funding received over a two-year period) for nonprofits serving the College Hill area in St. Louis.
Funder: Women’s Foundation of Greater St. Louis
Due: March 31, 2022 (Letters of Intent)
Funds: $7,500-$15,000 grants for St. Louis-based non-religious organizations with budgets under $2 million. Funds will support programs focused on these priority areas:
Increasing access to jobs for women and supporting women earning a living wage (currently $47,500/year for a family of four) including workforce development/job training (with an emphasis on female-specific cohorts)
Increasing supports for working families such as access to safe, affordable childcare; access to paid family leave; or that otherwise remove barriers to employment for women.
Increasing family well-being and eliminating barriers to economic success for women by engaging women and their children in a 2 Generation approach
Funder: Restore, Reinvest, and Renew (R3)
Due: March 1, 2022
Funds: Grants for programs in Illinois communities that have been harmed by violence, excessive incarceration, and economic disinvestment
Funder: United Way of Greater St. Louis
Due: February 18, 2022 at 5:00 pm
Funds: Mini-grants of up to $5,000 for organizations participating in the ASSET program, which is focused on financial education and asset building for low-income families with children. To apply, agencies must be nonprofit organizations that serve low-income families with children in St. Louis City, St. Louis County, Franklin County, Jefferson County, Lincoln County, St. Charles County, or Warren County.
Funder: USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture
Due: December 20, 2021
Funds: Projects that improve food and nutrition security in low-income communities through a food systems approach and social determinants of health framework. Two types of grants are available: Community Food Projects and Planning Projects.
https://nifa.usda.gov/funding-opportunity/community-food-projects-cfp-competitive-grants-program
Funder: Home Depot Foundation
Due: December 17, 2021
Funds: New construction or rehabilitation of permanent supportive housing for veterans. Awards typically range from $100,000 to $500,000.
https://corporate.homedepot.com/foundation/veteranhousinggrants
Funder: City of St. Louis Affordable Housing Commission
Due: October 22, 2021 at 4:00 pm
Funds: Grants for services related to affordable housing, preventing homelessness, or providing services to the homeless; and loans and subsidies for rental and for-sale housing production and development. Review a virtual presentation on how to apply for funding here (available Wednesday, September 8 at 8:00 am).
Funder: First Unitarian Church of St. Louis
Due: September 13, 2021
Funds: Non-sectarian, direct service, social action projects in the St. Louis community. Approximately $7,000 is available this grants cycle for individual grants of $500 or less, and potentially for funding one or more larger requests based on project merit and need. Funders are most interested in programs/projects that address issues surrounding homelessness, poverty, and marginalized populations in the metro St. Louis area, particularly in St. Louis City.
Funder: Bank of America
Due: February 19, 2021
Funds: The Economic Mobility Focused on the Needs of Individuals and Families category provides support for workforce development, education, and basic needs.
https://about.bankofamerica.com/en-us/global-impact/charitable-foundation-funding.html
Funder: The National Trust for Historic Preservation
Due: The deadline for letters of intent is January 15, 2021; invited applications will be due May 3, 2021
Funds: The Trust's African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund is designed to advance ongoing preservation activities for historic places such as sites, museums, and landscapes representing African American cultural heritage. The Fund supports work in four primary areas: Capital Projects, Organizational Capacity Building, Project Planning, and Programming and Interpretation
https://forum.savingplaces.org/build/funding/grant-seekers/specialprograms/aachactionfund
This grant is accepting applications on a rolling basis.
Funder: CIGNA Foundation
Due: Ongoing opportunity
Funds: Nonprofits engaged in eliminating health disparities & improving community health navigation
https://www.instrumentl.com/grants/cigna-world-of-difference-grants
Funder: National Council on Aging (NCOA)
Due: Rolling deadline
Funds: Provides grants to qualified local nonprofits that are meeting the critical needs of older adults, allowing them to stay safe, secure, and healthy in their own homes during the COVID-19 crisis.
