GrantStation Insider: March 13, 2025

Application deadline: None
Description: Abbott Cardiovascular provides charitable contributions that help ensure good heart health for individuals and the community in the United States. Community well-being activity and fundraiser support is provided to organizations that do work related to cardiac arrhythmia, electrophysiology, heart failure, and coronary, structural heart, or vascular disease states and therapies. Fundraiser support focuses on events that raise funds for low-income and other underserved communities impacted by cardiac and vascular conditions. Community well-being activities support focuses on campaigns, programs, and events that advance community well-being and build public awareness of cardiac and vascular conditions. In addition, donations of Abbott products are provided to healthcare organizations for patients that do not have insurance and cannot afford treatment. (Professional medical education and fellowship program grants are also available.)

Application deadline: April 13, 2025
Grant amount: Program Development Grants range from $10,000 to $15,000. The Dogs rule.™ Grant is $50,000 a year for two years.
Description: The PEDIGREE Foundation provides grants to shelters and rescues across the country to increase dog adoption. Program Development Grants support initiatives aimed at increasing adoption rates, with funding available in the following categories: foster programs that place dogs in temporary, loving homes; behavior programs that focus on socialization, training, and stress relief; and transport programs that help organizations move dogs from overpopulated areas to regions with better adoption opportunities. In addition, one grant may be awarded through the Dogs rule.™ Grant program to support an innovative best practice initiative focused on increasing adoption rates in the areas of foster, behavior, or transport. This grant includes additional requirements, such as potential speaking engagements and the creation of a toolkit. U.S.-based 501(c)(3) animal welfare shelters and rescues are eligible to apply. (The Foundation also offers Disaster Relief Grants of up to $5,000 throughout the year.)

Application deadline: None
Grant amount: Up to $3,000 for first-time applicants
Description: 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.

Application deadline: April 14, 2025
Geographic scope: United States, including U.S. territories
Grant amount: $10,000 to $50,000
Description: Recordings at Risk provides support in the United States for the preservation of rare and unique audio, audiovisual, and other time-based media through digital reformatting. Grants cover the costs of preservation reformatting for fragile or obsolete time-based media content by qualified external service providers. Eligible media may include, but are not necessarily limited to, magnetic audio and video tape, grooved discs, wax cylinders, wire recordings, and film (with or without sound). The program encourages professionals who may be constrained by limited resources or technical expertise to take action against the threats of degradation and obsolescence. Applicants must be U.S. nonprofit academic, research, or cultural heritage organizations. Indian tribes, Alaska native villages, regional corporations, and village corporations are also eligible to apply, as are cultural heritage-focused government agencies.

Application deadline: None for letters of inquiry
Geographic scope: Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Vermont
Grant amount: $1,000 to $7,500
Description: The Agnes M. Lindsay Trust provides support to nonprofit organizations that help those in need in Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Vermont. Areas of interest include health and welfare, dental health, homeless shelters, and food banks and pantries. Examples of supported projects include programs serving seniors, programs for individuals with disabilities, children's homes, youth organizations, youth and family services, and summer enrichment programs. Camperships for children are also provided.

Application deadline: Letters of interest will be accepted from April 1 to May 1, 2025.
Geographic scope: North Carolina
Grant amount: $5,000 to $15,000 for first-time applicants
Description: Charlie’s Heart Foundation provides support to nonprofit organizations based in North Carolina for holistic programs that promote the mental and emotional well-being of families in underserved and under-resourced communities. Preference is given to nonprofits that have an operational budget of less than $3 million. Support is provided for specific program expenses, though operating expenses may be considered when directly related to program staffing and overhead.

Application deadline: April 30, 2025 (First-time applicants must first submit a letter of inquiry.)
Geographic scope:  New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, and Montana
Grant amount: $1,000 to $5,000
Description: The Maki Foundation makes grants for environmental protection in the western United States, including New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, and Montana. In particular, the Foundation is concerned with protection and preservation of the Rocky Mountain West’s remaining wild lands, rivers, and wilderness, as well as the wildlife that depends on these lands. Grantmaking priorities include wilderness and wildlands protection, river and wetlands conservation, biological diversity conservation, and public lands management. The majority of successful applicants are small grassroots organizations working to protect public lands and rivers from threats such as mineral development, unconstrained off-road vehicle use, and poorly planned water projects. First-time applicants must submit a one-page letter of inquiry via email to the Foundation’s grant director before submitting an application.

