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Our Story

In 1973, CNL founder James M. Seneff, Jr. took a $5,000 loan from his father and began his own business by buying real estate in downtown Orlando for less than $3 a square foot. Forty years later, his investment has grown to become CNL Financial Group, a private investment management firm. Since its inception, CNL and/or its affiliates have formed or acquired companies with more than $34 billion in assets, and have raised more than $19 billion in private and public offerings through the broker-dealer and institutional investment communities. Through the Democratization of Investing®, CNL continues to explore alternative investment options, both in and out of real estate, seeking to offer a diverse group of products to fit the ever changing needs of investors.

At CNL we believe that relationships transcend transactions. Our consultative and Research-Driven℠ approach, proven capital access, and more than 45 years of creating rewarding experiences, have made CNL the partner of choice for some of the most-respected names in the sectors we serve.

CNL Charitable Foundation Grants

CNL Financial Group founder, Jim Seneff, has always been committed to developing a better and more flourishing community through leadership and financial support. Backed by CNL Financial Group, the CNL Charitable Foundation has been a philanthropic innovator of community transformation by supporting the work of non-profits in the Central Florida region.

The CNL Charitable Foundation strategically focuses its resources on four areas it believes hold the greatest potential to strengthen and enrich our communities:

• Education
• Leadership & Entrepreneurship
• Arts & Culture
• Homelessness & Poverty

Background

Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation seeks to dramatically improve the lives of underserved communities across the globe by supporting scalable, innovative, and impact-first solutions that leverage existing systems and stakeholders. Our goal is to find social entrepreneurs with dynamic products or services that have a proven ability to positively impact the lives of underserved people, and nurture those organizations at the early stages by providing capacity, capital, and community.

Our application process is designed to be open and accessible, and we accept applications year round from across our priority geographies and sectors. Borrowing from our venture capital legacy, we find exceptional entrepreneurs and provide them with: 

Capacity

• The core of DRK’s model is deep and extensive operational and technical support for each portfolio organization, both through dedicated hands-on Board service and specialist capacity-building resources for fundraising, board and organizational development, leadership, financial support, and scaling strategy,

Capital

• DRK provides up to $300,000 USD in either unrestricted grant funding or investment capital over a three-year period, and

Community

• DRK convenes our portfolio and alumni annually, facilitating connections and community. 

What We Fund

DRK Foundation funds early-stage social impact organizations solving the world’s biggest social and environmental problems using bold, scalable approaches.

What stage of growth does DRK Foundation typically fund?

Early stage: Organizations who are early stage, which we define as post-pilot and pre-scale. This typically means: 

• Your program, product or service is already being used in the market or in the field, 
• You have early indication that your model is having its intended impact on the beneficiary populations,
• Your organization is relatively young (ideally between two and five years old, although we will consider both younger and older organizations).

Venture funding: In the case of for profits, we typically support Seed to Series A organizations, and never lead rounds; we also generally but not exclusively refrain from participating in financings exceeding a $15M USD post-money valuation.  

Generous living can make an extraordinary difference in transforming the lives of others. It can also make a difference in how good we feel about ourselves and make the world a better place for all.

How We Help

Through philanthropic grants, the FAIRWINDS Foundation supports Central Florida’s most economically vulnerable populations, including homeless and at-risk youth, victims of domestic violence, veterans and minority business owners, among many others.

The FAIRWINDS Foundation’s core purpose is to work with and support organizations that improve lives through financial well-being. If you think we can help your organization grow, get in touch with us today.

Organizations must demonstrate programs aligned with financial literacy educational opportunities.

Global Impact Cash Grants

Identifying and incubating innovative early-stage solutions. We identify, incubate, and develop innovative early-stage solutions with the highest potential for impact. Global Impact Cash Grants go to nonprofit organizations (NPOs) and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) that address a significant social problem. We're looking for programs that fit within our investment sectors, focus on the underserved, and use technology to improve the reach and efficiency of services.

We accept applications year-round from eligible organizations. A brief Letter of Inquiry (LOI) is used to determine whether your organization will be invited to complete a full application. Please expand and carefully review each of the three sections below to learn more

Our priority social impact sectors

We focus on investing in innovative, tech-enabled solutions to the challenges and opportunities that matter most to communities in need, prioritizing four social impact sectors:

Cisco Crisis Response

Mobilizing to provide essentials to communities in need and those in crisis, including food, housing, secure connectivity, and disaster relief

By leveraging Cisco’s people, technology, financial resources, and strategic partnerships, we help strengthen community resilience and drive long-term recovery from crises.

Education

Supporting students, teachers, and schools by increasing engagement, building skills, promoting subject mastery, and expanding their capacity to thrive

Cisco is committed to inclusive access to digital skills training and supporting those who use technology to educate. Through programs like Cisco Networking Academy and social investments in education, we create new opportunities for individuals to thrive.

Economic Empowerment

Transforming communities through skill development, long-term career opportunities, entrepreneurship, and access to financial products and services

Strategic grants that unlock economic prosperity and growth for individuals and communities.

Climate Regeneration

Building an inclusive, regenerative, and resilient climate future through education, regenerative agriculture, conservation, protection, and clean energy solutions

Our efforts began in 2021, when the Cisco Foundation committed US$100 million over 10 years to fund nonprofit grants and impact investing in climate solutions. 

Community Grants

State Farm is committed to helping build safer, stronger and better-educated communities.

• ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​We are committed to auto and home safety programs and activities that help people manage the risks of everyday life.
• We invest in education, economic empowerment and community development projects, programs and services that help people realize their dreams.
• We help maintain the vibrancy of our communities by assisting nonprofits that support community revitalization.

Good Neighbor Citizenship company grants focus on safety, community development and education.

Focus Areas

Safety Grants

We strive to keep our customers and communities safe. That's why our funding is directed toward:

• Auto safety — improving driver, passenger, vehicle or roadway safety
• Home safety — shielding homes from fires, crime or natural disasters
• Disaster preparedness and mitigation
• Disaster recovery

Community Development

We support nonprofits that invest and develop stronger neighborhoods. That's why our funding is directed toward:

• Affordable housing — home construction and repair
• Commercial/small business development
• Job training
• Neighborhood revitalization
• Financial literacy
• Sustainable housing and transportation
• Food insecurity

Education

Our education funding is directed toward initiatives that support the following programs:

• Higher education
• K-12 academic performance
• K-12 STEM
• Pathways for college and career success

OMYF Micro Grants

The Orlando Magic Youth Foundation's Micro Grant Program is a game-changer. It is designed to provide targeted financial support to local, smaller organizations who share our vision of a brighter future for the youth in Central Florida. This program represents our belief in the power of community-driven solutions, grassroots projects, and the unwavering dedication of individuals who want to make a difference.

We recognize that many worthwhile projects, programs or ideas may lack the necessary funding to take off. The Micro Grant Program is here to bridge that gap, offering accessible funding to those who are committed to creating positive change. Through this program, we aim to empower individuals to turn their visionary ideas into actionable projects or programs that can shape our community's future.

Request amount

• Up to $10,000

About Us

Saving pets. Together.

The Petfinder Foundation has been helping animal shelters and rescue groups since 2003. We are the ONLY national organization that does nothing but give cash and product grants to adoption groups.=

How We Work

Our programs are designed to keep homeless pets physically and mentally healthy so they can find loving forever homes.

Our grants put food in bowls, provide medical care, and help rescue animals from disasters. When pets are in need, we’re there to help.

P.L.A.Y. Pet Beds 

Applications are reviewed and awarded 10 Chill Pads on a monthly basis to specific geographical regions. 

The Petfinder Foundation has partnered with P.L.A.Y. Pet Lifestyle and You through the Warm Bellies Initiative to give luxury beds to shelter pets. P.L.A.Y. joins us in the belief that every pet deserves a warm and cozy place to sleep

Applications are reviewed and awarded 10 Chill Pads on a monthly basis to specific geographical regions. You may apply for this grant program once. Grant applications from this program are reviewed based on the location of your organization and the monthly state awarding schedule below:

• January: Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts
• February: Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York
• March - Pennsylvania, New Jersey
• April: Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia
• May: North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida
• June: Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin
• July: Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky
• August: Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi
• September: Minnesota, Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Montana, Wyoming
• October: Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Kansas
• November: Washington, Oregon, Idaho, California, Nevada
• December: Utah, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas

Our Story

Established in 1980, The Festus & Helen Stacy Foundation was formed through two special people with a heart for the Gospel and blessing the lives of others. The Stacy’s legacy has been passed down through their family who now hold this commitment which is dear to them personally.

The Stacy Foundation was funded by the APenn and Penn Champ oil and manufacturing companies. Festus Stacy founded these entities in Butler, Pennsylvania during 1932. He led as President/CEO over these corporations until he sold them in 1962.

What We Support

Our grants typically target ministries working in the areas of:

• Evangelism/Church Planting:
  • Engage in community & event outreaches.
  • Plant churches primarily in emerging nations.
• Leadership Development:
  • Train & equip upper lever leaders.
  • Develop indigenous leadership.
• Holistic Ministries:
  • Assist the poor, marginalized, and oppressed by serving both their physical & spiritual needs. People served: Imprisoned, enslaved, orphaned, widowed, homeless, handicapped, etc. 
• Media & Technology:
  • Engaging culture through forms of traditional and emerging Christian media.
• Stewardship:
  • Support organizations that serve, encourage & equip individuals on their journey to more generous & effective giving.
• Children & Youth:
  • Focus on children & youth, while also supporting individuals of all ages, gender & race.

Please see FAQs for additional guidelines.

Competitive Grantmaking

The role of Community Foundation’s Grantmaking is to seek opportunities proactively in the community that help residents achieve their greatest potential. Through an open competitive process, nonprofit organizations can apply for support where there is an alignment with one of the Community Foundation’s four strategic focus areas: Capacity Building, Economic Opportunity, Education and Youth, and Thriving Communities. 

