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Corporate and Foundation Relations staff circulate a monthly list of grant opportunities for faculty and staff. By making this information available, we encourage you to consider seeking corporate and foundation grant support. Subscribe to receive monthly emails.
To learn more about these opportunities or discuss foundations or corporations that do not have active RFPs, please contact Jared Mouro, Foundation Relations Specialist: ag4956@wayne.edu.
| Foundation | Program | Description | Award Amount | Deadline |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety | AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety Requests for Proposals | The AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety is pleased to announce its Request for Proposals (RFPs) in the following three topics: Micro mobility and Traffic Safety; Factors that Influence Seat Belt Use; Examining Safety Impacts of Electric Vehicle Braking Profiles and Lighting Thresholds. Online Application: https://aaafoundation.org/about/rfp/ | $200,000 | 5/9/2024 |
| Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan | Grants and Endowments | Must coordinate with Foundation Relations. Over the years, the Community Foundation has helped to create and fund numerous projects that improve the lives of those who live here. Our interest areas span from arts and culture, to the environment, to health and human services. We seek to make strategic investments in the community, and look to partner with nonprofit organizations to help create enduring solutions to complex problems. Effecting change requires both passion and measured thought, and we work hard to find proposals that encompass both. As we do our grantmaking, the Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan is also committed to honoring the intentions of our many donors and creating solutions that make everlasting positive impacts. And above all else, we are keenly interested in what inspires you. We look forward to hearing your ideas for transforming our vision for a healthy and prosperous region into reality Online Application: https://cfsem.org/for-nonprofits/ | $1,000,000 | 5/15/2024 |
| Birks Family Foundation | Grants | Do not accept unsolicited proposals; submit one paragraph description of funding needed to potentially receive an invitation to apply. The Birk Family Foundation intends to enhance the quality of life of the disadvantaged and the sick by providing funding to organizations that maintain traditional moral values in the field of education, health and human services. AREAS OF GIVING: Education Health; Human Services Emergency Funding Emailed Application: https://birkfamilyfoundation.org/new-page-2 | $25,000 | 5/15/2024 |
| Union Pacific Foundation | Community Ties Giving Program Local Grants | Must coordinate with Foundation Relations. Grant term NTE 1 year. Throughout its existence, the success of Union Pacific's business has been inextricably linked to the economic and community well-being of cities and towns across the nation. Union Pacific has carefully aligned its Local Grant cause areas to the company's unique heritage, strengths, and assets. Specifically, it prioritizes funding for direct services and efforts that build the capacity of organizations focused on the following causes within the local operating communities. Within each focus area, Union Pacific aims to support programs and organizations working to advance the diversity, equity and inclusion of underrepresented populations within the local context and issue areas addressed. Safety Workforce Development Community Spaces Environmental Sustainability Local Needs The four giving priorities (Community Spaces, Safety, Workforce Development, and Environmental Sustainability) receive a larger share of funding than Local Needs. Online Application: https://www.up.com/aboutup/community/foundation/local-grants/index.htm | $25,000 | 5/31/2024 |
| William T. Grant Foundation | William T. Grant Scholars Program | Must coordinate with Foundation Relations. Deadline is for Mentor and Reference Letter; Full Application is by invitation only and is due 7/3/2024. The William T. Grant Scholars Program supports career development for promising early-career researchers. The program funds five-year research and mentoring plans that significantly expand researchers’ expertise in new disciplines, methods, and content areas. Focus Areas:
Online Application: http://wtgrantfoundation.org/grants/william-t-grant-scholars-program | $350,000 | 6/3/2024 |
| Harry A. and Margaret D. Towsley Foundation | Grants | We seek to partner with charitable organizations to accomplish common objectives for improving the lives of people and communities. Effectiveness, sustainability, strategic thinking, environmental awareness and collaboration are among the strengths we encourage in our grantees. Funding categories:
Online Application: http://www.towsleyfoundation.org/grants/ | $50,000 | 6/7/2024 |
| GenScript | GenScript Life Science Research Grant Program | Must coordinate with Foundation Relations. GenScript Life Science Research Grant Program is a new initiative dedicated to supporting breakthroughs in life science research areas, including but not limited to those indicated below:
This program is designed to empower researchers by providing grant funding earmarked explicitly for purchasing GenScript reagents and services. GenScript provides comprehensive “one-stop” solutions for projects in the identified research areas through its advanced technologies and platforms. The Life Science Research Grant Program will leverage GenScript’s existing capabilities to accelerate projects by partnering with investigators globally on their proposed projects. Online or Emailed Application: https://www.genscript.com/grantprogram.html?src=pullmenu# | $100,000 | 6/15/2024 |
| Andrew W. Mellon Foundation | Monuments Project | Must coordinate with Foundation Relations. Average grant for this program is $1,000,000. The Monuments Project is a five-year, $250 million commitment to reimagine and rebuild commemorative spaces and transform the way history is told in the United States. Grants made under the Monuments Project will fall under the following areas of activity: fund new monuments, memorials, or historic storytelling spaces; contextualize existing monuments or memorials through installations, research, and education; and relocate existing monuments or memorials. This is a five-year program, but Foundation Relations encourages early submissions. Online application: https://www.mellon.org/resources | <$7,500,000 | Rolling for 5 years |
| Dresner Foundation | Youth and Family | Must coordinate with Foundation Relations. The Foundation's Focus:
Online application: https://www.dresnerfoundation.org/program-areas/youth-programs/ | $100,000 | Rolling |
