Sociological Abstracts

How to apply, from its 2024 IRS return

How to ask

Applicants should submit their concept application online via the foundation's website (page 5, Part VII-A of Form 990-PF). No e-mail or paper applications will be accepted. The foundation notifies applicants who have submitted concept applications if their preliminary request has been accepted by the trustees and a full proposal will be considered. General instructions and an application form will be sent out with the letter of notification. From time to time, the trustees review these…

Deadlines

Short concept applications-August 14; full proposals-November; grants disbursed in February.

Limits on who can apply

Grant recipients should wait one year before submitting a new request. Organizations whose concept applications or full proposals are denied may re-apply after one full year from the date of the notification of the denial. The foundation will not consider proposals that: 1) represent the work of a lone academic without an ongoing partnership with a community organization; 2) do not demonstrate the capacity or intent to carry out bona fide research, as indicated by either a past track record or…

Grants paid in 2024

$277,602, to organizations

This is what the foundation told the IRS on Form 990-PF. It isn’t a confirmed open grant round, and details may have changed, so contact the foundation before applying. Its mailing address is on the full return: see it on ProPublica’s Nonprofit Explorer.