• Read more about 2026 Educating Character Initiative: Collaboration and Community Across U.S. Higher Education

The Educating Character Initiative aims to equip a wide range of public and private institutions of higher education––including, but not limited to, major research universities, liberal arts colleges, community colleges, military academies, Historically Black Colleges and Universities, religi

• Read more about Call for LOIs (Racial, Economic, and Environmental Justice)

Over the last three decades, NCF has awarded nearly half a billion dollars in funding to support movements, organizations, and individuals pursuing justice for people and the planet. We embrace a “totality of assets” approach to impact, meaning we leverage the full power of our financial and non-financial resources to support our partners’ solutions. We want to learn from, work with, and support organizations that share our commitment to advancing racial, economic, and environmental justice (REEJ).

• Read more about Early Childhood Education Funding Cycle

The spring 2026 funding cycle will support nonprofit organizations and projects that align with our Innovation and Proven Professional Development (PD) strategies. These strategies specifically fund professional development organizations, early childhood networks, institutions of higher education, and local and state early childhood departments that are designing and/or implementing larger-scale models (at 5+ early childhood programs). Here is more information about these strategies.

• Read more about Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation Grants

Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation seeks to dramatically improve the lives of underserved communities across the globe by supporting scalable, innovative, and impact-first solutions that leverage existing systems and stakeholders. Our goal is to find social entrepreneurs with dynamic products or services that have a proven ability to positively impact the lives of underserved people, and nurture those organizations at the early stages by providing capacity, capital, and community.

• Read more about Clare Boothe Luce Program for Women in STEM

The Clare Boothe Luce Program for Women in STEM is dedicated to significantly increasing the number of women in math, science and engineering at every level of higher education.

• Read more about Social, Political, and Economic Inequality

The Russell Sage Foundation’s Social, Political, and Economic Inequality program focuses on the causes and consequences of social, political, and economic inequalities in the U.S. The program examines the factors that contribute to social, political, and economic inequalities in the U.S., and the extent to which those inequalities affect social, political, psychological, and economic outcomes such as educational and labor market access and opportunities, social and economic mobility within and across generations, and civic participation and representation.

• Read more about Future of Work

The Russell Sage Foundation’s program on the Future of Work supports innovative research on the causes and consequences of changes in the quality of jobs for low- and moderately paid workers and their families in the U.S. We seek investigator-initiated research proposals that will broaden our understanding of the role of changes in employer practices, the nature of the labor market and public policies on employment, earnings, and job quality.