https://501c3.help/herald/ Stories about America's nonprofits, published by 501c3.help. en-us Wed, 14 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://501c3.help/herald/becu-foundation-right-now-grants-washington/ https://501c3.help/herald/becu-foundation-right-now-grants-washington/ Wed, 14 Oct 2026 21:08:00 +0000 Philanthropy 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. https://501c3.help/herald/cargill-foundation-expands-grantmaking-atlanta-wichita/ https://501c3.help/herald/cargill-foundation-expands-grantmaking-atlanta-wichita/ Wed, 14 Oct 2026 21:08:00 +0000 Philanthropy 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. https://501c3.help/herald/donor-standing-endowment-gift-disputes-states/ https://501c3.help/herald/donor-standing-endowment-gift-disputes-states/ Wed, 14 Oct 2026 21:08:00 +0000 Law & Policy 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. https://501c3.help/herald/john-deere-foundation-farm-to-plate-food-banks/ https://501c3.help/herald/john-deere-foundation-farm-to-plate-food-banks/ Wed, 14 Oct 2026 21:08:00 +0000 Food & Housing 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. https://501c3.help/herald/new-york-nutrition-navigators-snap-outreach-grants/ https://501c3.help/herald/new-york-nutrition-navigators-snap-outreach-grants/ Wed, 14 Oct 2026 21:08:00 +0000 Food & Housing 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. https://501c3.help/herald/public-media-bridge-fund-station-sustainability-grants/ https://501c3.help/herald/public-media-bridge-fund-station-sustainability-grants/ Wed, 14 Oct 2026 21:08:00 +0000 Arts & Culture 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. https://501c3.help/herald/california-amends-charitable-fundraising-platform-law/ https://501c3.help/herald/california-amends-charitable-fundraising-platform-law/ Wed, 14 Oct 2026 07:09:00 +0000 Law & Policy 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. https://501c3.help/herald/donor-advised-funds-trump-accounts-contributions/ https://501c3.help/herald/donor-advised-funds-trump-accounts-contributions/ Wed, 14 Oct 2026 07:09:00 +0000 Philanthropy 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. https://501c3.help/herald/wilmington-weighs-requests-for-proposals-for-nonprofit-grants/ https://501c3.help/herald/wilmington-weighs-requests-for-proposals-for-nonprofit-grants/ Wed, 14 Oct 2026 07:09:00 +0000 Human Services 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. https://501c3.help/herald/carnegie-foundation-peacebuilding-mediation-grants-call/ https://501c3.help/herald/carnegie-foundation-peacebuilding-mediation-grants-call/ Tue, 13 Oct 2026 21:09:00 +0000 Global 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. https://501c3.help/herald/idaho-opens-applications-scholarship-granting-organizations/ https://501c3.help/herald/idaho-opens-applications-scholarship-granting-organizations/ Tue, 13 Oct 2026 21:09:00 +0000 Education The Idaho Department of Education posted an application for scholarship granting organizations, with assurances that cap administrative costs at 10 percent and require an annual independent audit. Idaho opted into the credit earlier this year; no deadline is given. https://501c3.help/herald/oregon-arts-commission-sustaining-arts-grants-317-organizations/ https://501c3.help/herald/oregon-arts-commission-sustaining-arts-grants-317-organizations/ Tue, 13 Oct 2026 21:09:00 +0000 Arts & Culture The grants for the fiscal year that began July 1 range from $1,000 to $18,000. The commission's previous round gave $1,759,580 to 355 organizations, and neither announcement explains the change. https://501c3.help/herald/wisconsin-financial-literacy-grants-schools-nonprofits/ https://501c3.help/herald/wisconsin-financial-literacy-grants-schools-nonprofits/ Tue, 13 Oct 2026 21:09:00 +0000 Education Twenty-nine schools, districts and organizations, three Madison and Milwaukee nonprofits among them, will use settlement money to build personal finance teaching ahead of a graduation requirement that starts with the class of 2028. https://501c3.help/herald/wyoming-opens-applications-scholarship-granting-organizations/ https://501c3.help/herald/wyoming-opens-applications-scholarship-granting-organizations/ Tue, 13 Oct 2026 21:09:00 +0000 Education The Wyoming Department of Education began taking applications on Oct. 12 from nonprofits that want to be scholarship granting organizations in 2027. Applications are due Dec. 1, and the governor's office gives final approval. https://501c3.help/herald/oklahoma-weighs-tax-credit-family-nonprofits/ https://501c3.help/herald/oklahoma-weighs-tax-credit-family-nonprofits/ Tue, 13 Oct 2026 07:08:00 +0000 Human Services 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. https://501c3.help/herald/texas-womens-foundation-community-grants-north-texas/ https://501c3.help/herald/texas-womens-foundation-community-grants-north-texas/ Tue, 13 Oct 2026 07:08:00 +0000 Philanthropy 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. https://501c3.help/herald/va-adaptive-sports-grants-veterans-disabilities/ https://501c3.help/herald/va-adaptive-sports-grants-veterans-disabilities/ Tue, 13 Oct 2026 07:08:00 +0000 Veterans 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. https://501c3.help/herald/colorado-public-school-foundations-scholarship-tax-credit/ https://501c3.help/herald/colorado-public-school-foundations-scholarship-tax-credit/ Mon, 12 Oct 2026 07:09:00 +0000 Education 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. https://501c3.help/herald/hawaii-county-homeless-housing-fund-extension/ https://501c3.help/herald/hawaii-county-homeless-housing-fund-extension/ Mon, 12 Oct 2026 07:09:00 +0000 Food & Housing 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. https://501c3.help/herald/wyoming-hunger-initiative-flexible-funding-grants/ https://501c3.help/herald/wyoming-hunger-initiative-flexible-funding-grants/ Mon, 12 Oct 2026 07:09:00 +0000 Food & Housing 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. https://501c3.help/herald/anne-arundel-county-faith-based-security-grants/ https://501c3.help/herald/anne-arundel-county-faith-based-security-grants/ Sun, 11 Oct 2026 07:08:00 +0000 Faith 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. https://501c3.help/herald/atlassian-foundation-grants-education-partnerships-ai-era/ https://501c3.help/herald/atlassian-foundation-grants-education-partnerships-ai-era/ Sun, 11 Oct 2026 07:08:00 +0000 Education 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. https://501c3.help/herald/hhs-falls-prevention-grants-older-adults/ https://501c3.help/herald/hhs-falls-prevention-grants-older-adults/ Sun, 11 Oct 2026 07:08:00 +0000 Health 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. https://501c3.help/herald/new-york-joins-federal-scholarship-tax-credit/ https://501c3.help/herald/new-york-joins-federal-scholarship-tax-credit/ Sun, 11 Oct 2026 07:08:00 +0000 Education 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. https://501c3.help/herald/candid-foundation-funding-us-democracy-analysis/ https://501c3.help/herald/candid-foundation-funding-us-democracy-analysis/ Sat, 10 Oct 2026 17:08:00 +0000 Philanthropy 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. https://501c3.help/herald/dallas-foundation-summer-grants-north-texas-nonprofits/ https://501c3.help/herald/dallas-foundation-summer-grants-north-texas-nonprofits/ Sat, 10 Oct 2026 07:09:00 +0000 Philanthropy 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. https://501c3.help/herald/florida-amendment-3-county-budgets-nonprofit-contracts/ https://501c3.help/herald/florida-amendment-3-county-budgets-nonprofit-contracts/ Sat, 10 Oct 2026 07:09:00 +0000 Human Services The amendment on the Nov. 3 ballot would raise the homestead exemption to $250,000 by 2028. Sarasota County holds more than $16 million in nonprofit service contracts this year and Manatee County more than $5 million. https://501c3.help/herald/labor-department-nonprofit-employees-volunteering-opinion-letter/ https://501c3.help/herald/labor-department-nonprofit-employees-volunteering-opinion-letter/ Sat, 10 Oct 2026 07:09:00 +0000 Law & Policy A Wage and Hour Division opinion letter dated Sept. 7 uses a service dog nonprofit as its example: veterinarians and directors may raise puppies at home as unpaid volunteers, while dog trainers may not. https://501c3.help/herald/illinois-local-food-infrastructure-grants-applications/ https://501c3.help/herald/illinois-local-food-infrastructure-grants-applications/ Fri, 09 Oct 2026 21:08:00 +0000 Food & Housing Gov. JB Pritzker announced a $1.8 million round of Local Food Infrastructure Grants on Oct. 8. Nonprofits, local governments and small farms and food businesses can seek money for cold storage, refrigerated vehicles and processing equipment until noon on Jan. 6, 2027. https://501c3.help/herald/john-deere-classic-20-million-492-charities/ https://501c3.help/herald/john-deere-classic-20-million-492-charities/ Fri, 09 Oct 2026 21:08:00 +0000 Philanthropy The PGA Tour event in Iowa and Illinois announced the total on