How to apply:

Request letters will be accepted until October 23, 2025 and should include:

  • Statement of your organization’s need
  • Description of your organization; include mission, history and highlights
  • Description of project to be funded
  • Expected outcomes/impact of project
  • Project start and completion date
  • Communities impacted
  • Availability for site visit and/or presentation in the month of November

Review process:

  • Request letters will be reviewed and offers to apply will be extended by November 1, 2025.
  • Grant awards will be presented during the Foundation’s November board meeting. Subsequently, funding decisions will be distributed.

Request letters should be provided via email to [email protected] with reference to 2025 Large Grant Housing Program.

Questions regarding this program can be directed to [email protected] or please contact Julie Holland Executive Director of the Columbia Bank Foundation at (201) 794-5629

Organizations seeking funding from CBF must be tax exempt with a 501(c)(3) status as a public charity of the Internal Revenue Code. Organizations must be in operation for a minimum of three years.

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