Seed Fund
Crossroads Fund's largest grantmaking programme, decided by a Grantmaking Committee that includes community participants from the fund's Giving Project alongside board and staff.
- Indicative award
- up to $15k (total award)The page states "The maximum grant in this program is $15,000." No minimum is published.
- Timing
- Annual cycleAnnual cycle · FebNo specific published date recorded. This funder publishes a cycle rather than a date, and this database does not invent one.Applications were closed at the time of checking. The published rhythm is: applications open in winter (around February), review March-June, board approval in June, with the next announcement listed as "Early July, 2026."
- Who can apply
- Community organisation, Practitioner
- Eligibility
- Registered 501(c)(3) or fiscally-sponsored organizations, or groups with an organizational bank account, with prior-year annual expenses under $500,000. A university cannot apply; the size cap rules out institutional applicants entirely, so a researcher's route is partnership with a grantee.
- SSWR clusters
- Topics
- general operating support · social change organizing · giving project · community-led review
- Apply at
- https://www.crossroadsfund.org/seed-fund
- This entry
- Curated by the working group. Written 2026-08-07. Funder link last confirmed to resolve on 2026-09-25.
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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