Grants

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Grantmaking is at the heart of Staunton Farm Foundation’s work.

We invest in organizations, services, partnerships, and community solutions that improve behavioral health and substance use disorder outcomes in the following counties: Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Fayette, Greene, Indiana, Lawrence, Washington, and Westmoreland.

Our grantmaking is guided by three strategic priorities:

Strengthening the Behavioral Health Workforce

Supporting strategies that help develop, attract, and retain the behavioral health workforce and improve access to quality services.

Advancing Purposeful Innovation

Supporting organizations willing to test new ideas, learn from the results, and adapt their approach as they go. Innovation may include improving an existing practice, testing a new model, using technology differently, building new partnerships, or exploring new ways to deliver services.

Responsive Grantmaking

Unlike emergency funding, this grantmaking is able to adapt to emerging behavioral health needs and community priorities, enabling organizations to respond to changing conditions, address gaps, and support populations experiencing heightened or unmet needs.

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Through these investments, we seek to strengthen organizations, encourage new approaches, build collaboration, and help create lasting improvements in behavioral health services and systems.

How to Apply

Staunton Farm Foundation offers three annual grant cycles. Each grant cycle has specific application requirements and deadlines.

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Spring Grant Cycle

  • Letters of Inquiry are due May 15
  • Organizations invited to submit a full application must apply by June 15
  • Funding decisions are made in September
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Capacity Building Grant Cycle

  • A Letter of Inquiry is not required
  • Applications are accepted from January through April 10
  • Funding decisions are made in June
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Fall Grant Cycle – Now Open

  • Letters of Inquiry are due November 15
  • Organizations invited to submit a full application must apply by December 15
  • Funding decisions are made in March

Application Process

All Letters of Inquiry (LOIs) and grant applications must be submitted through the Staunton Farm Foundation’s online Grant Management System, Foundant, by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on the designated deadline.

For grant cycles requiring an LOI, Foundation staff will review submissions to determine which organizations will be invited to submit a full grant application.

Applicants will be notified of their submission status via email through Foundant. If you do not receive a notification, please check your spam or junk folder before contacting the Foundation at office@stauntonfarm.org.

Resources

Proposal Resources

Grantee Resources

Grant Partners Spotlight

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