Formal Funding

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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.

You can learn more about the Formal Funding grant application process and the Tracy Family Foundation’s annual grant cycles 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.


Capacity Building

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 ever received a TFF Formal Funding grant. 

Required Focus of Application:
Organizational effectiveness

You can learn more about TFF Capacity Building grant program here.


Brown County Public School Grant Fund

Who Can Apply:
Pre-K – Grade 12 Public School Districts in Mt. Sterling, Illinois

Required Focus of Application:
School instructional focus


Catholic Schools

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