1,000+ Opportunities
Find the right grant
Search federal, foundation, and corporate grants with AI — or browse by agency, topic, and state.
This listing may be outdated. Verify details at the official source before applying.
Find similar grants"I Have A Dream" Scholarship in Honor of Mary and Dick Granger is sponsored by Community Foundation for Southwest Washington. Provides scholarships to students pursuing higher education in Southwest Washington.
Get a weekly digest of new grants like this
A free weekly digest of new foundation and federal funding opportunities as they're added to Granted. Unsubscribe anytime.
Or search similar grants →Extracted from the official opportunity page/RFP to help you evaluate fit faster.
I Have A Dream Scholarship | Community Foundation For Southwest Washington I Have A Dream Scholarship Senior Scholarship Manager and Development Associate Community Foundation for Southwest Washington Share In fourth grade, Elizabeth Najera was handed a blank key. It didn’t unlock anything, but this small token opened a world of possibilities for her and 63 classmates at Washington Elementary.
This cohort was the first of four classes selected by I Have A Dream of Southwest Washington, a program designed to help students prepare for, get into and graduate from college. Najera already had the determination and smarts to excel in school, but the data wasn’t as optimistic. Her class was part of a Title 1 school, which meant fewer supports and resources in the classroom and at home.
I Have A Dream (IHAD) aimed to fill those gaps. It wouldn’t be easy though. The model required five donors to commit $100,000 each over ten years.
Thankfully, Mary Granger was launching the local chapter. She was a go-getter who stood at the center of local philanthropy. Within a year, Granger and five donors were presenting keys to Elizabeth’s class, who would come to be known as “Dreamers.
” Family members filled the cafeteria and shared happy tears and smiles after hearing the program’s big incentive: college scholarships. “We didn’t know it then, but I Have A Dream helped us keep the dream of college alive,” Najera said. “It also provided mentors who showed me the doors I needed to open to earn my degree.
” Those personal relationships proved more valuable than any scholarship. Program staff and volunteers provided enrichment opportunities and day-to-day mentoring that students credit most for their success. IHAD’s comprehensive support helped increase on-time graduation rates to 89 percent for the 333 students who participated across four classes.
While rising tuition costs and other factors contributed to the program’s closure in 2018, the dream lives on through its students. Many are now working in and contributing to local communities. Najera herself owns a successful accounting and consulting firm.
She also gives back as the executive director of Latino Community Resource Group. The program has also entered a new phase. With $490,000 remaining, IHAD’s executive board established the “I Have A Dream” Scholarship in Honor of Mary and Dick Granger at the Community Foundation for Southwest Washington.
Each year, this scholarship awards up to $50,000 to students facing barriers to education, including the original “Dreamers” and their children. These scholarships have become the new key for another generation of students and future leaders. Elizabeth Najera spoke about the difference these awards make at the Community Foundation for Southwest Washington’s 40th Anniversary Celebration.
Hear her impact story from the event in the video below.
According to the current listing, eligibility includes: Students pursuing higher education in Southwest Washington. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
The current listing shows $2,500. Verify award ceilings, matching requirements, and allowable costs in the official notice.
"I Have A Dream" Scholarship in Honor of Mary and Dick Granger is funded by Community Foundation for Southwest Washington. Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
This opportunity targets applicants in Washington. If your organization operates elsewhere, check the official notice for location requirements.
Start from the official opportunity page linked in this listing — it carries the sponsor's submission instructions.
Meyer pulled $6.5 million from a $200 million endowment. Greater Washington has deployed $14.3 million and put more than $1 million into Bridge Grants for 21 organizations — explicitly including mergers and organizational sunsets. Boston is funding merger facilitation. Here is how to tell which product an RFP is offering, and how to apply for the one you actually want.
Read articleGates committed $540.2 million over a decade to the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation — the largest gift in University of Washington history — while IHME's federal grant income falls from $7.3 million to a projected $4.8 million. The gift is a case study in the anchor-funder model: what it can do that federal money cannot, and the concentration risk it quietly underwrites.
Read articleMicrosoft launched Community-First Grants on September 21, 2026 — $1 million to King County nonprofits, applications through October 23, grantees notified in November. The scope is small and the geography is narrow, but the eligibility gate inverts how corporate philanthropy normally works, and the things the announcement does not specify tell you more than the things it does.
Read article