General Purpose Grants

About Our Grants

Our grant program is a competitive process that begins with Determining Eligibility and Submitting a Letter of Inquiry (LOI), followed by a full application (if selected to move forward by our Board of Trustees). Decisions are based on the merits of the proposed project/program and its alignment with our funding priorities.

Small Grants have a maximum request of:

• Up to $7,500 for General Purpose Grants

Large Grants have Maximum Requests of:

• Up to $50,000 for Programmatic Work
• Up to $100,000 for Capital Projects

Small and Large Grants are funded quarterly.

Small Grant & Large Grant Program Information:

• Both Small Grant & Large Grant programs are funded quarterly and have separate grant timelines. (See Grant Calendar for timelines.)
• Both grant programs have a two-step process: Step 1 – Submit an LOI (letter of Inquiry) Step 2 - Submit a full application (if selected to move forward).
• Grant requests cannot exceed 50% of your total project budget.
• All grants are for a 12 month period with a Final Report due by the end of the 13th month.
• All projects must begin within 90 days of the start of your grant period.
• Projects that have already been completed at the time of funding are not eligible.
• You are allowed one grant at a time, with the exception of the Small to Large Grant Program. In the event that a small grant recipient has never received a large grant and has successfully completed 6 months of a funded project, they may reach out to staff at info@thecommunityfund.com to request a progress report. If the report is approved, they will be allowed to submit a large grant LOI at the next grant cycle.

Program Areas

We strive to be flexible, adaptive and responsive in our grantmaking which is reflected in our six broad programmatic areas: (click links below to view definitions for program areas).

• Arts & Culture
• Education
• Environmental Preservation
• Health
• Historic Preservation
• Public Safety

Tribes may submit a project request for work in any of our six programmatic areas. Priority consideration will be given to projects that focus on our priority funding areas.

All priority funding areas fall within the programmatic areas of Education, Environmental Preservation, and Health.

Determine Eligibility

Learn more about our eligibility requirements.