Please click here for the 2026 Summer Grant Application 

Applying for Grants

The Portland Foundation encourages requests from any new or existing charitable organization or community agency in Jay County. Grant proposals must have direct relevance to Jay County charitable needs.

Areas the Foundation wants to support are:

• Start-up costs for new programs
• One-time projects or needs
• Capital needs beyond an applicant organization’s capabilities and means

Generally, the Foundation does not support:

• Individuals, other than scholarships
• Religious or sectarian purposes
• Make-up of operating deficits, post-event or after-the-fact situations
• Endowment campaigns
• Propaganda, political or otherwise, attempting to influence legislation or intervene in any political affairs or campaigns.

For the Summer 2026 deadline; Please submit applications by June 25, 2026 by 12pm (Noon).