Community Engagement
Community Engagement supports organizations expanding education, economic opportunity, food security, justice, and affordable housing to advance equity and empower people to shape their communities.
Funder: The Campbell Foundation
Due Dates: July 31, 2026 (Cycle 2 unsolicited proposals) | January 29, 2027 (Cycle 1 unsolicited proposals)
Funding Amounts: Unsolicited grants: up to $25,000, expected to be spent within 12 months
Summary: Supports organizations advancing community well-being and equity through education, economic opportunity, food security, community justice, and affordable housing.
Key Information: The unsolicited route is only for new grantees and excludes academic or medical research.
Description
The Campbell Foundation’s Community Engagement program supports organizations that advance community well-being and empower people to shape their communities. It places community members at the center of lasting change in the systems governing their lives. Conversations with community partners about systemic inequity and immediate needs help the Foundation identify opportunities that make a tangible impact today while addressing longer-term challenges.
Equity guides the program’s priorities. Grant partners increase access to quality education, economic opportunity, food security, community justice, and affordable housing for low-income and vulnerable populations. The program focuses on Lancaster County, Pennsylvania; Maryland’s Eastern Shore; the Southern San Joaquin Valley, California; and San Francisco. Community Engagement is also a priority area for the Foundation’s separate unsolicited grant process, whose funding terms and application rules are described below.
