Clif Family Foundation Open Call

Funding Opportunity

These grants support general operating costs or specific projects in the following priority areas:

Regenerative and Organic Farming - Accelerate the adoption of regenerative farming practices, including organic, climate-resilient, equitable, and agroecological approaches.

Food Production Workers’ Health and Safety - Amplify efforts to secure healthy, safe, just, and empowering working and living conditions for food production workers.

Climate Justice - Expand community-centered solutions to climate change that build resilience and empower those who have been historically marginalized.

Healthy Food Access - Advance food systems’ changes that make healthy and sustainably produced food accessible, affordable, and culturally appropriate.

Inclusive Outdoor Access - Catalyze solutions that expand access to safe places to enable healthy physical activity and improve mental health.

Indoors and Outdoors Safe from Pollution - Promote preventative health approaches by identifying and eliminating toxics from our air, water, soil, and human-made materials.

Deadline:
March 1, 2025
Amount:
$5,000 to $50,000
Assistance:
Grant Funds
Location:

Eligibility:

Applicants must be registered as (or fiscally sponsored by) a 501(c)3 organization.

The foundation does not fund: capital construction (construction, demolition, renovation, or renewal of a public building); deficit funding; endowments; faith-based or religious organizations; fundraising events (e.g., fun run, challenges, annual gala); individuals; local and state public sector or government agencies; media projects (such as films, books, radio); Medical Centers; product donations; or, sponsorships.

Priority is given to applicants that:
Advance our strategic priorities and align with our values;
Focus their work primarily in the United States and its unincorporated territories;
Demonstrate strong community ties;
Have operating budgets under $3MM;
Operate at the grassroots level to implement change at the local, state, or national stage.

Timing:

The Foundation reviews applications twice a year; the deadlines are March 1 and August 1. Grant announcements occur approximately four months after the deadline. Grants are awarded for one year.

Cost Share / Match:

Clif Family Foundation Open Call

Funding Opportunity

These grants support general operating costs or specific projects in the following priority areas:

Regenerative and Organic Farming - Accelerate the adoption of regenerative farming practices, including organic, climate-resilient, equitable, and agroecological approaches.

Food Production Workers’ Health and Safety - Amplify efforts to secure healthy, safe, just, and empowering working and living conditions for food production workers.

Climate Justice - Expand community-centered solutions to climate change that build resilience and empower those who have been historically marginalized.

Healthy Food Access - Advance food systems’ changes that make healthy and sustainably produced food accessible, affordable, and culturally appropriate.

Inclusive Outdoor Access - Catalyze solutions that expand access to safe places to enable healthy physical activity and improve mental health.

Indoors and Outdoors Safe from Pollution - Promote preventative health approaches by identifying and eliminating toxics from our air, water, soil, and human-made materials.

Dates:
-
Date:
Mar 1
Time:
Cost:
$5,000 to $50,000
Assistance:
Grant Funds
Location:

Eligibility:

Applicants must be registered as (or fiscally sponsored by) a 501(c)3 organization.

The foundation does not fund: capital construction (construction, demolition, renovation, or renewal of a public building); deficit funding; endowments; faith-based or religious organizations; fundraising events (e.g., fun run, challenges, annual gala); individuals; local and state public sector or government agencies; media projects (such as films, books, radio); Medical Centers; product donations; or, sponsorships.

Priority is given to applicants that:
Advance our strategic priorities and align with our values;
Focus their work primarily in the United States and its unincorporated territories;
Demonstrate strong community ties;
Have operating budgets under $3MM;
Operate at the grassroots level to implement change at the local, state, or national stage.

Cost Share / Match:

Timing:

The Foundation reviews applications twice a year; the deadlines are March 1 and August 1. Grant announcements occur approximately four months after the deadline. Grants are awarded for one year.

Featured Opportunities

Kentucky G.R.A.N.T. Program of 2024

Kentucky Government Grant Match Program

The GRANT Program is available for eligible recipients to support the local match requirement when applying for a federal government grant. Applications open June 1, 2024 and will continue on a rolling monthly basis thereafter until funds expire.

