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Community. Sustainability. Change.

Think you’re a good candidate for a small grant from The Community Corps?

We’d love to hear all about it – and you. Please apply below!

(Or download a blank copy of the application to consider while you put your materials together.)

PLEASE NOTE: Applications are closed for the first round of 2026. The next round of applications is due by midnight 12/31/26.

Small Grant Application

About You

Name

First

Last

Phone

Other contact info

About the Project

In your answers below, please describe your planned project as clearly as you CURRENTLY can. We understand that details are subject to change!

Project Name

“Elevator Pitch” one-paragraph description of your project. Please describe all stakeholders (program directors, staff, participants, and beneficiaries) and at least one specific goal.

Where will your project take place?

When will your project take place?

How much will the project cost, in total?

How much are you requesting from The Community Corps?

IMPORTANT: Were you to receive less than the full amount you’re requesting from The Community Corps, would the project continue? How would you acquire alternate funding?

Bigger Questions

Each of the questions below is essential to your application. The Community Corps cannot evaluate applications appropriately without the answers to these questions.

Your answers may, however, take any form you choose, as long as they clearly and concisely answer the question. Question 3, for example, may best be answered with a formal budget, and question 2 may require a formal timeline, while other questions may be best served with longer answers.

Please use your best judgement – and your creativity and personal style! – as you answer.

What are the goals of this project?

What specific steps will you take to achieve these goals?

What specific costs will your project incur?

What community will benefit from this project? How are you related to that community?

In what ways does this project reflect values of sustainability and education?

How will you assess the effectiveness of your program? When would you submit a post-project assessment?

Anything Else

What don’t we know about you that will help us understand you and your project better?

If you are human, leave this field blank.