Applying for a Grant
To discover if your organization is eligible to receive a grant from the Allen Foundation, please take our preliminary quiz.
You can also review our Giving Guidelines to determine if your organization is eligible for support from the Allen Foundation.
Online Submission of Applications
🎉 Exciting News – The Allen Foundation moved to a new Grant Application Portal on September 1, 2025. The new portal will make the application process much easier. You will now have a single account to manage all funders using Blackbaud Grantmaking in one consolidated portal. You will be required to create and securely sign in with a new Blackbaud ID, (or use an existing Blackbaud ID if you already have an account.)
To begin the submission process, please login or create an account here.
Click here to view a sample application.
Submitting Progress Reports
For Grants Awarded in 2026 or later
Award recipients must submit progress reports electronically by April 15th in the year after the year the grant was awarded.
Click here to login and submit your required report.
For Grants Awarded in 2025 or prior
For any grants awarded prior to 2026, including mult-year grants, progress reports should be sent to Perry@Allen Foundation.org.