The Mildred’s Dream Foundation (MDF) provides grants to community-based non-profit organizations, across priority focus areas that help us meet the mission.
Donor Name: Mildred’s Dream Foundation
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 07/17/2026
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
Focus Areas
All grant requests must align with at least one (1) of these key areas:
- Education (with a focus on access, diversity and/or inclusion for children)
- Violence Prevention and Survivor Support (with a focus on domestic violence and sexual assault and including dating violence, stalking and abuse prevention)
- Physical and/or Mental Health Challenges
Funding Information
Grants Up to $25,000.
Eligibility Criteria
For an organization to be eligible to receive a grant from MDF, it must:
- Be designated by the Internal Revenue Service as a non-profit under 501(c)(3) of the U.S. Tax Code.
- Provide direct services, programming and/or advocacy in one (1) of the focus areas listed below.
- Must have been established as a nonprofit for at least one (1) year prior to the grant application deadline.
- Starting this grant cycle, any organization that has received three (3) consecutive years of funding in the areas of
- Education or Health will be required to take a year off from applying for funding.
- Priority is given to applicants seeking funding for programs or less, as MDF aims to support initiatives where its grant can represent a meaningful portion of the program’s overall funding (typically up to 10%).
Ineligibility
- MDF does not provide grants to the following institutions or organizations:
- Colleges and universities or programs directly connected to such educational institutions;
- Hospitals and medical facilities, or programs directly connected to such facilities;
- Politically affiliated organizations or groups;
- Religious institutions and facilities, or primary and secondary schools which exclude students based on religious affiliation, or because of race, color, national origin, sexual orientation or gender Identity;
- Private schools which do not provide access to underserved populations;
- Any organization that limits their program or activities based on protected status, unless the program Is designed to serve the specific service-based needs of a population;
- Any organization with current unrestricted funding which can be used to cover the program costs, or a portion of the costs, requested;
- Organizations with an endowment which can be used to cover the program costs, or a portion of the costs requested.
- MDF does not provide funding for the following activities or purposes:
- Scholarships for individuals for any purpose;
- Lobbying and legislative efforts;
- Capital projects, including the purchase of land, a building, renovations of a building, equipment, or furniture; – AND
- Endowments.
For more information, visit MDF.