Four Focus Areas

• Capacity Building
  • Goal: To support, develop, and promote a network of services and resources that strengthen the quality and impact of the local nonprofit sector and community.
  • Focus Area Strategies: The Foundation provides the following strategies as examples of the types of programs, services, and proposals that potential funding will be given to in the Capacity Building focus area. 
    • Organizations with a mission to support, enhance, improve, and grow high-quality nonprofit organizations and leadership.
    • Programming is designed to support and improve Nonprofit Management and Nonprofit Leadership.
    • Opportunities to provide local nonprofit leaders with short and long-term professional coaching, mentoring and guidance.
• Economic Opportunity
  • Goal: To improve human capital by creating opportunities for strategic and effective workforce preparation leading to economic sufficiency.
  • Focus Area Strategies: The Foundation provides the following strategies as examples of the types of programs, services, and proposals that potential funding will be given to in the Economic Opportunity focus area.
    • Initiatives promoted by workforce alliances that effectively link employer demand with the educational resources necessary to building a continuum for workforce preparation for skilled workers.
    • Occupational preparation and training for individuals targeted to specific occupations where worker shortages may exist and the potential for increased credentialing and earnings can be maximized.
    • Programs that promote literacy – including economic (financial management), technical (information technologies), and reading – to develop life skills and prevent future impediments to achieving full academic or vocational potential.
    • Programs and projects that assist workforce pipeline for unemployed or underemployed residents.
    • Programs that provide support for small businesses and entrepreneurs.
• Education and Youth
  • Goal: To provide youth with the opportunity to reach their fullest potential.
  • Focus Area Strategies: The Foundation provides the following strategies as examples of the types of programs, services, and proposals that potential funding will be given to in the Education and Youth focus area.
    • Evidence-based early childhood development programs for children and their families to integrate the process of education into daily living in order to improve likely future outcomes.
    • Opportunities that provide support to address third grade literacy levels.
    • Model high school retention programs for at-risk students, including coaching, internships, or leadership development that provides credentialing and support for pursuit of academic excellence.
    • Programs that connect at-risk youth populations with opportunities that keep them on a positive life trajectory, i.e., mentoring.
• Thriving Communities
  • Goal: To address a broad range of community needs so that residents can live healthy and vibrant lives.
  • Strategy: The Foundation provides the following strategies as examples of the types of programs, services, and proposals that potential funding will be given to in the Thriving Communities focus area.
    • Coalitions and partnerships that advocate and focus attention on affordable housing needs of low- and middle-income families. For example, social service providers joining with housing advocates, developers, and government officials in responding to the need for permanent, workforce and/or affordable rental housing.
    • Initiatives assisting low- and middle-income households at high risk for foreclosures and/or homelessness with rent or mortgage support, legal assistance, counseling, and supports to ensure an equitable process and/or provide available resources and options to secure safe, affordable housing and achieve economic stability.
    • Programs that provide access for uninsured or underinsured residents to address mental and/or physical health concerns. Programs addressing chronic health conditions in high-need areas will be prioritized. For example, diabetes, heart disease, and high blood pressure.
    • Increasingly make arts and culture accessible for people with limited economic means.
    • Small- to medium-sized Florida-based arts and cultural organizations that have experienced a significant cut in state-funding (15% or more of organizational budget).
    • Opportunities that address hunger by providing food and assisting with access to support such as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).
    • Improve the environment through education and efforts such as planting trees, improving coastal areas, or preserving natural resources.
    • Projects that transform green spaces or create safe public spaces for residents to connect and engage. 

Funding

Community Impact grants will be awarded as one-year grants, up to $75,000. Summer grants will be awarded seasonally

Competitive Grantmaking

The role of Community Foundation’s Grantmaking is to seek opportunities proactively in the community that help residents achieve their greatest potential. Through an open competitive process, nonprofit organizations can apply for support where there is an alignment with one of the Community Foundation’s four strategic focus areas: Capacity Building, Economic Opportunity, Education and Youth, and Thriving Communities. 

Four Focus Areas

• Capacity Building
  • Goal: To support, develop, and promote a network of services and resources that strengthen the quality and impact of the local nonprofit sector and community.
  • Focus Area Strategies: The Foundation provides the following strategies as examples of the types of programs, services, and proposals that potential funding will be given to in the Capacity Building focus area. 
    • Organizations with a mission to support, enhance, improve, and grow high-quality nonprofit organizations and leadership.
    • Programming is designed to support and improve Nonprofit Management and Nonprofit Leadership.
    • Opportunities to provide local nonprofit leaders with short and long-term professional coaching, mentoring and guidance.
• Economic Opportunity
  • Goal: To improve human capital by creating opportunities for strategic and effective workforce preparation leading to economic sufficiency.
  • Focus Area Strategies: The Foundation provides the following strategies as examples of the types of programs, services, and proposals that potential funding will be given to in the Economic Opportunity focus area.
    • Initiatives promoted by workforce alliances that effectively link employer demand with the educational resources necessary to building a continuum for workforce preparation for skilled workers.
    • Occupational preparation and training for individuals targeted to specific occupations where worker shortages may exist and the potential for increased credentialing and earnings can be maximized.
    • Programs that promote literacy – including economic (financial management), technical (information technologies), and reading – to develop life skills and prevent future impediments to achieving full academic or vocational potential.
    • Programs and projects that assist workforce pipeline for unemployed or underemployed residents.
    • Programs that provide support for small businesses and entrepreneurs.
• Education and Youth
  • Goal: To provide youth with the opportunity to reach their fullest potential.
  • Focus Area Strategies: The Foundation provides the following strategies as examples of the types of programs, services, and proposals that potential funding will be given to in the Education and Youth focus area.
    • Evidence-based early childhood development programs for children and their families to integrate the process of education into daily living in order to improve likely future outcomes.
    • Opportunities that provide support to address third grade literacy levels.
    • Model high school retention programs for at-risk students, including coaching, internships, or leadership development that provides credentialing and support for pursuit of academic excellence.
    • Programs that connect at-risk youth populations with opportunities that keep them on a positive life trajectory, i.e., mentoring.
• Thriving Communities
  • Goal: To address a broad range of community needs so that residents can live healthy and vibrant lives.
  • Strategy: The Foundation provides the following strategies as examples of the types of programs, services, and proposals that potential funding will be given to in the Thriving Communities focus area.
    • Coalitions and partnerships that advocate and focus attention on affordable housing needs of low- and middle-income families. For example, social service providers joining with housing advocates, developers, and government officials in responding to the need for permanent, workforce and/or affordable rental housing.
    • Initiatives assisting low- and middle-income households at high risk for foreclosures and/or homelessness with rent or mortgage support, legal assistance, counseling, and supports to ensure an equitable process and/or provide available resources and options to secure safe, affordable housing and achieve economic stability.
    • Programs that provide access for uninsured or underinsured residents to address mental and/or physical health concerns. Programs addressing chronic health conditions in high-need areas will be prioritized. For example, diabetes, heart disease, and high blood pressure.
    • Increasingly make arts and culture accessible for people with limited economic means.
    • Small- to medium-sized Florida-based arts and cultural organizations that have experienced a significant cut in state-funding (15% or more of organizational budget).
    • Opportunities that address hunger by providing food and assisting with access to support such as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).
    • Improve the environment through education and efforts such as planting trees, improving coastal areas, or preserving natural resources.
    • Projects that transform green spaces or create safe public spaces for residents to connect and engage. 

