IFIA invites all members to apply for a Booz Allen Foundation $1 million Innovation Grant

The IFIA invites all members to apply in the Booz Allen Foundation which has established a $1 million Innovation Fund to provide funding to nonprofit organizations, individuals, and eligible small businesses who want to solve the most pressing problems caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

How You Can Support

Apply for your innovation grant on the Booz Allen Foundation’s website! If you know someone or an organization with a bright idea for making an impact in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, apply here for a grant and help make the change that counts.

Spread the word using the images, social media posts, and an email template below. Tell your friends, colleagues, and other problem-solvers that the Booz Allen Foundation wants to turn their bright ideas into innovative solutions.

Terms and conditions apply.

Do you want to solve an urgent social issue created by COVID-19?
Apply for a Booz Allen Foundation Innovation Grant and make the change that counts.

The Booz Allen Foundation has established a $1 million Innovation Fund to help nonprofits, entrepreneurs, thought leaders, innovators at colleges and universities, and startups and small businesses harness the power of data, technology, and diverse intellectual capital to improve COVID-19 relief efforts and make a difference. We want to surface the most innovative solutions and empower the individuals and organizations behind those solutions to drive their development and implementation.

The Foundation is accepting applications from April 30 through June 5, 2020. Nonprofits can apply for grants of up to $100,000. Individuals, teams of individuals, and eligible for-profit organizations can apply for microgrants of up to $10,000. Certain eligibility requirements apply. Through the Innovation Fund, the Foundation is specifically targeting solutions and projects that will build lasting community resilience by protecting vulnerable populations and frontline workers or providing for a safe return to work.

If you have an idea for a solution or are involved with a project that’s already making a difference, apply for an Innovation Grant today and partner with us to make the change that counts.
How to apply

Applications for Booz Allen Foundation Innovation Grants are open from April 30 to June 5, 2020. Applicants should be prepared to answer a brief set of questions about how your solution or project will solve an urgent social problem or build community resilience in the wake of COVID-19.

Please see our FAQs for more details about the application process.
Eligibility

The grants are open to individuals, teams of individuals, U.S. tax-exempt nonprofits, or small for-profit businesses. Please see our FAQs for more information about eligibility requirements.
Submit an application

Start your application by clicking the button at the bottom of this page. After the application period ends, you will receive an email notification informing you whether you have progressed to the semi-finalist round, where an expert team appointed by the Foundation will decide which proposed solutions have the greatest potential to build lasting community resilience.

APPLY FOR AN INNOVATION GRANT