Grant Program

Grant Program is sponsored by Charis Fund. Supports small to medium-sized nonprofits in California, Oregon, Washington, and Nevada addressing housing, food insecurity, at-risk youth, mental health, domestic violence, and substance abuse.

SUBMIT PART 1 | Charis Fund Charis Fund’s goal is to help initiate or expand programs focused on the areas of: o Food insecurity/ feeding programs o At-risk youth/education o Mental health/Health Care Funding is available only to groups residing within California, Oregon, Nevada and Washington State . Organizations are eligible to receive funds once every 3 years.

An organization that has received more than $30,000 from Charis Fund will need to take a 5-year break before requesting more funding. Due to excessive demand, we have moved to a 2-part submission process to more equitably and effectively receive and evaluate requests. ** NEW - Funding is limited to organizations that have an annual budget of $10M or less.

Part 1: Organizations submit basic agency information and a single-page executive summary via the buttons below. Charis will accept these requests twice a year, mid-January and mid-July for a 2-hour period of time . There will not be a limit on the number of groups that can submit in that 2-hour timeframe.

Summary submissions are closed for the Fall 2026 cycle. Submissions will be accepted again in mid-January, date and time TBD. Part 2: Charis trustees will review the summaries and select 50 groups that will receive instructions for submitting a more extensive grant request for possible funding ( NOTE: not all of the 50 selected agencies will receive funding ) .

Click here to download the Executive Summary Submission Guide PDF Be sure and refer to our Submission Guide page FMI RETURNING AGENCY (closed) If you have previously applied and DID receive funding, you are a returning agency. If you have never applied OR have applied and DIDN'T receive funding, you are a new agency.