NEW: Geographic Restrictions
Beginning with our Fall 2025 Grant Cycle, Comis Foundation will be narrowing our geographic focus for more concentrated positive impact in the communities that are home to our Trustees:
- San Francisco Bay Area: San Francisco, Marin and Alameda Counties
- Colorado: Northern Front Range and solutions in early childhood education for rural & mountain communities
- Metro Washington, D.C.: those portions of Washington, D.C., Maryland, and Virginia bounded by the inner loop of I-495 (inside the beltway)
Our focus on underserved children, under-resourced communities and creative, impactful services which give children the opportunity to thrive will continue in these three distinct regions.
Comis Foundation will also continue to fund a small number of organizations with national scope and reach.
Applications are by invitation only.
We welcome Letters of Inquiry at any time.
Review our guidelines.
Area of Interest
Comis Foundation supports programs and policy work that drive improvements in educational outcomes for children. We are interested in programs that support the community as well as children directly. We embrace the whole child concept of full community engagement to drive better outcomes for the child and our society at large.
Applicant Eligibility
All potential grantees must be a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. The Foundation will not support organizations that discriminate against a person or group on the basis of age, political affiliation, race, national origin, ethnicity, gender, disability, sexual orientation or religious belief.
Grant Limitations
The Foundation does not fund internationally. We also do not consider funding for: individuals, scholarships, sponsorships, capital, or loans.
Review Process
Requests for funding will be reviewed in light of the Foundation’s field of interest and current priorities.
Deadlines
2025
- Applications with supporting documents should arrive by: October 17th
- Letters of Notification are sent: December 1st