Community Grants Program - Hardship Grants
Funding Amount
$500 - $1,500
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?
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Other requirements
- Active maintainers of the Rust Project
- Those facing financial hardship
- Global
Overview
Financial awards made to active maintainers of the Rust Project facing financial hardship.
Eligibility
- Active maintainers of the Rust Project
- Those facing financial hardship
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
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Hardship
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