Russell Sage Foundation (RSF)’s Social Science Research Grants is accepting LOIs under these core programs and special initiatives: 1) Future of Work, 2) Social, Political, and Economic Inequality, and 3) Promoting Educational Attainment and Economic Mobility After the 2023 Supreme Court Ruling on Race-Conscious Admissions at Colleges and Universities. OFR Contact: Chloe Taft Kang. Amount: Up

J. M. Kaplan Fund (Furthermore)’s Grants in Publishing assist nonfiction books having to do with art, architecture, and design; cultural history, the city, and related public issues; and conservation and preservation. The organization looks for work that appeals to an informed general audience, gives evidence of high standards in editing, design, and production, and promises

Arnold Venture’s Strengthening Evidence—Support for Randomized Control Trials (RCTs) to Evaluate Social Programs and Policies aims to build the body of proven, effective policies, programs, and interventions by funding researchers to conduct rigorous RCTs across the spectrum of social policy. AV is interested in supporting relevant, rigorous work that can ultimately inform decisions and improve

Arnold Ventures’s Building Evidence— Support for Causal Studies to Evaluate Social Programs and Policies aims to identify and evaluate bout potentially effective policies, programs, and interventions by funding researchers to conduct rigorous, causal research using quasi-experimental methods that aligns with key AV policy areas, including higher education, career education and training, infrastructure, contraceptive choice and

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) is committed to taking bold leaps to transform health in our lifetime and paving the way together to a future where health is no longer a privilege, but a right. To achieve that vision, RWJF is deepening its focus on dismantling structural racism, one of the biggest barriers to health

The Herb Block Foundation invites applications for its Encouraging Citizen Involvement program, which aims to ensure a responsible, responsive democratic government through citizen involvement. Proposals may focus on citizen education and greater voter participation in the electoral process. All projects must be nonpartisan and may not involve lobbying for specific legislation or candidates. Amount: Between

The Tow Foundation has issued a request for proposals for its 2025 Innovation Fund, which awards grants in support of efforts to improve youth mental health and well-being and serve young people between the ages of 0-25, as well as their families. Amount: $300,000 to $1,000,000. Deadline: 5/23/25.

PEN America invites applications for the PEN/Bare Life Review. These grants will bolster literary works in progress by immigrant and refugee writers, recognizing that the literature of migration is of inherent and manifest value. Works supported include literary nature, including fiction, creative nonfiction, or poetry. Amount: $5,000. Deadline: 6/1/25.

PEN America champions the freedom to write, recognizes the power of the word to transform the world, and works to unite writers and their allies to celebrate creative expression and defend the liberties that make it possible. The PEN/Jean Stein Grants for Literary Oral History recognize literary works of nonfiction that use oral history to

The Eisner Prize Fellowship is open to anyone in the United States working to innovate in the area of intergenerational connection – whether that be through research, programs, technology, or other efforts advancing the field. Young people, people of color, and those working with historically marginalized communities are particularly encouraged to apply. Amount: $50,000. Deadline: