Stanley 1913 Creators Fund 2025 (up to $50,000) Deadline: 19 September, 2025

Applications are open for the Stanley 1913 Creators Fund 2025. Stanley Creators Fund offers grants up to $50,000 to support leaders working at the intersection of humanity, sustainability and possibility. The grant recipients represent a dynamic group of emerging creators, builders and inventors who reflect the many communities they serve and bring optimism for a better future through their work.

Designed to support a wide variety of causes and challenges such as climate change, food security and equity and justice, they are making space to learn from the creators around the world who understand the nuances of solving these challenges. And they believe defining their global communities’ challenge is best left to the leaders who roll up their sleeves every day in their local communities.

Grant

• This grant program invests in, and celebrates, early-stage nonprofit organizations through $50,000 USD of unrestricted support.

Eligibility

Eligible organisations should:

• Demonstrate alignment with the Stanley Creators Fund objectives.
• Operate in alignment with Stanley’s values and standards, including their commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion.
• Be incorporated as a U.S. 501(c)3 nonprofit organisation or global equivalent, with a minimum of two years of operating history. In absence of operating history, proof of concept may be demonstrated.
• Have an annual operating income of no less than $100,000 USD and no more than $2,000,000 USD.
• Demonstrate willingness to partner with Stanley brand and diverse stakeholders to amplify the story and progress of the awardee’s organisation.

Application

Applicants are asked to provide the following:

• Information on the 501(c)3 organisation applying funding
• Information on the affiliated leader
• Description of the alignment with Stanley Creators Fund objectives, including:
  • the cause at the center of the applicant’s work
  • the qualities, accomplishments or idea that exemplify the applicant as an emerging creator
  • specific actions that may be pursued as a result of funding from Stanley Creators fund

Deadline: September 19, 2025

For more information, visit Stanley 1913 Creators Fund.