Community Heart & Soul Inc appears to fund humanities-driven community engagement and place-based storytelling initiatives. Its single recorded grant supports a statewide humanities program (Pennsylvania Heart and Soul), indicating interest in projects that use cultural storytelling and civic conversation to strengthen community identity and civic life. The foundation gives at least one significant, targeted award rather than many small gifts.
Concentrated, one-off large gift to a single humanities program; appears to fund targeted, program-specific initiatives rather than broad or numerous small grants. The recorded grant is out-of-state relative to the foundation's VT location.
Community Heart & Soul Inc backs the Community Heart & Soul model, with grants aimed at resident-driven storytelling and local civic conversation in small towns and cities. Its largest recorded award is $40,000 to the Pennsylvania Humanities Council for Pennsylvania Heart and Soul, a statewide partnership that points to the foundation’s interest in humanities-based community work at both the state and local level. The recent record shows a steady pattern of $10,000 seed grants for place-based projects. Recipients have included Good Work Institute Inc for Rosendale, NY Heart and Soul; Brooks County Development Authority for Brooks County, GA Heart and Soul; and Town of Van Buren for Van Buren, ME Heart and Soul. The grantees are local governments, community foundations, libraries, historical groups, and similar civic intermediaries, which fits a model built around community participation rather than direct service delivery. The foundation’s portfolio centers on community identity, placemaking, and civic engagement through humanities organizations and local partnerships. Across the grants on file, the same program name appears in city after city, showing a repeated approach to implementing one model in many communities rather than funding a broad range of unrelated initiatives.
Community Heart & Soul Inc supports humanities-based community engagement work that helps residents gather stories and shape local planning. In Pennsylvania, it awarded $40,000 to Pennsylvania Humanities Council for Pennsylvania Heart and Soul, linking the model to a statewide humanities partner. At the town level, the foundation has repeatedly funded implementation projects. It gave $10,000 to Good Work Institute Inc for Rosendale, NY Heart and Soul and $10,000 to Town of Van Buren for Van Buren, ME Heart and Soul, both tied to local place-based participation. The foundation also works through civic and cultural organizations. It granted $10,000 to Bridgton Public Library for Bridgton Heart and Soul, and $10,000 to Armada Area Historical Society for Armada, MI Heart and Soul, showing an interest in institutions that can support story gathering, public discussion, and community identity.
The recorded grants cluster tightly around a $10,000 amount: the p25, median, and p75 are all $10,000. One exception appears in the record, a $40,000 award, which suggests a small number of larger partnership grants alongside many standard seed grants. The foundation is classified as a regular funder, not a DAF or individual-giving vehicle, and it does not fund individuals or make program-related investments. The recent list also shows multiple grantees funded in more than one year, including communities in Maine and Georgia, which points to repeated program deployment rather than one-off philanthropy.
$220K
$22.5M
$776K
$3.7M
Most grants fall between $10K and $10K, with a median of $10K.
25th Percentile
$10K
Median
$10K
75th Percentile
$10K
About 0% of grants go to recipients in ME.
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Notable grantees: Pennsylvania Humanities Council
All recorded grants go to U.S. recipients. Grantmaking is national in scope, and the top state by grant count is Georgia. Recent Georgia recipients include Brooks County Development Authority in Quitman, Lyons Main Street in Lyons, and City of Dawson in Dawson. Maine also appears frequently, with grants to Van Buren, Pittsfield, Bridgton, Lincolnville, and Sanford. Outside the U.S. there are no recorded recipient countries in the data.
The typical grant size is $10,000, and the p25, median, and p75 are all $10,000. The recent record also includes one larger $40,000 award, but the overall pattern is centered on $10,000 seed grants.
Recipients include a state humanities council, town governments, community foundations, a library, a historical society, a chamber of commerce, and development organizations. That mix suggests the foundation works through local civic and cultural intermediaries rather than direct service agencies.
Georgia appears most often by state, with grants to Quitman, Lyons, and Dawson. Maine also appears repeatedly, with grants to Van Buren, Pittsfield, Bridgton, Lincolnville, and Sanford.
Yes. The grants consistently reference Heart and Soul, including Pennsylvania Heart and Soul, Rosendale, NY Heart and Soul, and Van Buren, ME Heart and Soul. The active programs also describe a Community Heart & Soul Seed Grant Program and a Pennsylvania partnership for $10,000 matching grants.
