The Viking Foundation provides grants to support individuals, groups and activities that reflect its stated core values with measurable and/or observable results.
Donor Name: Viking Foundation
State: Nebraska, Colorado and Iowa
City: Lincoln, Denver and Des Moines
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 10/01/2025
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
The Foundation envisions supporting creative and flexible opportunities to enrich the lives of (mostly young) people who are less fortunate. The Foundation will accomplish this goal a few modest financial grants at a time.
- Young people are the world’s greatest resource.
- All people deserve an opportunity to learn and work and to learn to work.
- Recreation is an essential element in a quality-of-life formula.
- Good health results in a good life.
- Discrimination in any iteration is intolerable.
- Good and adequate food and clothing should be always available.
- Decent housing should be a right, not a privilege.
- Population control is important to the planet.
- The environment must be protected for future generations.
The following hypothetical examples are provided to demonstrate the myriad funding possibilities available from the foundation:
- helping to purchase a delivery van for local food bank,
- developing a child care program for high school age parents in a public school system,
- supporting an occupational training program for mentally or physically challenged youths,
- stocking new children’s books in a library branch, or
- employing a summer intern to manage an organization’s “Learn to Fish” program.
Funding Information
A minimum of $100,000 in funds will be awarded, with preference given to proposals in the $5,000 to $10,000 range.
Eligibility Requirements
The foundation will provide charitable grants again this year, on behalf of specific projects, to other 501(c)(3) organizations in Lincoln, NE metro area, Denver, CO metro area and Des Moines, IA metro Area.
For more information, visit Viking Foundation.
