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THIS GRANT’S FOCUS: Health/Wellness/Well-being, Community Organizing, Grassroots Advocacy, Nonprofit Support, Missouri, Illinois
Deadline: Oct. 30, 2025
“Seeding the Future Grants are general operating funds awarded for one year to organizations with proposals that align with Deaconess’ intended impact. Funding supports organizational and civic infrastructure expansion, advancement of public policies, and/or efforts impacting systems transformation through an intergenerational approach for the improved health and wellness of people in Eastern Missouri and Southern Illinois. This grant is designed to cultivate a partnership pipeline for the Movement Transformation Cohort.
Seeding the Future Grants are offered to support efforts that pursue accelerated change in conditions and systems transformation through coalition and base building, grassroots advocacy, civic engagement, community organizing, and public policy development/change that aims to improve conditions for community level well-being. Seeding the Future Grants are designed to be responsive to systems-change partners’ efforts to propel our work in alignment with our vision for the next seven generations. Funding is unrestricted and supports general operations. Funding may be used to address organizational needs, support salaries and benefits, invest in technology, strengthen communications efforts, or to meet other operational needs to advance systems change.
What are examples of efforts funding may support?
- Advancement of coordinated local or state public policy advocacy and organizing campaigns driving meaningful, systemic change that may include voter engagement, education and mobilization;
- Expansion of organizing capacity to respond to the ever-evolving legislative and electoral landscape;
- Development of research and analysis, convenings and community campaigns that generate innovative approaches to solving policy challenges; and/or
- The testing and incubating of opportunistic or innovative initiatives that are well- positioned to advance policy change such as ballot initiatives.”
Funder: Deaconess Foundation
Eligibility: “Organizations with their own 501(c)(3) tax exemption OR a fiscal agent that are working to improve conditions for community health and well-being through a systems transformation approach through coalition and base building, grassroots advocacy, civic engagement, community organizing and public policy development/change.”
Amount: $20,000
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