How to Apply for Grants

Three Steps for Your Application
STEP 1: Review eligibility, guidelines, and deadlines

• Applicants are required to read the eligibility guidelines before starting an application.

Search our grant guidelines
STEP 2: Create an account, or log in to your account

• Visit our online grants portal.
• If this is your first time applying for a Doris & Victor Day Foundation grant, click the Create New Account button and enter an email address and password to be used for all your submissions. Doris and Victor Day Foundation will send all information related to your application to this email address.
• If you already have an account from previous applications, enter your credentials and click the Log On button. grants portal.

STEP 3: Complete our online grant application

• Once you are logged in, click the Apply link at the top of our portal to view all applications.
• Scroll down to find your grant opportunity. Click the Preview button if you would like to view the application questions. Click the Apply button to begin your application.
• Most applications do not open until approximately six weeks before the deadline. If you do not see your grant opportunity, please check back or email Executive Director Tyla Sherwin-Cole
• Submit your application by the deadline if during our regular grant cycle is the last Friday of May. Decisions are typically made within a month for discretionary.

Your grant application will be reviewed by the Day Foundation’s board of directors. During this process, our executive director may contact you for more information. You will be notified by email if your organization received funding. Reporting requirements will be in your award notification.