RESOURCES

Nonprofit Grant
​Opportunities

Navigate through the categories below to uncover grants that resonate with your mission. This curated selection includes grants from a wide range of sources, all aimed at ensuring Idaho nonprofits have enough financial support to make a meaningful impact.

Idaho Community Foundation Grants & Scholarships

We believe philanthropy is more successful, rewarding, and effective when it’s community driven. We trust and respect our grantees and we strive for transparency in our grantmaking. We make grants in a variety of ways, including through more than 15 programs with their own eligibility, review processes and award amounts. Click here ​for more information on grants and scholarships. 

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Arts & Culture

Idaho Commission on the Arts: Public Program in the Arts
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Prerequisite: Completion of the entry track
Funding area: Business stabilization for public programs in the arts delivered by Idaho’s arts organizations
Deadline: January 31 Annually

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The Andy Warhol Foundation

​Funding area: Scholarly exhibitions at museums; curatorial research; visual arts programming at artist-centered organizations; artist residencies and commissions; arts writing; and efforts to promote the health, welfare and first amendment rights of artists
​Deadline: March 1 and September 1 (rolling biannually)

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Idaho Commission on the Arts: Projects for Organizations

Funding area: Public projects and events
Deadline: Rolling quarterly 
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David Rockefeller Fund: Arts Program
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Funding area: Efforts that use the arts to amplify social justice movements
Deadline: Submit anytime, reviewed on rolling basis

Business & Finance 

Idaho Commission on the Arts: Consulting
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Funding area: The hire of artistic or managerial consultants in the interest of organizational development
Deadline: Rolling Quarterly ​
Harris Community Partnership Award
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Funding area: One-time, CPA pro-bono services for start up or growing nonprofits 
Deadline: February Annually

​Community

Nagel Foundation: Community Grants

Region: Southwestern Idaho
Funding area: Growing healthy relationships and caring for the vulnerable
Deadline: October 31 Annually
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American Association of University Women: Community Action

Funding area: Project-related expenses for innovative programs that promote education and equity for women and girls
Deadline: Fall Annually


CHC Foundation

Region: Bonneville, Northern Bingham, Butte, Clark, Eastern Custer, Fremont, Jefferson, Madison, Lemhi, and Teton counties
Funding area: Innovative and enriching projects which serve the public interest and well-being and significantly improve the quality of life of the people of the region
Deadline: Spring and Fall Annually

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T-Mobile: Hometown Grant Program

Funding area: The build, rebuild or refresh of community spaces that help foster local connections in small towns
Deadline: Submit anytime, reviewed quarterly

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Looking Out Foundation

Funding area: Disadvantaged youth, public health, women, the environment, the arts, the hungry, and the homeless
Deadline: Submit anytime, reviewed biannually


Rural Community Assistance Corporation: Community Facility Loans

Funding area: Loans to develop and improve essential community facilities that primarily serve populations with low-income in the rural West. This program offers short-term loans to meet early acquisition and pre-development needs, interim construction costs, and long-term permanent financing
Deadline: Submit anytime

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The Skatepark Project
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Funding area: The development of free, public, concrete skateparks in underserved communities
Deadline: Submit anytime, reviewed quarterly

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Washington Federal Foundation
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Funding area: Affordable housing, quality healthcare, senior citizen programs, financial literacy, and youth and family programs targeting low to moderate incomed families
Deadline: Submit anytime, reviewed monthly

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Northwest Farm Credit Services: Rural Community Grant Program

Funding area: Projects that improve a community's infrastructure, viability and/or prosperity
​Deadline: Submit anytime, reviewed monthly

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Community Heart & Soul: Seed Grant Program
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Funding area: The implementation of the Community Heart & Soul program
Deadline: Submit anytime, reviewed monthly


Wallace Global Fund

Funding area: Challenging corporate power, defending and renewing democracy, protecting the environment, promoting truth and creative freedom in media, and/or advancing women's human rights and empowerment
Deadline: Submit anytime


The Kroger Foundation

Funding area: Zero hunger/zero waste, diversity and inclusion, health and nutrition, and/or stronger communities
Deadline: Submit anytime

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M. J. Murdock Charitable Trust

Funding area: Capacity building for mission-focused projects and infrastructure investment, plus a variety of grant programs focused on scientific research, education, and calling
Deadline: Submit anytime

​Disabilities

Challenged Athletes Foundation: CAF Idaho Grant

Funding area: Adaptive sports equipment, training, and competition expenses for individuals with permanent physical disabilities
Deadline: Submit anytime, reviewed monthly

