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Selected Grant News Headlines
A customized collection of grant news from foundations and the federal government from around the Web.
Archana Jain: A Trailblazer in Business, Activism, and Literature 
Archana Jain is an influential entrepreneur, social activist, and author.Through her foundation, literary works, and fashion initiatives, Archana promotes education, healthcare, and women's...more
Archana Jain is an influential entrepreneur, social activist, and author.Through her foundation, literary works, and fashion initiatives, Archana promotes education, healthcare, and women's...more
Santa Barbara Foundation Names Recipients of Environmental Grants
Foundation: Santa Barbara Foundation
The grants, totaling nearly $610,000, will support 26 nonprofit organizations across Santa Barbara County.The CEPT grants program, made possible by the Hollis Norris fund and first introduced in...more
Foundation: Santa Barbara Foundation
The grants, totaling nearly $610,000, will support 26 nonprofit organizations across Santa Barbara County.The CEPT grants program, made possible by the Hollis Norris fund and first introduced in...more
Catalyze 2025: Lisa Vickers (Speer Dream Foundation) 
Lisa Vickers, CEO of the Speer Dream Foundation, is setting ambitious goals for 2025.Vickers wants to establish a philanthropic roundtable, bringing together foundations from Pinellas and...more
Lisa Vickers, CEO of the Speer Dream Foundation, is setting ambitious goals for 2025.Vickers wants to establish a philanthropic roundtable, bringing together foundations from Pinellas and...more
Philanthropy Awards, 2024
Foundation: Lilly Endowment
Home Depot cofounder Arthur Blank offers a model of how to rapidly ramp up a multigenerational grantmaking operation.Farhad Ebrahimi has turned to spreading the gospel of time-limited foundations...more
Foundation: Lilly Endowment
Home Depot cofounder Arthur Blank offers a model of how to rapidly ramp up a multigenerational grantmaking operation.Farhad Ebrahimi has turned to spreading the gospel of time-limited foundations...more
The Humble Giant From Plains
Foundation: Ford Foundation
The Ford Foundation worked hand in hand with the Carter Center for decades to advance justice and wage peace around the world.As we honor President Carter's life and legacy, let us heed his call to...more
Foundation: Ford Foundation
The Ford Foundation worked hand in hand with the Carter Center for decades to advance justice and wage peace around the world.As we honor President Carter's life and legacy, let us heed his call to...more
2024 in Review: 7 Questions For Social Justice Executive Kaci Patterson 
The California Association of Black School Educators (CABSE) is an organization consisting of elected and appointed school officials, administrators and instructors from across California.The...more
The California Association of Black School Educators (CABSE) is an organization consisting of elected and appointed school officials, administrators and instructors from across California.The...more
Southwest Michigan Regional Chamber Awarded $60000 Grant by Corewell Foundation 
$50,000 of the grant will go to the Southwest Michigan Regional Chamber Foundation.The other $10,000 will be used to support Discover Southwest Michigan, a new initiative of the chamber.The chamber...more
$50,000 of the grant will go to the Southwest Michigan Regional Chamber Foundation.The other $10,000 will be used to support Discover Southwest Michigan, a new initiative of the chamber.The chamber...more
Organizations Receive Grants For Work With Young People
Foundation: Kosciusko County Community Foundation
A third organization that supports Kosciusko County high school students also received a grant.The foundation, started in 1981 by the late businessman and philanthropist Chester E.Dekko, invests in...more
Foundation: Kosciusko County Community Foundation
A third organization that supports Kosciusko County high school students also received a grant.The foundation, started in 1981 by the late businessman and philanthropist Chester E.Dekko, invests in...more
First Opioid Mitigation Grants Listed 
$10.4 million of the state's nearly $1 billion in opioid settlement dollars going out the door to governments and non-profits.The Initial Opportunity Grant program set aside $19.2 million, or...more
$10.4 million of the state's nearly $1 billion in opioid settlement dollars going out the door to governments and non-profits.The Initial Opportunity Grant program set aside $19.2 million, or...more
History Signs Around Malheur County to Get Repairs, Funded by Grant
Foundation: Oregon Community Foundation
The Malheur Country Historical Society is using a grant to repair and attend to such signs throughout the county.The signs explain life on the Oregon Trail, tell the history of local residents and...more
Foundation: Oregon Community Foundation
The Malheur Country Historical Society is using a grant to repair and attend to such signs throughout the county.The signs explain life on the Oregon Trail, tell the history of local residents and...more
Philanthropy News from...
Lilly Endowment
San Francisco Foundation
Marguerite Casey Foundation
Ford Foundation
Community Foundation of North Central Washington
Rockefeller Foundation
South Dakota Community Foundation
Foundation to Promote Open Society
Open Society Institute
Silicon Valley Community Foundation
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
Social Entrepreneurship
Spotlight
Social Business Project Empowers and Benefits Women in Africa and America
Brittany Merrill Underwood, who took up a teaching position in rural Uganda, has made it her life’s mission to empower marginalized women to “transform the physical and spiritual livelihoods of their families and communities.”
