Quest for the Best- Financial Grant

Quest for the Best- Financial Grant

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: Quest for the Best®
Last Updated: April 03, 2025

Summary

Quest for the Best® is dedicated to enhancing the quality of life in Pennsylvania by providing project-based grants to 501(c)(3) organizations. The grant aims to support initiatives that focus on long-term sustainability, secured co-funding, and specific programs. Priorities include police and nurse training, education for underserved communities, and humanitarian efforts such as clean water access. The funder emphasizes local impact and requires matching contributions for grant requests.

Overview

Our Mission Quest for the Best® strives for a better tomorrow by providing funds and/or services to those who are committed to strengthening the common good of mankind. The legal professionals of Quest for the Best® provide business and transactional legal services to organizations recognized as tax exempt under Section 501 (c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code serving the disadvantaged and enhancing the quality of life in Pennsylvania. We do not undertake litigation, criminal or intellectual property matters. Each request is reviewed individually, and Quest for the Best® reserves the right to determine if we will accept a matter after review of all facts provided. Grantmaking Criteria We consider requests for funding that meet the overall mission and goals of Quest for the Best. These include initiatives that: Include plans for long-term sustainabilityHave secured co-fundingSupport specific programs, projects and equipment Focus We focus on the following areas: police and nurse training, education for underserved communities, funding for wildlife and environmental conservation, and humanitarianism, specifically clean water, homelessness, hunger, and support for those suffering through the opioid epidemic.

Eligibility

You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website. Quest for the Best provides funds for project-based grants. A “project-based” grant request is an application for funding for a specific project, program or purchase. Examples of previously approved project-based grant requests include a request to purchase furniture for a Shelter’s family room, a request to purchase computers for a museum, funds to support an after-school program’s trip to tour multiple colleges and funds to support a specific program at a zoo. Our grants are subject to a matching requirement. Only newly received gifts of cash or securities, in hand, valued at the time of transfer, and designated for our supported project, qualify as matching contributions. Pledges do not qualify. If we award a matching grant we may pay matching funds in installment amounts specified in our award letter.We primarily provide grants to organizations in the United States that have been determined by the IRS to be 501(c) (3) charities. While not our exclusive focus, we do give priority to nonprofit organizations operating on the local level (or an affiliate/chapter of a larger organization that operates locally) providing direct benefits to the Pennsylvania region.

Ineligibility

We do not provide support to individuals.We also do not fund religious organizations and institutions when the resulting impact of the project is primarily denominational. We do not fund election campaigns or political activities.Generally, we do not offer operating support, meaning we do not provide funds for expense items such as salaries, overhead, training or general administrative expenses.We may limit funding to the same project or organization when multiple funding requests are made less than one year apart.