{"id":56344,"date":"2025-05-17T02:54:09","date_gmt":"2025-05-17T02:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/56344\/"},"modified":"2025-05-17T02:54:09","modified_gmt":"2025-05-17T02:54:09","slug":"green-bay-packers-foundation-accepting-grant-applications-from-eligible-nonprofits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/56344\/","title":{"rendered":"Green Bay Packers Foundation accepting grant applications from eligible nonprofits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>GREEN BAY (WLUK) &#8212; Eligible organizations are invited to apply for annual grants from the Green Bay Packers Foundation.<\/p>\n<p>2025 marks the third year of the foundation&#8217;s current three-year grant cycle. Different focus areas are featured through the application process each year.<\/p>\n<p>This year, the foundation will award funding to Wisconsin nonprofits addressing animal welfare, environmental causes and health and wellness &#8212; including drug, alcohol and domestic violence and civic and community initiatives.<\/p>\n<p>The application period is open now and will close July 7. Only organizations whose programs fit the established criteria will be considered for grants.<\/p>\n<p>All grant applications will be reviewed by the Green Bay Packers Foundation trustees. The list of grant recipients will be finalized in October and a public reveal of the winners will take place in November or December.<\/p>\n<p>Grant amounts can range from $3,000 to $8,000. Distributions vary annually based on number of applications and total amount of funding approved for distribution.<\/p>\n<p>To be eligible to apply for a grant, organizations must:<\/p>\n<p>Fit the established focus criteria listed aboveClassify as exempt from federal income tax under section 501(c)(3) of the IRS code, with a valid IRS Tax ID, for a minimum of two yearsBe located in WisconsinHave not applied for a grant in the past two cycles<\/p>\n<p>For more information on eligibility and to complete the online application, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.packers.com\/community\/packers-foundation\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"https:\/\/www.packers.com\/community\/packers-foundation\" class=\"themeColorForLinks\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">click here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Last year, the Green Bay Packers Foundation awarded $1.5 million to 398 civic and charitable groups across Wisconsin. In total, the foundation has awarded more than $25.7 million for charitable purposes since it was established in 1986.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"GREEN BAY (WLUK) &#8212; Eligible organizations are invited to apply for annual grants from the Green Bay Packers&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":56345,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2072],"tags":[18883,18882,18884,7,16291,18881,41,345,18880,2514,2513,18885,6,428,991],"class_list":{"0":"post-56344","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-green-bay-packers","8":"tag-animal-welfare","9":"tag-eligible-nonprofits","10":"tag-environmental-causes","11":"tag-football","12":"tag-funding","13":"tag-grant-applications","14":"tag-green-bay","15":"tag-green-bay-packers","16":"tag-green-bay-packers-foundation","17":"tag-greenbay","18":"tag-greenbaypackers","19":"tag-health-and-wellness","20":"tag-nfl","21":"tag-packers","22":"tag-wisconsin"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56344","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56344"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56344\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56345"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}