Grantmaking

As an initiative of the Foundation, Civic Works combined job training and an energy efficiency program, Project Lightbulb, to pilot in two low and moderate income neighborhoods to provide homeowner
savings in their energy bills.
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The Abell Foundation seeks to create solutions that are both innovative and will ensure accountability. Its grantmaking is limited to specific types of awards. The Foundation will consider requests for:

capital grants that support new construction, renovation, purchase of property, and/or capital equipment;
seed money grants for projects encouraging innovative solutions to recalcitrant problems; and
planning grants for projects which may serve as catalysts for systematic change.

The Foundation prefers not to fund ongoing operational expenses. It does not award grants to individuals, sponsorships, deficit financing, annual sustaining funds, or travel. Awards are made to organizations with 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status only.