APPLY FOR A TREVOR TCR COMMUNITY INVESTMENT GRANT
Do you have a world-changing idea that could use our support? If so, we award Community Investment grants year-round, and accept applications per these quarterly deadlines:
March 31 (decisions announced May 1)
June 30 (decisions announced August 1)
September 30 (decisions announced November 1)
December 31 (decisions announced February 1)
Read about our most recent Community Investments!
How to Apply for a Community Investment Grant
Applying for a Trevor TCR Community Investment grant is an easy process designed to give us progressive understanding of your idea + organization. Here’s how it works:
Before applying for a grant, review our Community Investments and Eligibility Guidelines below, then send us a Letter of Inquiry addressing these questions (450 words or less on letterhead)*:
What is your organization (name, address, website and nonprofit status/fiscal sponsor)?
What do you do (mission, programs, people and impact)?
Which Community Investment grant are you interested in and why?
After reviewing your Letter of Inquiry, we’ll either invite you to submit an application, or let you know why your idea may not be a fit for us now, but could be in the future. If you are invited to submit an application, please note your Letter of Inquiry will be your application cover sheet!
Send your Letter of Inquiry to: grants@trevortcr.org
Community Investments and Eligibility Guidelines
Trevor TCR has four grant categories (Community Health & Wellness, Education & Educational Opportunity, Enterprise & Economic Innovation, Arts & Expression) and because we encourage all good ideas, our eligibility requirements are minimal and what we look for is broad.
Eligibility Requirements
We accept grant requests that align with one or more Trevor TCR Community Investment grant categories from organizations and initiatives with verified nonprofit status or a US-based fiscal sponsor and, ideally, 18 months of established operations. We don’t fund individuals or capital campaigns, and only consider one grant-request per applicant for each deadline.
What We Look For
We don’t have a standard investment “profile,” but our most competitive applicants have direct interaction with the people they impact, plus a clear understanding of how their work positively affects community, and how our grant(s) can quantifiably support that mission.
Community Health & Wellness ideas and innovations that improve individual physical, mental and/or emotional health and address gaps and/or needs in community health
Education & Educational Opportunity ideas and innovations that provide academic, vocational and/or professional development opportunities for youth and/or marginalized communities
Creative Enterprise ideas and innovations that invest in employment initiatives, small business incubators, micro-lending and other services that support grassroots economic growth
Arts & Expression ideas and innovations that involve multiple creators and/or community in the production of publicly-accessible works that celebrate arts, culture and community expression
We have an open mind and spirit when it comes to ‘what we look for’ with our Community Investment grants. So, if after reading all this you’re not sure your big idea fits our big vision, send us a Letter of Inquiry--see above!
Read about our most recent Community Investments!