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Emma Carey Groh Trust

The Emma Carey Groh Trust, administered through Wells Fargo Trust Philanthropic Services, supports projects that benefit children living in group homes, orphanages, and homeless shelters in the U.S.

Applications for an average of $4,000 are due annually by May 1st.

Eligibility

This grant is open to 501(c)3 nonprofit organizations.

Funding Limitations

Grant funds must be used to provide direct services to children, including children with disabilities. They may not be used for:

  • Indirect costs
  • Construction
  • Capital improvements

Coca-Cola Foundation

The Coca-Cola Foundation is investing in change around the world through grants and sponsorships of transformative ideas and institutions. More than $1.5 billion have been given to organizations focused on complex global challenges.

Currently, the Foundation is focusing on six Impact Areas: Sustainable Access to Safe Water, Climate Resilience and Disaster Risk Preparedness and Response, Circular Economy, Economic Empowerment, Hometown, and Employee Giving. Requests for funding can be submitted at any time.

Eligibility

This grant is open to 501(c)3 nonprofit organizations in the United States and international groups with an equivalent designation in their country.

Allowable Expenses

Grant funds may be spent on:

  • Salaries and benefits
  • Consultant fees and expenses
  • Administrative expenses
  • Other

The Foundation typically does not fund:

  • Individual scholarships
  • Programs primarily focused on nutrition, weight loss, or physical activity
  • Movies and television
  • Website development
  • Concerts or other entertainment type events
  • Local sports teams

Impact Areas

Sustainable Access to Safe Water

This area funds programs that present solutions for the 2 billion people globally who lack safe drinking water.

Climate Resilience and Disaster Risk Preparedness and Response

This impact area supports projects that help vulnerable communities adapt to the effects of climate change as well as providing direct relief to those impacted by natural disasters.

Circular Economy

A circular economy is one in which products are reused rather than disposed to alleviate the accumulation of plastic waste, in particular, in the world’s waterways. Grants in this area fund solutions to the 12.7 million metric tons of plastic that pollute our water each year.

Economic Empowerment

This impact area focuses on education, workforce development and entrepreneurship opportunities for disadvantaged communities.

Hometown

Hometown projects build a more inclusive community in Coca-Cola’s hometown of Atlanta, Georgia. This is done through civic engagement, arts and culture, economic empowerment, education, and youth development.

Employee Giving

Coca-Cola employees in the United States donate both time and money in the communities where they live and the Foundation matches that support.

Trust for Mutual Understanding

The Trust for Mutual Understanding supports direct exchanges in the arts, the environment, and the intersection of the two between professionals in the U.S. and the 28 countries in their region. Exchanges may be in person or virtual.

Initual inquiries are due each year by May 1st or November 1st. If invited, full proposals will be due August 1st or February 1st. There is no minimum or maximum award, but current grantees received $5,000 – $173,000.

Eligibility

This grant is open to 501(c)3 nonprofit organizations working with professionals in Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, or Uzbekistan.

Allowable Expenses

In Person Exchange

Grant funding for in person exchanges may be used for:

  • International airfare
  • Local transportation
  • Travel insurance
  • Visas and visa processing fees
  • Accommodations
  • Per diem
  • Translation and interpretation
  • Registration fees for conferences, events, and trainings
  • Cost of using more environmentally friendly modes of transportation
  • Carbon offsets for travel

Virtual Exchange

Grant funding for virtual exchanges may be used for:

  • Staff time for planning and participating in events
  • Necessary technology, such as hardware, software, licensing fees, etc.
  • Event registration fees

Grantees in both categories may spend up to 30% of grant funding on indirect costs.

Project Categories

The Arts

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Exchanges may take place between professional artists and designers, art managers and curators, primarily in the visual and performing arts. Potential activities include:

  • Artistic collaborations
  • Performances in conjunction with lectures or workshops
  • Curatorial research projects
  • Historic preservation projects
  • Arts management programs

The Environment

Exchanges may take place between environmental activists, conservationists, researchers, and scientists, especially those focused on presevation, environmental law, species conservation, and sustainable development.

