Boots on the Ground
Funding Amount
Up to $25,000
Deadline
Deadline not published
Grant Type
Foundation
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Size & budget
- Organizations with operating budgets of less than $1 million
- Operating budgets less than $1 million
Overview
Geographic Scope: Greater Cincinnati region
Focus Area: Capacity Building
Funding Purpose: This funding strengthens the capacity of small, community rooted organizations with operating budgets of less than $1 million. The nonprofits receiving funding demonstrate deep community involvement in their decision-making – often creating solutions that are designed by those who are directly impacted. This competitive program is made possible through a partnership with the City of Cincinnati.
Target Applicants:
- Small nonprofits
- Operating budgets less than $1 million
- Community-rooted organizations with deep community involvement in decision-making
RFP Status: RFP closed
Partnership: City of Cincinnati
- Phone: 513-768-6108
- Email: [email protected]
What The Greater Cincinnati Foundation actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2024
- Grants in 2024
- 1,408
- Total given
- $184.42M
- Median grant
- $20K
- Range
- $5,050–$46.12M
- By dollars: Ohio 38%, Virginia 29%, District of Columbia 12%. Top recipient cities: Cincinnati, OH; Washington, DC; New York, NY.
- 0% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
- 36% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.
Example grants
Nature Conservancy Inc National · Arlington, VA
Programatic support
$46.12M
Conservation International Foundation · Washington, DC
Programatic support
$10.97M
Charities Aid Foundation of America · Alexandria, VA
Programatic support
$4.2M
United Way of Greater Cincinnati · Cincinnati, OH
Programatic support
$4.13M
Bonneville Environmental Foundation · Portland, OR
Programatic support
$4.07M
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Nonprofits
- Capacity building
- Small grants
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