USA Funds^® accepts applications for grants using our online grant-application process.

You must complete the questionnaire that will determine if your organization’s mission and prospective grant request coincide with USA Funds' mission and grant-making guidelines. Based on your responses to the questionnaire you will be directed to the online grant application or will receive a message indicating that your inquiry does not match our guidelines.

If you have questions about the process, please send a message to philanthropy@usafunds.org.

Guidelines

1. The overall goals of your grant request must focus on financial, motivational or informational support of access to postsecondary education and college-student success.
2. Sponsorships or grants will not be awarded to for-profit organizations. To receive a sponsorship or grant an organization must be a 501(c)(3) or equivalent.
3. Sponsorships or grants will not be awarded to an individual or political campaign, to any organization that discriminates in any manner, or to an endowment or foundation that is a grant-making or re-granting organization.
4. The amount given will vary depending on the stated purpose of the event, project, or program.
5. The number of organizations funded during any one-year period will depend on the quality of the applications received, the quantity of applications and available funds.
6. Funding awarded will support programming for not longer than one year; however, organizations may reapply each year.
7. Proposals for direct services are preferred; generally, unsolicited research and evaluation proposals are not preferred.
8. Sponsorships or grants will not be awarded for capital campaigns, debt retirement or primarily to cover operational expenses.
9. When describing the purpose of the event, project or program, include the organization and program goals and objectives; program methodology: evaluation procedures; and purpose of and budget for funds requested.
10. Budget information requested in the application must come from a program budget document and not annual financial statements. The budget must list line-item expenses approved by your board for the program or organization for which the sponsorship or grant request has been made. The budget information must detail how the requested award will be spent.

Proceed to the grant-request questionnaire.

Return to complete an exisiting grant application.