As we close out 2025, community leaders and organizations across the country are gearing up for a powerful new year ahead — and Work With Grants is here to make sure you’re ready for the next level of growth, collaboration, and creativity.

Now is the perfect time to join the Work With Grants New Business Development Group, where innovation meets opportunity. This group is designed for leaders, entrepreneurs, and community advocates who are ready to explore new strategies, test creative solutions, and develop projects that bring measurable impact to their communities.

🎮 Upcoming Event: Work With Grants Online Game Night

Friday Evening – Connect, Play, and Grow Digitally

Join us for a fun and engaging Online Game Night — a space where collaboration meets creativity! Learn how to elevate your contacts in new and imaginative ways, expand your network, and explore new digital spaces while having a great time. Whether you’re an entrepreneur, a board member, or simply curious about expanding your influence, this is the perfect way to connect and learn with like-minded community builders.

💡 The Challenge Leaders Face Today

Leaders who take bold steps into new areas invest not just time, but also resources — discovering spaces that drive innovation, create opportunities, and test ideas that reveal real results.

However, when leaders continue turning to the same service providers and guidance models they’ve used for the past 10 to 15 years, the outcomes often remain the same — reduced creativity, increased dependency on automation, and missed opportunities for authentic growth.

We’ve seen this pattern play out across many sectors in 2025, raising important questions:

• Are the strategies leaders receive truly designed to support their teams?

• Or are they just quick fixes that leave communities struggling to adapt?

  
  

The truth is, many community leaders depend heavily on long-standing institutions that have perfected the art of serving their own bottom lines. This approach can leave local leaders out on a limb — stuck proving their worth and defending their choices, often at a higher cost in time, relationships, and even legal fees.

🌱 Why Community Talent Matters

When leaders recognize and engage the talent within their communities, they not only strengthen local insight but also build real solutions that grow from shared purpose. Overlooked talent weakens the foundation of progress — it affects community confidence, limits opportunity, and creates new challenges that slow everyone down.

That’s why Work With Grants exists — to bridge this gap, build confidence, and equip communities with the tools, guidance, and partnerships they need to grow sustainably and collaboratively.

🤝 Join the Movement

The Work With Grants New Business Development Group is your space to:

• Discover new ideas and solutions that fit your goals.

• Collaborate with other leaders and innovators.

• Gain access to funding opportunities and project support.

• Receive hands-on guidance from our coordinating team.

  
  

Leaders who join before the end of 2025 will have the opportunity to advance their next steps into successful submissions, funded projects, and stronger partnerships.

Bring your teams, groups, and organizations together — and explore how creative collaboration can unlock new markets, spark innovation, and strengthen the bonds with those who depend on your leadership.

At Work With Grants, we help you and your community feel supported every step of the way — connecting your services, projects, and partnerships to create results that last.

🌍 Join today. Grow together. Build tomorrow. 👉 Visit WorkWithGrants.com to learn more about joining the New Business Development 

Group and RSVP for our upcoming Online Game Night this Friday!

🔍 Ready Now: 10 Grant Opportunities Open in November 2025

Here are 10 grants you and your team can prepare for this month — all geared toward community initiatives, innovation, creative solutions, and leadership growth. Being aware of these now gives you time to map out ideas, build your team, draft proposals, and get ahead of the competition.

1. Spark Good Local Grants (Walmart Foundation) — Application window opens Nov 3 – Dec 31, 2025. Eligible: community or faith-based organizations doing projects that benefit local neighborhoods. Walmart Foundation

   
   

2. Microgrants – Brooklyn Org — Deadline: Nov 30, 2025. Micro-grants (up to about $10,000) for community-based nonprofits in Brooklyn (or similarly structured groups) with budgets under $100,000. Brooklyn Org

   
   

3. Program Development Grants – NetVUE (Council of Independent Colleges) — Deadline: Nov 21, 2025. Supports colleges/universities strengthening vocational exploration programs — community-leaders can partner or spin a local initiative accordingly. Council of Independent Colleges

   
   

4. Employment and Training Pathways Program (Illinois) — Deadline: Nov 24, 2025. Supports community-based, diversity-focused organizations offering development or career-related opportunities within the clean energy sector in under-represented communities. DCEO

   
   

5. California Disadvantaged Communities Employment and Training Pathways (ETPP) — Listed as an open category in the state’s grants portal for “Disadvantaged Communities / Employment & Training” in November timeframe. California Grants Portal

   
   

6. Community Food Projects Competitive Grants Program (USDA‑NIFA) — Historically closes early November. Community food security, local food systems, urban/rural partnerships. Even if current year’s deadline has passed, start prepping for next year. Nation Institute of Food and Agriculture

   
   

7. Community Development Block Grant – Public Facility / Infrastructure (NY) — This state-level funding (by New York State Homes & Community Renewal) remains “open round” with December deadlines. Good opportunity to ready application in November. Homes and Community Renewal

   
   

8. Grants for Nonprofits and Civic Projects (The Grant Portal) — While not a named “program,” this platform has thousands of grant listings currently active (including many closing in November). Use it to spot the niche opportunity for your group. The Grant Portal

   
   

9. Mini & Standard Grants – NRPA (National Recreation & Park Association) — Standard grants up to $75,000, deadline: Dec 5, 2025 — so use November to prep. NRPA

   
   

10. Grants.gov Federal Funding Opportunities — Use the federal portal to search “closing in November” or “open now” for nonprofit/community-serving projects. Even if your perfect match isn’t closing this month, identifying it in November gives you runway. Grants.gov

🎯 Why Knowing Where to Go Matters

For community leaders, knowing where the funding lives is just as important as knowing what you want to do. Here’s why:

• Preparedness = Competitiveness: If you find out about a grant only days before the deadline, you’ll scramble — which reduces the polish and impact of your proposal. Finding grants in November gives you weeks, not hours.

  
  

• Alignment = Success: You can choose grants that match your community’s real needs, rather than stretching your project to fit a deadline. When you know the funding source early, you can tailor your initiative to align — making your proposal stronger.

  
  

• Capacity Building: Even when you’re not submitting this month, scanning opportunities builds a habit and improves your processes — so next time you’re swift and strategic.

  
  

• Relationships & Partnerships: When you spot grants in advance, you can engage partners, gather letters of support, draft budgets, and create deeper community buy-in — all critical for winning funding.

  
  

• Sustainable Impact: Funding isn’t just a one-off windfall. When you consistently know how to locate and apply for grants, you build a pipeline of resources — which means your community programs can scale, adapt, and sustain over time.

  
  

By proactively digging into this list and similar grant trackers, you’ll position your team and your community to apply, win, and execute meaningful projects — instead of reacting at the last minute. That’s how you turn good ideas into impactful change.

See More open Grants available through the Work With Grants: Grant Resource