Grant Writing

Let’s talk about one of the least glamorous but most powerful tools in your nonprofit development plan toolbox: GuideStar.

I know. The name alone sounds like something out of a 2002 GPS system. But don’t let that fool you—GuideStar is the gold standard when it comes to nonprofit visibility and credibility.

So, if your profile is outdated, half-finished, or (gasp) you haven’t claimed it at all, let me explain why that’s costing you real money, real opportunities, and real trust.

What Is GuideStar, Anyway?

GuideStar (now part of Candid) is a massive database of every IRS-recognized nonprofit in the United States. It’s where funders, donors, grantmakers, and government agencies go when they want to learn more about your organization before making decisions.

In other words: it’s your nonprofit’s digital résumé. And if you’re applying for grants or trying to build donor trust, it better be polished.

Why You Need to Be Listed—and Updated

1. Funders Are Already Looking

Before a funder even visits your website, they’re likely pulling your GuideStar profile. Foundations and corporate grantmakers use it to:

• Confirm your 501(c)(3) status
• Check financial info (like your 990s)
• Review your mission and programs
• See who’s running the show

If your profile is incomplete, it makes you look disorganized. And that’s a hard first impression to undo.

2. Your GuideStar Profile Powers Other Donation Platforms

GuideStar isn’t just its own thing—it’s the backbone of many other platforms that support donations and donor-advised funds. It fuels donor-facing tools like:

• Network for Good
• JustGiving
• Fidelity Charitable
• Schwab Charitable
• Facebook Fundraisers (yes, those birthday fundraisers too)

So when you update GuideStar, you’re actually updating your info across multiple giving platforms at once. Talk about a time-saver.

3. You Can Earn a Transparency Seal

GuideStar offers transparency seals (Bronze, Silver, Gold, and Platinum) based on how much information you share. These little digital badges do big things:

• They make you stand out in search results.
• They show you’re serious about accountability.
• Some funders require a minimum seal level just to apply for grants.

The higher the seal, the more you’re communicating: “We’ve got nothing to hide—and a lot to be proud of.”

4. It’s 100% Free

Yes, free. Claiming and updating your profile costs nothing but a bit of time. You don’t need to pay for the bells and whistles—just getting your profile to Bronze or Silver can already boost your credibility and search visibility.

How to Get Started

1. Visit www.guidestar.org
2. Search for your organization and claim your profile.
3. Fill in the Basics: Mission, programs, leadership team, 990s, and contact info.
4. Level Up Your Seal: Add metrics, board info, and DEI policies to unlock higher transparency levels.
5. Update Annually: Make it a habit—set a calendar reminder and treat it like an annual checkup.

Final Word: Don’t Sleep on This

You can have the best programs, the most passionate staff, and the cutest therapy dogs in your newsletter photos—but if you’re invisible on GuideStar (or look like a ghost town), you're losing opportunities before they even reach your inbox.

So take 30 minutes this week. Claim your profile. Update your info. Show the world—and your future funders—that you’re the real deal.

Because you are.

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Scroll down to explore this week's grants. Deadlines are always approaching, so take a look and see which ones might be the right fit for your nonprofit.

Happy grant writing!

T-Mobile Hometown Grants Program

Grants support community projects in small towns, villages, and territories across the U.S. T-Mobile awards up to $50,000 for shovel-ready projects that foster local connections, such as technology upgrades, outdoor spaces, the arts, and community centers.

Deadline: June 30, 2025

https://www.t-mobile.com/brand/hometown-grants

ISTAT Foundation

The Foundation is offering grant funding to organizations that advance commercial aviation or engage in aviation-related humanitarian efforts, including projects focused on education and efforts to promote human welfare.

Deadline: May 26, 2025

https://foundation.istat.org/Programs/Grants

Spencer Foundation

The Large Research Grants on Education Program supports education research projects that will contribute to the improvement of education, including (for example) anthropology, philosophy, psychology, sociology, law, economics, history, or neuroscience, among others.

