Application Process
Grant Application and Program Guidelines
Please review the Grant Application and Program Guidelines prior to beginning your application for the 1st Cycle Direct Effect and Expanded Impact Spring 2025. (A special Priority Impact – Tier 3 grant to be included) Grant proposals are due February 28, 2025.
1st Grant Cycle 2025 Program Timeline
Direct Effect (Tier 1) , Priority Impact (Tier 3 pilot) and Expanded Impact (Tier 5)
- 1st Grant Cycle opens January 21, 2025
- Deadline for emailed questions: Ongoing (Email to [email protected])
- Technical Assistance Webinar: February 6, 2025 (click here to register)
- Proposals Due: February 28, 2025
- External Review: March 10 – March 28, 2025
- Internal Review: April 1 – April 28, 2025
- Grants awarded by May 30, 2025
- Grant period:
- Direct Effect: June 1, 2025 – May 31, 2026
- Priority Impact (Gun Violence Prevention Initiative Pilot Program) – June 1, 2025 –
November 30, 2026 - Expanded Impact: June 1, 2024
- Expanded Impact: June 1, 2025 – May 31, 2027
Quality of Life Grant Application Process
The Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation Quality of Life grants program offers a tiered grants strategy awarding Direct Effect (Tier 1) grants from $5,000 up to $24,999 to support a wide array of programs and activities. In addition, we have created Priority Impact grants (Tiers 2, 3 & 4) with higher maximum award amounts that focus on targeted high priority issues for people living with paralysis and their families. This enables the Reeve Foundation to continue to support valuable projects and services in communities throughout the United States of America, as well as to highlight, fund and publicize high priority issues and successful solutions. Expanded Impact grants (Tier 5) are expansions of previously awarded QOL programs that have achieved demonstrable successful impact.
For Full Program Details please visit our QOL Program Overview Page.
Requests from organizations not based in the USA are not eligible, and projects outside of the USA, even if the applicant organization is based in the USA, cannot be funded. Please see all of the Eligibility Criteria (through the link below).
All applications must be submitted online through the online grants portal.
Grant Review Process
Learn more about the Quality of Life Grant Review Process.
Helpful Information
- Grant Application and Program Guidelines (Updating)
- Direct Effect
- Priority Impact
- Expanded Impact
- Guidelines for discussing people with disabilities
- A Quick Guide to Establishing Evaluation Indicators
- Eligibility Criteria and Funding Restrictions
- Statement of Objectivity (NEW)
- FAQs (Updated 9-26-22)
Click here to access the online application portal.
Video Tutorial Series
Please watch these short videos if you have any questions regarding:
Application – Technical Assistance Webinar
This technical assistance webinar was presented on September 12, 2024.
Webinar: Outcome-based Evaluation
Webinar Overview:
- Shift your nonprofit organization’s and/or project’s focus from activities to OUTCOMES
- Learn the difference between inputs, activities, outputs, and outcomes
- Develop frameworks for tracking the outcomes and impact of your work
- Successfully articulate that impact to funders and other stakeholders
- Use OUTCOME-BASED EVALUATION to tell a more in-depth, rich, and impactful story highlighting the success of your work.
This webinar was presented on November 30, 2023.
