Find Nonprofit and Small Business Grants

Proposals will be accepted from organizations based in Northeast Ohio, primarily those that have a significant impact on Cuyahoga County. Proposals from organizations located outside of NE Ohio will be considered only if invited by a Trustee.

To be eligible for support, an organization must be:
- Tax-exempt or operate under the fiscal sponsorship of a tax-exempt nonprofit
- Consistent with one or more of the focus areas
- Operated and organized so that it does not discriminate in the hiring of staff or provision of services on the basis of race, religion, gender or gender identity, sexual orientation, age, national origin, or disability.

Generally not funded:​
- Grants to individuals
- Sectarian religious activity
- Individual scholarships or grants, even if through an otherwise qualified organization
- Endowment funds
- Debt reduction
- Foreign operations or expenditures
- National fundraising campaigns or mass mailing campaigns
- Membership in civic organizations or trade associations
- Fraternal societies
- Funds for sponsorships for fundraising events, award events, banquets, golf outings, purchases of event tickets, etc.
- Private foundations or public charities with a non-private foundation status of 509(a)(3). If you are unsure of your 509(a) status, please consult your tax adviser.
- Annual support to local or national offices of organizations whose stated purpose is to combat a particular disease or family of diseases
- Organizations that do not provide services to Northeast Ohio or whose missions fall outside the program areas

Winter/Spring 2019 Grant Cycle
- Letter of Inquiries due February 15, 2019 by midnight.
- If invited (notified by March 11), proposals due April 23, 2019 by midnight.
- Decisions will be made in late May 2019.

Summer/Fall 2019 Grant Cycle
- Letter of Inquiries due August 15, 2019 by midnight.
- If invited (notified by September 24), proposals due November 21, 2019 by midnight.
- Decisions will be made in late December 2019.

LOIs and grant applications must be submitted through the online application system no later than midnight on the listed deadline dates. Please note, while they may be submitted anytime, LOIs received between deadlines will be held for consideration in the following grant cycle.

Deadlines: http://fowlerfamilyfdn.org/grantmaking/deadlines/

Application process: http://fowlerfamilyfdn.org/grantmaking/application-process/

Application instructions: http://fowlerfamilyfdn.org/grantmaking/apply/

Program Areas: http://fowlerfamilyfdn.org/grantmaking/program-areas/