Private Capacity Building Grants

This grant provides funding and volunteer support to nonprofit projects in Smith County that promote women's leadership and address community needs.

This grant provides financial support to nonprofit organizations in Greater Dayton for special projects, program expansions, or capacity building initiatives.

The Route 66 Black Experiences Grant Program provides direct grant awards to African-American owned/operated businesses and attractions along Route 66, and funding to support research and programs designed to tell the stories of Black experiences related to Route 66. The program, celebrating the Route 66 Centennial, aims to help Black-owned businesses and attractions stay in operation, reopen, and expand, while also supporting research and storytelling efforts related to Black experiences on Route 66. Eligible applicants include Black-owned/operated businesses located along Route 66 with fewer than 20 employees. The 2024 grant round offers a total of $50,000 in awards, with applications due by July 14, 2024, and awards announced the week of August 5, 2024.

This grant provides financial support to charitable organizations in Texas, particularly those in Navarro County, focusing on projects that promote religion, education, and the alleviation of human suffering and disease prevention.

This program provides financial support to women-owned or operated businesses along Route 66 to help maintain operations, aid in reopening, and promote new ventures.

This grant provides financial support and resources to women-owned small businesses in the U.S. to help them grow and gain visibility in the entrepreneurial community.

This funding opportunity supports non-profit organizations, schools, and government agencies in Alcona, Alpena, Montmorency, or Presque Isle County for innovative projects that benefit the community.

The Enthuse Foundation awards $2,500 grants to ten female-owned businesses annually. The non-profit supports women entrepreneurs in launching or growing their businesses. Eligible applicants must identify as women or non-binary, run an established business full-time, and demonstrate financial need. Winners for 2024 will be declared in June, with details for the 2025 cycle to be announced.

This funding opportunity provides multi-year financial support to nonprofit organizations in New Jersey and nearby areas to enhance their operational capacity and effectiveness in fulfilling their missions.

This funding opportunity provides up to $50,000 to nonprofit organizations in New Jersey to strengthen their operations and enhance their ability to fulfill their missions through activities like strategic planning and improving governance.

This grant provides financial support for public charitable and educational initiatives in Missouri, focusing on general operating and program support.

This grant provides financial support to nonprofit organizations in Atchison, KS, to implement projects that improve community well-being, education, and health services for local residents.

This grant provides financial support for educational, cultural, and health programs focused on improving the well-being of children and older adults in Kansas City, Missouri.

This grant provides financial support for educational, medical, human services, and community development projects in Lyon, Coffey, and Osage counties in Kansas.

The Batchelor Foundation Grant Program primarily provides support for programmatic grants, with occasional consideration given to capital grants. Donor Name: The Batchelor Foundation State: Florida County: Broward County (FL), Miami-Dade County (FL), Monroe County (FL), Palm Beach County (FL) Type of Grant: Grant Deadline: (mm/dd/yyyy) 07/15/2024 Size of the Grant: Not Available Grant Duration: 1 Year Details: The highest priority is placed on projects and programs that have clearly defined, targeted outcomes outlined in the nonprofit’s grant proposal. Programs that assist children in the areas of education, health and general well being. Programs that provide shelter, food, and/or medicine to animals. Programs that protect or educate the public regarding the natural environment. Some consideration is given to charitable work provided to homeless programs and veteran services. Grant Period Grants are generally awarded for a one-year grant period.  Geographic Region The Batchelor Foundation places highest priority on nonprofits located and providing charitable work in the South Florida counties of Miami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach and Monroe.  Eligibility Criteria All applicants must be currently recognized by the IRS as 501(c)(3) public charities and classified as not a private foundation.  In addition, the nonprofit must be actively registered with the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to solicit funds in Florida. The Foundation does not fund Direct support of individuals. Organizations not qualified as tax-exempt 501(c)(3). Support for start-up organizations. (Consideration is given only to organizations that have been operating at least five (5) years and have $50,000 of revenue for each of the five years immediately preceding the grantees’s submission of the LOI.) Events, festivals, workshops, conferences or concerts. Capacity building, administrative expenses or operating deficits. Political candidates or campaigns. Political or governmental advocacy. Organizations that act as fiscal sponsors for another charity. For more information, visit Batchelor Foundation.

