Professional Development Grants for Nonprofits

Last updated August 10, 2026

There are currently 1,274 active professional development grants in Grantable's free grants database, drawn from foundation sources and updated daily.

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Type	Grant	Funder	Deadline ▲	Amount
Foundation	Sally Kinsman Scholarship	Scte Foundation Inc	Rolling	Varies
Foundation	Springboard Fellowship	Hillel the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life	Rolling	From $40K
Foundation	Communication Pedagogy Grant	National Communication Association	Rolling	Varies
Foundation	Upper Valley Teaching Place Collaborative (UVTPC) Mini-Grants for Place-Based Education	Vital Communities Inc	Rolling	Up to $1K
Foundation	Education Reimbursement Program	Cheyenne County Hospital & Health Center	Rolling	$10K
Foundation	Fellowships in Museum Practice (FMP)	Smithsonian Institution	Rolling	Varies
Foundation	Operations & Technology Emerging Innovator Award	Securities Industry and Financial	Rolling	Varies
Foundation	FORWARD Mentorship Program	The Ahla Foundation	Rolling	Varies
Foundation	Sir Geoff Palmer Scholarship Award for Brewing	Michael James Jackson Foundation For	Rolling	Varies
Foundation	Termeer Scholars Program	The Termeer Institute Inc	Rolling	Varies
Foundation	NTI Scholarship Grant	American Association of Critical-care Nurses	Rolling	Up to $2K
Foundation	Emerging Leaders Program	American Symphony Orchestra League	Rolling	Varies
Foundation	T. Kimball Brooker/Caxton Club Scholarship - Rare Book School	Caxton Club	Rolling	Varies
Foundation	Graduate Sabbatical Grants	Institute for Humane Studies	Rolling	Varies
Foundation	Alaska Children's Trust: Conference/Training Sponsorship Grant	Alaska Children's Trust	Rolling	Up to $1K
Foundation	Jewish Experiential Leadership Institute (JELI)	Jewish Community Centers Association Of	Rolling	Varies
Foundation	Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) Part-Time Virtual Program	Mercy Hospital Carthage	Rolling	$50 – $650
Foundation	Susan S. Spencer, MD Clinical Research Training Fellowship in Epilepsy Grant	American Epilepsy Society	Rolling	$150K
Foundation	NextGen Scholarship	American Society of Association	Rolling	Varies
Foundation	Jason Reynolds / Simon & Schuster Travel Grant	American Library Association (ALA)	Rolling	Up to $3K
Foundation	Women's Initiative (WIN) Endowed Scholarship	Certified Financial Planner Board Of	Rolling	Up to $5K
Foundation	Healthcare Scholarship Program	Oak Hills Memorial Foundation Inc	Rolling	Up to $5K
Foundation	Dinah F. B. Cohen Fellowship	Partners for Youth With	Rolling	$2K
Foundation	Oregon Well-Being Trust: Fourish Grant	Oregon Education Association	Rolling	Up to $350K

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About professional development grants

Professional development grants fund training, education, and skill-building — for nonprofit staff, educators, artists, researchers, or other professionals — such as conferences, courses, certifications, coaching, and capacity-building. They invest in people and organizational capability rather than programs or buildings, on the premise that stronger skills produce better outcomes. These grants can support individuals directly or help organizations train their teams.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is a professional development grant?

A professional development grant funds learning and skill-building activities — workshops, conferences, courses, certifications, coaching, or sabbaticals — that advance the capability of an individual or an organization's staff. The goal is to strengthen expertise, leadership, and capacity rather than to fund a specific program or project directly.

Who offers professional development grants?

These grants come from foundations with capacity-building or leadership-development priorities, professional associations and field-specific funders, employers and workforce programs, and community foundations. Some are awarded to organizations to train their teams, while others go directly to individuals such as educators, artists, or emerging nonprofit leaders.

Can individuals apply, or only organizations?

It depends on the funder. Many professional development grants are made to nonprofits or institutions to build the skills of their staff, but a number of programs — particularly fellowships, scholarships, and field-specific awards — fund individuals directly. Always check whether a given program accepts individual applicants and what eligibility, fields, or affiliations it requires.

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