Deadline: May 14, 2025

https://www.spencer.org/grant_types/large-research-grant

Russell Sage Foundation

The Russell Sage Foundation’s Program on the Future of Work supports innovative research on the causes and consequences of changes in the quality of jobs for low and moderately paid workers and their families in the U.S.

Deadline: July 16, 2025

https://www.russellsage.org/research/funding/future-work 

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Good Food Institute

The Institute is requesting research proposals aimed at tackling urgent scientific and technological challenges within the alternative protein industry.

Deadline: May 15, 2025

https://gfi.org/researchgrants/

W.K. Kellogg Foundation

The Foundation supports communities, children, and families as they strengthen and create conditions that propel vulnerable children to achieve success. Funding priorities include programs focused on thriving children, working families, and building equitable communities. Submit letter of inquiry.

No Deadline

 www.wkkf.org

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Scroll down to explore this week's grants. Deadlines are always approaching, so take a look and see which ones might be the right fit for your nonprofit.

Happy grant writing!

Third Wave Fund

Submissions are now open for the Mobilize Power Fund Program, a rapid response fund that resources gender justice organizations to adapt or pivot their work when met with unanticipated, time-sensitive opportunities or threats.

Deadline: May 6, 2025

https://www.thirdwavefund.org/mobilize-power-fund

White Feather Foundation

The Foundation supports environmental and humanitarian issues and helps to raise funds for the betterment of all life. Applications are now open for environmental projects that have a definite outcome or result.

Deadline: April 30, 2025

https://whitefeatherfoundation.com/news/applications-now-open-for-2025-environmental-projects/

Righteous Persons Foundation

The Foundation’s Grant Program supports efforts to build a vibrant, just, and inclusive Jewish community in the U.S. The Foundation is currently focused on projects that are national in scope and focus on the vibrancy, complexity, and diversity of Jewish life; build relationships across religious divides; and strengthen faith-rooted moral leadership and advance social justice.

Deadline: August 8, 2025

https://www.righteouspersons.org/letters-of-inquiry/ 

Spencer Foundation

The Foundation is seeking applications for its Racial Equity Research Grants Program to support education research projects that will contribute to understanding and ameliorating racial inequality in education. Focus areas include mental health, DEI challenges, and youth civic engagement.

Deadline: May 5, 2025

https://www.spencer.org/grant_types/racial-equity-special-research-grants

Impact Fund

The Fund is providing grants to legal services nonprofits who seek to confront social, economic, and environmental injustice. The Fund supports social, economic, and environmental justice cases that affect groups, including LGBT rights, human and civil rights, gender equity, and more. Submit Letter of Inquiry.

Deadline: July 1, 2025

https://www.impactfund.org/legal-grants/application-requirements

Russell Sage Foundation

The Foundation is accepting letters of inquiry under the core program for Social, Political, and Economic Inequality to support originalr research on the factors that contribute to social, political, and economic inequalities in the U.S.

Deadline: July 16, 2025

https://www.russellsage.org/research/funding/social-inequality

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Scroll down to explore this week's grants. Deadlines are always approaching, so take a look and see which ones might be the right fit for your nonprofit.

Happy grant writing!

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Home Depot Foundation

The Foundation’s Veteran Housing Grants Program will award grants to nonprofits for the new construction or rehabilitation of permanent supportive housing for veterans. Rural areas will be considered, but priority will be given to “large cities” defined as populations over 300,000 people. Target cities include Los Angeles, San Diego, New York, Chicago, Seattle, Houston, and others.

Deadline: July 3, 2025

https://corporate.homedepot.com/page/veteran-housing-grants

Milbank Foundation

The Foundation supports nonprofits for programs integrating people with disabilities into all aspects of life, including veterans with disabilities and seniors.

