Community Grants Program - Event Support Grants
Funding Amount
$100 - $500
Deadline
Rolling (quarterly review)
Grant Type
Foundation
Deadline history & next window
- Cycle
- Rolling — applications accepted year-round
- Tracked since
- April 2026
From the program guidelines: “Status: Active, available year-round”
Can we apply?
Check your organization against each line. Taken from the listing; confirm with the funder's guidelines.
Other requirements
- Physical events
- Virtual events
- Rust-focused community gatherings
- Global
Overview
Financial awards made to support events (both physical and virtual) in the Rust community.
Eligible Events
- Physical events
- Virtual events
- Rust-focused community gatherings
Application Timeline
- Applications available year-round
- No specific application deadlines
What Rust Foundation actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2025
- Grants in 2025
- 2
- Total given
- $90K
- Median grant
- $45K
- Range
- $40K–$50K
- By dollars: Pennsylvania 56%, California 44%. Top recipient cities: Pittsburgh, PA; La Jolla, CA.
Example grants
Carnegie Mellon University · Pittsburgh, PA
Financial support for the borrowsanitizer project
$50K
Uc San Diego · La Jolla, CA
Part of a community wide effort to verify the rust standard libraries for safety
$40K
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