Grant Criteria
The Bob Woodruff Foundation Grants Program provides funding towards programmatic efforts serving the military/veteran community. BWF is focused on granting to programs that improve overall health and wellbeing of service members, veterans, their families, and caregivers. We are interested in programs that:
- Improve social determinants of health
- Decrease barriers to accessing physical and mental healthcare
- Increase accessibility to programming that fosters a healthy lifestyle
- Enhance opportunities for veterans to thrive after service
To submit an application, your organization and program must:
- Provide direct services to the military/veteran population
- Be administered through a non-profit organization
- Demonstrate financial responsibility and sustainability and have filed a 990EZ or 990 for the last two fiscal years
- Provide an audited financial statement or a certified financial statement (to include a balance sheet and income statement)
- Have two years of gross receipts greater than $50,000
Competitive applications will:
- Clearly articulate the logic of their program, to include the:
- Specific need(s) the program addresses
- Activities and outputs, and how they adhere to evidence-based practices
- Intended measurable outcomes, and how they relate to the demonstrated need and are attributable to the program’s activities
- Indicate how the organizations tracks and reports on the program’s impact on participants
- Describe programming that is equitable; deliberately inclusive and considers equity in both process and intended outcomes
- Demonstrate strong partnerships across the nonprofit and public sector, as appropriate to the program
- Indicate the staff’s experience/expertise in the subject matter
- Describe how the program uses scientific evidence, program evaluations, and industry best-practices to inform their program delivery
- Provide solutions that complement services and resources publicly available, such as those provided by the Small Business Administration and U.S. Departments of Defense, Labor, and Veterans Affairs
We accept applications year-round and review applications on a rolling basis. We award grants twice a year, in our Spring and Fall grant cycles, and will notify all applicants on their application status as follows:
*Dates are subject to change
How to Apply for Funding
- After reviewing the guidance below, returning users can proceed to Step 4. New users should follow all the guidance below. If your organization has an account but lost access to the credentials, please email [email protected]
- New users can click here to create an account for your organization. NOTE: Be sure to save the username and password you used to create an account. Your username is NOT your email.
- Confirm your account by clicking on the link in your confirmation email. NOTE: Be sure to check your junk folder for this email.
- Once you confirm your account, you will receive an email to create a new password for your account. Create a new password with at least 8 characters, and confirm the new password.
- Once you are logged in, click here to access the application.
- After you complete all of the required fields, click “Review/Submit” to review your application.
- When you are satisfied with your application, click “Submit.”
- You can confirm you submitted your application by clicking on the “Applications” tab in your Grantee Dashboard.
- Wait for BWF to contact you regarding the status of your application.
Once you have followed the above steps to create your account, you can access the Bob Woodruff Foundation grant portal at bobwoodruff.force.com/bwfgrants.
The Bob Woodruff Foundation reviews each application individually in the order they were received. We will contact every program that submits an application informing them of our determination. We ask that applicants remain patient while our team is working through our process.
Should you have any additional questions, please email: [email protected].