Application deadline: The next application deadline is April 15, 2025.
Geographic scope: Ohio
Grant amount: Grants-to-Educators range up to $3,000. Open Grants are typically around $15,000.
Description: The Martha Holden Jennings Foundation supports a variety of projects and initiatives that foster deep learning and excellent teaching in Ohio’s preK-12 public schools. Deep learning projects enable students to acquire new content or skills learned through multiple steps and in ways that change thinking or behaviors. Excellent teaching projects promote the growth and development of public school teachers’ skills in a variety of areas. Grants are available through the following programs: Open Grants, designed to make a positive lasting impact on student learning and teaching across Ohio, are available to public school districts, non-religious private schools working in conjunction with public schools, and 501(c)(3) organizations that assist preK-12 public schools in Ohio. The Grants-to-Educators program supports preK-12 teachers and administrators in Ohio’s non-religious public schools for innovative, smaller-scale activities within their classroom, school, or district. (A teacher fellowship, administered through Fund for Teachers, is also offered.)

GrantStation is closely monitoring recent federal actions and their impact on the nonprofit sector. This article tracks ongoing developments, providing links to source materials. We will update the article at least once a week, and in cases of significant developments, we will provide updates as quickly as possible.

Are you looking to learn more about how recent executive orders will impact the financial health of the nonprofit sector? If so, you might want to read a recent blog post by Linda J. Rosenthal, JD, Information and Research Director of the For Purpose Law Group, entitled “Your 2025 Budget Is Already Wrong.” It provides an overview of how these executive orders will lead to budget shortfalls and includes links to various articles examining recent events.

If your organization does not have 501(c)(3) status, you can look into finding a fiscal sponsor. In this type of relationship, an existing 501(c)(3) nonprofit offers to provide its tax-exempt status to another group. If a funder considers this type of setup, you will see a note in the eligibility field of the funder's GrantStation profile. In addition, a keyword search in the GrantStation database can help you find funders that will fund these types of organizations.

Webinar date: March 19, 2025, 2:00 to 3:00 PM Eastern Time
Description: Finding the funds needed to fulfill your mission is a never-ending challenge for all nonprofits. Whether you’re part of an established nonprofit or you’re a one-person development office, GrantStation can work for you because it is designed to help nonprofit organizations of all sizes get funded. During this live demo and Q&A session, Jeremy Smith, Learning and Engagement Specialist, and Kerry Glauser, Director of Research, will show you how you can use GrantStation to complete your grant research quickly and get high-quality results.

Webinar date: March 25, 2025, 2:00 to 3:30 PM Eastern Time
Description: If your nonprofit is looking for ways to bolster its private funding, there’s good news. Foundations have more to give than ever and are on track to distribute those funds within an increasingly narrow window. However, major grants require more than a casual funder relationship or a well-written proposal. You need a roadmap that will lead you to deep foundation and corporate partnerships. During this webinar, Susan Schaefer of Resource Partners will help you plot the path from your nonprofit’s standard awards to your largest private grants to date.

Webinar date: March 27, 2025, 2:00 to 3:30 PM Eastern Time
Description: Are you ready to take your organization to the next level? Once you’ve determined your organization is prepared to build capacity, what comes next? During this webinar, Mandy Pearce of Funding For Good will demystify the capacity-building process, breaking it down into manageable steps. You'll learn how to develop a custom action and implementation plan tailored to your unique needs.

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GrantStation shares database profiles of local, national, Canadian, and international grantmakers with upcoming deadlines each week. Check out the current Funding Spotlights for more grant opportunities! Current opportunities include Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: Local Data for Equitable Communities (U.S. national), the Harold McAlister Charitable Foundation (U.S. local: Southern California), Égale Action (Quebec, Canada), and BBVA Foundation: Biodiversity Conservation Awards (global).