This week's RFP Bulletin from Philanthropy News Digest includes funding opportunities in the areas of aging, agriculture/food, animal welfare, arts/culture, children/youth, community improvement/development, conservation, education, environment, health, human services, medical research, people with disabilities, science/technology, social science, and women/girls. To browse or search hundreds of recent RFP opportunities, visit the RFP section of our website.
Posted: October 28, 2025
Deadline:
December 16, 2025
Grants of up to $15,000 will be awarded in support of programs and projects directed to the welfare of senior citizens in Santa Barbara, Goleta, and Carpinteria, California....
Posted: October 29, 2025
Deadline:
November 17, 2025
Grants of up to $20,000 will be awarded to organizations serving Howard County, Maryland, in support of efforts to address food insecurity and nutrition....
Posted: October 29, 2025
Deadline:
November 10, 2025 at 5:00 p.m. ET
Grants of up to $75,000 will be awarded to animal welfare organizations in New York State working to elevate animal health and welfare and help them comply with regulatory requirements that go into effect in December....
Posted: October 24, 2025
Deadline:
November 7, 2025
Grants of up to $5,000 will be awarded to assist high-promise youth in California’s El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, and Yolo counties by strengthening established, in-house youth-training programs offered by arts, cultural, or nonprofit organizations....
Posted: October 23, 2025
Deadline:
December 4, 2025 at 6:00 p.m. ET
General operating support will be awarded in support of professional nonprofit theaters that have an established track record as well as a history of fiscal responsibility....
Posted: October 25, 2025
Deadline:
December 5, 2025 at 5:00 p.m. MT
An unrestricted award of up to $12,000 will assist a gifted vocalist poised to begin their career and may be used for coaching, travel, clothing, living costs, and audition expenses....
Posted: October 26, 2025
Deadline:
December 12, 2025
A grant of $10,000 will be awarded in the area of the performing arts, including dance, music, opera, theatre, musical theatre, stagecraft, and costume/makeup....
Posted: October 27, 2025
Deadline:
December 15, 2025
Travel grants of up to $20,000 will be awarded to individual scholars over an academic year in support of historical research on Venice and the former Venetian empire and/or the study of contemporary Venetian society and culture....
Posted: October 28, 2025
Deadline:
December 15, 2025 at 5:00 p.m. ET
Grants of up to $25,000 will be awarded to nonprofit organizations serving women and their families in Baltimore City and/or the county of Baltimore....
Posted: October 25, 2025
Deadline:
December 5, 2025 (Requests over $50,000)
Grants will be awarded in support of the foundation’s focus areas of civics and culture, community and economic development, conservation, education, health and human services, and historic preservation....
Posted: October 28, 2025
Deadline:
December 15, 2025
Grants of up to $15,000 will be awarded to nonprofits to help underwrite the costs of advertising that promotes the conservation and restoration of native wildlife, plants, and ecosystems in the United States....
Posted: October 28, 2025
Deadline:
December 15, 2025
Grants of up to $15,000 will be awarded to nonprofits to help underwrite the costs of advertising that promotes the conservation and restoration of native wildlife, plants, and ecosystems in the United States....
Posted: October 29, 2025
Deadline:
December 1, 2025 at 5:00 p.m. ET (Letters of Intent)
Grants of up to $90,000 will be awarded in support of southeastern Pennsylvania organizations working to advance health and human services, a sustainable food system, education, and protection of the environment....
Posted: October 23, 2025
Deadline:
December 4, 2025 at 12 noon ET
Grants of up to $160,000 over two years will be awarded in support of nonprofit organizations and academic organizations working with children and adolescents with chronic physical, developmental, behavioral, or emotional disabilities....
Posted: October 29, 2025
Deadline:
November 17, 2025
Grants of up to $20,000 will be awarded to organizations serving Howard County, Maryland, in support of efforts to address food insecurity and nutrition....
Posted: October 29, 2025
Deadline:
December 1, 2025 at 5:00 p.m. ET (Letters of Intent)
Grants of up to $90,000 will be awarded in support of southeastern Pennsylvania organizations working to advance health and human services, a sustainable food system, education, and protection of the environment....
Posted: October 25, 2025
Deadline:
December 5, 2025 (Letters of Intent)
Grants of up to $500,000 over up to two years will be awarded in support of exploratory and developmental Alzheimer’s disease research projects in the United States....
Posted: October 26, 2025
Deadline:
December 10, 2025
Early-career investigators will be awarded $150,000 over three years in support of innovative research that focuses on basic science mechanisms of pain....
Posted: October 23, 2025
Deadline:
December 4, 2025 at 12 noon ET
Grants of up to $160,000 over two years will be awarded in support of nonprofit organizations and academic organizations working with children and adolescents with chronic physical, developmental, behavioral, or emotional disabilities....
Posted: October 29, 2025
Deadline:
November 21, 2025
The Vitalik Buterin PhD Fellowship in AI Existential Safety supports PhD students who plan to work on AI existential safety research or who would not otherwise have funding to work on AI existential safety research....
Posted: October 24, 2025
Deadline:
December 4, 2025 at 12 noon ET
The fellowship includes an annual stipend of $85,000 and an annual allowance of up to $35,000 per year for three years in support of candidates who intend to pursue a career in basic research on fundamental problems in plant biology....
Posted: October 27, 2025
Deadline:
December 15, 2025
Grants of up to $1,000 will be awarded to promote civil conversations about issues that divide us and are often contentious and difficult to sort through....
Posted: October 28, 2025
Deadline:
December 15, 2025 at 5:00 p.m. ET
Grants of up to $25,000 will be awarded to nonprofit organizations serving women and their families in Baltimore City and/or the county of Baltimore....
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