A 2026 open call accepting pre-applications from U.S. charitable organizations for work aligned to the Foundation's focus areas: Global Health, K-12 STEM Education, and Economic Mobility (with programmatic priorities including Marion County, IN for K-12 and economic mobility).

Lilly Foundation Open Call 2026

Provides Bright Future Grants to organizations proposing projects that advance community impact initiatives (see listed initiatives). For FY2025-2026 SMCF will make $200,000 available; funded projects expected to be completed within one year.

Must be a 501(c)(3) public charity, 501(c)(4) social welfare organization, or 509(a)1 public entity | Project must provide direct benefit to residents of Adams, Fall Creek, Green and/or Stony Creek Townships of Madison County, Indiana | No single organization shall receive more than $10,000 in cumulative Bright Future Grants in Fiscal Year 2025-2026

Bright Future Grant

Advancing HIV/AIDS Research within the Mission of the NIDCD (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)

Training Program for Federal TRIO Programs

Translational Research in Maternal and Pediatric Pharmacology and Therapeutics (R21 Clinical Trial Optional)

Translational Research in Maternal and Pediatric Pharmacology and Therapeutics (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)

Center for Inherited Disease Research (CIDR) High Throughput Sequencing and Genotyping Resource Access (X01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

Invitation-only grantmaking for nonprofit organizations aligned with the Trust's giving areas (Helping People in Need; Protecting Animals and Nature; Enriching Community Life); applicants must contact a Trust program officer and, if invited, will submit an application via the Trust's online grants management system.

Nonprofit organizations located in and serving Marion County, Indiana or Maricopa County, Arizona | Applications are by invitation only (the Trust does not accept unsolicited applications) | Will not consider grants for international activities, academic research, sectarian purposes, programs that promote religious doctrine, or political campaigns | Will not consider grants for health programs except those related to the visually impaired | Will not consider requests for programs that target those currently incarcerated, exiting the criminal justice system, or recently released (programs for children of incarcerated individuals or youth in foster care will be considered)

Lilly Foundation Open Call 2026

About this program

Eligibility

Geographic eligibility

Contact & website

www.lilly.com

Past recipients

2024

Additional Details Regarding Organizations

$6,376,338

United Way Of Central Indiana

$5,969,034

International School Of Indiana Inc

$1,000,000

Indianapolis Foundation Inc

$1,000,000

United States Fund For Unicef

$1,000,000

Indiana University

$780,177

Indianapolis Public Schools Education Foundation Inc

$709,500

Childrens Museum Of Indianapolis Incorporated

$600,000

Indianapolis Chamber Of Commerce Foundation

$550,000

Closed

~$92K (326 grants)

Indiana

Similar Grants

Bright Future Grant

$2.0K–$10.0K

Advancing HIV/AIDS Research within the Mission of the NIDCD (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)

~$820K

Training Program for Federal TRIO Programs

~$710K

Translational Research in Maternal and Pediatric Pharmacology and Therapeutics (R21 Clinical Trial Optional)

~$820K

Translational Research in Maternal and Pediatric Pharmacology and Therapeutics (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)

~$820K

Center for Inherited Disease Research (CIDR) High Throughput Sequencing and Genotyping Resource Access (X01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

~$820K