​Education

Idaho Commission of the Arts: Arts Education Projects
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Funding area: Activities that unite effective practices in education and the arts with enriching teaching and learning opportunities for K-12 students
Deadline: January 31 Annually

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Rocky Mountain Power Foundation: Education/STEM Cycle

Region: Communities served by Rocky Mountain Power (Eastern Idaho)
Funding area: Electrical safety, energy efficiency education, higher education institutions, K-12, literacy and reading programs, STEM education initiatives, teacher/professional educator development, workforce development/careers and employability, and youth development
Deadline: March 15 Annually


Idaho Forest Products Commission: Forest Education Grant

Funding area: Helping youth learn more about Idaho’s trees, forests, and forest products
​Deadline: Submit anytime, reviewed annually

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WinCo Foods: Community Support

Funding area: School fundraisers for state-accredited schools
Deadline: Submit anytime, at least 4 weeks before the event

​Environment

Yamaha Outdoor Access Initiative

Funding area: Efforts that promote safe, responsible use of off-road vehicles, educate the public on proper recreational land use and wildlife conservation practices, and protect appropriate and sustainable access to public lands
Deadline:  Rolling Quarterly ​​

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Cornell Douglas Foundation

Funding areas: Environmental health and justice, land conservation, sustainability of resources, mountaintop removal mining, and watershed protection
​Deadline: Submit anytime, reviewed on rolling basis

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David Rockefeller Fund: Climate Program
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Funding area: Efforts to support and sustain bold, science-based leadership on equitable climate solutions
Deadline: Submit anytime, reviewed on rolling basis

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USDA Rural Development: Water & Waste Disposal Grants

Funding area: The construction of basic drinking water and waste disposal systems, including storm drainage, in rural or tribal communities
Deadline: Submit anytime

Health & Safety

Clif Family Foundation

​Funding area: Operational support for organizations that work to strengthen our food system, enhance equitable community health outcomes, and/or safeguard our environment and natural resources
Deadline: March and August Annually

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Kent Richard Hofmann Foundation

Funding area: HIV/AIDS care and direct services, education, or research
Deadline: Rolling biannually


Firehouse Subs: Public Safety Foundation

Funding area: Lifesaving equipment, prevention education, scholarships and continued education, disaster relief, and support for members of the military
Deadline: Rolling quarterly

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COVID-19 Disaster Recovery Public Assistance
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Funding area: Eligible emergency protective measures taken by private nonprofit organizations to respond to the COVID-19 emergency at the direction or guidance of public health officials may be eligible for reimbursement
Deadline: Submit anytime

Legal

David Rockefeller Fund: Justice Program
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Funding area: Efforts to ensure more humane policies within detention systems and, preferably, to dramatically reduce the number of those incarcerated in favor of more just and equitable alternatives that provide healing to crime victims’ families and truly safer communities 
Deadline: Submit anytime, reviewed on rolling basis

​Seniors

Retirement Research Foundation

Funding area: Caregiving, economic security later in life, housing, social and intergenerational connectedness; advocacy, direct service, research, professional education and training, and organizational capacity building to improve the quality of life of older people and support advancements in the field of aging
Deadline: Rolling triannually

Technology

Cisco: Product Grant Program

Funding area: The acquisition of Cisco networking technology
Deadline: Submit anytime (rolling quarterly)


Idaho STEM Action Center: Idaho Makers for Equity Project

Funding area: The design and/or print of educational 3D models for visually impaired students across the state
Deadline: Submit anytime

Veterans

Veteran Support Foundation

Funding area: Scientific, charitable, or educational veteran-related projects
Deadline: October and March Annually

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Idaho Division of Veteran Services: Veterans Support Fund

Funding area: Projects that support veterans of the armed forces
Deadline: Submit anytime

Youth & Families

Classics for Kids Foundation
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Funding area: Fine instruments for K-12 programs
Deadline: Rolling quarterly​

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The Pilcrow Foundation: Children's Book Project Program

Funding area: New, quality, hardcover children's books for rural public libraries
Deadline: Rolling biannually

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MLB Youth Development Foundation

Funding area: Capital projects, baseball/softball programs, and education initiatives that increase access to and participation in youth baseball and softball
Deadline: Submit anytime, reviewed quarterly

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Good Sports

Funding area: Sports equipment, apparel, and footwear to youth organizations offering sports, fitness, and recreational programs to youth in high need communities
Deadline: Submit anytime, reviewed on rolling basis

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Silver Family Foundation

Funding area: Youth mentorship, academic intervention and enrichment, high school completion, college and post secondary preparation and retention for at-risk youth
​Deadline: Submit anytime, reviewed continuously

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