Jay L. Smith Family Foundation Due Date: December 31, 2025 Funds U.S. nonprofits that strengthen families, advance healthcare, and support underserved communities. Priorities include Alzheimer’s and cancer research, elderly care, suicide prevention, and family violence clinics.
Due Dates: Behavioral Health: January 31, 2026 Maternal/Infant Health: July 31, 2026 Food as Medicine: Accepted again in 2027 Supports innovative and scalable solutions addressing physical, behavioral, and social needs. Ideal for nonprofits with measurable outcomes in health equity and community resiliency.
Due Date: Register to apply by December 17, 2025; Full applications due January 29, 2026 Seeks bold, transformative ideas to expand access to affordable homeownership — from housing counseling and consumer education to scalable housing production models. NewSchools
Due Date: January 8, 2025 Supports nonprofits reimagining public education — from innovative school models to joyful teaching, math/literacy breakthroughs, and learning solutions for students with differences. Share Our Strength: No Kid Hungry
Due Date: rolling Funds schools and community organizations expanding access to healthy meals for kids — with a focus on school breakfast and summer meal programs nationwide.
Office Hours
Grant work moves quickly, and sometimes you need answers just as fast. Resurgens Impact Consulting’s final Office Hours event of the year is your chance to speak directly with RIC’s consulting team and get real-time guidance from the people doing this work every day.
Our December session features a few of our expert grant consultants who are eager to provide support and guidance to your nonprofit’s team.
Whether you need help strengthening a grant proposal, troubleshooting a grant reporting requirement, building out your grants calendar, or navigating a tricky grant funder question, our team is here to support you.
During Meet the Consultants, you’ll be able to ask questions on topics like:
Writing stronger, more competitive grant proposals
Building and sustaining grant funder relationships
Planning a realistic grants calendar
Staying compliant with grant reporting and award requirements
Finding and evaluating new grant funding prospects
This session is designed for nonprofit leaders, program managers, and staff who want practical, immediate guidance they can apply right away. Bring your questions and walk away with strategies you can use before the next deadline hits.
Keep Your Public Profiles Updated Before Year-End
As you head into 2025 planning, now is the perfect moment to refresh the online profiles funders use to vet your organization. A few quick updates can strengthen credibility, reduce confusion, and support stronger funding conversations.
Profiles to update may include:
Candid/GuideStar: Mission, programs, outcomes, FY25 budget, 990s, board list
Charity Navigator: Program descriptions, impact metrics, financial info
Local Community Foundation portals: Updated contacts, initiatives, and service areas
Pro Tip: Candid Go for Gold
If your organization holds a Gold Seal on Candid and has a budget under $1M, you can qualify for a free Candid Pro account.
Resurgens Impact Consulting is a grant consulting firm founded in 2015. We work with our highly aligned clients to fuel direct services, capacity building, and systemic change through grant writing and grant research.
