The Community Foundation for Southwest Washington is seeking applications for its Focus Grants.
Donor Name: Community Foundation for Southwest Washington
State: Washington
County: Clark County (WA), Cowlitz County (WA), Skamania County (WA)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: (mm/dd/yyyy) 08/31/2026
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
The Focus Grants support projects, programs and initiatives that provide underserved families and communities with access to the tools and opportunities needed to chart their own path toward resilience and prosperity.
Throughout history, policies have systemically excluded certain communities from the opportunities they all need to thrive, influencing their disproportionate experience of poverty. Through the strategic grantmaking, they are committed to reducing disparities in the following ways:
- Supporting organizations working to address the root causes of intergenerational poverty and create pathways for prosperity.
- Advancing policies and systems that center people with lived expertise.
- Prioritizing organizations led by members of the communities for which they serve.
- Reaching into local communities and actively engaging as a strategic partner to all the counties they serve.
- Increasing the capacity of organizations in the community whose work, mission and values align with the own.
- Investing in innovative, community-driven strategies to solve emerging and structural societal issues.
Priority Populations
The Focus Grant Program prioritizes investing in organizations working to disrupt the cycle of intergenerational poverty and create pathways for prosperity in the following populations with intersecting identities disproportionally impacted by economic, racial and/or social inequities in the region.
- Black, Indigenous, Latina/o/x, Native Hawaiian, Pasifika, Communities of Color
- Foster youth and foster youth aging out of system
- Immigrants and/or Refugees
- Historically under-resourced communities or communities lacking critical infrastructure
- People existing within or affected by the criminal justice system
- People living with behavioral health issues, including addiction and substance use disorder
- People living with disabilities (developmental, intellectual, neurodivergent, physical)
- People living on low incomes
- People who identify as LGBTQ2S+
- People who are unstably housed/unhoused
- Rural and distressed communities
- Survivors of domestic violence, gender violence, sex trafficking and/or child abuse
Funding Information
Ranging between $25,000 and $50,000.
Eligibility Criteria
- Nonprofits, fiscally sponsored projects, government and tribal agencies, churches, school districts and other public entities operating projects or programs in Clark, Cowlitz, or Skamania Counties are eligible for funding.
- They do not directly fund debt reduction, endowments, parent teacher associations, booster clubs, individuals, labor unions, businesses or other 501(c)(5) and 501(c) (6) organizations.
For more information, visit Community Foundation for Southwest Washington.
