Community Grants (Resident Advancement Committee)
A resident committee — not foundation staff — decides these grants of up to $6,000 for projects in three Cleveland neighborhoods, on a quarterly cycle with decisions two weeks after each deadline.
- Indicative award
- up to $6k (total award)Page states awards of up to $6,000 per project; no minimum is published. The committee is described as overseeing the Foundation's community discretionary budget.
- Timing
- Several times a yearSeveral times a year · Mar, May, Jul, SepPublished deadline: 2026-09-07 — 24 days awayFour cycles run March through September 2026: March 2, May 4, July 6, and September 7, each with a decision roughly two weeks later. Final reports are due January 26, 2027.
- Who can apply
- Community organisation, Practitioner
- Eligibility
- Open to residents, community groups, and small nonprofits located in Buckeye-Shaker, Mt. Pleasant, or Woodland Hills. A university is not an eligible applicant; a researcher's route is as a partner to a neighborhood group or small nonprofit inside the footprint.
- SSWR clusters
- Topics
- neighborhood projects · community wellbeing · placemaking · economic vitality · lifelong learning
- Apply at
- https://saintlukesfoundation.org/funding-opportunities/community-grants/
- This entry
- Curated by the working group. Written 2026-08-07. The funder link has not yet been machine-checked.
Amounts and dates on this page are indicative and are maintained by people rather than scraped. Funders change ceilings, windows and eligibility without notice; confirm all details at the source above before applying.
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