Humanities, Cultural Studies & Social Services

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Listed in Ascending Order of External Due Dates

(i.e. if it’s listed first it’s due to the sponsor sooner)

 

Funding Source: Barbara Deming Memorial Fund, Inc.

Amount: $500 – $2,000

Key Deadline: portal opens January 1 – 31, 2026

Details/Guidelines/Instructions:

Brief Overview:  Support grants ($500 – $2000) to individual feminist women in the arts with primary residence in the US and Canada. Money for Women especially encourages applications from writers and artists in the early and middle stages of their artistic development. To be successful, your application must be complete and follow the guidelines here.  Fiction & Visual Arts Awards – Apply January 1-31, in even years. Non-Fiction and Poetry Awards – Apply January 1-31, in odd years.

 

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Funding Source: Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize

Amount: $15,000 prize

Key Deadline: 01/15/2026

Details/Guidelines/Instructions: Application form

Brief Overview:  Each year a substantial cash prize is awarded annually to a woman who is a US citizen, and who has written the best book-length work of prose fiction, whether novel, short stories, or experimental writing. We are interested in calling attention to the work of a promising but less established writer.

 

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Funding Source: Creag Foundation Grant

Amount: Unspecified

Key Deadlines: Rolling

Details/Guidelines/Instructions: Grant Application – Creag Foundation

Brief Overview: Must submit an initial letter of inquiry. Previously funded uses of project funds include Education / Outreach, Project / Program, Capital Project, Research. The Creag Foundation is focused on innovation in the industry. We will consider proposals from 501(c)(3) organizations that are finding new ways to address societal issues facing the nonprofit community. Applicants must have held 501(c)(3) status for one year before submitting. If your organization has held 501(c)(3) status for over a year, and your believe that your organization has a new approach to an existing social problem or is addressing a previously unaddressed social issue, you are welcome to contact us and request that we consider your organization for a funding opportunity.

 

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Funding Source: Costco Wholesale Charitable Contributions Grant

Amount: Unspecified

Key Deadlines: Rolling

Eligibility: Must be a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, focusing on supporting children, education, and/or health and human services and Monetary requests only

Details/Guidelines/Instructions:

Brief Overview: Funds educational (Outreach, Project) programs. Costco Wholesale’s primary charitable efforts specifically focus on programs supporting children, education, and health and human services in the communities where we do business. Throughout the year we receive a large number of requests from nonprofit organizations striving to make a positive impact, and we are thankful to be able to provide support to a variety of organizations and causes. While we would like to respond favorably to all requests, understandably, the needs are far greater than our allocated resources and we are unable to accommodate them all.

 

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Funding Source: State Farm Good Neighbor Citizenship Company Grants

Amount: Unspecified

Key Deadlines: Rolling

Details/Guidelines/Instructions: Charitable funding or sponsorship request

Brief Overview: Funds the following types of grant mechanisms – community grants, safety grants, community development, education.

 

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Funding Source: Hearst Foundation: Culture Grant

Amount: $100,000 +

Key Deadlines: Rolling

Details/Guidelines/Instructions: Applying & Reporting – HearstFDN | Hearst Foundations

Brief Overview: The mission of the Hearst Foundations is to identify and fund outstanding nonprofits to ensure that people of all backgrounds in the United States can build healthy, productive and satisfying lives. Through its grantmaking, the Hearst Foundations support well-established nonprofit organizations that address significant issues within their major areas of focus—culture, education, health and social service—and that primarily serve large demographic and/or geographic constituencies. In each area of funding, the Foundations seek to identify those organizations achieving truly differentiated results relative to other organizations making similar efforts for similar populations. The Foundations also look for evidence of sustainability beyond their support.

 

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Funding Source: The Tony Robbins Foundation

Key Deadline: Rolling

Details/Guidelines/Instructions: Grants Request – The Tony Robbins Foundation

Brief Overview: The Tony Robbins Foundation is a nonprofit organization created to empower individuals and organizations to make a significant difference in the quality of life of people often forgotten. We’re dedicated to creating positive changes in the lives of youth, seniors, the hungry, homeless and the imprisoned population, all who need a boost envisioning a happier and deeply satisfying way of life. Our passionate staff, generous donors and caring group of international volunteers provide the vision, inspiration, and resources needed to empower these important members of our society.

 

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Funding Source: RDL Faculty and Staff Associates Program

Amount: Up to $30,000

Key Deadline: Applications are accepted on a rolling basis

Details/Guidelines/Instructions: RDL Faculty and Staff Associates Program

Brief Overview:  The RDL Faculty and Staff Associates Program empowers Rutgers faculty and staff to develop bold, interdisciplinary solutions to the complex challenges facing American democracy. Funding is available for selected proposals, which creates a unique opportunity to execute innovative projects with real-world impact.  Students are at the heart of the Rutgers Democracy Lab, so their incorporation into all project proposals is strongly encouraged.

 

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Funding Source: NSF 25-545: NSF STEM K-12 (STEM K-12)

Amount: $25,000 to $750,000 depending on the track and duration

Key Deadline: Rolling

Details/Guidelines/Instructions: Guidelines

Brief Overview: The NSF STEM K-12 program encourages multidisciplinary collaborations that bring together expertise and methodological approaches from various fields, including education research, social and behavioral sciences, implementation sciences, computer science, and all STEM disciplines. In addition, the program encourages partnerships that integrate perspectives from education research, education practice, and industry, as well as perspectives of learners and other critical stakeholders who would benefit from the work.  The program also welcomes quantitative, qualitative, mixed method approaches, and a range of research and/or development efforts across broad areas of scientific inquiry.