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2025 Community Giving Program

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WCF's annual Community Giving Program will continue to strategically channel $60,000 to non-profit organizations and community-led initiatives that enrich the Westminster community and its residents and inspire positive change. The 2025 Community Giving Program will fund programs and projects that benefit residents in the following areas:

• Thriving Community – Keep residents healthy, fed, housed, safe, and prosperous, and address any emergent hardships with innovative solutions.
• City Beautiful – Increase access to healthy outdoor activities and a sustainable environment, and elevate the arts.
• Youth Development – Provide pathways to success for our students, including workforce development programs, mental health services, and enriching learning experiences.

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_{Grant Submission Information - Application Opens July 28, 2025!}

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The WCF Community Giving Program will be accepting online applications between the dates of July 28, 2025, and September 5, 2025. Please check back on July 28 for access to the online grant application.

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Key Program Dates

• July 28, 2025: Online Grant Application Opens
• September 5, 2025: Online Grant Application Closes
• Mid-September: Applications Reviewed by Grant Committee
• Early October: Grant Recipients Notified
• Mid-October: Grant Recipients Announced

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Funding Eligibility and Restrictions

To receive grant funding from the Westminster Community Foundation, applicants must meet the following selection criteria.

• Applicants must successfully submit a completed online grant proposal via the application link.
• Applicants must adhere to the posted word limits for each of the application questions. Any additional words/content exceeding the posted word limits will not be eligible for review or consideration.
• Applicants must be a non-profit organization in good standing or represent a community-led initiative that is committed to inspiring positive change and serving the needs of the Westminster community.
• Funding focus must be consistent with the three key priorities and mission of the WCF.
• Grant requests must be directly tied to funding project-based or event-based initiatives that directly impact the Westminster community and the residents it serves. Funded projects/initiatives/events must occur within one year of receiving the grant monies.
• All eligible submissions will be reviewed by a Grant Selection Committee comprised of board members and community members.
• Awards up to $10,000 will be given to non-profit organizations and community-led initiatives that build positive and lasting impacts on the Westminster community and the residents it serves.
• WCF cannot provide grant funding to organizations that discriminate for any reason, including race, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, or national origin.
• Grant funding cannot be used for political causes or candidates, individuals or individual projects, or religious programs.
• Grant award winners must agree to be featured on the WCF’s web site, as well as electronic and print promotional or marketing materials.  
• Grant award winners must agree to announce their selection for WCF Grant funding on their website and through their social media outlets.
• Grant award winners must agree to provide the Foundation with video testimonials from the Westminster residents they serve who have been positively impacted by WCF Grant Funding.
• Grant award winners agree to provide a mutually agreed upon on-site volunteer opportunity that Foundation members may participate into provide support for the project/event/initiative funded through the WCF Community Giving Program.
• WCF's grant award decisions are final and limited by the availability of funding.
• Awardees will be notified in early October 2025.

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Questions? Please contact communitygiving@westyfoundation.org