El Paso Community Foundation Grant Program

El Paso Community Foundation Grant Program is sponsored by El Paso Community Foundation. Provides funding for a variety of philanthropic projects in the greater El Paso region, far West Texas, Southern New Mexico, and Northern Chihuahua, Mexico.

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Since its founding, the El Paso Community Foundation has awarded more than $249,142,042 in grants to nonprofit organizations and individuals in the greater El Paso region. To guide our grant-making, we look for innovative approaches that solve community problems and meet our community’s ever evolving needs. Contact Bonita Johnson at bjohnson@epcf.

org or call her at (915) 533-4020 with questions. Granting Areas of Interest Human Services (basic human needs) Projects that will result in more effective ways of doing things — ideas that require risk-taking Projects that can create an impact with a moderate amount of grant money Projects that show collaboration with other organizations Applications are open for thirty days, and are typically due February 1 or August 1.

You can save your application to finish at a later time prior to submitting. If you are required to submit a grant report, please do so before submitting a new grant application. Nonprofit organizations can submit only one request for consideration per funding source in any 12-month period.

Do not submit your application in all upper-case lettering. If you have questions, the El Paso Community Foundation at 915-533-4020.

We generally do not make grants to: Fundraising events/projects Religious organizations for religious purposes Annual appeals and membership contributions Organizations that are political or partisan in purpose Travel for individuals or groups Organizations outside the greater El Paso geographic area El Paso Community Foundation This grant provides funding for a variety of philanthropic projects in the El Paso region, far west Texas, southern New Mexico, and northern Chihuahua, Mexico.

The application opens January 1 and is due February 1, it opens again July 1 and is due August 1. Download the Budget Form + Burkitt Foundation Perpetual Fund The grant provides funding for Catholic Schools (K-12) in the dioceses of Galveston-Houston, San Antonio, and El Paso; and hunger and nutrition services in the El Paso County area. The application opens July 1 and is due August 1.

Supplemental questions (Catholic) + This grant provides funding for a variety of philanthropic projects primarily in the El Paso region, far west Texas, southern New Mexico, and northern Chihuahua, Mexico. The application opens July 1 and is due August 1. Download the Budget Form + This grant provides funding for medical care and treatment of children with disabilities in the West Texas and Southern New Mexico area.

The application opens July 1 and is due August 1. Download the Budget Form + Stern Foundation Perpetual Charitable Fund This grant provides funding for a variety of charitable interests primarily in the El Paso region. The application opens July 1 and is due August 1.

Download the Budget Form + Stern Foundation Perpetual Medical and Scientific Research Fund This grant provides funding for medical programs, research, professorships and projects primarily in the El Paso region, including Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. The application opens July 1 and is due August 1. Download the Budget Form + Edith S.

Zanker Memorial Park School, Inc Fund This grant supports individuals with intellectual disabilities. The application opens January 1 and is due February 1. Download the Budget Form +