Ford Family Foundation Open Grants

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Ford Family Foundation Grants offer funding for small, rural communities in Oregon and Siskiyou County, California. Funding areas include:

• Good Neighbor Grants to support both program and capital requests in a way that works for your organization, including unforeseen emergencies that interrupt programming or services
• Technical Assistance Grants for building internal capacity
• Capital Projects to support projects for Federally Qualified Health Centers, social services centers, libraries, children's museums, small business incubators, fire halls, art and cultural centers, and other community centers and gathering spaces

Projects should be within one of the Foundation's funding priorities, which include:

• Family impact - Strengthen connections between parents, primary caregivers, and children; ensure that children have nurturing attachments from their earliest years, including preventing child abuse and neglect; promote financial stability so that families have the resources they need to care for their children
• Education impact - Ensure that rural children have the supports and opportunities they need to succeed in their education with an emphasis on early childhood education, helping children start strong in their early grades, and preparing students for the transition from high school to postsecondary education or a career
• Community impact - Support conditions that help children and families thrive in rural communities, including local economies, social capital, community visioning and planning capacity, and public gathering spaces

Organizations must be located in rural communities with populations less than 35,000 and not adjacent to or part of an urban or metropolitan area in Oregon or Siskiyou County, California.

Applicants must be 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations, governmental entities, or recognized sovereign entities.

Additional eligibility requirements are listed on the program website.

Award ranges depend upon the program.

• Good Neighbor Grants: Up to $25,000
• Technical Assistance Grants: Up to $5,000
• Capital Project Grants: Up to $250,000
  • Capital grants can fund up to one-third of a project's total budget
  • Successful applications include significant community support in the form of local or regional dollars
  • Fifty percent of the budget should be raised before applying

A link to the online application portal is available on the program website.