Oct. 8, up from $16.9 million for 460 charities last year. Its Birdies for Charity program added a bonus of 8.85% to what each charity raised. https://501c3.help/herald/new-york-city-discretionary-grant-pilot-expansion/ https://501c3.help/herald/new-york-city-discretionary-grant-pilot-expansion/ Fri, 09 Oct 2026 21:08:00 +0000 Law & Policy Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Speaker Julie Menin expanded the Discretionary Grant Pilot on Oct. 8. Nonprofits with $25,000 or less in Council funding from city agencies skip the contract process; agreements go out in November. https://501c3.help/herald/new-york-city-gender-affirming-care-contracts-minors/ https://501c3.help/herald/new-york-city-gender-affirming-care-contracts-minors/ Fri, 09 Oct 2026 21:08:00 +0000 Health A health department notice published Oct. 6 names Callen-Lorde and the Nonprofit Organization for Philanthropic Initiatives as the providers the city would negotiate with. It is a negotiated acquisition, not an open grant round; other providers may express interest by Oct. 16. https://501c3.help/herald/pennsylvania-environmental-education-grants-nonprofits/ https://501c3.help/herald/pennsylvania-environmental-education-grants-nonprofits/ Fri, 09 Oct 2026 21:08:00 +0000 Environment The state's Department of Environmental Protection offers grants of up to $5,000, $30,000 or $65,000 for projects that teach about air, water, land use or climate change, with priority for environmental justice areas. Projects run from July 2027 to June 2028. https://501c3.help/herald/senate-bill-nonprofit-security-grants-guards-off-duty-police/ https://501c3.help/herald/senate-bill-nonprofit-security-grants-guards-off-duty-police/ Fri, 09 Oct 2026 21:08:00 +0000 Faith Sens. Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper announced on Oct. 9 a companion to the House's Safe Spaces for All Act. Its text makes the same changes to the Nonprofit Security Grant Program and does not yet carry a Senate bill number. https://501c3.help/herald/great-plains-grassland-fund-ranchers-conservation-easements/ https://501c3.help/herald/great-plains-grassland-fund-ranchers-conservation-easements/ Fri, 09 Oct 2026 17:09:00 +0000 Environment The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation launched the Great Plains Grassland Fund on Oct. 7 with $9 million from the Walmart Foundation and $9 million from McDonald's USA and its suppliers. Nonprofits, governments and Tribes may apply by Jan. 27. https://501c3.help/herald/houston-philanthropies-fund-pathways-to-independence-homelessness/ https://501c3.help/herald/houston-philanthropies-fund-pathways-to-independence-homelessness/ Fri, 09 Oct 2026 17:09:00 +0000 Food & Housing Pathways to Independence, announced Oct. 7 with the city, Harris County and the Coalition for the Homeless of Houston/Harris County, is a three-year effort to give people quicker, more flexible help than federal housing programs allow. https://501c3.help/herald/ice-review-voter-registration-nonprofits/ https://501c3.help/herald/ice-review-voter-registration-nonprofits/ Fri, 09 Oct 2026 17:09:00 +0000 Law & Policy A June 1 report by Homeland Security Investigations, released Oct. 7 by Democracy Forward after a records request, says 82 groups were reviewed in Pennsylvania alone. DHS says it does not comment on active investigations. https://501c3.help/herald/san-diego-foundation-affordable-housing-construction-financing/ https://501c3.help/herald/san-diego-foundation-affordable-housing-construction-financing/ Fri, 09 Oct 2026 17:09:00 +0000 Food & Housing The partnership, announced on Oct. 6 as ground was broken on 38 studio apartments in North Park, pays for construction of housing projects rather than making grants. Its first four projects are to create 257 affordable homes. https://501c3.help/herald/chesapeake-bay-watershed-grants-restoration-projects/ https://501c3.help/herald/chesapeake-bay-watershed-grants-restoration-projects/ Thu, 08 Oct 2026 17:09:00 +0000 Environment The awards, announced Oct. 2 in Smithfield, Va., go to nonprofits, conservation districts, local governments, universities and a tribe across six states and the District of Columbia. EPA put the total at more than $90 million. https://501c3.help/herald/court-strikes-immigration-checks-head-start-health-centers/ https://501c3.help/herald/court-strikes-immigration-checks-head-start-health-centers/ Thu, 08 Oct 2026 17:09:00 +0000 Law & Policy Judge Mary S. McElroy ruled Sept. 21 that four departments skipped the public comment such rules require and