The Jefferson Foundation provides grants for charitable and educational activities promoting individual and community health and well-being. Donor Name: Jefferson Foundation State: Missouri County: Jefferson County (MO) Type of Grant: Grant Deadline: 07/18/2024 Size of the Grant: $100,000 to $500,000 Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned Details: Grant Categories Funding will be awarded in the following categories: program support; capacity building; and capital projects. Grant Topics  Grants will be made to qualified public charities and government units to support activities that increase the health and well-being of Jefferson County residents. Grant topics include but are not limited to: Academic scholarships Basic needs limited to food, shelter and rent/mortgage and utility assistance Dental services Drug and alcohol abuse (treatment and prevention) Exercise and healthy lifestyle education Foster care and adoption services Health and health-related education Homelessness and domestic violence shelters and services Medical equipment Mental health counseling Obesity Physical and mental disabilities Prescription assistance Preventative health care Safe housing Transportation assistance. Funding Information Grant sizes will be a minimum of $5,000 and a maximum of $250,000. Larger or smaller grants are awarded at the discretion of the Jefferson Foundation Board of Directors. Geographical Area Grants will be awarded to qualified public charities and government units that are located in or serve residents of Jefferson County, MO. Eligibility Criteria Grants will be made only to tax-exempt public charities as defined in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code with a designation of 509(a)(1) or (2). Grants to government units will be made under special circumstances. Grants will not be awarded for endowment funds, loans, deficit financing, travel, political activities, fundraising activities or to individuals. Grants will not be awarded to programs that are political in nature. Grants will not be awarded for lobbying activities or to influence political elections. Grants will be awarded to religious organizations as long as the agency does not discriminate based upon clients’ religious preference. Grants will not be awarded for general operating expenses of churches. Grants will not be provided to fund overhead or the payment of general, administrative, or other expenses that are not directly associated with the activities related to the Grant. Grants will not be made for dinners or other ticketed events. Organizations are only eligible to receive one grant per grant category during the grant year (January 1, 2024 – December 31, 2024). All progress and final grant reports that are due for any previous grant must be on file before the next grant will be awarded. For more information, visit Jefferson Foundation.

The Bunbury Fund supports non-profit organizations making significant impacts across central New Jersey, and most specifically Mercer County, to strengthen their capacity to effectively advance their missions toward sustainable, organizational maturity. Donor Name: Princeton Area Community Foundation State: New Jersey, Pennsylvania County: Bucks County (PA), Burlington County (NJ), Huntingdon County (PA), Mercer County (NJ), Middlesex County (NJ), Somerset County (PA) Type of Grant: Grant Deadline: 09/05/2024 Size of the Grant: $100,000 to $500,000 Grant Duration: 3 Years Details: The Bunbury Fund’s mission is to strengthen the ability of nonprofit organizations to do their best work. They refer to this work as capacity building. It is work that helps your organization deliver its mission with greater confidence. They respect that what an organization might need in terms of capacity building is best identified by its staff and board. The Bunbury Fund Advisors strongly support and encourage projects and organizations that embrace and promote anti-racism strategies and conduct projects that place racial equity at the core of their work. Funding Information One year capacity-building grants: up to $50,000 Strengthening the board governance Succession planning for board and staff leadership Developing strategic partnerships and program collaborations Strategic and scenario planning Systems upgrades to improve service delivery and measurement Embracing practices that support racial equity and inclusion Supporting the strategic and capacity building needs of start-ups and newly launched initiatives Strengthening Human Resources systems Improving technology/communications Multi-year capacity building grants: up to $150,000 and up to three years Foundation will also review proposals for multi-year projects that focus on developing organizational effectiveness over a period of up to three years. This is work that might be accomplished in phases where the completion requires more than one year. Planning Grants: up to $10,000: A planning grant helps an organization evaluate the resources required to undertake a more comprehensive capacity-building project. This is often an initial step in determining the needs and viability associated with a larger capacity building project. Eligibility Criteria  An applicant must have tax-exempt status under Section 501 (c) 3 of the Internal Revenue Service Code, be a publicly supported charity under Section 509, and be registered with the NJ Division of Consumer Affairs as a charity in good standing. Applications will be accepted from organizations that operate and provide services within the geographic region covered by the Princeton Area Community Foundation, defined as follows: Mercer County Eastern Bucks County, PA, including New Hope, Morrisville, Washington Crossing and Yardley Northern Burlington County, including Bordentown and Bordentown Township Southern Hunterdon County, including Lambertville, West Amwell, adjacent parts of East Amwell Southern Middlesex County, including Plainsboro and Cranbury Southern Somerset County, including Montgomery, Rocky Hill, and adjacent sections of Franklin Twp. For more information, visit PACF.

