Applicant organizations should be classified as 501(c)(3) by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service or 149(1)(f) by the Canadian Customs and Revenue Agency. Wilburforce Foundation will consider funding a limited number of grants for organizations that do not have these legal designations. If you are seeking a grant but do not have public charity status, please raise this early in discussions with a Program Officer.

Applicant organizations must be incorporated in the U.S. or Canada, and have programs currently operating in our funding Areas.

The foundation generally will not consider:

• Any of the following types of projects:
• Agricultural issues
• Air quality or other clean air programs
• Annual meetings, conferences or symposia
• Energy-related programs
• Environmental education
• Environmental justice programs
• Habitat restoration
• Land acquisition and/or stewardship
• Marine or other water-only programs
• Pollution prevention or other pollution-related projects
• Salmon recovery programs
• Sustainable development or other economically-based programs
• Sprawl or growth management programs
• Transportation-related programs
• Wildlife rehabilitation programs
• Youth education programs
• Deficit financing
• Endowment funds
• Funding of individual scholarships or fellowships
• Grants to individuals
• Grants to schools
• Grants to cities, counties or other governmental agencies
• Indirect costs
• Loans

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