Provides general operating support and program funding in areas including the environment, social justice, women’s rights, grassroots advocacy, performing arts, and poetry; also supports human rights, peace advocacy, and environmental organizations in Israel (does not fund social service programs in Israel). Applicants begin with a one-page Inquiry Application Form.

Organizations seeking funding must complete the one-page Inquiry Application Form | Inquiry Application Form due August 1 (when Aug 1 falls on a weekend, due the following business day) and should be emailed to bydale@bofa.com | Must be located in or serve Westchester County (NY), North Carolina, or Massachusetts, or have a nationwide focus | Unsolicited proposals for organizations outside these areas are not accepted | Does not fund social service programs in Israel

Bydale Foundation Grants

FY26 Ruth D. Gates Coral Reef Conservation Grants - Fishery Management

The Foundation reviews grants for projects or programs that primarily serve residents of Eastern Niagara County and considers requests in listed primary funding areas (arts & cultural programs, community improvement, education, local historical preservation, health & wellness (non-clinical), human services, senior programs, youth programs). Applicants begin with a Letter of Inquiry submitted via the Grant Portal.

Must be a 501(c)(3) (applying agencies must provide a copy of their 501c3 IRS determination letter) | Requests must primarily serve residents of Eastern Niagara County (applications from outside Niagara County considered only in certain cases)

Grigg Lewis Foundation Grants

Conservation Innovation Grants (CIG) On-Farm Conservation Innovation Trials for fiscal year (FY) 2026

Provides general operating support to New York City–based performing arts organizations and adds a small number of new organizations to its roster each year.

Organizations must be a 501(c)(3) or be fiscally sponsored by a 501(c)(3). | 501(c)(3)s must be incorporated in New York State and based in New York City. | Fiscally sponsored organizations must be based in New York City. | Organizations must have three years of operating budgets (both revenue and expenses) that are over $250,000. | Organizations must be able to provide an audit, a CPA’s review report, and/or 990 tax form. | Organizations must not be current recipients of any Gilman-funded regranting programs. | Must be a performing arts organization (generative performing arts companies, presenters/venues, or service organizations supporting the sector).

Howard Gilman Foundation Grants

The Oak Hill Fund is a private family foundation (formed in 2002) that operates a Healthy People – Healthy Planet portfolio of six program areas and accepts letters of inquiry via an online grantee portal for open programs. It only awards grants to organizations tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3).

Must be tax exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code | No funding for individuals, capital campaigns, endowments, or book and film writing/publication

Reproductive Health, Rights, & Justice

Funds organizations working to change policies, power structures and other root causes so that all North Carolinians can lead fulfilling lives.

Be a charitable, tax-exempt, 501(c)(3) organization, college/university, religious entity, or government unit | Use the grant for work that serves the people of North Carolina | ZSR is legally prohibited from funding voter registration | No funding for work that supports or opposes individual candidates or influences election outcomes | Does not fund academic and medical research | Does not fund capital campaigns, building projects, or renovations | Does not fund conferences, seminars, symposiums, fundraising events, civic clubs, or endowment funds | Does not fund equipment, furniture, computer purchases, land purchases, plant species preservation, or historic preservation | Does not fund projects that focus exclusively on direct services (e.g., shelters, health care) or payment of debts | Overhead and indirect costs for colleges and universities, scholarships, and private business ventures are not funded

State-Level Systemic Change

Earth Rising Foundation is a small climate-justice 501(c)(3) that provides material support for climate activism and projects across youth activism, Indigenous voices, regenerative agriculture and sustainable visions. The Programs hub describes funding for projects and links to an Apply page.

Must disburse funds through an existing US-based nonprofit

Bydale Foundation Grants

About this program

Eligibility

Geographic eligibility

Contact & website

Christine O’Donnell

[email protected]

(646) 855-1011

bydalefoundation.wordpress.com

Past recipients

2025

Childrens Advocacy Center Of Suffolk County

$45,000

Tides Foundation

$30,000

New Israel Fund

$30,000

Afterwork Theater Inc

$25,000

Aclu Foundation Inc

$20,000

Friends Of Israel'S Environment

$20,000

Environmental League Of Ma

$20,000

Natural Resources Defense Council

$20,000

Environmental Law And Policy Centre

$20,000

Closes in 10 days

~$10K (403 grants)

New York, North Carolina, Massachusetts

Similar Grants

FY26 Ruth D. Gates Coral Reef Conservation Grants - Fishery Management

~$420K

Grigg Lewis Foundation Grants

~$10K

Conservation Innovation Grants (CIG) On-Farm Conservation Innovation Trials for fiscal year (FY) 2026

~$130K

Howard Gilman Foundation Grants

~$25K

Reproductive Health, Rights, & Justice

~$20K

State-Level Systemic Change

$30.0K–$100.0K