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Search our list of organizations that provide funds for service-learning on an ongoing basis.

For time-sensitive funding and grants competitions, visit our Funding Opportunities page. For general information on grants and funding, visit our Funding topic page.

Total number: 162


J. P. Morgan Chase Foundation Grants	The mission of the foundation is to "build long-term partnerships with the nonprofit, non-governmental organizations and public schools whose success is vital to the prosperity and growth of those communities." The foundation supports grants for community economic development, faith-based projects, financial literacy, and public education.
Jack Kent Cooke Foundation	The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation is an innovation fund that "provides grants to nonprofit organizations to spark the creation or expansion of innovative education programs in a particular field each year."
Kids Gardening	Provides information on grants from the National Gardening Association. Youth Garden Grants are awarded to schools, neighborhood groups, community centers, camps, clubs, treatment facilities, and intergenerational programs throughout the United States. Each grant consists of an assortment of quality tools, seeds, and garden products.
Kresge Foundation, The	The Kresge Foundation provides challenge grants for building construction or renovation through its Bricks and Mortor Programs, including the purchase of major equipment and real estate. In addition, it offers a Scientific Iniative challenge grant program to upgrade and endow scientific equipment and instruments in colleges and universities, teaching hospitals, medical schools, and research institutions.
Learn and Serve America	Learn and Serve America has made available approximately 3,200,00 dollars for school-based service-learning programs. Awards will be made through a national competition to organizations addressing homeland security concerns through the active participation of students (ages 5-17) engaged in service-learning activities in their schools and communities.
Michigan Campus Compact: Grants	Michigan Campus Compact offers grant opportunities to member campuses to support community service, service-learning, civic engagement and campus-community partnerships.
mtvU Grants	mtvU Grants will help fund a new student-run community service organization, or a new project being undertaken by an existing organization. Grants are awarded for original ideas about how to make the world, or a campus, a better place. Winners may be featured on mtv News.
National 4-H Council Grants Program	The National 4-H Grants program offers grants for youth in local communities, in counties, and on the state level. These grants provide opportunities for young people and adults to take action on issues critical to their lives, their families, and their communities. Youth take the lead in the design of the project, the proposal writing process, the implementation, and the evaluation of funded projects.
National Book Scholarship Fund (NBSF)	The National Book Scholarship Fund (NBSF), sponsored by ProLiteracy Worldwide, awards annual funds and grants for supplies books and materials to local literacy programs, ranging from 500 to 7000 dollars with 20 percent matching required.
National Council for the Social Studies, CiviConnections Grants	Offers teacher training grants for projects that link local history and civics with community service-learning activities.