Impact Grants

The Woodard & Curran Foundation will award a $100,000 Impact Grant in 2025 to support projects focused on watershed and groundwater management amid climate change. This grant encourages innovative approaches to enhance water conservation and disaster resilience. Eligible applicants are US-based 501(c)(3) nonprofits committed to environmental protection. The Foundation aims to fund initiatives that promise significant impact on local and global water issues, fostering sustainable solutions for communities in need.

Funding Philosophy
Woodard & Curran Foundation is a public nonprofit organization dedicated to making grants that empower local and global solutions for a healthier world. The Foundation's giving strategy focuses on this basic resource: clean water. Whether you live in an area where water supplies are plentiful or where water is scarce, concerns about water conservation, sanitation, and safe drinking water supplies are growing increasingly urgent, locally and globally.
In 2025 Woodard & Curran Foundation will award one 1-year $100,000 Impact Grant for a project that focuses on the protection and/or management of our watersheds and groundwater supplies in the face of climate change.
In 2025, we are seeking proposals for projects that focus on the protection, restoration, and/or management of our watersheds and/or groundwater basins in the face of climate change/natural disasters. Such projects could, for example, include management through reducing the impact of extreme weather events; innovative approaches to responsible land and water management; or remediation of impacted watersheds.
Our chief interest is in receiving strong applications for innovative projects that protect our water and environment and for which our grant funds will have the most impact.
See FAQ for additional informations.

Eligibility

US-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations applying for an Impact Grant must:Have received 501(c)(3) non-profit designation as of the date of the application and retain that status throughout the grant term.Not discriminate on the basis of race, age, ancestry or national origin, sexual orientation, gender, physical or mental disability, or religion.

Ineligibility

We do not accept applications from organizations that are based outside the US,Not be a political organization, a political action committee, or a house of worship.
We accept applications from organizations with religious affiliations if the project is not specific to or primarily to benefit a religious group.