Allen P. and Josephine B. Green Foundation Grant

The Allen P. and Josephine B. Green Foundation Grant aims to enhance the quality of life in Missouri by supporting 501(c)(3) non-profit organizations. With a focus on human services, education, and community health, the foundation provides grants ranging from $1,000 to $50,000 annually. The application process is competitive, with deadlines twice a year, ensuring substantial support for impactful community projects. Interested organizations can find more details and apply through the foundation's website.

Background
The Allen P. and Josephine B. Green Foundation is a private foundation with approximately $11 million in assets. The Foundation accepts grant applications from publicly and privately supported, non-profit [501(c)(3)] organizations whose objectives and programs generally fit within the mission of the Foundation. The Foundation’s Board of Directors consists of eleven members who meet twice a year to award grants and conduct other business essential to the Foundation.
In 2011 the Foundation partnered with the Greater Kansas City Community Foundation in order to provide a more efficient and streamlined process for eligible organizations to submit requests and reports to the Green Foundation.
Areas of Interest
To support qualified organizations operating within the state of Missouri that relieve human misery, want and suffering regardless of age, race, religion or economic statusTo support both independent and institutional educational programs that develop and empower individuals of all ages to become more productive members of their communitiesTo establish, maintain, and support student scholarships that further the educational opportunities for and objectives of highly qualified candidatesTo contribute to regularly organized religious institutions, and the establishment, preservation and rehabilitation of historically significant places, assets, programs and that make a meaningful and positive impact in their communitiesTo support organizations and programs that seek to improve the health, wellness, longevity and happiness of members of their communitiesThe programs hereby referred to may be open to any qualified group which, in the discretion of the Board of Directors, falls within the purposes of the Foundation

Eligibility

Grant applicants must:
Be a 501(c)(3) organizationServe the geographical focus area of the FoundationThe geographic focus of the Green Foundation is limited to central Missouri, including the counties of Audrain, Boone, Callaway, Cole, Montgomery, Monroe, Pike, Ralls, and Randolph.

Ineligibility

The Foundation does not fund requests: To individuals
To projects and programs located outside of the United States
For lobbying, propagandizing, or for political campaigns
To requests deemed inappropriate for a variety of other​ reasonsOrganizations that receive an award are not eligible to apply again in the same or next calendar year.