CFPBMC: Competitive Grantmaking - Summer Program Grant

CFPBMC: Competitive Grantmaking - Summer Program Grant

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties
Amount: Up to US $75,000
Last Updated: November 01, 2025

Summary

The CFPBMC Summer Program Grant supports nonprofit organizations in Florida aiming to enhance community impact through strategic focus areas such as capacity building, economic opportunity, education and youth, and thriving communities. Grants of up to $75,000 are available for projects that align with these areas. Eligible organizations must be 501(c)(3) tax-exempt. The grant process encourages innovative solutions to community challenges, fostering collaboration and sustainable development.

Overview

NOTE: Summer Program Grant Requests - This is a one-step application process. The Summer Program Proposal outlines your project, the challenge you seek to solve, details on how you will approach your work, the staffing involved, the budgets, the projected outcomes, etc. Funding decisions will be made for summer programs based off the review of this proposal and a site visit.Here is the Year-Round Grant page. Competitive Grantmaking The role of Community Foundation’s Grantmaking is to seek opportunities proactively in the community that help residents achieve their greatest potential. Through an open competitive process, nonprofit organizations can apply for support where there is an alignment with one of the Community Foundation’s four strategic focus areas: Capacity Building, Economic Opportunity, Education and Youth, and Thriving Communities. Four Focus Areas Capacity BuildingGoal: To support, develop, and promote a network of services and resources that strengthen the quality and impact of the local nonprofit sector and community.Focus Area Strategies: The Foundation provides the following strategies as examples of the types of programs, services, and proposals that potential funding will be given to in the Capacity Building focus area. Organizations with a mission to support, enhance, improve, and grow high-quality nonprofit organizations and leadership.Programming is designed to support and improve Nonprofit Management and Nonprofit Leadership.Opportunities to provide local nonprofit leaders with short and long-term professional coaching, mentoring and guidance.Economic Opportunity Goal: To improve human capital by creating opportunities for strategic and effective workforce preparation leading to economic sufficiency.Focus Area Strategies: The Foundation provides the following strategies as examples of the types of programs, services, and proposals that potential funding will be given to in the Economic Opportunity focus area.Initiatives promoted by workforce alliances that effectively link employer demand with the educational resources necessary to building a continuum for workforce preparation for skilled workers.Occupational preparation and training for individuals targeted to specific occupations where worker shortages may exist and the potential for increased credentialing and earnings can be maximized.Programs that promote literacy – including economic (financial management), technical (information technologies), and reading – to develop life skills and prevent future impediments to achieving full academic or vocational potential.Programs and projects that assist workforce pipeline for unemployed or underemployed residents. Programs that provide support for small businesses and entrepreneurs.Education and Youth Goal: To provide youth with the opportunity to reach their fullest potential. Focus Area Strategies: The Foundation provides the following strategies as examples of the types of programs, services, and proposals that potential funding will be given to in the Education and Youth focus area.Evidence-based early childhood development programs for children and their families to integrate the process of education into daily living in order to improve likely future outcomes.Opportunities that provide support to address third grade literacy levels.Model high school retention programs for at-risk students, including coaching, internships, or leadership development that provides credentialing and support for pursuit of academic excellence.Programs that connect at-risk youth populations with opportunities that keep them on a positive life trajectory, i.e., mentoring.Thriving Communities Goal: To address a broad range of community needs so that residents can live healthy and vibrant lives.Strategy: The Foundation provides the following strategies as examples of the types of programs, services, and proposals that potential funding will be given to in the Thriving Communities focus area.Coalitions and partnerships that advocate and focus attention on affordable housing needs of low- and middle-income families. For example, social service providers joining with housing advocates, developers, and government officials in responding to the need for permanent, workforce and/or affordable rental housing.Initiatives assisting low- and middle-income households at high risk for foreclosures and/or homelessness with rent or mortgage support, legal assistance, counseling, and supports to ensure an equitable process and/or provide available resources and options to secure safe, affordable housing and achieve economic stability.Programs that provide access for uninsured or underinsured residents to address mental and/or physical health concerns. Programs addressing chronic health conditions in high-need areas will be prioritized. For example, diabetes, heart disease, and high blood pressure.Increasingly make arts and culture accessible for people with limited economic means.Small- to medium-sized Florida-based arts and cultural organizations that have experienced a significant cut in state-funding (15% or more of organizational budget).Opportunities that address hunger by providing food and assisting with access to support such as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).Improve the environment through education and efforts such as planting trees, improving coastal areas, or preserving natural resources.Projects that transform green spaces or create safe public spaces for residents to connect and engage. Funding Community Impact grants will be awarded as one-year grants, up to $75,000. Summer grants will be awarded seasonally

Eligibility

You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website. Community Foundation will consider requests from charitable organizations that are tax exempt under Internal Revenue Code (IRC) Section 501(c)(3). Organizations without this designation will need a fiscal sponsor. If you plan to use a fiscal sponsor, please contact our staff.General Operating Grants: Organizations are only eligible to apply for General Operating Support if both are true:the organization’s headquarters is located within Palm Beach or Martin Counties, andthe organizational budget is below $2 Million. Organizations whose headquarters is outside of our region or whose organizational budget is above $2M will not be considered for a general operating grant.Local Programming: We will only consider requests from organizations with programming directly benefiting residents of Palm Beach and/or Martin Counties.Number of Proposals: Only one proposal per organization can be submitted during this competitive grant process.

Ineligibility

We will not consider requests for any of the following:Annual appeal Capital campaigns or capital projects Agency endowments Event underwriting For-profit, parochial, charter, private, or individual public schools Intended for regranting Grant programs that received a competitive Community Foundation grant for three consecutive yearsGeneral operating support for organizations with HQ located outside of Palm Beach and Martin CountiesRequests for a specific individual Support to payoff past loans and debtsDiscrimination based on race, religion, national origin, disability, gender, veteran status, sexual orientation, or ageAnything outside of the organization’s general course of goods and services