GRANTS

Grants At PCF

Grants and Distributions

Thanks to the generosity of our donors, the Pinellas Community Foundation (PCF) is changing lives and improving the quality of life in Pinellas County through grants to a variety of nonprofit organizations. The diversity of nonprofit agencies and the causes PCF supports are a reflection of the deep and broad-ranging charitable visions shared by benevolent PCF donors like you.

The Pinellas Community Foundation provides grants to carefully vetted 501(c)(3) nonprofit agencies right here in our community that support:

  • Affordable housing initiatives

  • Youth and families

  • Environmental stewardship

  • Women’s issues

  • People with disabilities

  • College scholarships

  • Arts, education, and cultural enrichment programs

  • Childhood hunger

Types Of Grants

Operating Grants

Senior Citizens Services Grants

Huntley Arts Enrichment for Youth Grant

Social Opportunity Works Fund

Special Interest Grants

Grant Recipient Directory

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Rebecca Hughes

Director of Grants Management

How Can I Help?

Funding Priorities

The PCF Board of Governors has identified four core areas as priorities in its discretionary grantmaking:

Improving Health

  • Access to healthcare

  • Access to behavioral health

Enhancing Quality of Life

  • Aging

  • Access to affordable housing

  • Financial assistance programming

  • Food security

  • Homelessness

  • Access to justice

  • Access to resources

  • Trauma

Advancing Education

  • Providing scholarships

  • Outreach and community education

  • Educational programming

  • Literacy

  • Early learning

Promoting Arts and Culture

  • Improve cultural awareness

  • Enhance public access to arts

ENDOWMENTS: AN INVESTMENT IN THE FUTURE

Why PCF?

  • Proven Leadership: Over 55 years of successful leadership in Pinellas county

  • Seamless Donation Process: Provide donors with a streamlined way to contribute to your fund, amplifying their ability to support your organization’s goals

  • Personalized Donor Acknowledgment: Custom tax receipts with your logo for donors through PCF, reinforcing their impact and simplifying your administrative tasks

  • Visibility: increased awareness to foundation donors, community donors, professional advisors, and grantmakers

  • Dedicated Support Team: Rely on PCF’s team to address your fund’s organizational and donor needs with utmost care and attention

  • Transparent Accountability: Receive detailed quarterly reports on fund performance, ensuring complete transparency and peace of mind

  • Exceptional Fiduciary Oversight: Rigorous fund management ensuring accountability and growth, along with greater asset diversification and lower fees than smaller standalone accounts

  • Versatile Gift Acceptance: Leverage PCF’s ability to accept and process complex gifts, including real estate, closely-held stock, and business interests, maximizing donation potential

  • Effortless Access to Funds: Quickly receive distributions through convenient ACH transfers or checks, empowering your mission without delays.

Tools for Nonprofits

Endowments

A fund permanently set aside and invested to grow over time, earning revenue through interest to fund your organization’s needs. The availability of funds for distribution and the usage of the funds are permanently restricted.

$5,000
minimum starting balance

Quasi Endowments (Reserve Funds)

A fund permanently set aside and invested to grow over time, earning revenue through interest to fund your organization’s needs. The availability of funds for distribution and the usage of the funds are permanently restricted.

$5,000
minimum starting balance

Capital Campaign Fund

A fund started for a specific charitable fundraising purpose. Let us safely invest your capital campaign funds to grow revenue to fund a capital project. Easily direct donors to make stock transfers, real estate contributions, and other planned gifts. Reassure your donors that PCF is safeguarding your fund for the project’s specific purpose.

$15,000
minimum starting balance

Grants FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

The PCF Board of Governors have identified four funding areas that are considered priorities: improving health, advancing education, promoting arts and culture, and enhancing quality of life. If you have any questions about whether your program or organization would fit within PCF’s mission, please reach out.

While an organization may be physically located elsewhere, our grants are only awarded to fund activities in Pinellas County. Due to funding limitations and a commitment to our mission, priority will always be given to activities taking place in Pinellas County by organizations in Pinellas County.

Each grant application is reviewed by a committee consisting of members of the PCF Board of Governors. We will sometimes invite experienced community members to evaluate applications as well, provided their experience will lead to a positive contribution.

PCF uses an online grants portal for the entire application process. When the application time period opens, simply click “Apply” from your Applicant Dashboard to begin. If someone from your organization already has an account in our system, you may need to reach out to us to allow you to create another..

All applicants must be a 501(c)(3) organization with a physical presence is in Pinellas County. Except for our Social Opportunity Works Fund grants, all applying organizations must be at least one year in operation at the time of application. Furthermore, our Cultural Outreach and Special Interest grants are by invitation only.

Government entities will only be considered for funding through Senior Citizens Services grants, provided that the proposed project serves the 55+ population.

Please note that we do not grant to individual persons.

Please consult the individual grant pages linked above for dates about grant applications and award notifications.

If more than seven days since the award notification date have passed and you have received no communication from us, please reach out for further assistance.

For the majority of our grant programs, a final report is due one year after awards are granted. For Senior Citizen Services grants, a report is due at both 6 months into the granting period and one year after funds are awarded. Specific reporting requirements will be given in your organization’s award agreement.

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