Potential activities include:

  • Facilitating better international communication and networking
  • Joint events, conferences, and workshops
  • Collaborative research projects
  • Collaborative actions, projects, and programs

Intersection of Arts and the Environment

Projects that focus on the intersection of arts and the environment will receive priority consideration. Potential activities include:

  • Collaborations in which artists and environmentalists learn and draw inspiration from each other
  • Activities led by native communities focused on the interconnection of art and the environment through the lens of Indigenous knowledge

Native American Language Preservation and Maintenance

The Native American Language Preservation and Maintenance grant from the Administration for Native Americans supports community-based projects to ensure the survival and vitality of Native American languages.

Applications are due by May 20, 2024 at 11:59 PM ET. ANA expects to make 4 awards, for which the minimum request amount is $100,000. The maximum is $300,000 over 12 months, $600,000 over 24 months, or $900,000 over 36 months. There is a match requirement of 20% of the total project cost in non-federal cash or in kind donations.

Eligibility

This grant is open to:

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  • Federally recognized Native American tribes
  • Incorporated non-federally recognized tribes 
  • Incorporated state-recognized tribes 
  • Consortia of tribes 
  • Incorporated, community-based nonprofit Native American organizations
  • Native Community Development Financial Institutions
  • Alaska Native villages and/or nonprofit village consortia 
  • Nonprofit Native organizations in Alaska with village-specific projects 
  • Incorporated nonprofit Alaska Native multipurpose, community-based organizations 
  • Nonprofit Alaska Native Regional Corporations/Associations in Alaska with village specific projects 
  • Nonprofit Alaska Native community entities or tribal governing bodies
  • Public and nonprofit private agencies serving Native Hawaiians 
  • National or regional incorporated, nonprofit, Native American organizations with Native American, community-specific objectives 
  • Public and nonprofit private agencies serving Native peoples from Guam, American Samoa, or the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands 
  • Tribal Colleges and Universities; and colleges and universities located in Hawaii, Guam, American Samoa, or the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands that serve Native American Pacific Islanders

Applicants who are not federally or state recognized tribes, Alaska Native village governments, or public government agencies in a US territory must provide documentation that a majority of their board members are members of Native American communities served by ANA and the project. They must belong to one or more of the following:

  • Members of federally or state-recognized tribes 
  • Individuals recognized by members of an eligible Native American community as having a cultural relationship with that community 
  • Individuals considered to be Native American as defined in 45 CFR §1336.10 and Native American Pacific Islanders as defined in Section 815 of the Native American Programs Act (NAPA)

Potential Projects

Potential projects under this grant include:

Native American Language Revitalization

  • Teaching one or more Native languages to increase fluency and proficiency
  • Offering training or certification programs for teachers of Native American languages 
  • Developing instructional materials for language revitalization programs 

Intergenerational Native American Language Projects

Bringing Native youth and Elders together to engage in the sharing of language skills.

Interpretation and Translation

Training Native individuals to act as interpreters and translators of Native languages.

Technology, Transcription, and Language Materials

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  • Creating and disseminating materials for establishing or enhancing a Native American language program 
  • Training Native Americans to work on television, radio, or podcast programs recorded in a Native American language 
  • Compiling, transcribing, and analyzing oral testimony to preserve a Native American language 
  • Developing language learning apps or technological tools to preserve a Native American language 

Spencer Foundation Small Research Grants on Education Program

The Spencer Foundation Small Research Grants on Education Program supports research projects that broadly contribute to the improvement of education.

Applications from anywhere in the world are due by April 30, 2024 at 12:00 PM CDT. Requests may be up to $50,000 for projects lasting 1-5 years. Cash or in-kind matches are not required.