that the Justice Department exceeded its authority. The agencies may still write new rules the regular way. https://501c3.help/herald/denver-voter-approved-tax-nonprofits-oversight/ https://501c3.help/herald/denver-voter-approved-tax-nonprofits-oversight/ Thu, 08 Oct 2026 17:09:00 +0000 Law & Policy Bills passed 11 to 0 on Oct. 5 let the city keep up to 1 percent of each fund for its own oversight and bar spending on alcohol. Caring for Denver also comes under the state open records law and may spend up to 7 percent on administration, up from 5. https://501c3.help/herald/federal-bill-nonprofit-security-grants-paid-in-advance/ https://501c3.help/herald/federal-bill-nonprofit-security-grants-paid-in-advance/ Thu, 08 Oct 2026 17:09:00 +0000 Faith Reps. Susie Lee and María Elvira Salazar introduced the Nonprofit Security Grant Program Funding Improvement Act on Oct. 5. Nonprofits awarded the grants now pay for security work first and are repaid later. The bill is in committee. https://501c3.help/herald/georgia-chip-housing-grants-nonprofits-local-governments/ https://501c3.help/herald/georgia-chip-housing-grants-nonprofits-local-governments/ Thu, 08 Oct 2026 17:09:00 +0000 Food & Housing The state Department of Community Affairs is taking applications through Jan. 31 for its 2027 Community HOME Investment Program, which pays to repair owner-occupied homes and build single-family homes for low-income buyers. Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) or 501(c)(4) status may apply. https://501c3.help/herald/head-start-performance-standards-rewrite-proposal/ https://501c3.help/herald/head-start-performance-standards-rewrite-proposal/ Thu, 08 Oct 2026 17:09:00 +0000 Education The proposed rule would replace the Head Start Program Performance Standards with a shorter set, drop federal ratios and service hours, and lower the cap on administrative costs from 15% to 5%. North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein asked HHS to keep the federal standards. https://501c3.help/herald/investigation-donor-advised-fund-grants-ekal-sewa/ https://501c3.help/herald/investigation-donor-advised-fund-grants-ekal-sewa/ Thu, 08 Oct 2026 17:09:00 +0000 Philanthropy The investigation, published Oct. 6, counts grants from 34 fund sponsors to Ekal USA and Sewa USA from 2020 to 2024, most through Fidelity Charitable, the American Online Giving Foundation and DAFgiving360. Sewa USA says it is not an RSS affiliate. https://501c3.help/herald/nashville-barnes-fund-largest-affordable-housing-grant-round/ https://501c3.help/herald/nashville-barnes-fund-largest-affordable-housing-grant-round/ Thu, 08 Oct 2026 17:09:00 +0000 Food & Housing Round 16 of the Barnes Housing Trust Fund is the largest in the fund's history, Metro Nashville says. The Metro Council began voting on the grant agreements on Oct. 6 and expects to finish by the end of November. https://501c3.help/herald/openai-foundation-people-first-ai-fund-grantees/ https://501c3.help/herald/openai-foundation-people-first-ai-fund-grantees/ Thu, 08 Oct 2026 17:09:00 +0000 Philanthropy The second round of the People-First AI Fund, announced Oct. 1, gives unrestricted grants to nonprofits in 35 states and the District of Columbia. They were picked from 1,669 applications, and the foundation aims to pay every grant in full by the end of 2026. https://501c3.help/herald/pennsylvania-senate-passes-games-of-chance-prize-limit/ https://501c3.help/herald/pennsylvania-senate-passes-games-of-chance-prize-limit/ Thu, 08 Oct 2026 17:09:00 +0000 Law & Policy Senate Bill 995 passed 49 to 0 on Oct. 5 and goes to the House. The same day the Senate passed a bill letting clubs keep half their proceeds from the games, up from 40 percent. https://501c3.help/herald/texas-fund-for-veterans-assistance-grant-applications/ https://501c3.help/herald/texas-fund-for-veterans-assistance-grant-applications/ Thu, 08 Oct 2026 17:09:00 +0000 Veterans The Texas Veterans Commission takes applications for its Fund for Veterans' Assistance until Dec. 2. Grants for the 2028 funding period run 24 months and range from $50,000 to $600,000, and an applicant may receive up to three. https://501c3.help/herald/sparklight-charitable-giving-fund-fall-grants/ https://501c3.help/herald/sparklight-charitable-giving-fund-fall-grants/ Sun, 04 Oct 2026 21:08:00 +0000 Philanthropy The internet provider, a Cable One brand, takes applications through Oct. 31 for $125,000 in grants for education and digital literacy, hunger relief and community development. Recipients will be named in December.