EL DORADO COUNTY, Calif. – The El Dorado Community Foundation has opened its fall grant series for non-profits serving El Dorado County.
FEET (Fulfilling Equitable Educational Trips) Fund Grant:
The FEET Fund Grant is open to Lake Tahoe Unified School District elementary schools to support grade-level, overnight field trips that enrich the curriculum being taught at your grade level, as well as the students’ lives within Lake Tahoe Unified School District. We would like to help fund trips that actively engage students, are student-centered, and provide an opportunity for students who would otherwise not get and directly meet the standards for your particular grade level. We also expect every field trip to have some nominal cost to the students involved. Grant Applications are due no later than Nov. 1, 2025.
For more details, please visit www.feetfund.org.
Pay it Forward Project School Grant:
The Pay It Forward Project partners with local school service clubs and organizations that work to build a better community with community service projects and environmental projects that build for a better community.
The Pay It Forward Project Grant Application is a youth empowerment grant for student clubs or organizations from any of the El Dorado County High Schools (CA), South Tahoe Middle School (CA), Douglas County High Schools (NV), and Carson City High Schools (NV) who are planning a community service project that gives back to the community. This grant centers on giving back to the community, respecting our fellow man, and continually looking ahead on how to make the world a better place for everyone in it.
This grant, if approved, will provide up to $1,000 for a student club’s project that builds a better community through volunteerism. Grant applications are due no later than Sept. 25, 2025.
El Dorado Hills Area Foundation Grant:
Local nonprofit agencies serving the community and residents of El Dorado Hills are invited to apply for grant funding from The El Dorado Hills Giving Circle and El Dorado Hills Area Foundation. Applications of up to $10,000 will be considered. In an effort to best serve our community, the grant does not have a specific focus area, thereby inspiring new ideas with the possibility of responding to unmet community needs. Organizations that have been granted funds the past two consecutive years must sit out this year/cycle before re-applying to this grant process next fall.
Applications are due by 11:59pm September 25, 2025. Further guidelines and funding requirements are available on the link above. Please note that this grant is for non-profits providing services or programs that include El Dorado Hills.
Locher Agricultural Grant for El Dorado County:
El Dorado Community Foundation is pleased to announce a funding opportunity from the Locher Agricultural Fund. The Fund will be accepting proposals of up to $4,500 from any 4-H or FFA program that serves El Dorado County. Applications are due before 11:59pm on Sept. 25th, 2025.
Applicants will be notified of their grant status in November. If successful, funding is available immediately. This grant is made possible by the estate of Carl and Kathy Locher who were passionate about agriculture and sharing this passion with children.
Visit eldoradocf.org/grants-catalog for information about the opportunities available, including how to apply!
All Grant Applications open on August 28, 2025.
Feel free to contact the Foundation’s Director of Grants, Programs & Impact, Kathy Haven, at kathy@eldoradocf.org with any questions.