Sparkplug Foundation Grants

Sparkplug Foundation Grants is sponsored by The Sparkplug Foundation. Supports innovative projects in education, community organizing, and music, emphasizing community-led initiatives.

Sparkplug Foundation – Sparking Ideas into Action. Our Spring 2026 cycle will open March 1, 2026. The LOI deadline is May 1, 2026.

Grantseekers should read the Information for Grantseekers page before applying. Sparking Ideas into Action. The Sparkplug Foundation is a family foundation, funded and administered in the US.

We are guided by community voices, and prioritize grassroots organizing and innovation as the key for creating change. Dissenters - Fall 2019 COMMUNITY ORGANIZING We believe that communities are best qualified to say how funds should be used to make the change they need. We try not to make demands of applicants and grantees that get in the way of their work, and are aware that many groups doing great work are new to grant applications.

We offer assistance and supportive feedback along the way, as best we can with a small staff. We're continually looking for new ways to bring community direction to our grantmaking.

Visit our Past and Current Grantees page to read about the work of our new cohort of grantees Sparkplug provides grants to start-up organizations and new projects of established non-profits in the following three areas: We highly encourage Black, Indigenous, People of Color, people with disabilities, women, lesbian, gay, bisexual, pansexual, transgender, queer and other queer-identifying communities, organizations or organizers to apply.

Emergency Workplace Organizing Project - Fall 2020 COMMUNITY ORGANIZING Sparkplug Foundation holds Since the Foundation’s inception in 2003, Sparkplug has awarded over For more information about the application process please visit the FAQ section of Information for grantseekers.