Grant Guidelines

We invest in relevant and timely activities that use a collaborative approach to community building. Successful proposals will describe the essential work you do in the community, how it involves others in the community who need to be part of truly successful problem-solving and long-term planning for our community’s future.

We invite creativity and imagination in the preparation of grant requests. We hope the application process is an exploration of how to build a community where everyone thrives. Funding for the competitive grants program comes from the Kent Community Foundation's endowments and donations.

Suggestions for a successful grant application:

• Reflect and promote the diversity of the communities we serve.
• Advance equity and inclusion.
• Leverage resources.
• Cultivate neighborliness.
• Link demonstrated needs with opportunities in our community.
• Address and help resolve important existing or emerging community issues.
• Support creative projects that offer the greatest opportunity for positive and significant change.
• Facilitate cooperation and collaboration among organizations.

• Lift community voices.