Deadline
Amount
Assistance
Grant Match
Location

Kentucky G.R.A.N.T. Program of 2024

Kentucky Government Grant Match Program

The GRANT Program is available for eligible recipients to support the local match requirement when applying for a federal government grant. Applications open June 1, 2024 and will continue on a rolling monthly basis thereafter until funds expire.

Date:
Dates:
-
Cost:
Assistance:
Grant Match
Location:

Kentucky Statewide Reserve Fund

State Government Grant, Kentucky Education & Labor Cabinet

The Workforce Innovation & Opportunity Act (WIOA) is a federally funded grant program that provides Youth, Adult and Dislocated Worker funding throughout our Commonwealth.

Deadline
Amount
Assistance
Funding
Location

Kentucky Statewide Reserve Fund

State Government Grant, Kentucky Education & Labor Cabinet

The Workforce Innovation & Opportunity Act (WIOA) is a federally funded grant program that provides Youth, Adult and Dislocated Worker funding throughout our Commonwealth.

Date:
Dates:
-
Cost:
Assistance:
Funding
Location:

SEARCH - Special Evaluation Assistance for Rural Communities and Households in Kentucky

US Department of Agriculture

This program helps very small, financially distressed rural communities with predevelopment feasibility studies, design and technical assistance on proposed water and waste disposal projects.

Deadline
Amount
Assistance
Funding and Direct TA
Location

SEARCH - Special Evaluation Assistance for Rural Communities and Households in Kentucky

US Department of Agriculture

This program helps very small, financially distressed rural communities with predevelopment feasibility studies, design and technical assistance on proposed water and waste disposal projects.

Date:
Dates:
-
Cost:
Assistance:
Funding and Direct TA
Location:

Appalachian Community Fund Technical Assistance Grants

Technical Assistance Grant

Designed to meet specific technical assistance needs of grassroots organizations working for social change in Appalachia, this program awards grants to help build organizational capacity and train board or staff members in key skills.

Deadline
Amount
Varies by project need
Assistance
Location

Appalachian Community Fund Technical Assistance Grants

Technical Assistance Grant

Designed to meet specific technical assistance needs of grassroots organizations working for social change in Appalachia, this program awards grants to help build organizational capacity and train board or staff members in key skills.

Date:
Dates:
-
Cost:
Varies by project need
Assistance:
Location:

Charles H. Dater Foundation Grant

The Charles H. Dater Foundation, Inc.

The Foundation makes grants to organizations and public agencies in Greater Cincinnati for programs that benefit children in the region in the areas of arts/culture, education, healthcare, social services and other community needs.

Deadline
Amount
While some grants have been significant in size, the median grant is $10,000 and the average grant is about $14,000.
Assistance
Location
Boone, Kenton, and Campbell Counties in Kentucky

Charles H. Dater Foundation Grant

The Charles H. Dater Foundation, Inc.

The Foundation makes grants to organizations and public agencies in Greater Cincinnati for programs that benefit children in the region in the areas of arts/culture, education, healthcare, social services and other community needs.

Date:
Dates:
-
Cost:
While some grants have been significant in size, the median grant is $10,000 and the average grant is about $14,000.
Assistance:
Location:
Boone, Kenton, and Campbell Counties in Kentucky

Calendar Year 2022 Disaster Water Grants Program in Kentucky

U.S. Department of Agriculture

The USDA has made $247 million in supplemental grants available nationwide to help communities repair water infrastructure damaged by presidentially declared disasters in calendar year 2022.

Deadline
Amount
Assistance
Location
Kentucky

Calendar Year 2022 Disaster Water Grants Program in Kentucky

U.S. Department of Agriculture

The USDA has made $247 million in supplemental grants available nationwide to help communities repair water infrastructure damaged by presidentially declared disasters in calendar year 2022.

Date:
Dates:
-
Cost:
Assistance:
Location:
Kentucky