Grant Opportunities

Funder Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation

Grant Program General Grant Programs
Grant Size $1,000–$20,000
Deadline Nov. 10, 2025


The Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation supports community-based nonprofits across the U.S. where modest grants can have a meaningful impact.

Funding priorities include:

  • museums,
  • arts and cultural programs,
  • schools,
  • hospitals,
  • youth and senior services,
  • disability programs,
  • environmental and wildlife protection, and
  • other local initiatives.

Grants may be used for projects, activities, or general operating support. Visit the Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation website for complete grant details.

Funder USA Swimming Foundation

Grant Program Youth and Adult Learn-to-Swim Grants
Grant Size Varies
Deadline Nov. 15, 2025


The USA Swimming Foundation is dedicated to saving lives and building champions, both in and out of the pool. Through its Youth and Adult Learn-to-Swim Grants, the Foundation ensures underserved and underrepresented communities gain access to life-saving swim lessons. Additionally, HBCU and Community Impact Grants foster equitable opportunities in swimming, supporting both competitive pathways and broader community engagement.

Visit the USA Swimming Foundation website for complete grant details.

Funder Sandra Dunagan Deal Center for Early Language and Literacy

Grant Program Implementation Research Grant to Improve Early Language & Literacy Outcomes
Grant Size Up to $50,000
Deadline Nov. 19, 2025


The Deal Center’s research grants program aims to explore the successful application of evidence-based strategies. This initiative supports projects that investigate the implementation of these strategies in organizations serving children and families.

Areas of interest include:

  • developing and testing new implementation and de-implementation strategies,
  • evaluating innovative methods for effective practices, and
  • advancing research methodologies in implementation science.
There will be an informational webinar on Oct. 17 at 9:00 a.m. For more information or to register for the webinar, visit the Deal Center website.
Funder Puffin Foundation

Grant Program General Grant Program
Grant Size Up to $3,500
Deadline Nov. 21, 2025


The Puffin Foundation provides grants to emerging artists and arts organizations often excluded from mainstream opportunities. Funding is currently focused on projects in the areas of fine arts, music, and photography. The Foundation prioritizes art that educates and engages the public on topical issues such as climate change, healthcare, social justice, and civil rights.

Visit the Puffin Foundation website for complete grant details.

Funder FJ Brotherton Charitable Trust

Grant Program General Grant Program
Grant Size Varies
Deadline Letter of intent due Nov. 30, 2025


The FJ Brotherton Charitable Trust funds nonprofit organizations across the northeastern and southeastern United States. The giving priorities include education—particularly programs aiding those in need or with disabilities—through support for schools and colleges. The Trust also invests in religion-based programs and local church capital projects, historic preservation initiatives, and historical societies. Additionally, it supports medical and scientific research programs and their affiliated institutions.

Visit the FJ Brotherton Charitable Trust website for complete grant details.

Funder Teagle Foundation

Grant Program Cornerstone: Learning for Living initiative
Grant Size Up to $300,000 over two years
Deadline Dec. 1, 2025


The Teagle Foundation’s Cornerstone: Learning for Living initiative aims to strengthen the role of the humanities in undergraduate education. The Foundation supports faculty-led programs that revamp curricula, engage students with transformative texts, and expand teaching opportunities for humanities faculty. Planning grants and implementation grants are available to colleges and universities committed to advancing liberal arts education.

For complete grant details, visit the Teagle Foundation: Cornerstone – Learning for Living website.

Funder Venturous Theater Fund

Grant Program General Grant program
Grant Size $5,000–$35,000
Deadline Dec. 1, 2025


The Venturous Theater Fund aims to make venturous, challenging theater possible for companies and audiences alike. The Fund supports small and medium-sized nonprofit theaters in the U.S. that produce bold new plays driven by the unique voice and vision of the playwright. Grants cover extraordinary production costs for works that are ambitious in scale, experimental in form, or provocative in subject. Eligible theaters have annual budgets under $5 million and are either nonprofit organizations or fiscally sponsored by one.

Visit the Venturous Theater Fund website for more information.

Funder The Shubert Foundation 

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.

Funder Kroger Foundation

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.

Funder Georgia Council on Literacy

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.

Funder Musco Sports Lighting and the US Soccer Foundation

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.

Funder DICK’S Sporting Goods Foundation 

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.

Funder Believe in Reading

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.

Funder The Kroger Co. Zero Hunger | Zero Waste Foundation

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.

 

Funder Rural Technology Fund

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.
For complete grant details and application requirements, visit the Rural Technology Fund website.
Funder ECMC Foundation

Grant Program General Grant Program
Grant Size Varies
Deadline Rolling


ECMC Foundation is looking to fund efforts that fit within the Foundation’s strategic priorities. A substantial portion of grantmaking targets the Foundation’s initiatives, which currently include a focus on:
  • basic needs,
  • men of color,
  • single mother student success,
  • transfer and credit mobility, and
  • career and technical education leadership.
Visit the Foundation’s website for grant details and to submit a letter of inquiry.
Funder School-Based Healthcare Solutions Network

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.

Funder Incyte Corporation

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.