| Skillman Foundation | President's Discretionary Fund | Must coordinate with Foundation Relations. Our President’s Discretionary Fund is a $1M annual fund is for small, one-time grants that support 501c3 nonprofits and public entities (school, church, or governmental units) that serve Detroit youth but fall outside The Skillman Foundation’s grantmaking priorities. This is a limited, highly competitive fund, allowing us to support Detroit youth in ways beyond our strategy. The Skillman Foundation provides grant funding and other supports to organizations that expand opportunities for Detroit children and help them achieve their highest aspirations through K-12 education, afterschool learning opportunities, and pathways to college and career. Priorities include:
Online Application: https://www.skillman.org/grant-partners/ | $10,000 | Rolling |
| W.K. Kellogg Foundation (WKKF) | Equitable Communities Grants | Must coordinate with Foundation Relations. Letters of Intent may be submitted at any time and are reviewed on a rolling basis. Full Proposals by invitation only. Children are more likely to thrive in vibrant and equitable communities. Equitable communities are places of opportunity where all children and families can develop, grow and contribute--where people recognize that community well-being depends on the participation of every person. Making communities more equitable requires all of us to confront how racism and bias affects our history and present-day experiences, to heal from the resulting fractures to our relationships, and to begin reshaping the systems that hold back so many among us. By first acknowledging and understanding the root causes of inequity, communities can then come together to envision and chart a course for the transformation. Advancing racial equity and racial healing, engaging communities in solving their own problems and developing leaders capable of guiding change on this scale is essential to creating vibrant, equitable communities. These three approaches, known as our DNA, are embedded in all we do. Online Application: https://www.wkkf.org/how-to-apply | <$1,000,000 | Rolling |
| W.K. Kellogg Foundation (WKKF) | Thriving Children Grants | Must coordinate with Foundation Relations. Letters of Intent may be submitted at any time and are reviewed on a rolling basis. Full Proposals by invitation only. Children are more likely to thrive when they have a healthy start and quality learning experiences. To ensure children thrive, we focus on improving access to high quality, early childhood education and education systems, where families engaged in schools and practices are rooted in a community's cultures and languages. Online Application: https://www.wkkf.org/how-to-apply | <$1,000,000 | Rolling |
| W.K. Kellogg Foundation (WKKF) | Working Families Grants | Must coordinate with Foundation Relations. Letters of Intent may be submitted at any time and are reviewed on a rolling basis. Full Proposals by invitation only. Children are more likely to thrive when their families are economically secure. In the United States, we work alongside grantees and employers to widen pathways to stable, high-quality jobs and more equitable employment opportunities. We seek to expand support for tribal-, minority-, and women-owned business enterprises and to accelerate small business growth. Some families may need short-term assistance or other supports to move from poverty to financial stability, so we support efforts that inform policies and change systems to create greater economic stability for families and communities. Online Application: https://www.wkkf.org/how-to-apply | <$1,000,000 | Rolling |
| Carnegie Corporation of New York | Democracy Program | The goal of the Democracy program is to foster a pluralistic, vibrant democracy through the civic integration of immigrants, support for nonpartisan voter registration and education, and voting rights. Under this program, Carnegie has the following Focus Areas.
Online Application: https://www.carnegie.org/grants/grantseekers/how-apply/ | $3,500,000 | Rolling |
| Ford Foundation | Ford Foundation Grants | Must coordinate with Foundation Relations. Makes grants in seven interconnected areas to help challenge inequality.
Online Application: http://www.fordfoundation.org/work/our-grants/ | <$25,000,000 | Rolling |
| Glaser Progress Foundation | Grants | Based on the interests of its founder and managing board, the Foundation has chosen to create strategic initiatives in various program areas: how we measure progress; how we demonstrate the impacts of climate change on human health; how we address the global HIV/AIDS pandemic; how we ensure diversity of voices in our media; and how we treat animals. The Glaser Progress Foundation focuses on four program areas: Measuring Progress, Global Health & Climate Change Independent Media Animal Advocacy Note: The Foundation does not accept unsolicited proposals for the Global Health & Climate Change and Animal Advocacy program areas. Email or Mail Application: http://www.glaserprogress.org/application/index.asp | $5,000,000 | Rolling |
| Hudson Webber Foundation | Grants for Detroit | Must coordinate with Foundation Relations. The Hudson-Webber Foundation invests in the success of community initiatives across our four mission areas, Community, Economic Development, Safe & Just Communities, Built Environment, and Arts & Culture. Online application: https://hudson-webber.org/how-to-apply/ | $10,000 - $2,000,000 | Rolling |
| Oak Foundation | Grants | In all our work, we are committed to social justice. To this end, we pursue rights-based approaches, gender equality and partnership with the organizations we fund. We seek to support innovation, visionary leaders and organizations. We seek to be inclusive, flexible and to learn from different points of view. We believe that the best grant-making reflects both careful due diligence and the willingness to take risks. We encourage our partners to work together - we believe that together we are stronger. As a whole we fund initiatives that: target the root causes of problems; are replicable either within a sector or across geographical locations; include plans for long-term sustainability, such as co-funding; strive to collaborate with like-minded organizations; demonstrate good financial and organizational management; and value the participation of people (including children) and communities. Online application: oakfnd.org/grant-making/ | $25,000- $7,000,000 | Rolling |
| Open Philanthropy | Course Development Grants | Must coordinate with Foundation Relations. This program aims to provide grant support to academics for the development of new university courses (including online courses). They are primarily looking to fund the development of new courses but are also accepting proposals from applicants who are looking for funding to turn courses they have already taught in an in-person setting into freely available online courses. Online Application: https://www.openphilanthropy.org/open-philanthropy-course-development-grants/ | $50,000 | Rolling |
| Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Foundation | Grants | Must coordinate with Foundation Relations. Our Four Key Areas of Focused Investment:
Online application: http://www.ralphcwilsonjrfoundation.org/how-to-apply/ | $6,000,000 | Rolling |