 No Deadline: Letters of inquiry only. 

https://milbankfoundation.net/grant-guidelines/

Infinite Hero Foundation

The Foundation supports nonprofits that offer innovative and effective programs or treatments for service-related mental and physical injuries. Letters of Interest only.

Deadline: June 15, 2025

https://www.infinitehero.org/grants/

Archstone Foundation

The Foundation supports nonprofits to help meet the needs of an aging population. Priorities include equitable, coordinated care, justice, equity, diversity, inclusion, and capacity building.

 See guidelines for info by program.

https://archstone.org/what-we-fund/

NextFifty Initiative

NextFifty Initiative funds new and/or ongoing projects that demonstrate innovative efforts to improve and sustain the quality of life for people in their next 50 years, specifically projects changing aging.

Schedule call to determine eligibility.

https://next50foundation.org/for-grant-seekers/

Pfizer Healthcare Charitable Contributions Program

Pfizer supports nonprofits that provide broad public benefit, advance medical care, and improve patient outcomes, including seniors. Quarterly deadlines.

Next Deadline: July 15, 2025

https://www.pfizer.com/about/responsibility/global-impact/charitable-contributions

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Scroll down to explore this week's grants. Deadlines are always approaching, so take a look and see which ones might be the right fit for your nonprofit.

Happy grant writing!

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Spencer Foundation

The Foundation is seeking applications for its Racial Equity Research Grants Program to support education research projects that will contribute to understanding and ameliorating racial inequality in education. Focus areas include mental health, DEI challenges, and youth civic engagement.

Deadline: May 5, 2025

 https://www.spencer.org/grant_types/racial-equity-special-research-grants

Centers for Disease Control

Applications are now open for the CDC's Drug-Free Communities Support Program to establish and strengthen collaboration to support the efforts of community coalitions working to prevent youth substance use.

Deadline: May 5, 2025

https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/355753

WITH Foundation

The Foundation’s Open Grant Program will provide financial support to organizations that promote comprehensive healthcare for adults with developmental disabilities.

Deadline: April 17, 2025

https://withfoundation.org/current-grant-cycle/

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Learning Disabilities Foundation

The Foundation is offering grants to support charitable, scientific, literary or educational purposes or for the identification, ongoing evaluation, education of and services for adults (and children) with learning disabilities.

Deadline: September 15, 2025

https://www.ldfamerica.org/grant-guidelines.html

Kars4Kids

Kars4Kids is supporting educational initiatives around the country from nonprofits whose work is impacting children. This grant program reaches more diverse populations by lending support to local charities doing great work for children in their communities. Focus areas include youth development, mentorship, and education. Previous grantees include Girls on the Run, Big Brothers BigSisters, Boys & Girls Clubs, Treasures 4 Teachers, and many more.

No Deadline

https://www.kars4kidsgrants.org/

NBA Foundation

The Foundation’s Grant Program is supporting organizations that provide skills training, mentorship, professional coaching, and pipeline development to foster employment and career advancement for under-resourced youth ages 14-24.

Applications accepted July 1 to August 15, 2025

https://nbafoundation.nba.com/grants/

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Scroll down to explore this week's grants. Deadlines are always approaching, so take a look and see which ones might be the right fit for your nonprofit.

Happy grant writing!

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National Trust Preservation

The National Trust for Historic Preservation is accepting applications for its funding opportunity to encourage preservation at the local level by supporting on-going preservation work and by providing seed money for preservation projects.

Deadline: June 2, 2025

https://savingplaces.org/preservation-funds

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Water Research Foundation

The Foundation is seeking proposals for the Smart and Connected Energy Management project to develop a comprehensive understanding of the current state of smart and connected energy management in water and wastewater utilities and to recommend tools and guidance to improve energy efficiency.  

Deadline: May 7, 2025

https://www.waterrf.org/serve-file/RFP_5296.pdf

Foodservice Packaging Institute

The Institute’s Foam Recycling Coalition Grant Program is open to organizations who operate a material recovery facility, manage residential curbside recycling programs, or manage drop-off or convenience site recycling programs.