Funding

Community Impact grants will be awarded as one-year grants, up to $75,000. Summer grants will be awarded seasonally

About Us

The Foxwynd Foundation comprises dedicated members of the Bentley family residing across the United States. Across numerous years, the family's philanthropic endeavors have catalyzed significant change on both domestic and international fronts, reflecting their deep-rooted commitment to humanitarian causes. This longstanding legacy of giving underscored the imperative to establish a family foundation.

With a diverse and passionate board of members, interests range from supporting domestic violence shelters and children's aid organizations to advancing renewable energy initiatives and safeguarding endangered species.

Today, the Foxwynd Foundation is dedicated to serving as a beacon of hope for communities in need, enhancing access to essential pillars of human dignity and potential, including healthcare, housing, and sustainable environmental initiatives. While presently focused on domestic causes, the foundation aims to expand its impact and secure international funding opportunities by the conclusion of 2024.

Priorities

• Healthcare
  • We support programs dedicated to assisting domestic violence victims, abuse survivors, and the protection of women's rights.
• Environmental Projects
  • We prioritize funding projects with a clear, measurable impact rather than initiatives with broad or abstract objectives. For example, we are more inclined to support tangible activities such as tree planting over programs like conservation education. Additionally, our focus is on building partnerships with organizations that are nonpartisan and refrain from engaging in lobbying activities.
• Housing
  • We are committed to funding established programs that address critical needs, including supporting shelters, preventing homelessness—particularly among children through initiatives such as orphanages—providing or establishing housing facilities, offering housing assistance to prevent eviction, and creating employment opportunities for individuals in need.

The Impact Fund awards recoverable grants to legal services nonprofits, private attorneys, and small law firms who seek to confront economic, environmental, racial, and social injustice. Since our founding in 1992, the Impact Fund has made more than 800 recoverable grants totaling more than $10 million for impact litigation. We award grants four times per year, most within the range of US$10,000 to US$50,000.

Social Justice

The Impact Fund provides grants and legal support to assist in human and civil rights cases. We have helped to change dozens of laws and win cases to improve the rights of thousands. The cases we are funding allege that:

• In Texas and North Carolina, incarcerated people with mental health disabilities are forced to remain in jail despite being found not guilty and unable to proceed with a criminal trial.
• In Orange County, California there are currently 13 gang injunctions under effect, which disproportionately affect young men of color.
• In Chicago, Illinois, the city’s homeless shelter program is inaccessible to people with disabilities.
• In Springfield, Oregon, the city and its police department used excessive force against Black Lives Matter protesters.
• In West Virginia, the state fails to protect children in foster care from abuse and neglect. 
• In Montana, voter suppression laws disadvantage young adults and give priority to gun owners.
• In Gary, Indiana, a gun manufacturer negligently marketed and distributed its guns, leading to an epidemic of gun violence in the city. 
• In Vancouver, British Columbia, the police perpetuate systemic discrimination against Indigenous people through bureaucratic measures.

Environmental Justice

The Impact Fund provides grants to support local litigation for environmental justice. These grants are for cases aiming to help people or communities who are affected by environmental harm or who lack access to basic environmental needs, such as clean water, clean air, adequate waste treatment, and green spaces. The cases we are funding allege that:

• In Centreville, Illinois, the city’s failure to maintain its sewer system has caused raw sewage to flood peoples’ homes, endangering the property and health of a predominantly Black community.
• In Fresno County, California, the California Department of Transportation approved a highway expansion project that would increase air pollution and traffic in one of the state’s most environmentally burdened communities.
• In downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the proposed expansion of a highway would divide the region's Black, Asian, and Latine neighborhoods and cause pollution and ill health.
• In North Dakota, the five-month closure of a highway in response to the Dakota Access Pipeline protests disproportionately affected the livelihoods and health of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe members.
• In Ontario, Canada, mercury contamination of the English-Wabigoon river system causes catastrophic environmental and health impacts for the Grassy Narrows First Nation.
• In Sacramento, California, the county government and Sacramento Area Sewer District violated the Clean Water Act by discharging raw sewage into nearby rivers.
• In the Eastern Coachella Valley in California, 1,900 residents of the Oasis Mobile Home Park suffer from arsenic-laced drinking water, wastewater contamination, and overcharging for utilities.

