In 2019 the FBCommunity Foundation will have four grant cycles with defined application and review periods. Each grant cycle is defined by one of the Foundation’s area of interest. Requests for funding outside of a grant cycle’s area of interest will not be reviewed.
The four grant cycles will be:
Community & Economic Development
Applications – accepted December 1, 2018 through January 31, 2019
Decisions – March 2019
Requests to support business entrepreneurship or assistance to small business, workforce development, affordable housing, neighborhood/community revitalization and financial education are all eligible under the Community & Economic Development grant cycle.
Education
Applications – accepted March 1, 2019 through April 30, 2019
Decisions – June 2019
Requests to support adult education, out of school learning, reading promotion, early childhood development and educational development are eligible under the Education grant cycle.
Health & Human Services
Applications – accepted June 1, 2019 through July 31, 2019
Decisions –September 2019
Requests to support basic needs, family and youth services, abuse prevention, community healthcare or access to health care are eligible under Health & Human Services grant cycle.
Community Investment
Applications accepted – September 1, 2019 through October 31, 2019
Decisions –December 2019
Requests to support local cultural and historical museum programming are eligible under the Community Investment grant cycle.
Please reach out to us if you are not sure which grant cycle your request would fall under.