The Springboard Foundation is accepting applications for its Grant Program to improve the lives of youth in under-resourced Chicago communities through the support of grassroots educational afterschool programs and their intrepid leaders with our resources: time, treasure, knowledge, and network.
Donor Name: Springboard Foundation
State: Illinois
City: Chicago
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 02/01/2022
Size of the Grant: $5,000 – $20,000
Details:
The Foundation has made grants primarily to organizations that provide afterschool programs to Chicago’s youth. Their grants have been used to expand program capacity, staffing, transportation, and general operations.
The Foundation solicits proposals from outstanding, small, community-based programs working in under-resourced neighborhoods and their members visit each prospective grant recipient prior to making annual funding decisions.
Funding Information
- Grants range in size from $5,000 to $20,000 and are largely dependent on the number of years a program has been a Springboard grantee.
Eligibility Criteria
- To be eligible for a Springboard grant, first-time applicants must:
- Be a Chicago-based and/or serving 501(c)3 nonprofit organization
- Have an organizational budget of less than $100,000
- Provide afterschool programs operating sometime Monday through Friday between the hours of 3:00 pm to 7:00 pm.
For more information, visit Springboard grant.
