Grant Opportunities
Community Grants
Application available: 7/1/2026
Application Deadline: 8/15/2026
Award Notification: December
The Community Foundations of the Hudson Valley Community (CFHV) Community Grant Program is an annual opportunity to provide nonprofit organizations with unrestricted General Operating Support grant awards (GOS). GOS grant awards are flexible in order to support an organization’s ongoing administrative and infrastructure costs and to provide support to maintain existing, effective programs, organizational development and capacity building in Dutchess, Putnam and Ulster Counties.
Funding Focus:
Beginning in 2026, the Community Grants Program will introduce priority focus areas. These priorities give applicants greater clarity as to where the most funding is available. Please note: The total dollars available for Community Grants will remain similar to past years. This change brings greater transparency to the evaluation of grant applications.
Priority areas have been identified through our Voices of The Hudson Valley report:
- Early Childhood Education/Child Care
- Food Security/Hunger
- Housing & Shelter
- Mental Health
- Transportation
There are separate applications for each County. Organizations may submit one application per county if they can demonstrate their impact and services in each.
The application has a ‘copy previous answers’ feature. You can quickly duplicate answers from your initial application and then modify to address county specific information within each.
Applicant Tutorial – Copy Request – Foundant Technologies
To help you work on your grant application, we have created a Word version of the questions. You can use this document to formulate the answers, along with spell check, character count, etc. However, you must still use the online grants portal to submit your application and provide attachments.
Click here for the full application working copy for the county/counties where you are applying:
Dutchess County Community Grant
Jeannette F. Schlobach Grant Program
Application available: 1/1/2027
Full Application Deadline: 2/15/2027
Award Notification: Late March
The Jeannette F. Schlobach grant program is open to nonprofit organizations serving residents of Dutchess County, New York who are impacted by poverty.
Organizations involved in providing programs and services to individuals, families and their pets to support and improve economic stability, health and educational opportunities, are encouraged to apply.
To help you work on your grant application, we have created a Word version of the questions. You can use this document to formulate the answers, along with spell check, character count, etc. However, you must still use the online grants portal to submit your application and provide attachments.
Click here for the full application working copy: Jeannette F. Schlobach Full Application – Working Copy
