IMPACT GRANTS

Making a big difference

Impact Grants are funds to support your operations, programs and services

You choose how the funds are applied to make the biggest impact—we’re proud to invest in your organization and see you succeed! To be eligible for an Impact Grant, charities must align with one of the Foundation’s identified Sustainable Development Goals.

Endowments

Our four community endowments represent our largest disbursement each year, with the maximum award for each being:

  • Enderby Financial Community Endowment: $15,000
  • Envision Financial Community Endowment: $25,000
  • Island Savings Community Endowment: $15,000
  • Valley First Community Endowment: $15,000

We also steward the Keeping a Good Thing Growing endowment, awarded annually. Established by First West Credit Union, we believe to help communities thrive we need to invest in the future goals of our partners. The fund focuses on supporting initiatives that enhance an organization’s ability to grow its capacity, programs, or services. Recipients of a Keeping a Good Thing Growing grant are selected through our community endowment grant application program.

Funding restrictions

Our grants are not provided for:

  • Capital campaigns
  • Day camps or retreats
  • Deficit or debt reduction
  • Physical literacy, sport programs or equipment
  • Projects that have a primary purpose of promoting political or religious activities or beliefs
  • Purchase of food for direct distribution
  • School construction including playground equipment
  • Sponsorship or marketing activities

Supporting Indigenous youth mental health

A multi-year grantee, Human-Nature Counselling Society’s Guam Guam Specums (Strong Flowers) program promotes positive mental health outcomes among vulnerable Indigenous and non-Indigenous students. The program operates in partnership with School District 61, supporting the social and emotional well-being of mostly Indigenous students in grades 5-8 through Indigenous Ways of Knowing and nature-based practices.

“We’re incredibly grateful for this impact grant, which will be instrumental in advancing the Guam Guam Specums (Strong Flowers) program and enabling us to provide meaningful support for Indigenous youth navigating mental health challenges; by embedding Indigenous Ways of Knowing and nature-based practices within the school day, we create a nurturing environment where students can build resilience, connect deeply with nature and peers, and strengthen their cultural connections and overall well-being.”

~David Segal, Executive Director of Human-Nature Counselling Society

Who We've Funded

Find out which local charities received an Impact Grant in 2025.