Nonprofit Funding Alert – November 2024

Building Upgrades Inspiring Local Transformation (BUILT) Nonprofit Grants

U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) This program will support nonprofit building improvement projects that reduce energy use, lower carbon emissions and generate short and long-term energy cost saving so that operational dollars can be redirected toward mission-critical work. $2 million 11/12/2024 20%

DOE anticipates projects will be completed within 12 months, with the option to request a 6-months no-cost extension.

Contractors will have to adhere to Davis-Bacon wage requirements.

FY 2025 Farm to School Grants

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) This program is designed to increase the availability of local foods in schools and help connect students to the sources of their food through education, taste tests, school gardens, field trips and local food sourcing for school meals. Approximately $12 million is available. 1/10/2025 25%

The award amounts for the FY 2024 USDA Farm to School Grant Program will vary by track:

FY 2025 Behavioral Health Workforce Education and Training Program for Professionals

U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration This program aims to increase the supply of behavioral health professionals and improve the distribution of a well-trained behavioral health workforce, with a specific focus on increasing access to behavioral health services for children, adolescents, and young adults. $59.6 million in funding is available to support awards of up to $600,000 annually. 1/21/2025 Varies

Cost-sharing is only required for doctoral level psychology, psychiatry, behavioral pediatrics and psychiatric nursing internships, where applicable, to cover any student stipend costs beyond $32,500 per geographic reimbursement requirements set by the applicable association.

FY 2024 Save America’s Treasures Preservation Grants

National Park Service The Save America’s Treasures Preservation Grants program provides preservation and/or conservation assistance to nationally significant historic properties and collections that convey the nation’s rich heritage to future generations. $25.5 million is available to make an estimated 55 awards between $125,000 – $750,000.     12/12/2024 50%

The funding agency anticipates providing between 35 and 70 awards through both preservation and collection opportunities based on prior years.

FY 2025 Sustaining Cultural Heritage Collections

National Endowment for the Humanities The purpose of this program is to help cultural institutions meet the complex challenge of preserving large and diverse holdings of humanities materials for future generations by supporting environmentally sustainable preventive care measures that mitigate deterioration, prolong the useful life of collections, reduce energy consumption, and strengthen institutions’ ability to anticipate and respond to disasters. Approximately $2 million is expected to be available to support 15 awards as follows:

Planning Projects – awards of up to $50,000 

Level I Implementation Projects – awards of up to $100,000 

Level II Implementation Projects – awards of up to $350,000

1/10/2025 None

Please review the notice of funding for funding restrictions under this program.

FY 2025 Preservation Assistance Grants for Smaller Institutions

National Endowment for the Humanities The purpose of this program is to help small and mid-sized organizations preserve and manage humanities collections, ensuring their significance for a variety of users, including source communities, humanities researchers, students and the public, by building their capacity to identify and address physical and intellectual preservation risks. Approximately $550,000 is available per deadline to support an estimated 55 awards. The maximum amount for standard awards is $10,000. 1/9/2025 None

Expected Outcomes: Report; Collections Care or Infrastructure; Preservation and Conservation Training or Research, Workshop

Period of performance: Up to 18 months

FY 2025 AmeriCorps Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA) Program

AmeriCorps The purpose of this program is to support community efforts to alleviate poverty and poverty-related problems across the country and assist projects that advance racial equity and invest in underserved communities, particularly those impacted by the long-term recovery from the pandemic.  Award recipients will receive the services of full-time volunteers. 3/27/2025 Varies.

AmeriCorps VISTA is seeking project applications for programming in any of the five following focus areas:

• Economic Opportunity
• Healthy Futures
• Education
• Veterans and Military Families
• Environmental Stewardship

FY 2025 Inspire! Grants for Small Museums

Institute of Museum and Library Services

Supports small museums of all disciplines in project-based efforts to serve the public through exhibitions, educational/interpretive programs, digital learning resources, policy development and institutional planning, technology enhancements, professional development, community outreach, audience development, and/or collections management, curation, care, and conservation.

$5,000-$25,000 for small awards

$25,001 – $75,000 for large awards

11/15/24

No match for small awards. 100% match for large awards.

Program Emails

Lifelong Learning and Institutional Capacity

Collection Stewardship and Access

National Leadership Grants for Museums

Institute of Museum and Library Services

The purpose of this program is to support projects that address critical needs of the museum field and that have the potential to advance practice in the profession so that museums can strengthen services for the American public.

Awards will range from $50,000 to $750,000. 11/15/2024 Not required.

This program has two project types: 

Non-research projects.

Research projects.

Find criteria for both project types in the Notice of Funding Opportunity (PDF)

FY 2025 Museums for America

Institute of Museum and Library Services

Supports museums of all sizes and disciplines in strategic, project-based efforts to serve the public through exhibitions, educational/interpretive programs, digital learning resources, professional development, community debate and dialogue, audience-focused studies, and/or collections management, curation, care and conservation.

One-hundred-twenty-two awards are anticipated ranging from $5,000 to $250,000. 11/15/2024 50%

The funding agency places importance on projects reflecting diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility.

FY 2025 AmeriCorps State and National Competitive Grants

AmeriCorps

The purpose of this program is to engage AmeriCorps members in evidence-based or evidence-informed interventions to strengthen communities.

Varies 1/23/25 Varies.

For this funding opportunity, AmeriCorps will prioritize consideration from organizations that serve communities. benefit AmeriCorps members, use evidence, are faith-based.

Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation Fall Award Round

Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation

Supporting organizations and programs for which a relatively small amount of funding might make a large difference, the foundation will consider requests to support museums, cultural and performing arts programs; schools and hospitals; educational, skills-training and other programs for youth, seniors and persons with disabilities; environmental and wildlife protection activities; and other community-based organizations and programs.  Up to $20,000

11/10/2024

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Foundation Email

Phone: 202-337-3300