A bill that would let donors go to court when a charity breaks the written terms of an endowment gift passed the Oklahoma Senate in March and stalled in the House. Kansas, Georgia, Kentucky and Montana have similar laws.
The three-year grants, announced Oct. 13, give $17 million to Feeding America and $1.5 million to The Farmlink Project. More than $13 million goes to Iowa, where three food banks will buy directly from many more farmers.
The state's new Nutrition Navigators program replaces two outreach programs that ended Sept. 30. Hunger Solutions New York receives $4.4 million to train and support the providers, who will help people apply for SNAP and meet its expanded work requirements.
The fund Public Media Company built after Congress rescinded federal money for public broadcasting has raised $87 million and seeks $38 million more. A new grant and coaching program for smaller stations takes applications from Oct. 20 to Nov. 19.
Assembly Bill 2221, approved Sept. 27, drops IRS revocation from the good standing test, requires notices before a registration turns delinquent and lets platforms hold gifts under $10 for up to 12 months.
The first, from a fund at the trust, is to put $250 into the accounts of more than 140,000 Indiana children. Temporary federal rules published Sept. 30 say such contributions further a charity's exempt purposes.
The foundation of BECU, Washington's largest credit union, said on Oct. 13 that its Right Now Grants went out in September to groups working on housing, food, jobs, college costs and access to banking. Solid Ground received the largest single grant, $500,000.
Seattle. The BECU Foundation has given $4 million to 12 community partners in Washington through a one-time round it calls Right Now Grants, BECU said on Oct. 13. The money went out in September, and the grant cycle runs from Oct. 1, 2026, to Oct. 1, 2027.
BECU said it created the program in response to rising living costs, citing its own figure that more than one-third of Washington households struggle to afford basic expenses, and that many nonprofits are seeing more demand for their services. It called the round the largest grant distribution in the foundation's history. In 2025 the foundation provided more than $1.1 million in scholarships and charitable giving, according to the release.
Ten grants went to the 12 partners. Solid Ground received $500,000 for homelessness prevention, including help with short-term housing costs. United Way of Pierce County received $400,000 for eviction prevention, housing stability coaching and coordination with landlords.
City staff proposed that nonprofits compete to deliver recreation and neighborhood services the city chooses, with $783,466 set aside this year. Council members asked what happens to food, housing and addiction programs and put off a decision.
The foundation, known until June as Carnegie Corporation of New York, posted the call on Oct. 12. U.S. public charities and fiscally sponsored projects have until Nov. 8 to send concept notes for grants of $500,000 to $1.5 million.
The Minneapolis foundation said on Oct. 13 that it has budgeted $1 million each for Atlanta and Wichita in 2026, with six nonprofit partners chosen in each city, alongside $14.5 million for Minneapolis and St. Paul.
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The Maryland county opened a $150,000 pilot program on Oct. 9 for faith-based 501(c)(3) organizations at risk of hate crimes. Applications are due Nov. 6, and grantees that add cameras must share their video feeds with the county.
The Colorado Public Schools Foundation, the Denver Public Schools Foundation and RESCHOOL are creating separate scholarship granting organizations so that gifts under the credit of up to $1,700, which starts Jan. 1, can pay for tutoring, test fees and other costs of public school students.
Sen. John Haste and Rep. Nicole Miller scheduled a joint interim study for Oct. 12 on a credit for gifts to fatherhood, parenting and family programs. It is a study, not a bill, and Senate pages give the idea two names.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced on Oct. 2 that the city-funded grants the borough arts councils give to artists, collectives and small nonprofits can now reach $10,000, up from $5,000. Brooklyn's deadline is Oct. 11; Staten Island opens in November.
The Administration for Community Living announced 10 awards on Oct. 9: two to the National Council on Aging, of $4.8 million and $7.5 million, and eight of $1.8 million to $1.9 million each to take two proven programs statewide.
The foundation's JCamp 180 program will give up to $10 million a year to more than 100 nonprofit Jewish overnight camps, which must raise $3 for every $1 they receive. The new funding levels begin in 2027.
The council voted 7 to 2 on Oct. 7 to pass Bill 192 on first reading. It extends a rule that sets aside at least $9 million a year in property tax revenue for housing and homelessness programs, and now lets the money go to county programs as well as nonprofit grants.
The Dave & Cheryl Duffield Foundation announced its five-year Big Bet for Pets on Sept. 17. Its first two open calls, 250 grants of $10,000 and a $10 million pool of multi-year grants for clinics ready to grow, close on Dec. 16 at the latest.
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Sen. John Haste and Rep. Nicole Miller scheduled a joint interim study for Oct. 12 on a credit for gifts to fatherhood, parenting and family programs. It is a study, not a bill, and Senate pages give the idea two names.
The grants, up to $40,000 each, go to groups working on the economic security of women and their families. The foundation has already closed the first stage of its 2027 cycle, which it rebuilt as a two-part process.
The Department of Veterans Affairs announced the one-year grants on Oct. 6. Its recipient list names local nonprofits from Utah to Montana, along with local governments, universities and a few companies, but not what each one receives.
The Colorado Public Schools Foundation, the Denver Public Schools Foundation and RESCHOOL are creating separate scholarship granting organizations so that gifts under the credit of up to $1,700, which starts Jan. 1, can pay for tutoring, test fees and other costs of public school students.
The council voted 7 to 2 on Oct. 7 to pass Bill 192 on first reading. It extends a rule that sets aside at least $9 million a year in property tax revenue for housing and homelessness programs, and now lets the money go to county programs as well as nonprofit grants.
The second round of the Flexible Funding Grant, awarded in September and announced Oct. 6, pays for costs that food money and equipment grants do not cover, such as salaries, rent, utilities and accounting.
The Maryland county opened a $150,000 pilot program on Oct. 9 for faith-based 501(c)(3) organizations at risk of hate crimes. Applications are due Nov. 6, and grantees that add cameras must share their video feeds with the county.
The foundation, which announced the $8 million open call on Sept. 30, takes applications from registered nonprofits in any country, including the United States, until Oct. 30. Each partnership may ask for up to $1 million over two years.
The Administration for Community Living announced 10 awards on Oct. 9: two to the National Council on Aging, of $4.8 million and $7.5 million, and eight of $1.8 million to $1.9 million each to take two proven programs statewide.
Gov. Hochul said on Oct. 9 that New York will join the credit of up to $1,700 for gifts to scholarship granting organizations, which starts Jan. 1, after reviewing the federal rules issued this month. Her statement does not say when the state will file its election or list the organizations.
Candid's analysis of private and community foundation grants from 2016 to 2024 finds democracy funding peaked at $1.5 billion in 2020. The Ford Foundation gave the most over the nine years, about $1.17 billion.
Sixty-nine of the grants, $1,782,000 in all, go to food, housing, education and job training programs for Greater Dallas families. The rest pay for health care, parks and mental health work.
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