Yes. The active Community Heart & Soul Seed Grant Program accepts unsolicited applications, and the Pennsylvania partnership seed grant offering also accepts unsolicited applications. Both are described as $10,000 grants for eligible small cities and towns, with the Pennsylvania version focused on Pennsylvania communities.
2026
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2026.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| INNOVIA FOUNDATION | SPOKANE, WA | $100,000 | 2026 | WASHINGTON AND IDAHO HEART AND SOUL |
| MONTANA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | HELENA, MT | $30,000 | 2026 | MONTANA HEART AND SOUL |
| PENNSYLVANIA HUMANITIES COUNCIL | PHILADELPHIA, PA | $20,000 | 2026 | PENNSYLVANIA HEART SOUL |
| KREMMLING AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE | KREMMLING, CO | $10,000 | 2026 | KREMMLING, CO HEART AND SOUL |
| LEGACY FOUNDATION | MERRILLVILLE, IN | $10,000 | 2026 | CEDAR LAKE, IN HEART AND SOUL |
| BARRY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | HASTINGS, MI | $10,000 | 2026 | NASHVILLE, MI HEART AND SOUL |
| VILLAGE OF ARLINGTON | ARLINGTON, OH | $10,000 | 2026 | ARLINGTON, OH HEART AND SOUL |
| COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER DUBUQUE | DUBUQUE, IA | $10,000 | 2026 | PEOSTA, IA HEART AND SOUL |
| VILLAGE OF ARCADIA | ARCADIA, OH | $10,000 | 2026 | ARCADIA, OH HEART AND SOUL |
| COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF ST CLAIR COUNTY | PORT HURON, MI | $10,000 | 2026 | YALE, MI HEART AND SOUL |
| LYONS MAIN STREET | LYONS, GA | $10,000 | 2025 | LYONS, GA HEART AND SOUL |
| PEPPERELL PLUS INC | PEPPERELL, MA | $10,000 | 2025 | PEPPERELL, MA HEART AND SOUL |
| TOWN OF PITTSFIELD | PITTSFIELD, ME | $10,000 | 2025 | PITTSFIELD, ME HEART AND SOUL |
| PENNSYLVANIA HUMANITIES COUNCIL | PHILADELPHIA, PA | $40,000 | 2024 | PENNSYLVANIA HEART AND SOUL |
| UNITED WAY OF ALBANY COUNTY | LARAMIE, WY | $10,000 | 2024 | LARAMIE, WY HEART AND SOUL |
| GOOD WORK INSTITUTE INC | KINGSTON, NY | $10,000 | 2024 | ROSENDALE, NY HEART AND SOUL |
| MACEDONIA HAMILTON DEVELOPMENT | MACEDONIA, IA | $10,000 | 2024 | MACEDONIA, IA HEART AND SOUL |
| CITY OF DAWSON | DAWSON, GA | $10,000 | 2024 | CITY OF DAWSON, GA HEART AND SOUL |
| COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER DUBUQUE | DUBUQUE, IA | $10,000 | 2024 | DUBUQUE, IA HEART AND SOUL |
| BROOKS COUNTY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY | QUITMAN, GA | $10,000 | 2024 | BROOKS COUNTY, GA HEART AND SOUL |
| STARVED ROCK COUNTRY COMMUNITY FUND | LA SALLE, IL | $10,000 | 2024 | MEDOTA, IL HEART AND SOUL |
| TOWN OF VAN BUREN | VAN BUREN, ME | $10,000 | 2024 | VAN BUREN, ME HEART AND SOUL |
| COLONIAL BEACH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | COLONIAL BEACH, VA | $10,000 | 2024 | COLONIAL BEACH, VA HEART AND SOUL |
| NORTH FLORIDA EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION | GRETNA, FL | $10,000 | 2023 | QUINCY HEART AND SOUL |
| TOWN OF GREAT FALLS SC | GREAT FALLS, SC | $10,000 | 2023 | GREAT FALLS HEART AND SOUL |
| RED OAK HERITAGE FOUNDATION | RED OAK, IA | $10,000 | 2023 | RED OAK, IA HEART AND SOUL |
| ARMADA AREA HISTORICAL SOCIETY | ARMADA, MI | $10,000 | 2023 | ARMADA, MI HEART AND SOUL |
| DUNCAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE | DUNCAN, OK | $10,000 | 2023 | DUNCAN, OK HEART AND SOUL |
| STRATEGIES FOR A STRONGER SANFORD | SANFORD, ME | $10,000 | 2023 | SANFORD, ME HEART AND SOUL |