Deadline: April 15, 2025

https://www.recyclefoam.org/grants 

Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation

The Foundation is accepting applications for its grant program to support organizations and programs for which a relatively small amount of funding might make a large difference. The Foundation supports environmental and wildlife protection activities, arts, education, and other community-based organizations and programs. 

Deadline: May 12, 2025

https://www.mvdreyfusfoundation.org/

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Cisco

The Cisco Product Grant Program focuses on social investment areas, which include disaster relief, shelter, water, and food; education; economic empowerment; and climate impact and regeneration. Through this program, Cisco donates networking technology to nonprofits to help them realize significant gains in productivity, scalability, and cost efficiency.

 No Deadline

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/about/csr/community/nonprofits/product-grant-program.html#~overview

T-Mobile Hometown Grants Program

Grants support community projects in small towns (population less than 50,000 people) across the U.S. Projects can occur in all fields of interest, including the environment and animal welfare, and are open to nonprofits to lead projects.

Deadline: June 30, 2025

https://www.t-mobile.com/brand/hometown-grants

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Scroll down to explore this week's grants. Deadlines are always approaching, so take a look and see which ones might be the right fit for your nonprofit.

Happy grant writing!

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UVA Health

UVA Community Health, part of UVA Health, is offering two different types of grants:  Healthy Spark Grants are for organizations that focus on the needs outlined in the community health needs assessment, as well as on social determinants of health; Community Strong Grants are larger grants offered to organizations that UVA Community Health partnered with for more than two years. Must serve communities of UVA Health.

Deadline: April 10, 2025

https://newsroom.uvahealth.com/2025/03/11/uva-community-health-uva-health-grant-applications-2025/

South Asian Bar Association Foundation of North America

The Foundation is offering a Community Grants Program to support access to justice for South Asian communities in the U.S. and to advance causes important to the communities they serve.  

Deadline: April 11, 2025

https://www.sabalegalfdn.org/apply-for-a-grant

Weyerhaeuser Family Foundation

The Foundation’s Youth Initiative supports direct service programs to U.S. nonprofits that promote resilience, stability, and pyscho-social health for youth ages 14-21 who have experienced trauma by adverse childhood experiences, including mental illness in the household, emotional, sexual, or physical abuse, and others.

Deadline: June 15, 2025 (Letters of inquiry accepted beginning May 1)

https://wfamilyfoundation.org/what-we-fund/youth-initiative/

Caplan Foundation for Early Childhood

The Foundation is providing seed money to implement imaginative proposals that exhibit the greatest chance of improving the lives of young children, from infancy to 7 years, on a national scale. Areas of support include parenting education, early childhood welfare, and early childhood education and play. Submit Letter of Inquiry online.

Deadline: May 31, 2025

https://earlychildhoodfoundation.org/#application-process

Scherman Foundation

Applications are now open for its Reproductive Rights and Justice Program in the reproductive health and rights fields. The Foundation maintains its commitment to general operating support, especially for state-based and local organizations. 

Deadline: No deadline

https://www.scherman.org/reproductive-justice

Nathan Cummings Foundation

The Foundation supports U.S. nonprofits working to address inequality, particularly for women and people of color. Apply online through one of several focus areas. 

Deadline: No deadline

https://nathancummings.org

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Scroll down to explore this week's grants. Deadlines are always approaching, so take a look and see which ones might be the right fit for your nonprofit.

Happy grant writing!

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J.W. Couch Foundation

The Foundation supports U.S. nonprofits for programs to combat various mental health issues, including depression, anxiety, bi-polar, PTSD, and more. Other funding areas available.

Deadline: March 28, 2025

https://jwcouchfoundation.org/apply

T-Mobile Hometown Grants Program

Grants support community projects in small towns (population less than 50,000 people) across the U.S. Projects can occur in all fields of interest, including the environment and animal welfare, and are open to nonprofits to lead projects.

