#grants

We are currently considering implementing multi-year grants. We need some advice on how best to implement a multi-year grant program and would be curious to hear from other organizations how they made the transition. If anyone has an implementation strategy they could share it would be greatly appreciated. Specifically did…

Hello Everyone, Our foundation is exploring the possibility of making grants to support organizational endowments. If your organization has awarded endowment grants, would you be willing to share a sample grant agreement or any language you have found particularly helpful? We're especially interested in any terms related…

We are a health-conversion foundation, serving parts of West Virginia and Southeast Ohio, that awards about $1 million in grants per year to support health-related projects. We are exploring different models for our grant application process for one of our grant programs, with a focus on how we can reduce the time from the…

Hello everyone, Like many foundations, we’re seeing a noticeable increase in the number of Letters of Intent (LOIs) submitted each year. As we reviewed our 2025 submissions, we realized that many organizations submitting LOIs did not meet our funding guidelines or criteria, which has resulted in a significant amount of…

Hi all, Nuestra Herencia Grant Program, hosted by Latinos in Heritage Conservation, is in it's second round of funding. The due date for applications is February 13, 2026. Find out more information on our website and see recording of this year's webinars with more details for applicants.…

Hi everyone, Just curious to know how you all score your grant applications. We have specific questions on our application that are worth up to a certain number of points and displayed on the application for applicants to see the weight of that question. The Board then scores the responses to get a total score for an…

Does anyone do collaboration grants where multiple organizations come together and submit one application for the group? If so, how do you process these and track them in the system? We are currently having one organization be the primary one to submit the application and who we make the award to, but knowing that funds…

Hello! Is anyone able to share their discretionary grant letter with me? Thank you!

Do you accept grant applications from applicant organizations that are essentially a one-person incorporated entity (with one individual responsible for all aspects of the grant, including financial management and disbursements)? If so, how do you approach funding decisions in these situations? Do you fund this type of…

Good afternoon! The St. Louis Philanthropic Organization (SLPO) awards grants of up to $10,000 to support programs that improve the quality of life for St. Louis City residents, allocating an average of $400,000 annually. SLPO is a relatively modest-sized funder, managed with the support of a part-time consultant.…

Good Afternoon, I am running across an issue and I was hoping the community could help me! I recently had a donor wanting to use their funds and when I looked up the organizations they are both 501c4 organizations. I entered the grant and I was able to approve the one organization and make it eligible to receive grants.…

Hi Everyone, Is anyone currently making grants to support organizations' efforts to purchase and/or implement AI tools to improve their operations, fundraising, etc.? Are these grants driven by the organizations? For example, are nonprofits indicating this is a need they have and they're submitting capacity-building…

Good Afternoon, Our foundation has been getting more and more requests from sports teams in our local area asking for grants. Some sports teams are associated with local high schools, others are independent traveling teams. Some are asking for help with purchasing equipment and others are just asking for general help with…

My organization uses Foundant for Grant, Scholarship, and Assistantship applications. We recently received two applications that were generated by AI (ChatGPT). The prompt to the essay was copied, pasted, and entered into ChatGPT and the response generated was submitted directly to the scholarship application as the…

Thank you to everyone who attended our coffee talk on Grant Management in a Changing Environment. If you were not able to attend, you can find the slides and recording below. We had a great conversation and would love to keep it going. Please comment below. We are interested in hearing from everyone on the questions: What…