KBCF Grants

The Key Biscayne Community Foundation (KBCF) is dedicated to making a lasting impact in Miami-Dade County and beyond through its grants. By supporting nonprofit organizations in various fields, KBCF addresses community needs, promotes collaboration, and enhances the quality of life. Their funding priorities include social change, youth development, and community transformation, aiming to improve the lives of residents through evidence-based programs and initiatives.

At the Key Biscayne Community Foundation, we strive for our grants to create real and lasting impact within the local and greater community. By creating an impact everyone can feel, KBCF is dedicated to making and facilitating change in Miami-Dade County, elsewhere in the U.S., and around the world. Through our discretionary grants, as well as the donor recommended grants, we have provided grants for everything from art programs for children hospitalized with cancer to healthy aging opportunities for seniors, and from disaster relief for Haiti post-earthquake to the Key Biscayne Citizen Scientist Program. The goal of the Key Biscayne Community Foundation is to use evidence-based programming to extend the reach of residents on the Key to the greater community, creating a lasting impact on families in need, and the environment.
KBCF Impact Goals Include:
Create change in the way community problems are addressed and solutions are implemented.Respond to emerging or changing needs through the provision of services or programs.Strengthen the capabilities of nonprofit agencies both in the delivery of programs and in organizational management, so that the unmet needs of our communities can be filled.
With our numerous philanthropic partners, KBCF supports nonprofit organizations and public institutions in fields such as the environment, science & technology, the arts, civic engagement, education, health & human services, and other areas of need as diverse as our region itself.
Foundation Priorities
The Foundation is most likely to fund projects that:
enhance the quality of life in the local , greater, and global community (for example, the arts, the environment, and educational programs for persons of all ages);build on the strengths and assets of people and organizations of the local, greater, and global community and engage in effective community development and problem solving;promote cooperation and collaboration among the organizations of the local, greater, and global community;promote the leadership and development of resources in identifying and meeting local needs; andrespond creatively and in a timely manner to existing or emerging community interests and challenges.
Types of Grants
Social Change GrantYouth Development GrantCommunity Transformation GrantDonor Advised Fund

Eligibility

Eligibility: Nonprofit, tax-exempt community-based organizations

Ineligibility

Programs generally not considered are:programs involving specifically religious or sectarian activities;political activities or organizations.