Economic Justice

The Impact Fund provides financial and other forms of support to cases fighting for economic justice. From workers' rights to consumer protection for vulnerable populations, impact litigation is a powerful tool to hold corporationss and the government accountable. The cases we are funding allege that:

• In Brooklyn, New York, a prominent mortgage lender engaged in predatory practices, leaving homeowners of color at risk of losing their homes. 
• In Washington, live-in caregivers are unconstitutionally excluded from the state’s wage-and-hour protections.
• In Ravalli County, Montana, the county has created a “modern-day debtors’ prison” by incarcerating people unable to afford pre-trial fees. 
• In San Diego, California, vehicle ordinances target unhoused vehicle owners even when no adequate housing alternative exists.
• In New York, a federal immigration detention facility is violating minimum wage and forced labor laws by forcing detainees to work for just a dollar a day. 
• In Minneapolis, Minnesota, the city and county destroy the property of unhoused individuals and conduct forced evictions from public spaces. 
• In Miami, Florida, insurance companies discriminate against a nonprofit community development corporation renting to tenants with Section 8 rental subsidies.

Ameriprise Financial Grantmaking

At Ameriprise Financial, giving back is deeply rooted in our culture. We’ve initiated positive change in the communities where we live and work for more than 120 years. We believe our community involvement enables us to actively live our values. Through grant making, volunteerism and employee and financial advisor gift matching programs, we support a diverse group of over 6,000 nonprofits across the country.

Focus Areas

Awarding grant dollars to nonprofits is one way we strengthen our communities and help individuals on a path to financial independence. To ensure we're meeting the needs of our communities and making an even greater collective impact, we focus on three key giving areas when awarding grants.

Volunteer engagement is a priority across all focus areas:

The engagement of Ameriprise employees and financial advisors is a critical component of our philanthropy. Whether it’s serving on a nonprofit board, engaging friends, clients and community members in volunteering or providing skills-based support, our relationships with nonprofits go deep. For this reason, we give priority across all focus areas to applications where there is active volunteer engagement of Ameriprise advisors and employees. 

Meeting Basic Needs

At Ameriprise Financial, we help clients achieve financial security and peace of mind. That’s satisfying, meaningful work. We also help the people in our neighborhoods who struggle to meet basic needs such as where their next meal comes from, where they’ll sleep tonight or how they’ll find a higher wage job. We’re here to help them through the three platforms of our Meeting Basic Needs focus area.

Consideration is given to applications addressing the following: 

• Hunger
• Food banks, food shelves and food pantries, daily meal programs or meal services for the homebound
• Hunger-relief programs targeted to meet the special needs of children, ethnic populations or veterans
• Food programs run by nonprofits where hunger is not their sole focus, for example a youth meal program at the YWCA or a backpack program run by a Boys & Girls Club
• Shelter
• Emergency shelter, including youth homelessness
• Transitional housing, permanent supportive housing and efforts to end chronic homelessness
• Housing-first models (programs quickly providing housing and then addressing needed services)
• Achieving and maintaining home ownership, repair and maintenance efforts helping keep seniors, veterans and other populations in their homes 
• Adult Self-Sufficiency: Programs serving adults age 21 and older that help address the following areas:
• Basic hard and soft skills that help adults achieve economic and family stability
• Basic financial and budgeting skills
• Increase employability and wages, including work readiness and job transitions
• Employment of disabled adults

Supporting Community Vitality

We believe communities should be strong, healthy and resilient. We want livable places for all, where neighbors look out for one another, cultural events are well-attended and people pull together in times of crisis and joy. We work to create economic vitality and cultural enrichment through the following areas of focus.

Consideration is given to applications addressing the following: 

• Community Development
• Neighborhood revitalization
• Economic development
• Strengthening and supporting small businesses and nonprofits through technical expertise
• Cultural Enrichment
• Arts education
• Access for underserved populations
• Diverse artists and performances that spark topical community conversations 

Volunteer Driven Causes: Ameriprise employees and financial advisors are outstanding volunteers who serve in teams and also as individuals bringing personal skill-sets to nonprofits. Volunteering is part of the culture at Ameriprise and we are proud to support communities through contributions of both service and financial resources. 

Funding for Volunteer-Driven Causes is determined by current Ameriprise volunteerism. In general, funding is in proportion to the size of the Ameriprise volunteer team supporting a nonprofit. A team may include employees, financial advisors and/or staff or a combination of any Ameriprise volunteers. 

The Foundation is dedicated to providing financial assistance to organizations committed to improving our world. Solutions to the problems of today's world still lie in the values of innovation, practicality, hard work, and compassion.

The Foundation considers applications for grants in the following areas:

• Education
• Social Service
• Health care
• Civic and cultural
• Environmental

The categories above are not intended to limit the interest of the Foundation from considering other worthwhile projects. In general, the Foundation guidelines are broad to give us flexibility in providing grants.

The majority of our grants are made in the U.S. However, like Dr. Scholl, we recognize the need for a global outlook. Non-U.S. grants are given to organizations where directors have knowledge of the grantee.

Mission

The mission of the Gratis Foundation is to support programs in the fields of education, health care and medical research, humanitarian services, abused and neglected children, and assisting U.S. Military personnel and their families. It is the intent of the foundation to award grants based on achievement, excellence, significance, or leadership in a specific field or charitable endeavor.