Deadline: March 31, 2025

https://www.t-mobile.com/brand/hometown-grants

Internet Society

The Society’s Connecting the Unconnected funding program supports communities and local organizations working to build and expand Internet infrastructure to connect people living in rural, remote, and low-income areas.

Deadline: March 31, 2025

https://www.internetsociety.org/funding-areas/connecting-the-unconnected/

ProLiteracy

ProLiteracy is seeking applications for its Literacy Opportunity Fund to meet the needs of U.S. nonprofits that are doing direct work with adult students. Funded by the Nora Roberts Foundation.

Deadline: April 1, 2025

https://www.proliteracy.org/Literacy-Opportunity-Fund

Pfizer Healthcare Charitable Contributions Program

Pfizer supports U.S. nonprofits that provide broad public benefit, advance medical care, and improve patient outcomes. Grant making areas of interest include patient education, including health screening; patient advocacy for disease awareness; and improving patient access to care.

Deadline: April 15, 2025 (check website for updates)

https://www.pfizer.com/about/responsibility/global-impact/charitable-contributions

Burroughs Wellcome Fund

The Fund’s Climate Change and Human Health Seed Grants promotes growth of new connections between scholars, practitioners, educators, and/or communicators working to understand, spread the word about, and mitigate the impacts of climate change on human health.

Deadline: April 24, 2025

https://www.bwfund.org/funding-opportunities/climate-change-and-human-health/climate-change-and-human-health-seed-grants/

Lawrence Foundation

The Foundation is offering its grant funding to U.S. nonprofits in the following areas of interest: environment, human services, disaster relief, and more.

Deadline: April 30, 2025

 https://thelawrencefoundation.org/application-process/

Dennis Schuman Charitable Foundation

The Foundation awards grants predominantly to qualified U.S. Jewish organizations and charities exclusively for charitable, religious, scientific, arts and cultural, literary or educational purposes.

 Deadline: May 1, 2025

https://www.wellsfargo.com/private-foundations/schuman-charitable-foundation/

Sparkplug Foundation

The Foundation prioritizes grassroots organizing and innovation as the key for creating change and supports projects that engage individuals who have been excluded or marginalized. Funding supports U.S. nonprofits for community organizing projects, education initiatives, and music.

Deadline: May 2, 2025

https://www.sparkplugfoundation.org/apply/

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Scroll down to explore this week's grants. Deadlines are always approaching, so take a look and see which ones might be the right fit for your nonprofit.

Happy grant writing!

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John and Maria Laffin Trust

The Trust provides grants to qualified nonprofits supporting education, animal welfare, medical research, and human services. No geographical limitations for medical research or human services grants. Grants for education and animal welfare are restricted to Los Angeles and LA County.

Deadline: July 31, 2025

https://www.wellsfargo.com/private-foundations/laffin-trust/

 Gamma Mu Foundation

The Foundation is committed to empowering LGBTQ+ communities by supporting organizations and initiatives that create lasting, positive change. Applications are now open for the grant program to address the unique challenges faced by rural and underserved populations, funding programs that promote health, education, social support, and equality.

Deadline: March 31, 2025

https://www.gammamufoundation.org/grant-proposal-guidelines---application-info

Sparkplug Foundation

The Foundation prioritizes grassroots organizing and innovation as the key for creating change and supports projects that engage individuals who have been excluded or marginalized. Funding supports U.S.nonprofits for community organizing projects, education initiatives, and music.

Deadline: May 2, 2025

https://www.sparkplugfoundation.org/apply/

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J.W. Couch Foundation

The Foundation supports U.S. nonprofits for programs to combat various mental health issues, including depression, anxiety, bi-polar, PTSD, and more. Other funding areas available.

Next Deadline: March 28, 2025

https://jwcouchfoundation.org/apply

Howe Foundation

The Foundation’s Grant Program makes contributions to U.S. charitable organizations whose principal purposes are in the areas of health, education, or medical advancements.

