Grant Opportunities

Arts Midwest

Funding: $2,000 – $10,000

Deadline: November 4, 2026

Supports smaller Midwestern nonprofits in presenting professional artists from outside their state for performances, exhibitions, and workshops.

Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation

Funding: $1,000 – $20,000

Deadline: November 10, 2026

Supports a wide range of areas including museums, cultural and performing arts, schools, hospitals, educational and skills training, programs for youth, seniors, and people with disabilities, and environmental and wildlife protection.

The Wyeth Foundation for American Art

Funding: $5,000 – $25,000

Deadline: December 15, 2026

Supports innovative exhibitions exploring new research, museum catalogs and publications, and the conservation and restoration of American masterpieces.

Robinson Foundation

Deadline: October 15, 2026

The Robinson Foundation invests in nonprofit organizations throughout the U.S. across a wide range of areas. Focus areas include religious and spiritual endeavors, families and children, medical assistance, poverty relief, disaster relief, education, veterans issues, animal welfare, and nature and wildlife conservation.

AmeriCorps

Deadline: October 20, 2026

Provides funding to engage adults ages 55 and older in addressing community needs through volunteering across all states and territories.

Ivory Innovations

Funding: Up to $100,000

Deadline: October 30, 2026

The Ivory Prize recognizes ambitious, feasible, and scalable solutions to housing affordability in the U.S. across three focus areas: construction and design, finance, and policy and regulatory reform. 

ALDI

Funding: Gift cards valued at $100 – $1,000

Deadline: October 31, 2026

Provides gift cards valued between $100 and $1,000 to nonprofits, K-12 schools, and Native American Tribes and Nations in communities where ALDI stores are located. Funding supports after-school and out-of-school youth programs focused on children’s health and wellness ages 0 to 18, and food banks and pantries working to increase access to nutritious foods. 

The Big Joy Foundation

Deadline: November 1, 2026

The Big Joy Foundation funds across three areas: human services for vulnerable populations, including orphans, people with disabilities, and those facing extreme hardship; spiritual enrichment; and arts and media that promote faith, hope, and love.

Walmart

Funding: $250 – $5,000

Applications are accepted and reviewed through three application cycles in FY27:

• Cycle 1: Feb. 1 – April 15
• Cycle 2: May 1– July 15
• Cycle 3: Aug. 1 – Nov. 30

Supports local organizations that meet the needs of communities where Walmart operates.

Funding: Up to $50,000

Application Cycles: Quaterly

Supports community revitalization projects that enhance public spaces, strengthen local economies, and improve quality of life in small towns.

The Smart Family Fund

Funding: $25,000 – $100,000

Supports and mentors emerging nonprofit organizations and their leaders throughout the U.S. Funding targets early-stage nonprofits with significant impact potential that have not yet demonstrated the efficacy needed to attract large-scale funding. Previous areas of support include social services, arts and culture, economic opportunity, parks and recreation, and education.

Ann B. Zekauskas Family Foundation

Deadline: November 1, 2026

Supports organizations focused on hunger relief and careers in the culinary arts across three areas.

Funding: $500 – $2,000

Supports Black-owned brick-and-mortar retail businesses across the US in covering operating expenses such as workforce retention, rent, inventory, customer research, and community engagement.

Jeffris Heartland Fund

Supports preservation projects in small towns and cities in the Midwest by covering 50% of the costs of a Historic Structure Report.

Indiana Housing & Community Development Authority

Funding: $5,000 – $50,000 with 1:1 fundraising match requirement

Supports projects that activate underutilized public spaces or create new public spaces.

U.S. Department of Agriculture Office of Rural Development

This program provides affordable funding to development essential community facilities in rural areas.

Funding: Up to $10,000 with a 1:1 cash match requirement

Provides start-up funding for resident-driven groups in small cities and towns looking to implement the Community Heart & Soul model.

U.S. Department of Agriculture Office of Rural Development

This program provides funding for clean and reliable drinking water systems, sanitary sewage disposal, sanitary solid waste disposal, and storm water drainage to households and businesses in rural areas.

NBA Foundation

Deadline: October 31, 2026

Supports local and national organizations creating economic opportunities and career pathways for Youth ages 14-24.

Institute of Museum and Library Services

Funding: $25,000 – $1,000,000

Deadline: November 13, 2026

Supports projects the build a library and archival workforce capable of meeting the information needs of communities across the country.

U.S. National Science Foundation

Funding: Up to $500,000

Deadline: December 9, 2026

Funding is available through two tracks: one focused on improving academic experiences for two-year college students, and one focused on leveraging institutional strengths and innovation.

CHS Foundation

Funding: $1,000 – $1,430,000

Supports programs that strengthen rural communities and prepares the next generation of agricultural education, leadership training, and career development for students from high school through early professional stages.

Frances R. Dewing Foundation

Funding: $2,500 – $25,000

Deadlines: April 1, 2026 and October 1, 2026

Provides seed grant funding for new or experimental projects, including creative daycare initiatives, that have potential to create broader community or educational impact.

School-Based Healthcare Solutions Network

Provides a fully funded mental health professional for each school campus who will deliver evidence-based mental health support services directly to students.

Funding: Up to $1,200 with a 2:1 match requirement

Deadlines: Every April 1 and October 1

Supports rural libraries to purchase new, quality, hardcover children’s books.

Indiana Department of Workforce Development

Offers employers $5,000 per employee (up to $50,000) who is trained, hired, and retained for at least six months in select priority sectors.

Indiana Department of Workforce Development

Program for individuals that covers the tuition and fees of qualifying certificate programs across Indiana.

Home Deport Foundation

Funding: In-kind support up to $10,000

Support is provided in the form of Home Depot gift cards that may be used to purchase tools, equipment, building materials, and supplies, or to support new or renovated training spaces for organizations offering vocational training in the construction industry.

Hearst Foundations

Funding: Grants over $100,000

Supports nonprofits working across four areas: education including higher education, STEM programs, and college access; health including access to care for low-income populations, behavioral health, and medical research; social services including affordable housing, job training, and youth development; and culture including arts education, artist development, and science education. 

Disabled American Veterans Charitable Service Trust

Deadline: October 31, 2026

Supports organizations offering programs that improve the quality of life for sick and injured veterans.

Funding: $5,000 – $25,000

Supports community-based non-profit organizations advancing health, education, and well-being.

Zorya Foundation

Funding: Up to $12,000

Provides childcare support to women working in healthcare who are mothers or primary caregivers.

The Kroger Co.

Deadline: December 4, 2026

Supports hunger relief, sustainability, health and nutrition, disaster relief, diversity and inclusion, and education and youth development.