Eligibility

This grant is open to Principle Investigators with a PhD in an academic discipline or professional field or with appropriate experience in an education research-related profession. Graduate students may assist with the project but they may not be the PI or co-PI.

Applicants must be associated with a:

  • Nonprofit or public institution of higher education
  • Public school district
  • Research facility
  • Nonprofit organization with their country’s equivalent of a 501(c)3 designation

Research Types

The Foundation welcomes creativity in scholarship and is open to many different types of research.

Methodology

Methodologies may include, but are not limited to:

  • Qualitative
  • Quantitative
  • Mixed-methods
  • Ethnographies
  • Computational modeling
  • Design-based research
  • Participatory methods
  • Historical research

Field

Proposals for research in a variety of fields is welcome, so long as it focuses on a question central to education. This may include, but is not limited to:

  • Anthropology
  • Economics
  • Education
  • History
  • Law
  • Neuroscience
  • Philosophy
  • Psychology
  • Sociology

Optional Supplemental Course Release

Professors with a course load of 6 or more per academic year may request an additional $10,000 to ‘buy’ a portion of their time.

Mary Kay Ash Foundation Domestic Violence Shelter Grant Program

The Mary Kay Ash Foundation Domestic Violence Shelter Grant Program supports shelters in the U.S. providing a safe haven for women and children fleeing domestic violence.

Applications for $20,000 are due by April 30, 2024. At least one grant will be awarded in each state from which they receive an application.

Eligibility

This grant is open to 501(c)3 nonprofit organizations and organizations associated with Native American tribes.

Allowable Expenses

Grant funds may be used at the awardees discretion, including for staff salaries and operating expenses. The only restriction is that it can’t be used for staff travel.

Toilet Board Coalition: Action Accelerator

The Toilet Board Coalition: Action Accelerator connects small and medium sized entrepreneurs in the sanitation field with global business leaders and investors.

This program does not come with monetary award, but instead provides one year of in-kind support through:

  • Global and local mentorship from business leaders
  • Access to investments and strategic partnerships through the Investor Forum and Investment Council
  • Access to the business intelligence of the Toilet Board Coalition global platform
  • Opportunities for brand building and membership to the Coalition

Applications are due by April 30, 2024.

Eligibility

This program is open to small and medium sized entrepreneurs providing services to low-income customers in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Businesses should be working in a field such as:

  • Building, operating, maintaining and/or providing toilets 
  • Collecting, storing, transporting and/or treating solid waste 
  • Monitoring sanitation infrastructure and deriving insights including preventive healthcare 
  • Sustainable menstruation health and hygiene, diapers and other products

Program Goal

This program is working toward U.N. Sustainable Development Goal 6.2:

“By 2030, achieve access to adequate and equitable sanitation and hygiene for all and end open defecation, paying special attention to the needs of women and girls and those in vulnerable situations.”

Business Criteria

The Coalition is looking to work with businesses that meet these criteria:

  • Emerging & Frontier Markets – Serving low-income customers in Africa, Asia, and Latin America
  • Scalable – Connected to the full value chain of sanitation service delivery and ready to scale up their business model
  • Innovative/ Replicable – Product or service is original and inventive and/or can be duplicated in other places
  • Market Based – Commercially viable and profitable

Foundation for Financial Planning Grants

The Foundation for Financial Planning supports nonprofits and financial planning organizations in the U.S. connecting underserved individuals with free, quality financial planning.

Financial planning organizations may apply for $1,250 at any time. Decisions will be made within a month and money awarded immediately. Applications from nonprofit organizations are due by April 30, 2024. Grants typically range from $5,000 – $40,000 and will be sent in January 2025.

