Process and Schedule
Program Opens:
July 11, 2025
Project Briefs due by 5 p.m. PST
Aug. 15, 2025
Application Invitation:
Aug. 22, 2025
Applications Due by 5 p.m. PST:
Oct. 3, 2025
Applicants notified of decision:
Nov. 13, 2025
Transformation Grants: Advancing Housing for People Experiencing Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
Program Focus:
The lack of quality, affordable housing options for adults who experience intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) has reached a crisis in the United States. The Transformation Grants for IDD Housing program reflects our commitment to investing in person-focused housing solutions for individuals who experience IDD. The program also provides funding for the exploration of new, inclusive, and community-based approaches that are affordable, scalable, and sustainable.
Transformation Grants for Research on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: Advancing Innovation
Program Focus:
The number of American children diagnosed with a developmental disability continues to increase, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and about one-in-six children have an intellectual disability, autism spectrum disorder, or another developmental delay.
The need for earlier diagnosis and impactful therapies persists, and longstanding socioeconomic and political conditions produce obstacles for people with IDD to receive equitable, appropriate, and effective physical and mental health care, further contributing to poor outcomes.
While the exploration and advancement of therapies and treatments is a key component of this program, we also invite efforts that remove barriers to care, prioritizing equitable and informed access to IDD screenings, diagnosis, and therapies.
Who Can Apply
Organizations must have a primary focus of serving people with intellectual or developmental disabilities. Programs eligible for funding include education, advocacy, employment, the arts, and supportive, inclusive, or independent housing.
Our geographic focus is Oregon and Washington. Grants are limited to organizations based in—and directly serving residents of—these two states.
Organizations must be a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Organizations using a fiscal sponsor must have an agreement in place at least six months prior to the grant application date, and the fiscal sponsor must demonstrate a five-year history of successful operation.
We will not consider requests for:
- Grants to individuals
- Fundraising events
- Reserve funds or debt elimination
- Tuition assistance or tuition reimbursement
- Capital campaigns
- Organizations that discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran, or disability statuses in the delivery of services and in their employment practices.
Size and Duration of Grant
Transformation Grants: Advancing Housing for People Experiencing Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
Grant period: One-year grants or multi-year grants up to three years
Funding range: Up to $300,000 per year
Maximum funding request: $900,000 over a three-year period
Indirect cost rate: 10 percent
Transformation Grants for IDD Research: Advancing Innovation
Grant period: One- or two-year grants
Maximum funding request: Up to $150,000 per year or $300,000 over a two-year period
Indirect cost rate: 10 percent
Types of Support
Transformation Grants for IDD Housing
- Housing with a demonstrated history of success that continues to evolve and innovate to meet residents’ preferences and needs.
- Housing with a demonstrated commitment to and expertise in the development and implementation of inclusive programs and opportunities that enrich the lives of residents.
- Housing that is accessible to a socioeconomic range of individuals.
- Housing that is diverse, inclusive, and embraces a range of abilities, ages, and socioeconomic circumstances.
- Housing that demonstrates successful collaboration with a diverse range of stakeholders to advance innovation, inclusion, scalability, affordability, and a community-based approach.
- New housing solutions that have reached a tipping point in terms of community and financial support and can demonstrate capacity for the next stage of funding.
Transformation Grants for IDD Research
- Research that leads to new therapies or improves current therapies.
- Efforts that improve early detection.
- Autism spectrum disorder research.
- Efforts that advance healthcare equity by reducing disparities in access to screenings, diagnosis, and therapies for people with IDD.
We appreciate your time and interest in applying for a grant from the Kuni Foundation.
If you have any questions about our grant program or application process, please contact us via email at grants@kunifoundation.org
