Melville Charitable Trust grantmaking
A foundation devoted entirely to ending homelessness, funding systems and policy change, narrative change, and work on the racial wealth gap. Grantees include national policy, fair housing and research-and-advocacy intermediaries.
- Indicative award
- $50k–$1.6M (total award)The grants database shows awards from $50,000 up to $1,600,000 (largest shown: $1.6M to Partnership for Equitable and Resilient Communities, December 2024). The page separately notes about twenty flexible discretionary grants under $15,000 each year.
- Timing
- By invitationNo specific published date recorded. This funder publishes a cycle rather than a date, and this database does not invent one.No published deadlines; grantmaking is by invitation. Trust reports over $165 million in grants since 1990.
- Who can apply
- Community organisation, Mid-career & senior, Practitioner
- Eligibility
- The Trust states plainly that it does not accept unsolicited proposals; grantees are identified by the Trust. US nonprofit organizations working on homelessness, housing instability and the systems that drive them.
- SSWR clusters
- Topics
- homelessness · housing instability · systems change · narrative change · racial wealth gap
- Apply at
- https://www.melvilletrust.org/grants/grants-database/
- This entry
- Curated by the working group. Written 2026-08-07. Funder link last confirmed to resolve on 2026-09-25.
Amounts and dates on this page are indicative and are maintained by people rather than scraped. Funders change ceilings, windows and eligibility without notice; confirm all details at the source above before applying.
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