2025 Grant Opportunities
Annual Grant Program
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: Rolling Grants and 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
Who Can Apply:
Brown County School District
Required Focus of Application:
School instructional focus
+ Catholic Schools Grant
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 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.
+ Request For Proposals (RFPs)
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.