Grant Opportunities
Grant Program General Grant Program
Grant Size Varies
Deadline Theater: Dec. 4, 2025
The Shubert Foundation is dedicated to sustaining and advancing the live performing arts in the United States. It primarily supports nonprofit professional theater and dance companies through unrestricted general operating support. The Foundation also provides funding to arts-related organizations, leading university drama departments, and the development of new theatrical works.
Grants are awarded based on an evaluation of artistic activity, administrative strength, and fiscal responsibility. The Foundation does not fund capital campaigns, endowments, or individual productions. Applications are reviewed annually, and organizations must demonstrate a consistent record of artistic achievement and community impact.
Visit The Shubert Foundation website for complete grant details.
Grant Program The Zero Hunger | Zero Waste
Grant Size Varies
Deadline Dec. 5, 2025
The Zero Hunger | Zero Waste Program is an initiative of The Kroger Company that funds programs that eliminate hunger and waste in communities. They support nonprofits, innovators, and local organizations that improve food access through mobile pantries, transportation for food banks, and expanded SNAP enrollment. The Foundation also backs initiatives providing school breakfasts, helping homeless individuals gain skills and housing, and promoting nutrition education with healthier food options. Their goal is to create sustainable, hunger-free communities while minimizing food waste.
Visit the Kroger Foundation website for complete grant details.
Grant Program Georgia Reads Community Award
Grant Size $20,000
Deadline Dec. 5, 2025
This award is designed to recognize the importance of community approaches that involve meaningful partnerships in achieving literacy goals. An eligible community partnership must have at least two years of documented, meaningful involvement with two or more organizations. This is not a grant for new partnership development but is an award for past partnership achievements. Evaluation criteria will include, but not limited to, the strength and organization of the community partnership, innovation of evidence-based community literacy approaches, sustainability, and measures of success.
For more information, visit the Georgia Reads website.
Grant Program Safe Places to Play Program
Grant Size Varies
Deadline Dec. 30, 2025
The U.S. Soccer Foundation and Musco Sports Lighting support the Safe Places to Play program, aiming to provide children with accessible, high-quality soccer spaces that foster both physical activity and personal growth. Through the Soccer Fund, they offer ongoing financial support for lighting projects, including Mini-Pitch Systems™ and larger-scale soccer facilities. These grants help ensure more youth have the opportunity to play safely, anytime, especially in underserved communities.
The program is part of a national initiative to build 1,000 mini-pitches and engage one million children in soccer-based youth development programs by 2026. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis with quarterly deadlines.
Visit the National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA) website for complete grant details.
Grant Program General Grant Program (matching grant)
Grant Size $100,000 to $500,000
Deadline Dec. 31, 2025
The Classics for Kids Foundation is inviting applications for its matching grant program. Through the program, grants will be awarded to schools or nonprofit organizations to support the incorporation of string instruments into music education programs. All instruments in the string family are supported, including guitars and ukuleles. Programs must serve children grades K–12. To be eligible, applicants must be a 501(c)(3) nonprofit and be based in the United States.
Visit the Classics for Kids Foundation website for complete program guidelines and application instructions.
Grant Program Community Grant Program
Grant Size Up to $5,000
Deadline Dec. 31, 2025
Walmart is accepting applications to its Community Grant Program. Through the program, grants of up to $5,000 will be awarded in support of local nonprofit organizations within the service area of individual Walmart or Sam’s Club stores for projects that benefit the community at large.
Project examples include:
- food pantries
- soup kitchens
- clothing closets
Eligible nonprofit organizations must operate on the local level or be an affiliate/chapter of a larger organization that operates locally and directly benefit the service area of the store from which they are requesting funding.
For complete program guidelines and application instructions, visit the Walmart website.
Grant Program General Grant Program
Grant Size $500–$30,000
Deadline Dec. 31, 2025
The Jay L. Smith Family Foundation funds organizations that strengthen families, advance healthcare, and support underserved communities. Grants focus on Alzheimer’s and cancer research, elderly care, suicide prevention, and family violence clinics. The Foundation places particular emphasis on improving care for individuals affected by Alzheimer’s disease and funding research for a cure.