Eligibility

This grant is open to:

  • 501(c)3 nonprofit organizations
  • Chapters of financial planning organizations, like the Financial Planning Association and the National Association of Personal Financial Advisors

Required Activities

All programs must:

  • Enlist at least one professional credentialed as a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ to work for the program pro bono
  • Conduct one-on-one appointments between volunteer financial planners and clients
  • Assist underserved individuals who can’t afford quality financial planning advice

Allowable Expenses

Grant funding may be used for:

  • Staff  time for program development, management, data collection and evaluation
  • Outreach and promotion
  • Program materials
  • Rental fees for space and equipment
  • Child care and transportation vouchers for participants
  • Volunteer recruitment, training, and recognition
  • Impact studies

Alexandra Armstrong Innovation Grant

The Alexandra Armstrong Innovation Grant is awarded to one nonprofit that has shown remarkable creativity and potential for impact with its financial planning program. All applicants are automatically considered.

USDA Distance Learning & Telemedicine Grants

Distance Learning & Telemedicine Grants from the U.S. Department of Agriculture support projects that connect rural communitities to each other and the world using telecommunications technology.

Applications for $50,000 – $1 million over 3 years are due by  April 29, 2024 at 11:59 PM ET. There is a required 15% match of non-federal funds.

Eligibility

This grant is open to:

  • Nonprofit organizations
  • For profit businesses
  • State and local governments
  • Federally recognized Native American tribes
  • Consorita of eligible applicants

Applicants must operate in an area with a population of 20,000 or fewer.

Eligible Grant Purposes

Applicants may request grant funding for the purpose of:

  • Acquiring and installing, by lease or purchase, eligible equipment
  • Purchases of extended warranties, site licenses, and maintenance contracts
  • Acquiring or developing instructional programming that is a capital asset
  • Providing technical assistance and instruction for using eligible equipment (up to 10% of grant funding)
  • Purchasing and installing broadband facilities (up to 20% of grant funding)

Allowable Expenses

Grant funds may be used for:

  • Computer hardware, software, and network components
  • Audio and video equipment
  • Cyber security software
  • Training simulators
  • Video conferencing platform licenses
  • Instructional programming

Scoring Criteria

All applications will be scored based on:

  • Rurality (40 points) – Census population data
  • Economic Need (30 points) – Poverty data from the U.S. Census Bureau’s Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates Program
  • Special Considerations (10 points) – Considerations may include Tribal lands, Distressed communities, Socially vulnerable communities
  • Need for Services and Project Benefits (30 points) – How will the grant meet the communities needs and what benefits will it provide?

Firehouse Subs Public Safety Foundation

The Firehouse Subs Public Safety Foundation funds the purchase of lifesaving equipment and outreach education on public safety in the United States.

Grants are awarded quarterly, but only 600 applications will be accepted each quarter. The grant portal will open in 2024 on April 4th, July 11th, and October 10th at 10 AM ET. Awards are typically $15,000 – $35,000.

Eligibility

This grant is open to:

  • Fire departments
  • Law enforcement agencies
  • Emergency Medical Services
  • Municipal and state governments
  • Public safety organizations
  • Nonprofit organizations
  • Schools

Resources are focused in areas within 60 miles of a Firehouse Subs restaurant. However, the Foundation recognizes the needs of rural organizations and will accept applications from outside that radius.

Focus Areas

Lifesaving Equipment

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Funds the purchase of equipment such as:

  • Automated external defibrillators (AEDs)
  • Bunker gear
  • Bulletproof vests
  • All-terrain vehicles
  • Fire hoses

Prevention Education

Funds the purchase of prevention education tools such as:

  • Fire extinguisher training systems
  • Educational materials focused on distracted driving, carbon monoxide poisoning, CPR training, etc.

Scholarships and Continued Education

Financial assistance for individuals pursuing a career in public safety.

Disaster Relief

Funds assistance for survivors and first responders during and after a natural disaster.

Support for Members of the Military

Support for individuals who have served in any branch of the U.S. military.

Funding Limitations

Grant funds may be not be used for:

  • Dashboard cameras
  • Drones and drone accessories
  • Use of force equipment such as guns, tasers, and riot gear
  • Radar detectors
  • Surveillance equipment
  • Promotional items