Community Enrichment Grant Application

Application Open Date: July 1, 2025

Application Deadline: September 30, 2025

Community Enrichment Grants are competitive grants made to any tax-exempt, non-profit organization or government entity that is doing innovative and meaningful work that fits within the Derby Community Foundation’s mission. The Foundation will award up to $10,000 annually in one grant cycle using a competitive application process.  Applications open July 1 and the application deadline is September 30 each year. 

What We Fund

  • Projects that meet the mission of the Derby Community Foundation
  • Projects must serve residents of the Derby community (USD 260 boundaries)
  • Organizations classified as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the U.S. Internal
    Revenue Service Code or a governmental entity:
    • 501(c)(3) Nonprofit Organizations
    • Schools
    • Government & Municipal Agencies (Police Department, Fire Department, Library, Senior Center, etc.)

What We Do Not Fund

  • Clinical or medical research
  • Contributions to capital campaigns
  • Organizations that practice discrimination by race, color, creed, sexual orientation,
    gender, age, or national origin
  • Debt retirement or deficit financing
  • Endowments
  • Private Foundations
  • Real estate acquisitions
  • Political projects of any kind
  • Programs that promote a specific religious denomination

Guidelines

  • The non-profit status of your organization will be verified. The organization name listed on your application and the name listed on the Tax ID must match.
  • Grant funding range from $500 to $2,500.
  • All applications must be submitted online, and all sections of the application must be typed.
  • Grant recipients are selected by a panel of reviewers including Derby Community Foundation board members and community representatives.
  • The Foundation will not provide an oral or written explanation for denied applications.
  • Grant recipients are notified by email approximately 60-90 days after the application deadline.  A six-month status report of the project is required of all grant recipients.
  • Organizations are eligible to apply each year. 
  • Projects that received a community enrichment grant in the last grant cycle are not eligible and must sit out for one year. 
  • To apply, complete the application form and attach the required documents.

If you have questions, please call DCF at (316) 788-9815 or email derby@communitygiving.org.

Application Process

  1. Submit application online using the CommunityGiving Grant Management System
  2. The Grant Advisory Committee will recommend applications for funding to the Board of Directors.
  3. The Board of directors will make final funding decisions

All notification about this grant will be through email.

Payout of Grant: Upon receipt of electronically signed Grant Agreement

Grantee Required Documents: Grant Agreement and Final Report. Progress Report may be required if requested. Required follow up documents will be submitted through the CommunityGiving Grant Management System.

For questions about this grant or the online Grant Management System, please call (320) 257-9715.

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