The T.L.L. Temple Foundation welcomes applications from organizations working to build a thriving East Texas and to alleviate poverty, creating access and opportunities for all. Donor Name: T.L.L. Temple Foundation State: Arkansas, Texas County: Selected Counties Type of Grant: Grant Deadline: 07/12/2024 Size of the Grant: Not Available Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned Details: Program Areas  The foundation makes grants in six areas: Education, Economic Opportunity, Health, Human Services, Arts and Culture, and Environment and Conservation. Type of Support The foundation awards funding for multiple purposes, including: general operating support, project support, capital improvements, and organizational development and capacity building. The foundation typically only funds organizations in Harris County when there is a direct benefit to residents of the rural counties. Geographical Areas  Under the terms of its governing documents, the service area is the following Texas Counties: Anderson, Angelina, Bowie, Cass, Cherokee, Hardin, Harris, Houston, Jasper, Jefferson, Liberty, Nacogdoches, Newton, Orange, Panola, Polk, Rusk, Sabine, San Augustine, San Jacinto, Shelby, Trinity, Tyler, and Miller County, Arkansas. For more information, visit T.L.L. Temple Foundation.

The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF), in partnership with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), is soliciting proposals to improve existing efforts to reduce mortality of whales from entanglement in fishing gear in Southern California. Donor Name: National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) State: California County: Los Angeles County (CA), Orange County (CA), Santa Barbara County (CA), Ventura County (CA) Type of Grant: Grant Deadline:  07/17/2024 Size of the Grant: $100,000 to $500,000 Grant Duration: 2 Years Details: The activities will provide compensatory restoration for injury to cetaceans caused by the Refugio Beach Oil Spill (RBOS). Specifically, the aim of the activities is to augment an existing permitted and authorized program off the southern California coast by increasing the capacity of the entanglement response network in areas that need additional support to respond to reports of entangled cetaceans, to document and disentangle these animals, and to broadly support efforts to reduce the number of entanglements that could lead to serious injuries or mortalities. Priorities Project proposals should address as many of these program priorities as possible: Directly Enhance Entanglement Response Enhance entanglement responses that benefit cetaceans in Southern California. Types of direct response activities could include, but are not limited to: Participate in, and/or lead, entanglement responses in Southern California Participate in, and/or lead, entanglement responses beyond Southern California that benefit cetaceans in Southern California Coordinate with federal, state and local resource agencies This project will work closely with federal, state and local resource agencies to enhance coordination of the overall West Coast Marine Mammal Entanglement Response Program (Program), with a primary focus of benefitting cetaceans in Southern California.  Train and develop volunteer response capacity Efforts to train and develop volunteer response capacity throughout the West Coast have been limited. In addition, the relatively low number of high-level trained responders on the West Coast make it difficult to generate effective responses that may include detailed documentation of entanglement events, as well as disentanglement efforts.  Build capacity and infrastructure Proposals should outline how these activities will contribute to the development of the overall capacity and infrastructure of the Program. Funding Information An estimated $250,000 will be available through this solicitation for a Phase 1 project award, which is anticipated to last 1–2 years.  Geographic Focus The priority geographic focus is Southern California, and – in particular for responding to entangled cetaceans – the coastlines off Santa Barbara, Ventura, Los Angeles and Orange Counties Applicants do not need to be primarily based in the Southern California area if they can provide assurance that they can effectively perform entanglement response and capacity building activities in Southern California. Project proposals may include additional activities outside of the priority geographic focus if they relate to the health and protection of individual cetaceans that may occur in southern California at some point during their life. Eligibility Criteria Eligible applicants include non-profit 501(c) organizations, state government agencies, local governments, municipal governments, for-profit organizations, Tribal governments and organizations, educational institutions, international organizations. Ineligible applicants include U.S. federal government agencies, and unincorporated individuals. For more information, visit NFWF.

The Bliss, Gross, Horowitz Fund, established at the Rhode Island Foundation, supports charitable Jewish community organizations located in and serving the greater Providence area. Donor Name: Rhode Island Foundation State: County: All Counties Type of Grant: Grant Deadline: (mm/dd/yyyy) 07/12/2024 Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000 Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned Details: Funding Information Generally, grants for this program will range from $5,000 to $10,000. Eligibility Criteria Proposals from eligible organizations should meet one or more of the following criteria: Projects that seek to develop connections between the Jewish community and all Rhode Islanders, including community service projects led by Jewish organizations; Projects that seek to deepen understanding of Jewish life and culture through scholarship and historic preservation; Projects that provide basic human needs such as food, clothing, housing or prescription assistance; and Projects that support the organizational development of Jewish institutions, including strategic planning, board development and program evaluation. A scope of work must accompany all capacity building requests. Projects must be non-sectarian in nature and designed to reach beyond an institution’s core constituency. Capital requests will not be considered. Criteria The Foundation will use the following criteria in making funding decisions: Proposal has clearly stated goals, objectives, and measurable outcomes; Organization has the capacity to implement the proposal; Proposal outlines a clear sustainability plan; and Organization must be located in and serving the greater Providence area. For more information, visit RIF.