2025 Grant Opportunities

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Annual Grant Program

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Who Can Apply:
Nonprofit organizations, school districts, or government agencies located in or substantially serving the following Illinois counties: Adams, Brown, Cass, Greene, Hancock, McDonough, Morgan, Pike, Schuyler, and Scott. Tracy family members living outside these counties may issue a very limited number of invitations to organizations in their communities.

Required Focus of Application:
Education, Families, Youth, Mental Health, or Brown County, IL.

TFF has two Annual Grant application review processes:

1) Rolling Grants

2) Cycle Grants.

You can learn more about the annual grant application process and the Tracy Family Foundation’s due dates and processes here.

If your program and/or project does not align with one of the foundation’s Focus Areas, then you may be eligible to apply to Dot Foods’ Charitable Grant Program.

The following programs fall under the Annual Grant Program and have separate eligibility guidelines:

+ Brown County Public School Grant Program

Who Can Apply:
Brown County School District
Required Focus of Application:
School instructional focus

+ Catholic Schools Grant Program

Who Can Apply:
Catholic Schools located in the Illinois counties of Adams, Brown, Cass, Greene, Hancock, McDonough, Morgan, Pike, Schuyler, and Scott. Additional Catholic Schools by invitation only.
Required Focus of Application:
Academic Excellence, Catholic Identity, Enrollment, & Financial Stability
*Requests must be tied directly to the school’s current strategic plan

+ Early Learning Library Grant Program

Who Can Apply:
Libraries located in the Illinois counties of Adams, Brown, Cass, Greene, Hancock, McDonough, Morgan, Pike, Schuyler, and Scott.
Required Focus of Application:
Early Childhood Literacy Initiatives


Other Opportunities

+ Capacity Building Grant Program

Who Can Apply:
Nonprofit organizations, schools, or government agencies 1) located in the Illinois counties of Adams, Brown, Cass, Greene, Hancock, McDonough, Morgan, Pike, Schuyler, and Scott or 2) that have received a TFF Annual Grant in the past 5 years.
Required Focus of Application:
Organizational effectiveness
Learn more about TFF's Capacity Building grant program here.

+ Youth Trip Grant Program

Who Can Apply:
Nonprofit organizations, schools, and churches located in the Illinois counties of Adams, Brown, Cass, Greene, Hancock, McDonough, Morgan, Pike, Schuyler, and Scott who are planning a youth service, learning or spiritual trip in the United States or internationally.
Required Focus of Application:
Service, learning, or spiritual formation Learn more about TFF's Youth Trip grant program here.


Requests For Proposals (RFPs)

Each RFP is announced via email with instructions on how to apply. Click here to sign up for TFF’s email list.

+ Education RFP

Who Can Apply:
Schools located in the Illinois counties of Adams, Brown, Cass, Greene, Hancock, McDonough, Morgan, Pike, Schuyler, and Scott.
Required Focus of Application:
School Culture

+ Youth RFP

Who Can Apply:
Youth serving nonprofit organizations and churches located in the Illinois counties of Adams, Brown, Cass, Greene, Hancock, McDonough, Morgan, Pike, Schuyler, and Scott.
Required Focus of Application:
Youth Leadership

+ Mental Health RFP

Who Can Apply:
Nonprofit organizations, schools, and churches located in the Illinois counties of Adams, Brown, Cass, Greene, Hancock, McDonough, Morgan, Pike, Schuyler, and Scott.
Required Focus of Application:
To Be Determined - Stay Tuned!

+ Family Dinner Project RFP

Who Can Apply:
Nonprofit organizations, schools, and churches located in the Illinois counties of Adams, Brown, Cass, Greene, Hancock, McDonough, Morgan, Pike, Schuyler, and Scott.
Required Focus of Application:
Family mealtime, health, and conversation.