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2026 Grantmaking Timeline

November 26, 2025

April 2026 Cycle*

Cycle Opens: Monday, December 1, 2025

Performing Arts & Social Impact Applications Due: Friday, January 23, 2026

Conservation Applications Due: Friday, January 30, 2026

Awards Announced: Early May 2026

 

Please note:

All deadlines are at 11:59 PM, Central Time

The following organizations are eligible to apply for the April 2026 cycle:

Conservation:

  • New applicants: Invitation-only
  • Returning grantees: Invitation-only

Performing Arts:

  • New applicants: Invitation-only
  • Returning grantees funded more than two years ago: Invitation-only
  • Returning grantees funded within the past two years: Open 

Social Impact:

  • New applicants: Invitation-only
  • Returning grantees funded more than a year ago: Invitation-only
  • Returning grantees funded in the past year: Open

 

 

November 2026 Cycle

Dates will be listed by January 2026.

 

 

As always, please do not hesitate to contact our Grants Manager, Jess Matta, at jessica@pmaff.org at any time with questions.

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Welcome!

The Paul M. Angell Family Foundation unites partners across ocean conservation, performing arts, and social impact to ignite possibilities for all. We’re updating our website to better reflect this work and our community, and we look forward to sharing it with you later this summer. In the meantime, you can access the grantee portal, explore our funding, or connect with us on LinkedIn for updates.

Welcoming Joanna Trotter as Our First Vice President of Programs 

March 23, 2026

The Paul M. Angell Family Foundation is pleased to welcome Joanna Trotter as our new Vice President of Programs starting March 31.     Joanna brings decades of experience using philanthropy as a tool for change in Chicago and beyond. In this newly created role, she will guide and align our grantmaking across Ocean Conservation, Performing … Learn More »

News from Paul M. Angell Family Foundation

2026 Grantmaking Timeline

November 26, 2025

April 2026 Cycle* Cycle Opens: Monday, December 1, 2025 Performing Arts & Social Impact Applications Due: Friday, January 23, 2026 Conservation Applications Due: Friday, January 30, 2026 Awards Announced: Early May 2026   Please note: All deadlines are at 11:59 PM, Central Time The following organizations are … Learn More»


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