The Venable Foundation seeks to provide essential resources to nonprofit organizations, focusing on ensuring equitable employment, healthcare, housing, food, and cultural opportunities. By granting funds, it aims to empower economically disadvantaged individuals to thrive, supporting a broad spectrum of initiatives aimed at improving lives and communities.
The Venable Foundation grant program targets a wide range of initiatives intending to provide vital support to economically disadvantaged people. With an average grant size of about $10,000, its funding priorities encompass general operations and projects within key areas: Human Services, Legal Services, Education, Workforce Development, Youth Impact, Health, Environment, and Arts and Culture. These areas cover a vast spectrum of needs, from addressing homelessness, food insecurity, and access to legal services to supporting educational programs, workforce training, health care access, environmental preservation, and arts engagement. The Foundation places a strong emphasis on programs that have a significant, positive impact on underserved and economically disadvantaged communities, aiming to foster equity, improvement, and sustainability in various critical life aspects.