Before applying for a grant, please ensure you have reviewed our Grantmaking priorities, including the list of what we do not fund. We do not make exceptions to that list.

We only accept applications through our online grant application system. See below for more detailed instructions. We accept applications at any time, but applications will only be reviewed in the weeks after our deadlines.

FOR 2026: Due to ongoing planning, the STK Foundation will be doing limited discretionary grantmaking in 2026. Organizations who are invited to apply for this funding will be notified directly. We are not accepting letters of inquiry at this time. We will not be running an open application period this year with two exceptions:

• We will consider general or project support applications from public libraries and
• We will consider project support applications for critical equipment for fire and ambulance departments.

This limited open application period will open in July with a deadline of October 15, 2026. Decisions will be made before the end of the calendar year.

We expect to return to regular open application grantmaking in 2027.

We appreciate grant updates, as it allows us to better understand the impact of our grantmaking. You may write a report just for us, upload a report you wrote for another funder, or provide another update that makes sense (like an annual report).  If you received a grant before 2026 and would like to submit a report or update, please utilize the contact form or mailing address for that purpose. If you received a grant from 2026 forward, please log in to the online grant system and check your “follow ups” section.

Beginning in 2026, we use the Foundant grants management system.

As noted above, in 2026 we will only opening grant applications for libraries and public safety organizations. That application will open in July.

Please click here for the online application.

If you are applying for the first time, you will need to create an account. If you are a previous user, please login using your email and password.