• View a recorded webinar to learn more about Resilia. 
• The deadline to apply is Monday, Dec. 4 at 5 p.m. You can access the application via a Google Form HERE. 
• Please note that the participant criteria have been updated. In previous communication, part of the criteria included a $1 million or less operating budget, which has since been removed.

  The following includes our updated selection criteria:

  1.) Prioritization of grass-roots and impacted-led organizations
  2.) Operates through an equity lens and meets the following equity indicators:
  -Organizations located within the community they serve
  -Services are provided in a culturally relevant and linguistically appropriate manner
  4.) Aware of organizational growth points
  5.) Willing and able to dedicate time to growth

  Please contact Emily Weber, Director of Programs and Community Investment, wit questions: [email protected]. 

• View a recorded webinar of our 2023 Grant Cycle Preview and read our 2023 Grant Making Guidelines. 
• All applications are made via our grants management system, Foundant . **YOU MUST REGISTER IN ORDER TO APPLY**  Foundant Resources:
  • Log-in page
  • Foundant applicant tutorial 
  • LCCF recorded information session
  • Collaborate function tutorial
  • Please add [email protected] as a contact in your email so that messages from our system do not go to spam
  • Please note that the "Apply" button in the system is at the top left of the page next to the home icon

• The Foundation released a new Program & Community Investment Strategy, which will guide our work, priorities and investments in the coming years – more info in our 2023 Grant Making  Guidelines!

• The name of our Basic Human Needs priority area has been changed to Growing Communities to be more inclusive of different communities’ needs. This priority area includes a letter of inquiry.

• The Early Childhood Education priority area has been moved from the Fall Grant Cycle to the Spring Grant Cycle. This means that Early Childhood Education will not reopen until January 2024 – for more info, read our Grant Making  Guidelines.

• The maximum grant request for the 2023 Growing Communities priority area is $30,000.

Application Process and Timelines

All grants are awarded for one year. Organizations may receive funding for five consecutive years, then are required to take a rest year. 

Growing Communities (formerly Basic Human Needs) Grant Cycle application process:

Step 1: Registration in Foundant - Register your organization in Foundant or login to your existing account HERE. Please note, after registering, you will be able to change user information, but not organizational information (organizational address, name/contact for executive director, etc.). To update that information, you will need to contact Emily at [email protected]. 

Step 2: Submission of letter of inquiry (LOI) - The Foundation requires applicants to complete a brief LOI in the Foundant system. Foundation staff and Grants and Community Outreach Committee will review LOIs for alignment with the Foundation's goals and priorities and will select organizations to move forward in the due diligence process.

Step 3: Notification - Foundation staff will notify organizations selected to complete full proposals by mid-February. Full applications will be due in the Foundant system by early March.

Step 4: Due Diligence - Organizations invited to move forward, will participate in the due diligence process, which may include a site visit (virtual or in-person).

Step 5: Grant Decision - The Foundation's board of directors determines the final grant awards. Applicants will receive an email notification of award/decline by mid-May.

Step 6: Reporting of Outcomes - Grant recipients are required to report on outcomes at the mid-term and end of the grant cycle.

Fall Grant Cycle (Capacity Building, Leadership Development and Animal Welfare priority areas):

Step 1: Registration in Foundant - Register your organization in Foundant or login to your existing account HERE. Please note, after registering, you will be able to change user information, but not organizational information (organizational address, name/contact for executive director, etc.). To update that information, you will need to contact Emily at [email protected]. 

Step 2: Submission of Application - The Fall Grant Cycle application will be available in Foundant in early August. No LOI is required. Foundation staff will review the proposal to assess the request's alignment with the Foundation's goals and priorities, and will then determine whether the application advances to Step 3. 

Step 3: Due Diligence - Foundation staff will review all proposals and organizations will be notified before October if they have been selected to proceed in the due diligence process, which may include a site visit (virtual or in-person).

Step 4: Grant Decision - The Foundation's board of directors determines the final grant awards. Applicants will receive an email notification of award/decline by November 18.

Step 5: Reporting of Outcomes - Grant recipients are required to report on outcomes at the mid-term and end of the grant cycle in the Foundant system.