Full grant proposals are submitted to the Weinberg Foundation by the applicant organizations on a rolling basis, approximately one to two months after being invited to submit a proposal.

General Operating Support
General Operating Grants fund the overall operating costs of an organization. A General Operating Grant is no restricted to a specific program. The Weinberg Foundation makes grants to meet basic needs and promote economic security. The Foundation supports direct service organizations with proven track records.

General Operating Support Grant Application (pdf) 66.72 kB

Program Support
Program Support grants are restricted to a specific program within an organization. The Weinberg Foundation makes grants to meet basic needs and promote economic security. The Foundation supports direct service organizations with proven track records.

Program Grant Application (pdf) 65.61 kB

Capital Project
Capital Project Grants support the purchase, construction, or renovation of a building or the purchase of equipment. The Weinberg Foundation’s Charter sets out four primary requirements that must be followed for capital project grants. Putting them into “ordinary English,” they are as follows:

• The Foundation will provide no more than 30% of the total cost of the capital project. The remaining 70 % must be raised from other sources.
  The Foundation will pay a maximum of $5,100,000* in capital grants, in a continuous three-year period, to any single organization. If the Foundation makes a capital grant commitment larger than that amount, the grant must be paid out over time to stay within that limitation.
• In seeking a capital grant, the recipient organization must demonstrate that it will have sufficient funding to maintain and repair the capital project over time and to support its operations within the capital project.
• If the Foundation makes a capital grant of at least $420,000*, the capital project must bear the names of Harry and Jeanette Weinberg in a manner to be agreed upon by the Foundation and the recipient organization.

*The amounts listed above are the inflation-adjusted numbers as of March 1, 2012.

Capital Project Grant Application (pdf) 1.09 MB

For any program-specific requirements relative to each type of grant (i.e., General Operating, Program, Capital) please visit the appropriate page for each program area.

Please contact Nakia Gary, Gifts Administrator, at 410-654-8500, ext. 254 or ngary@hjweinberg.org, if you have any questions about the grants application process.