 Deadline: August 1, 2025

https://www.wellsfargo.com/private-foundations/howe-foundation/

Pfizer Healthcare Charitable Contributions Program

Pfizer supports U.S. nonprofits that provide broad public benefit, advance medical care, and improve patient outcomes. Grant making areas of interest include patient education, including health screening; patient advocacy for disease awareness; and improving patient access to care.

Next deadline: April 15, 2025 (check website for updates)

https://www.pfizer.com/about/responsibility/global-impact/charitable-contributions

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Scroll down to explore this week's grants. Deadlines are always approaching, so take a look and see which ones might be the right fit for your nonprofit.

Happy grant writing!

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National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)

The NEA’s Grants for Arts Projects provides funding for public engagement with the arts and arts education, the integration of the arts in communities, and for the improvement of capacity of organizations. Grants available for Artist Communities, Arts Education, Dance, Design, Film & Media Arts, Folk & Traditional Arts, Literary Arts, Local Arts Agencies, Museums, Music, Musical Theater, Opera, Presenting & Multidisciplinary Works, Theater, and Visual Arts.

Deadline: March 11, 2025

https://grants.gov/search-results-detail/358418

ProLiteracy

ProLiteracy is seeking applications for its Literacy Opportunity Fund to meet the needs of U.S. nonprofits that are doing direct work with adult students. Funded by the Nora Roberts Foundation.

Upcoming quarterly deadlines: April 1 and July 1, 2025

https://www.proliteracy.org/Literacy-Opportunity-Fund

Hearst Foundations

The Hearst Foundations fund cultural institutions that offer meaningful programs in the arts and sciences, prioritizing those that enable engagement by young people and create a lasting and measurable impact. Supported organizations include arts schools, ballets, museums, operas, performing arts centers, symphonies and theaters.

No Deadline

https://www.hearstfdn.org/faq

Barnes & Noble Charitable Donations Program

Barnes & Noble, the bookstore chain with stores throughout the U.S., supports nonprofit organizations that focus on literacy, the arts, or education (pre-K-12), at both local and national levels. The company also considers sponsorship opportunities with organizations that focus on higher learning, literacy, and the arts. Barnes & Noble funds nonprofits in communities with company stores.

No Deadline

https://www.barnesandnobleinc.com/about-bn/sponsorships-charitable-donations/

Wish You Well Foundation

The Foundation supports U.S. nonprofits that teach adults the literacy skills they need to communicate, grow, and thrive within their communities. The focus is on fostering new and promoting existing adult literacy and educational programs.

No Deadline

https://www.wishyouwellfoundation.org/apply-for-funding

National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)

The Research Grants in the Arts Program supports research studies that investigate the value and/or impact of the arts, either as individual components of the U.S. arts ecosystem or as they interact with each other and/or with other domains of American life.

Deadline: March 24, 2025

https://grants.gov/search-results-detail/358398

National Film Preservation Foundation

The Foundation’s Matching Grant Program funds preservation, reconstruction, or restoration projects involving a single film or film collection of special cultural, historic, or artistic significance.

Deadline: March 21, 2025

https://www.filmpreservation.org/nfpf-grants/matching-grants

Dennis Schuman Charitable Foundation

The Foundation awards grants predominantly to qualified U.S. Jewish organizations and charities exclusively for charitable, religious, scientific, arts and cultural, literary or educational purposes.

Deadline: May 1, 2025

https://www.wellsfargo.com/private-foundations/schuman-charitable-foundation/

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Scroll down to explore this week's grants. Deadlines are always approaching, so take a look and see which ones might be the right fit for your nonprofit.

Happy grant writing!

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Department of Homeland Security (DHS)

DHS is seeking applications for theBuilding Resilient Infrastructure and Communities Grant program that provide funding for hazard mitigation activities and climate adaptation measures.

