GrantStation Insider | September 11, 2025

Application deadline: October 10, 2025
Grant range: $25,000–$100,000
Description: The Responsible Technology Youth Power Fund supports youth-led and intergenerational organizations driving the responsible technology movement. Funding focuses on projects that use technology to protect human rights, promote digital inclusion, and maximize positive social impact. The Fund is especially interested in initiatives addressing artificial intelligence, mental health and well-being, or climate-related technology solutions.

Application deadline: October 20, 2025
Grant range: Up to $10,000
Description: The A.J. Muste Foundation supports grassroots movements committed to advancing human rights, building equality, and dismantling systems of oppression. Grants are available to U.S.-based activist projects fighting for systemic change, especially those challenging militarism, economic injustice, and mass incarceration. The Foundation prioritizes smaller groups with bold, creative strategies and limited access to mainstream funding.

Application deadline: November 10, 2025
Grant range: $1,000–$20,000
Description: 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.

Application deadline: October 31, 2025
Grant range: $25,000–$250,000
Description: The TMCity Foundation supports efforts to advance neurocognitive healthcare and treatments for brain-related conditions. Funding is available for research institutions, community-based mental health organizations, direct healthcare providers, and early-stage companies developing innovative technologies. Support is provided through grants, investments, loans, and charitable gifts for research, projects, and general operations.

Application deadline: December 15, 2025
Geographic scope: Company communities in AL, AZ, CA, FL, GA, ID, KY, NM, NC, OR, SC, TN, TX, UT, WA, and WV 
Grant amount: $2,500–$25,000
Description: The Sundt Foundation funds nonprofit organizations dedicated to improving quality of life in communities where the company operates. Its giving priorities include youth development, hunger and nutrition, basic needs and social services, as well as support for military members and veterans. Through these focus areas, the foundation aims to strengthen individuals, families, and communities facing pressing challenges.

Application deadline: October 12, 2025
Geographic scope: Company communities in AL, AZ, AR, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, HI, ID, IL, IN, IA, KS, KY, LA, ME, MD, MA, MI, MN, MS, MO, MT, NE, NV, NH, NJ, NM, NY, NC, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, DC
Description: The Whole Foods Market Community Giving Program supports nonprofit organizations in the U.S., Canada, and the U.K. by addressing local needs related to food access, environmental stewardship, and community well-being. Stores provide both cash and in-kind product donations, which can be applied toward program-specific or general operating expenses. Organizations apply directly through their local store to be considered for support. Additionally, through its Nourishing Our Neighborhoods initiative, Whole Foods funds refrigerated vans for food recovery groups participating in its Grocery Rescue Program to enhance food distribution in local communities.

Application deadline: None, grants are reviewed monthly
Geographic scope: Company communities in DE, MD, NJ, NY, and PA
Description: The ACME Foundation funds nonprofit organizations that improve quality of life through programs addressing hunger, health and human services, veterans, and diversity and inclusion of all abilities. Applicants can strengthen their chances by securing an ACME Markets employee sponsor, who may be a volunteer, board member, or someone impacted by the nonprofit’s work. If no direct sponsor is available, applicants are encouraged to seek support from a local store manager. The foundation’s process includes contacting the sponsor to better understand the applicant’s impact before considering the grant request.

Application deadline: Second Tuesday of September and December 2025
Geographic scope: Iowa and Nebraska
Description: The Burlington Capital Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Burlington Capital, applies its parent company’s investment mindset to support impactful nonprofit efforts in Iowa and Nebraska. Its giving strategy focuses on initiatives with measurable, transformative effects on communities and individuals. The Foundation prioritizes four areas: military and veterans, education, the arts, and community improvement.

GrantStation is closely monitoring federal actions and their impact on the nonprofit sector. This article tracks ongoing developments, providing links to source materials.

This report provides insight into how funders and nonprofits collect and use community feedback, and the gaps that remain in how this data gathering is supported and utilized.

Looking at a funder's previous grants can give you additional insight beyond just the funder's guidelines. GrantStation now offers some information directly from the 990-PF (if available) on our funder profiles.

Webinar date: September 18, 2:00 PM Eastern Time
Description: Do you manage grants (federal and otherwise) that require highly specific reporting line items that don’t match your current chart of accounts? Many government and reimbursement-based grants demand a level of detail that QuickBooks Online (QBO) users often find difficult to achieve using standard reports. If you find yourself spending hours manually converting your QBO financials into the custom categories your grantors require, this webinar is for you. Join Gregg Bossen for this advanced session where he will walk you through using Items (also known as Products/Services in QBO) to build Profit & Loss reports by grant that align precisely with your grantor’s reporting or reimbursement format.

Webinar date: September 22, 2025, 2:00 PM Eastern Time
Description: Funders now expect budget sections to do more than add up—they should demonstrate strategy, efficiency, and sustainability. Even small errors and omissions in your budget or budget narrative can undermine the credibility of the proposal and reduce the chances of funding. This session will help you develop clear, defensible budgets that reinforce your proposal’s credibility and match the narrative.

Webinar date: September 25, 2025, 2:00 PM Eastern Time
Description: From start to finish, your proposals must tell a strong, consistent story. However, accomplishing this across the unique sections of an application is not always straightforward. Grantmakers make it even more challenging by using different terms that often mean the same thing. During this webinar, Alice Ruhnke will walk you through a systematic process to apply to all your grantseeking efforts in order to reduce the stress related to proposal writing.

Two days only, September 16 & 17, at TechSoup.

With so much competition for grant dollars, nonprofit organizations and public libraries need every possible advantage. With a GrantStation Membership, you will get the tools and information you need to secure your funding this year and beyond.

Secure Funding to Empower Your Mission!

The nonprofit and philanthropic sector is full of amazing people trying to do good work. At the same time, we’re trapped in systems that sometimes make it nearly impossible. In this candid conversation, Vu Le of NonprofitAF joins Alice Ruhnke of GrantStation to explore the key themes of his latest book, challenging long-standing philosophies and practices that may be holding the sector back.

Register for This Free Event | September 17 at 2PM ET

We received over 245 excellent entries in this year’s Winning Grant Proposal Competition. They reflected grant proposals with compelling narratives, succinct and engaging executive summaries, strong and workable plans, and well-defined budgets. We are appreciative of the work and efforts of each entrant.

A complete list of winners and many of the prize-winning grant proposals are available on the GrantStation website.

Congratulations to Grand Prize Winner Julia Mascioli at Free Minds Book Club & Writing Workshop!

GrantStation shares database profiles of local, national, Canadian, and international grantmakers with upcoming deadlines each week. Information on featured funders is available on the GrantStation homepage. 

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This is the premier event for grant professionals, designed for you to connect with your peers and level up your skills. Explore In-person, Online, and Hybrid workshops, two main stage speakers, and even some time to unwind. With both in-person and virtual options, you can participate no matter where you are. Don't miss this opportunity to advance your grant career.

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