Program areas

• Animal Welfare & Advocacy
• At-Risk Youth & Families
• Churches & Religion
• Education
• Food Pantries & Feeding Programs
• Health Care & Medical Research
• International Humanitarian Aid
• U.S. Military Personnel & Family Support

Program limitations 

Supports programs in the fields of education, health care and medical research, humanitarian services, abused and neglected children, and assisting U.S. Military personnel and their families.

States served 

• District of Columbia 
• Florida 
• Massachusetts 

Stellar Foundation

In 2006, Stellar established the Stellar Foundation to formalize our commitment to giving back to the communities we serve. The mission of the Foundation is to build communities, developing an environment that supports stronger families and promotes a cycle of giving that stretches from our backyard in Jacksonville to communities around the world. Our philanthropy is employee-driven.

Employees form the heart of the Foundation, donating their time, talent and energy for a multitude of worthwhile causes across the First Coast and beyond. Many of our employees serve on the boards of local nonprofits such as Community Hospice of Northeast Florida, Dreams Come True, the Sulzbacher Center and many more.

Our employees live out Stellar’s core values of trust, dedication, transparency, and accountability in everything they do, whether it’s designing and building a range of commercial, public sector or industrial facilities or hosting an annual holiday luncheon to feed the homeless.

To invest in the next generation and continue the cycle of caring, we also encourage employees to make their volunteering efforts a family affair, creating ways for their entire family to participate in giving back. We want our employees to be proud of the company they work for, and their unparalleled devotion to philanthropy makes us proud they’re working for us.

Criteria

Applicants must operate in—and improve the quality and availability of—healthcare, education, artistic and cultural events, or community services. At the time of application, organizations should have the resources and manpower to develop, implement, and successfully complete their proposed goals.

UNICO Foundation

The UNICO Foundation Inc. is a non-profit 501(c)(3) Corporation. This classification by the IRS allows various contributions to the Foundation to be tax-deductible. The Foundation was incorporated in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1962. The purpose of the Foundation shall be to receive, accept and make gifts, donations, grants, awards, scholarships, fellowships, and the like, for charitable, scientific, educational, literary and religious purposes.  Every member of UNICO National is also a member of the Foundation. The Foundation also offers specific grants for cancer research & prevention and food bank/shelter. 

Ralph J. Torraco Food Bank/Shelter Fund Grant

Mission: To feed the hungry and provide shelter for those homeless or the indigent.

Funding Criteria: To provide funds through community established food/shelter programs that provide food and shelter to those in need.

The program should not be located in a private home, and must meet all local and State health department regulations. The food/shelter program should have an established track record of providing food and or shelter to low-income clientele. Food Pantries, Soup Kitchens or Shelters should use 100% of the grant to purchase food or provide shelter. The program must be located in the United States and serve people in the United States.

Lee County Southwest Florida Community Development Block Grant (CDBG)

Lee County Human and Veteran Services (HVS) is issuing a Request for Applications (RFA) for the following funds allocated through the following U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) funding source:

• Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Non-Profit Capital Improvement Projects eligible activities include:
  • The acquisition, construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, or installation of public facilities.
    • “Public facilities” includes but is not limited to, neighborhood/community facilities and facilities for persons with special needs (e.g. homeless shelters, group homes, and halfway houses).
  • This RFA process is designed to focus on funding new programs and services or the expansion of existing programs and services.
• Bonus Points may be given to applications for the following four categories:
  • Project proposals that support an emergency shelter or other public facility for individuals who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless.
  • Projects with documentation that project costs have been leveraged from other sources.
  • Applicants with previous experience administering projects of a similar size and scope and/or working with CDBG funds.
  • Applicants that can spend down funds in the first six months of the contract.

Funding

• Minimum Funding amount: $75,000.00
• Multiple awards are available.

Community Investment Program

The City of Orlando will award approximately $2,400,000 in Community Investment Program grant funds to non-profit organizations. Funding will be awarded to provide services to individuals and families living within the Orlando city limits.

Eligible applicant organizations may submit a proposal that aligns with one of the following focus areas:

Housing-Focused Services for Persons Experiencing Homelessness

• Support for areas in the system that cannot be addressed with federal or state funding. Eligible applicants must utilize the Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) and Coordinated Entry processes. Priority will be given to applicants who utilize the Housing First model.
• Service Examples: Assist with housing search and housing placement, provide case management and housing stabilization services, job placement services, services and case management for homeless youth.

Family Sustainability

• Support for services that are designed to foster independence and/or equip families living in the Orlando city limits who are at risk of not meeting basic human needs with the skills to live healthy, productive, contributing lives.
• Service Examples: Child Care, job training, immigration assistance, programs for LGBTQ+ individuals, legal assistance, mental health, programs that address literacy or technical challenges or build professional competencies, transportation programs aimed at increasing access to economic opportunity for families.

Domestic Violence

• Support for primary prevention initiatives within the Orlando city limits.
• Service Examples: Public awareness campaigns, support for building organizational capacity in local domestic violence programs for primary prevention work, as it relates to assessing and influencing change for individuals, communities and institutions.