Deadline: April 18, 2025

https://grants.gov/search-results-detail/358006

New Earth Foundation

The Foundation funds innovative projects that enhancel ife on the planet, including environmental initiatives working to help eliminate pollution and to save ecosystems, community efforts that create models of social sustainability, and more. 

Deadline: Letter of Inquiry by July 1, 2025

https://www.newearthfoundation.org/apply.html

Cisco

The Cisco Technology Grant Program focuses on disaster relief, shelter, water, and food; education; economic empowerment; and climatei mpact and regeneration. Through this program, Cisco donates networking technology to nonprofits to help them realize significant gains in productivity, scalability, and cost efficiency. 

No Deadline

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/about/csr/community/nonprofits/product-grant-program.html#~overview

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US Fish and Wildlife Service

The Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program provides technical help and financial support to restore and conserve fish and wildlifehabitats for the benefit of federal trust resources. Areas: species conservation, habitat connectivity, resilient ecosystems.

Deadline: On a rolling basis until May 30, 2025 for FY25funding 

https://grants.gov/search-results-detail/358381

Quadratec

 Quadratec Cares ‘Energize the Environment’ Grant Program supports nonprofit programs or initiatives to benefit our environment,including trail improvements, litter prevention, park beautification, community environmental efforts, and more.

Next deadline: June 30, 2025

 https://www.quadratec.com/page/quadratec-cares-grant-program

T-Mobile Hometown Grants Program

Grants support community projects in small towns(population less than 50,000 people) across the U.S. Projects can occur in all fields of interest, including the environment and animal welfare, and are open to nonprofits to lead projects.

 Deadline: Quarterly, with next deadline of March 31, 2025

https://www.t-mobile.com/brand/hometown-grants

Federal Emergency Management Assistance (FEMA)

FEMA’s Public Assistance Program provides supplemental grants to nonprofits, state, tribal, territorial, and local governments, so communities help to cover their costs for debris removal, life-saving emergency protective measures, and restoring public infrastructure. Online application and tutorials.

No deadline

https://www.fema.gov/assistance/public

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Scroll down to explore this week's grants. Deadlines are always approaching, so take a look and see which ones might be the right fit for your nonprofit.

Happy grant writing!

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Mosaic

The Building Bridges Grant Program supports projects that expand the reach and influence of climate, conservation, and environmental health and justice movements by bridging across sectoral, political, ideological, demographic, and geographic divides.

Deadline: March 5, 2025

https://mosaicmomentum.org/2025-grant-cycle/

Internet Society

The Society’s Connecting the Unconnected funding program supports communities and local organizations working to build and expand Internet infrastructure to connect people living in rural, remote, and low-income areas.

Deadline: March 31, 2025

https://www.internetsociety.org/funding-areas/connecting-the-unconnected/

Lawrence Foundation

The Foundation is offering its grant funding to US nonprofits in the following areas of interest: environment, human services, disaster relief, and more.

Deadline: April 30, 2025

https://thelawrencefoundation.org/application-process/

Wildlife Acoustics

The quarterly Scientific Product Grant Program supports the advancement of environmental conservation, wildlife research, and habitat monitoring.

Deadline: May 15, 2025

https://www.wildlifeacoustics.com/grant-program

American Water Charitable Foundation

The Foundation’s Keep Communities Flowing Grant Program supports three pillars of giving: Water, People, and Communities. Nonprofit applicants must either operate within, or directly benefit, an American Water service territory.

Deadline: March 7, 2025

https://www.amwater.com/awcfgrants

Burroughs Wellcome Fund

The Fund’s Climate Change and Human Health Seed Grants promote growth of new connections between scholars, practitioners, educators, and/or communicators working to understand, spread the word about, and mitigate the impacts of climate change on human health.

Deadline: April 24, 2025

https://www.bwfund.org/funding-opportunities/climate-change-and-human-health/climate-change-and-human-health-seed-grants/

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