For complete details and application instructions, visit the Jay L. Smith Family Foundation website.
Grant Program Sports Matter Program
Grant Size Varies
Deadline Rolling
The DICK’S Sporting Goods Foundation’s Sports Matter program provides funding to help under-resourced nonprofits, schools, and community teams offer youth sports opportunities across the U.S. Eligible applicants include 501(c)(3) organizations serving youth in areas with at least a 15% poverty rate or public/charter schools where 40% or more of students receive free or reduced-price lunch.
Grant funds must be used specifically to support youth sports participation, such as equipment, fees, infrastructure, and other related costs. The program aims to increase access to sports and physical activity for underserved youth, promoting health, teamwork, and community engagement.
Visit the DICK’S Sporting Goods Foundation website for complete grant details.
Grant Program General Grant Program
Grant Size Up to $3,000
Deadline Rolling
Believe in Reading funds programs in the United States dedicated to the teaching and encouragement of reading for all ages. Funding is considered for programs that serve any age or aspect of supporting reading and literacy, including adult literacy, English as a second language projects, or Braille-related projects for the blind or visually impaired. The focus is on successful literacy programs that serve populations showing out of the ordinary needs, such as geographic areas with low reading scores and high poverty levels.
Nonprofit 501(c)(3) organizations, equivalent educational institutions, and public libraries are eligible to apply for support for existing, successful literacy programs that have been established for a minimum of two years.
Visit the Believe in Reading website for additional information.
Grant Program General Grants
Grant Size Varies
Deadline Rolling
Kroger’s charitable giving supports nonprofit organizations in communities where Kroger Family of Companies operates. As part of Kroger’s Zero Hunger | Zero Waste plan, priority is given to nonprofit organizations and programs that help end hunger and waste in Kroger communities.
Support is also provided in the focus areas of:
- sustainability
- health and nutrition
- disaster relief
- diversity and inclusion
- education and youth development
Cash donations are provided, including through grants from The Kroger Co. Foundation and The Kroger Co. Zero Hunger | Zero Waste Foundation. Other types of support include sponsorships, gift card donations, and in-kind product donations.
For more information, visit the Kroger Co. Zero Hunger | Zero Waste Foundation website.
Grant Program Rural Technology Education Grants
Grant Size $500 to $2,500
Deadline Rolling
Rural Technology Education Grants support teacher and student-led projects in public schools and libraries to help spark student interest in technology-based careers.
Support is provided for projects that:
- help introduce and teach students about computer technology;
- teach students to solve real-world, human service, and community-impacting problems using computer technology;
- are conducted by schools in rural or high-poverty areas;
- are designed to reach multiple students within a school, equitably, and
- help establish ongoing student interest groups like maker spaces and coding clubs.
Grant Program General Grant Program
Grant Size Varies
Deadline Rolling
- basic needs,
- men of color,
- single mother student success,
- transfer and credit mobility, and
- career and technical education leadership.
Grant Program Principal Student Support Services Grant
Grant Size Up to $5,000 per year, renewable for five years
Deadline Rolling
The School-Based Healthcare Solutions Network (SBHSN) is offering a new grant opportunity for public school principals interested in implementing student mental health support services. Grant funds must be used to expand access to mental health support services for students with a documented history of chronic absenteeism, behavioral challenges, or declining academic performance. The grant provides a fully funded mental health professional for each school campus who will deliver evidence-based mental health support services directly to students. In addition, qualifying schools are eligible for up to $5,000 per year, renewable for five years, to support student service initiatives aligned with the program’s objectives.
Visit the School-Based Healthcare Solutions Network website for grant details.
Grant Program Healthcare-Related Charitable Contributions, Sponsorship, and Membership Requests program
Grant Size Varies
Deadline Rolling
Incyte Corporation, a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of therapeutics in areas including oncology and dermatology, offers support through its Healthcare-Related Charitable Contributions, Sponsorship, and Membership Requests program. The focus is on supporting organizations in the United States ensuring that students, healthcare providers, patients, caregivers, and patient advocates have access to healthcare information. Eligible organizations may include medical schools, medical associations and societies, 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations, patient advocacy groups, and hospitals and medical centers.
Visit the Incyte website for grant details.