Support of Seniors

• Support for services that promote or maintain senior independence and/or create a social environment in which all senior citizens who live within the Orlando city limits can live independent, healthy and productive lives.
• Service Examples: Healthy meal programs, active living and social programs, respite and day care services, health services, transportation programs

Improve Availability, Access and Consumption of Healthy Foods

• Reduce hunger and improve health outcomes by increasing access to fresh, healthy, affordable and local food. Support for comprehensive and innovative approaches to food resourcing within the Orlando city limits. The City of Orlando supports collaboration, education, community empowerment, planning, policy, and investment that is devoted to a fair, equitable, and just local food system.
• Service Examples: Increasing access to healthy food, food preparation classes, school food, urban agriculture and local foods, and local food as an economic driver to create jobs and grow economies, SNAP outreach, food delivery programs.

The Hobbs Foundation focuses its investments in programs that encourage a path to academic achievement, family stability, economic security, and personal fulfillment. We identify high-performing organizations that are expansion capable, initiate innovative strategies, and demonstrate a rigorous approach to outcome evaluation and organizational capacity. Hobbs Foundation grantees and community partners exhibit high-impact responsiveness directed by a comprehensive understanding of the instruments of poverty and instability for children and families in Florida. 

Child Development and Family Stabilization

Increased support for organizations stewarding the consortium of child welfare services that provide early, critical interventions. These organizations have the capacity to address the specific psychological, emotional and developmental needs of children who have experienced childhood instability and insecurity. Support organizations that employ evidence-based therapeutic interventions in addressing the affects of stressors that can inhibit executive cognitive function, intellectual development, coping strategies, and maintaining positive interpersonal relationships.

Child Welfare and Foster Care

Support for organizations that implement evidence-based therapeutic interventions in addressing the specific needs of children who have experienced childhood psychological stress due to neglect, abuse, and abandonment. Programs seek to implement effective strategies in facilitating permanent placement with a personal commitment to children living in out-of-home care.

Intervention in the reduction of negative outcomes for children and youth with family instability, psychological stress, and lack of positive adult role models; poverty and dependency, unemployment, incarceration, unstable living situations, relationships and family life, economic immobility, homelessness and socio-emotional difficulties. 

Education and Positive Mentorship

Increase support for organizations that demonstrate a critical understanding of their role in fostering long-term impact toward economic and social prosperity, addressing not only financial limitations to opportunity, but the socio-cultural mechanisms at the source of generational poverty and uncertainty for children and families. These organizations display personal commitment to the development of children and youth that reinforces positive attitudes about the importance of individual purpose and civic responsibility.

Helping Children reach their full potential

The Orlando Magic Youth Foundation (OMYF) is committed to helping children in Central Florida realize their full potential, especially those most at risk, by supporting programs and partnerships that empower families and change lives.

History

At the heart of the Magic's charitable efforts is the work done by the Orlando Magic Youth Foundation (OMYF), which is committed to helping children in Central Florida realize their full potential, especially those most at-risk, by supporting nonprofit organizations offering youth-based programs in the areas of arts, education, health and wellness, and homelessness.

Over the last 35 years, more than $30 million has been distributed to local nonprofit community organizations through OMYF. The Foundation raises community dollars annually through donations from individuals, fundraising events, and programs that include the Orlando Wine Festival and Auction, OMYF Open Golf Tournament, State of Florida License Plate Program, Employee Giving Campaign, 50/50 Raffle and E-Auctions.

Mission

The Alvah H. and Wyline P. Chapman Foundation was created in 1967 to honor and memorialize Alvah H. and Wyline P. Chapman and to perpetuate their charity and concern for others. The Foundation's primary stated objectives are to support religious, charitable, scientific, literary, or educational purposes in areas where the descendants of Alvah H. and Wyline P. Chapman now reside or have interests. The Foundation currently makes grants in support of not-for-profit organizations where directors and members live and are involved in the community.

Focus Areas

The Foundation will consider requests for support from organizations that have developed successful, innovative and creative programs that support the following:

• Children and families, especially those at risk
  • Non-profit organizations and programs that support children and families.
  • Programs and initiatives that provide resources for parents and kids, effectively improving resources for safety and health.
  • Not-for-profit organizations and programs that promote community engagement, public awareness.
• Education at all levels
  • Non-profit organizations and programs that facilitate learning, knowledge and skills.
  • The Foundation provides support for school facilities and supplies, scholarships, student assistance projects, classroom enrichment, cultural  programs such as dance, music, theater, visual arts, literary arts.
• Multicultural understanding and Multiethnic harmony
  • Greater cultural awareness and harmony builds a strong and resilient community.
  • The Foundation supports non-profit organizations and programs that provide resources for multicultural awareness and understanding.
  • Programs that foster trust and respect for intercultural communication and cross cultural understanding are eligible for grant awards.
• Substance abuse prevention
  • Grants have previously been awarded to non-profit organizations and programs that support the prevention, treatment, recovery from alcohol and drug abuse.
  • The Foundation supports programs that provide paths to sobriety, school-based or community-lead prevention programs.
• Programs serving the homeless
  • Grants have previously been awarded to not-for-profit organizations and programs that seek to empower and serve the needs of the homeless.
  • The Foundation supports comprehensive and solutions-focused rehabilitation services for the homeless including shelters, medical, psychiatric care, education, workforce training, young adult workshops, childcare, playgrounds, facilities.
• Natural & Historical Conservation
  • The Foundation supports community outdoor programs, urban renewal and restoration projects that enhance the natural environment and landscape. 
  • Historic preservation endeavors that seek to conserve and protect buildings of significant heritage are eligible for grant awards.

