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All competitive grant applications must be submitted through LACF’s online grants portal. This system keeps a complete record of your application, award details, and reporting requirements in one place.

Time varies by grant type:

• Micro Grants: about 30 minutes or less
• Mini Grants: about 2 hours or less
• Capacity Building Grants: 15–20 hours, due to planning and documentation needs

Yes. You can invite collaborators to work on your application. Each person should use their own login so the portal tracks edits accurately. If you need help setting up additional logins, contact our impact specialist.

If you believe your organization or project should have passed, please contact Impact Specialist Keli Frigo. She can review your quiz responses, explain why you didn’t pass, and help resolve any issues.

You may apply to multiple competitive grant opportunities; however, an organization is eligible to receive only one award per program in the same grant year.

LACF’s competitive grants do not fund the following:

• Repeat grants for the same project on an open-ended basis
• Partisan political activities
• Organizational endowments
• Scholarships or grants to individuals
• Religious activities whose primary purpose is education or proselytization
• Retroactive expenses or work performed before the award notification
• Loan or debt payments
• Budget gaps for government agencies or schools (public/private)

Each grant program has its own evaluation procedures, which are detailed in the full RFPs (Requests for Proposals). All awards are recommended to our board of directors by LACF’s Grants Committee.

Donor-advised funds generally do not make competitive grants through the regular process. However, eligible micro-grant applications are shared with donor-advised fund holders who may have available grant dollars.