This grant is accepting applications on a rolling basis.
Funder: Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act via St. Louis County
Due: Ongoing opportunity; applications accepted starting June 3, 2020
Funds: Support for child care providers to help them operate safely & effectively in response to the COVID-19 public health emergency
https://mailchi.mp/aa0d2b78e8f7/child-care-relief-program?e=0cfbfbc002
Funder: ALDI
Due: Applications accepted Feb 1 – Dec 15 each year
Prize Funds: Up to $5000 to organizations that make a positive impact on kids' health and wellness, including support for kids through education, arts, athletics or any other program that inspires them to be active and healthy.
https://corporate.aldi.us/en/corporate-responsibility/aldi-smart-kids/
Funder: RRF Foundation for Aging
Due: Letters of Inquiry due December 1, 2020. Proposals due February 1, 2021.
Prize Funds: Projects that
Increase the availability and effectiveness of comprehensive community programs that will enable older persons to continue living in their homes
Provide supportive services to older persons in residential settings, such as congregate living facilities, group homes, and assisted living facilities
Coordinate the provision of care and services for older persons with chronic conditions who live in community settings
Provide new & expanded opportunities for older persons to remain meaningfully engaged in community life
Funder: National Institute of Health
Due: December 1, 2020
Funds: implementation or evaluation of existing, new, or adapted interventions to address the adverse psychosocial, behavioral, and socioeconomic consequences of the pandemic on the health of NIH-designated health disparity populations and other vulnerable groups.
https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-20-237.html
Funder: St. Louis Community Foundation
Due: November 20, 2020
Funds: Up to $5000 for nonprofits to propose small projects that will address health, safety, and environmental needs in the area surrounding the Bridgeton Landfill.
Funder: City of St. Louis Affordable Housing Commission
Due: 4PM, November 6, 2020
Funds: Grants for services related to affordable housing, preventing homelessness, or providing services to the homeless; and loans and subsidies for rental and for-sale housing production and development. Virtual Presentation on How to Apply for Funding
Funder: Annie’s Homegrown, Inc
Due: November 2, 2020
Prize Funds: $3000 to schools and nonprofits that will provide an edible garden projects that help connect kids to nutritious food. Grants can be used to purchase gardening tools, seeds, or other needed supplies for new gardens or to support existing garden projects.
Funder: Catholic Campaign for Human Development
Due: Pre-applications open September 1 - November 1, 2020. Online applications due January 15, 2021.
Prize Funds: $25,000-$75,000; Community Development Grants to support nonprofit organizations that are led by people living in poverty and work to address the root causes of poverty & Economic Development Grants to support economic development initiatives that include the voice of the poor and marginalized in developing new businesses that offer good jobs or develop assets that will be owned by local communities.
https://www.usccb.org/about/catholic-campaign-for-human-development/grants
Funder: St. Louis City Senior Fund
Due: October 13, 2020
Funds: Support for existing senior or community centers located within the City of St. Louis, that have defined geographic service areas, and currently provide programs and services for older adults. One-year grants up to $25,000 for capital and technology improvements and up to $7,500 for general operating expenses.
Funder: St. Louis City Senior Fund
Due: October 13, 2020
Funds: An applicant’s determination of organization or community need to support innovations in programs, emerging needs, and organizational capacity for services for older St. Louis City residents. One-year grants up to $75,000.
Funder: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Due: October 7, 2020
Prize Funds: $300,000 each over three years for organizations serving the the priorities of community-based organizations and consumers living in communities to whom the health care systems are providing service which might not line up with community priorities.
Funder: Wells Fargo
Due: Applications accepted through September 2020
Funds: Nonprofits helping people find housing stability, supporting small businesses & the workers they employ, & supporting individuals’ financial health amid COVID-19; also open to creative proposals
Press release
https://stories.wf.com/aid-announced-customers-communities-impacted-by-covid-19
Application portal
http://www.cybergrants.com/wellsfargo/communitygrants
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