We fund projects and programs that give students and educators more resources for developing and participating in STEM-based, hands-on learning.

Entrepreneurial programs that teach business, money management, marketing, leadership, strategy, financing, and startup skills.

Innovative Environmental Projects (IEPs) that utilize interdisciplinary research to identify and address critical environmental problems with cutting-edge, innovative solutions that are scalable and replicable.

Projects and programs that contribute to advancements in biomedical research and innovation to accelerate the progress in medical research and drug treatment developed specifically for high-mortality, under-funded areas of need such as pancreatic and colon cancers.

There are no deadlines for submitting letters of inquiry or grant applications. The Foundation’s Board holds meetings at least monthly to review submitted information from the prior month. Submit a Letter of Inquiry to get started.

If your letter of inquiry or grant application has been approved, you will be contacted by our executive director or a program officer within 60 days of submission.

We review letters of inquiry and grant applications on a monthly, rolling basis. There are no due dates.

If the Letter of Inquiry is approved by the Board, the prospective grantee will be sent a link with our form grant application to the e-mail address on file.

Depending on when our last meeting took place, the most recent grant applications are prepared for the next scheduled board meeting. If approved, a letter and check will be sent the following month. From the Letter of Inquiry to the award letter, the entire process takes anywhere between 60 and 90 days.

The Foundation considers requests on a monthly, rolling basis. Requests should be feasible, cost-effective, and central to the organization’s mission.

An average grant from our Foundation typically ranges between $20,000 - $35,000.

The process, from Letter of Inquiry to check, takes approximately 60 - 90 days. Typically, you will receive an email with the tracking number of the letter and check, which is automatically generated by the system as a notification of the award.

After the Foundation awards a grant, the grantee must submit a final report on how the grant funds were used. This report is due within one year from the date of the award letter. A link is provided on our website. Failure to submit the report will prohibit your organization from being eligible to receive funding in the future.

While reporting will vary depending on the type of project that was funded, topics generally of interest to the Foundation include:

Progress achieved, future progress anticipated, and unanticipated developments;

Outcomes and accomplishments of the project, including what the grantee would have done differently;

How the grant benefited the organization and its constituents;

Financial information, such as an accounting of expenditures, updated project budget, or updated funding for the project;

Photographs of the endeavor, preferably “before and after” photos, when applicable;

Copies of publications, CDs, DVDs, or other products that relate to the project.

The Foundation Board will consider multi-year funding after successfully completing one grant cycle (LOI, Application, Grant Report). We do not grant multi-year awards to first-time grantees.

We only review letters of inquiry and grant applications from organizations that are both operating and whose programs primarily benefit Florida, New York, Washington, D.C., and Connecticut.