How much funding does PFF Small Grants provide?

Funding amounts vary. Check the grant details for specifics.

When is the deadline for PFF Small Grants?

This grant has a rolling deadline or the deadline has not been announced.

How often is PFF Small Grants offered?

PFF Small Grants runs on a quarterly cycle.

PFF Small Grants

Q: Who is eligible for PFF Small Grants?

Required: 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status. Not funded: Or for the following; Political parties, candidates or political activities; Individuals; Religious organizations where the primary purpose is promotion of a specific religious doctrine; Event promotion (such as telethons, walk-a-thons, golf tournaments, parties); Past operating deficits; Travel or conference expenses; 509(a)(3) organizations.

Pincus Family Foundation

Foundation Grants for Nonprofits Grants for Grassroots Organizations Unrestricted Grants for Nonprofits Capacity Building Grants

Funding Amount

Varies

Deadline

Rolling / Open

Grant Type

Foundation

Deadline history & next window

Cycle: Quarterly
Tracked since: April 2026

From the program guidelines: “Grant application begins with a LOI or pre-application reviewed by the Board of Directors who meet quarterly to consider requests.”

Can we apply?

Check your organization against each line. Taken from the listing; confirm with the funder's guidelines.

Required status

501(c)(3) tax-exempt status

Other requirements

Grant application begins with a LOI or pre-application reviewed by the Board of Directors who meet quarterly to consider requests
Proposals that meet the Boards criteria are invited to submit a full grant application through an online process

Not eligible / not funded

Not eligible: Or for the following
Not eligible: Political parties, candidates or political activities
Not eligible: Individuals
Not eligible: Religious organizations where the primary purpose is promotion of a specific religious doctrine
Not eligible: Event promotion (such as telethons, walk-a-thons, golf tournaments, parties)
Not eligible: Past operating deficits
Not eligible: Travel or conference expenses
Not eligible: 509(a)(3) organizations

Overview

PFF Small Grants

Small Grants may help establish new relationships, allowing PFF to learn more about how well an organization's goals align with our own and possibly elevate our support level. Grantee partners may reapply after two years.

* Unrestricted General Operating Support
* Grassroots organizations with budgets up to $1MM
* One-time award
* Streamlined Application - LOI, followed by an interview, and, if warranted, a site visit
* A formal interview will take place at the end of the grant cycle

Grants are awarded in One of Two Ways:

* To build an organization’s capacity to achieve more significant impact or effectiveness
* To deliver or increase direct services to their constituency

Eligibility

_You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website._

* Organization must be a US based 501(c)3.
* Grant application begins with a LOI or pre-application reviewed by the Board of Directors who meet quarterly to consider requests.
* Proposals that meet the Boards criteria are invited to submit a full grant application through an online process.

Ineligibility

The Foundation will not make grants to or for the following:

* Political parties, candidates or political activities
* Individuals
* Religious organizations where the primary purpose is promotion of a specific religious doctrine
* Event promotion (such as telethons, walk-a-thons, golf tournaments, parties)
* Past operating deficits
* Travel or conference expenses
* 509(a)(3) organizations

What Pincus Family Foundation actually gave

Source: IRS Form 990-PF, 2025

Grants in 2025: 104
Total given: $5.33M
Median grant: $23K
Range: $1,000–$846K

By dollars: New York 43%, Pennsylvania 27%, Connecticut 7%. Top recipient cities: Philadelphia, PA; New York, NY; New Haven, CT.
34% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
16% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.

Example grants

Love Futbol · Brooklyn, NY

Philadelphia Growth and Expansion

$846K
Childrens Global Health Fund Inc · Mount Kisco, NY

General & Unrestricted

$700K
The Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund · Dallas, TX

Pincus Family Foundation Violence Prevention Scholarship Fund at Tulane University

$296K
Temple University of the Commonwealth System of HI · New York, NY

Pincus Urban Health Fellowship

$253K
Leadership Education and Athletics in Partnership · New Haven, CT

Bridge Grant-Emergency General Operating Funds

$150K