Funding

The Foundation rarely makes awards over $15,000.00.

Our Mission

To support individuals and families as they build productive and meaningful lives.

We Value

• The legacy of M.B. and Edna Zale
• Jewish identity, heritage, and Tikkun Olam*
  • *Hebrew: “Repair the world” – Humanity’s shared responsibility to heal, repair, and transform the world.
• The power of community
• The diversity and passion of our family members
• The creativity and dedication of our nonprofit partners

Our main funding areas:

Education & Workforce

Programs that support:

• Equality of access
• Early intervention and early childhood development
• Academic assistance and enrichment
• Training the unemployed, or underemployed, in job skills
• Wraparound services in partnership with education and development
• Growth in financial, digital, and emotional literacy

Social Services

Programs that support:

• Support for individuals experiencing homelessness
• Services to promote self-sufficiency
• Assistance for needy families
• Social, emotional, cognitive and physical growth for all stages of life.

Civic

Programs that strengthen:

• The quality of life for a community, it’s people and animals
• Philanthropy
• Civic education

Hunger Relief

Programs that address:

• Hunger and food insecurity
• Access to food and healthy choices
• Food choice and dignity for those suffering from hunger.
• Strategies to support an individual’s journey out of hunger

Jewish Culture & Continuity

Programs that address:

• Identity and heritage
•  Continuity
• Education
• Human services

Healthcare

Programs that support:

• The prevention and treatment of illness and disease
• Family planning, maternal health, and education
• Access to affordable and impactful mental health services

The Foundation gives priority to:

• Programs or organizations that promote personal self sufficiency.
• Innovative approaches to solving social problems.
• Clear outcomes and accountability
• Programs that can be replicated or scaled for larger impact.

The Foundation encourages:

• Requests for programs and projects, rather than ongoing operational support
• Programs that include an element of collaboration or the possibility of using other community support.

About Cigna

Our Mission

To improve the health and vitality of those we serve.

Our Vision

A better future built on the vitality of every individual and every community.

Improving Veteran Mental Health

Across the United States, veterans face an elevated risk of homelessness relative to the general population. On any given night, an estimated 40,000 veterans go without shelter, and another 1.5 million veterans are considered at-risk of homelessness.1 Research shows that veterans experiencing housing instability are at an increased risk of mental distress disorders.

We seek to collaborate with and support nonprofit organizations that leverage evidence-informed programs and services to help local veterans feel stable where they live and ultimately create positive impact on their mental health. Nonprofit partners must align to at least one of these grant program goals:

• Increase permanent housing available for veterans.
• Improve affordability for housing for veterans through rental or mortgage assistance.
• Enhance the offering of wraparound services for veterans transitioning from shelters.

About Us

From an impromptu start during the COVID lock-down, FLoatarama has fast grown into a fully-fledged 501(c)3 all-volunteer non-profit organization, with a strong philanthropic focus, and a clear purpose to lift up LGBTQ+ Youth.

FLoatarama’s primary objectives are to:

• Maximize fundraising to support LGBTQ+ Youth in South Florida.
• Foster philanthropy & networking through FLoatarama Founder’s Club.
• Create unique, captivating & fun events to increase community engagement and enhance Fort Lauderdale’s appeal as a safe, welcoming & vibrant LGBTQ+ destination.

FLoatarama LGBTQ Youth Fund Grant

Following the successful Flotilla annual fundraising cycle, FLoatarama is pleased to announce their initiative to invest in community projects that serve LGBTQ youth in South Florida.

FLoatarama’s Board of Directors recognizes that now, more than ever, LGBTQ youth in South Florida are particularly vulnerable. While attacks on LGBTQ youth are happening across the State in public school settings, community-based organizations that can rise to the occasion of addressing their needs, especially on issues like homelessness, health education, and mental health, will be more important than ever in providing a network of support.

Fulfilling the mission for which it was developed, FLoatarama is seeking to fund bold and innovative projects to address the unique and pressing needs of LGBTQ youth in South Florida. Projects will identify and address existing issues with urgency and prioritize the well-being of youth. Understanding the challenges of working with youth in the current climate, while incorporating solutions to overcome them, will be hallmarks of any successfully funded project.

Georgia-Pacific Foundation

Established in 1958, the Georgia-Pacific Foundation sets aside resources to improve life in the communities where we operate. We’ve worked with thousands of outstanding community-based programs, service projects and disaster relief efforts, focusing our investment in four areas we believe make the most impact:

• education
• entrepreneurship
• enrichment of community
• environment

Investment Priorities

• Aligns with GP’s mission and values
• Aligns with GP’s Four Focus Areas of giving: Education, Environment, Enrichment of Community and Entrepreneurship
• Serves communities where GP has manufacturing facilities
• Creates value by contributing to and positively impacting long term well-being and sustainability of GP communities

About Us

Our Vision

To empower Miami’s women, children and families to conquer tomorrow’s challenges and to build a united community.

Our Mission

The Junior League of Miami, Inc. is an organization of women whose mission is to advance women’s leadership for meaningful community impact through volunteer action, collaboration, and training. Its purpose is exclusively educational and charitable.

Area of Impact

Our focus is to reduce food insecurity for women and children at risk.

Community Grants

Community Projects and Grants must fall within the League focus area or additional areas of impact:

• Food Insecurity
• Homelessness
• Family violence
• Children and women’s health
• Early childhood education
• Foster care