Funding Limitations and Restrictions

While the Woods Fund supports many types of organizations and activities, the following areas are not eligible for grant review:

• Business or economic development projects
• Capital campaigns, capital projects, and capital acquisitions
• Endowments
• Fundraising benefits or program advertising
• Health care institutions
• Housing construction or rehabilitation
• Individual needs
• Medical and scientific research
• Programs in and for individual public and private schools
• Religious or ecumenical programs
• Residential care, rehabilitation, counseling, clinics, and recreation programs
• Scholarships and fellowships
• Social and welfare services, except special projects with a clear public policy strategy

Generally, applicants should be organizations as described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. They should also have a written ruling from the IRS that they are an organization as described under Section 509(a)(1), (2), or (3) of the Code.