SUBMITTING AN APPLICATION

New Grantees

 

GRANTS CONSIDERED BY INVITATION

Moving forward, our grantmaking will transition to an invitation-only process beginning in 2026. Specific guidance and application materials will be shared individually with organizations when they are invited to submit a proposal. Our first round of invitations will be issued in January 2026.

While we are not accepting unsolicited proposals at this time, please contact foundation staff with questions.

Submit an Application

Invitations to submit a proposal for consideration during the Spring 2026 grant cycle will be sent via email in January 2026. Once invited, organizations may refer to the following information about the submission process. 

If your organization does not already have a profile in our grants portal, please start with the registration page:

Once you have logged in, you can start your application by clicking on the “New Application” icon. The icon will only be available during the submission period.

You can review our FAQs about submitting your application and navigating the online grants portal or feel free to contact us at grantsupport@pfs-llc.net.

Helpful Online Application Tips

You will not be able to start a new application in the grants portal until the submission window has opened. You may use the materials provided below to prepare your application.

– GGS Youth Mental Health and GGS Literacy Application

– Pre-3 Support Application

– Watershed Restoration Application

Grant reports are only required for multi-year grantees to approve subsequent payments. The revised, abbreviated reports can be found below. Single-year grantees do not need to complete any reports. 

– GGS Youth Mental Health and GGS Literacy Multi-year Report

– Pre-3 Support Multi-year Report

– Watershed Restoration Multi-year Report

We recommend you review the application questions specific to your program area, collect the PDF documents you will need to upload, and write responses to the narrative questions before starting the online application form.

We welcome your feedback as we continue to improve the application process.

For technical support with our grants portal, please reach out to grantsupport@pfs-llc.net

Please check out our FAQs to learn helpful information about accessing and navigating the online portal