2025 Nonprofit Grants Program is Now Closed
Please check back in January 2026 for the next grant cycle.
Following this initial Letter of Intent (LOI) phase, selected organizations will be invited to participate in the second phase of the application process. Organizations selected to participate in Phase 2 of the application process will be notified by May 2025.
Grants will be awarded by August 2025.
First time applying? Want to learn more about the application process? BCF‘s Nonprofit Grants Program Webinar can help.
WATCH HERE
Access Webinar Power Point HERE
Eligible Applicants:
Federally approved 501c3 nonprofit organizations in good standing serving residents of Lafourche Parish, Terrebonne Parish and/or Grand Isle are eligible to apply.
Applicants must be operational with services provided in Lafourche, Terrebonne and/or Grand Isle for at least one full year by March 1, 2025.
Only one grant request will be accepted from an applying organization (based on Employer Identification Number).
Description:
Grants will be awarded for nonprofit programs that address critical community needs in Lafourche, Terrebonne and/or Grand Isle, with special consideration given to programs addressing needs identified in BCF’s 2023 Community Needs Assessment.
To be considered, programs must serve one or a combination of these specific communities; grants will not be awarded to support programs outside of Lafourche, Terrebonne or Grand Isle communities.
Grants my fund tools, equipment, supplies, resources, capital improvements and other measurable costs necessary for the delivery of a nonprofit program. In 2024, grants may also fund the delivery of programs that serve residents impacted by Hurricane Ida, or programs that fill a need related to Hurricane Ida impacts.
Grants are not intended to fund general operating expenses, political campaigns or activities, fund-raising events, re-granting programs, endowments, scholarships, scientific/medical research, or programs serving private clubs/organizations/institutions.
Maximum Grant Request: $25,000
Grant funding period is August 30, 2025 – July 31, 2026.
View a list of BCG competitive grant award recipients HERE.
READ MORE: FULL 2025 NONPROFIT GRANTS PROGRAM GUIDELINES
APPLY HERE
Questions? Contact Bayou Community Foundation Community Impact Officer Kati Callais at 985-219-0046 or Kati@BayouCF.org
NON-PROFITS: Sign up for the BCF newsletter and Like Our Facebook to get notified about our grants program and other nonprofit activities!
DONORS: YOUR GIFT makes the BCF grants program and all of the great work of our grantees possible! Your Gift is a gift of hope to our neighbors and friends who are struggling, and help to the nonprofits working to help them and our community succeed.
