We welcome the nominations of families in which the deceased parent worked — or the surviving parent continues to work — in the field of public or affordable housing, or community and economic development. To date, the Bollinger Foundation has not awarded grants outside of this priority area, and is unlikely to do so in the future.
The Foundation primarily provides funds for children’s education. This can include — but is not limited to — grants towards special educational needs, school materials, and college tuition. We have also awarded funds for counseling and other special needs.
Our Board of Directors will carefully consider each application. Grants are awarded in small dollar amounts, and in all events will not exceed $8,000 per grantee annually.
The Foundation welcomes nominations of eligible families. One can download a hardcopy nomination form (PDF). