Scroll down to explore this week's grants. Deadlines are always approaching, so take a look and see which ones might be the right fit for your nonprofit.

Happy grant writing!

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Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation

Provides seed funding to nonprofits for new and clinically impactful research in pediatric oncology.

Deadline: October 15, 2026

https://www.alexslemonade.org/researchers-reviewers/applicants

Youth Service America

Two upcoming programs:

1) Offers grants to nonprofits to promote and organize Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service projects that engage youth volunteers in community service.

Deadline: October 25, 2026

https://ysa.org/campaigns/mlkday/

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2) Supports nonprofits, afterschool programs, and other community organizations for the creation or expansion of Youth Councils and youth leadership structures that promote youth voice and decision-making.

Deadline: October 25, 2026

https://ysa.org/campaigns/mlkday/

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Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention

Supports nonprofits to implement youth substance-use prevention programs in schools and community settings in coordination with law enforcement.

Deadline: November 9, 2026

https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/363902

Costco

Costco’s charitable efforts focus on programs that support children, education, and health and human services in the communities where it does business.  

Rolling Deadline

https://forms.benevity.org/eb5f89d4-4631-4c20-8681-0186712671a0

W.K. Kellogg Foundation

Supports communities, children, and families as they strengthen and create conditions that propel vulnerable children to achieve success. Funding priorities include programs focused on thriving children, working families, and building equitable communities. Submit letter of inquiry.

Rolling Deadline

 www.wkkf.org

Kars4Kids

Supports educational initiatives from nonprofits whose work is impacting children. Focus areas include youth development, mentorship, and education. Previous grantees include Girls on the Run, Big Brothers Big Sisters, Boys & Girls Clubs, Treasures 4 Teachers, and many more.

Rolling Deadline

https://www.kars4kidsgrants.org/

NBA Foundation

Supports organizations that provide skills training, mentorship, professional coaching, and pipeline development to foster employment and career advancement for under-resourced youth ages 14-24.

Applications accepted October 1 to October 31, 2026

https://nbafoundation.nba.com/grants/

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