| TOWN OF LINCOLNVILLE ME | LINCOLNVILLE, ME | $10,000 | 2023 | LINCOLNVILLE, ME HEART AND SOUL |
| FOUNDATION OF APPALACHIAN KENTUCKY | HAZARD, KY | $10,000 | 2023 | HAZARD, KY HEART AND SOUL |
| BRIDGTON PUBLIC LIBRARY | BRIDGTON, ME | $10,000 | 2023 | BRIDGTON HEART AND SOUL |
KREMMLING AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
$10,000KREMMLING, CO HEART AND SOUL
BARRY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
$10,000NASHVILLE, MI HEART AND SOUL
VILLAGE OF ARLINGTON
$10,000ARLINGTON, OH HEART AND SOUL
VILLAGE OF ARCADIA
$10,000ARCADIA, OH HEART AND SOUL
LYONS MAIN STREET
$10,000LYONS, GA HEART AND SOUL
PEPPERELL PLUS INC
$10,000PEPPERELL, MA HEART AND SOUL
TOWN OF PITTSFIELD
$10,000PITTSFIELD, ME HEART AND SOUL
UNITED WAY OF ALBANY COUNTY
$10,000LARAMIE, WY HEART AND SOUL
MACEDONIA HAMILTON DEVELOPMENT
$10,000MACEDONIA, IA HEART AND SOUL
CITY OF DAWSON
$10,000CITY OF DAWSON, GA HEART AND SOUL
BROOKS COUNTY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
$10,000BROOKS COUNTY, GA HEART AND SOUL
STARVED ROCK COUNTRY COMMUNITY FUND
$10,000MEDOTA, IL HEART AND SOUL
TOWN OF VAN BUREN
$10,000VAN BUREN, ME HEART AND SOUL
COLONIAL BEACH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
$10,000COLONIAL BEACH, VA HEART AND SOUL
NORTH FLORIDA EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
$10,000QUINCY HEART AND SOUL
TOWN OF GREAT FALLS SC
$10,000GREAT FALLS HEART AND SOUL
RED OAK HERITAGE FOUNDATION
$10,000RED OAK, IA HEART AND SOUL
ARMADA AREA HISTORICAL SOCIETY
$10,000ARMADA, MI HEART AND SOUL
DUNCAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
$10,000DUNCAN, OK HEART AND SOUL
STRATEGIES FOR A STRONGER SANFORD
$10,000SANFORD, ME HEART AND SOUL
TOWN OF LINCOLNVILLE ME
$10,000LINCOLNVILLE, ME HEART AND SOUL
BRIDGTON PUBLIC LIBRARY
$10,000BRIDGTON HEART AND SOUL
Current and upcoming funding from Community Heart & Soul that your nonprofit may be able to apply for.
Administered by Pennsylvania Humanities Council
Who can apply: For PA small cities, townships, and boroughs with populations of 2,500 to 30,000; grants are provided to resident-led groups implementing the Community Heart & Soul model.
Deadline: Applications accepted on a rolling basis until grant funds are exhausted.
Administered by Innovia Ignite Foundation
Who can apply: Designed for rural communities with populations under 30,000. The official applicant must be a nonprofit organization or unit of local government, or the community must have a qualifying fiscal sponsor. Participating communities must provide a $10,000 match over two years.
Deadline: No current application deadline stated.
Who can apply: Eligible communities generally have populations under 30,000; the original program announcement specified populations of 2,500 to 30,000. The lead applicant may be a local government, an IRS-recognized 501(c)(3) public charity, or an informal resident-led group. A fiscal sponsor must be designated to receive grant funds. Applicants must complete the guided Getting Started activities with a Certified Heart & Soul Coach before applying. Selected communities must secure a documented cash match of at least $10,000 from the participating municipality or a partnering organization.
Deadline: Applications are accepted on a rolling basis beginning February 10, 2021 until grant funds are exhausted.
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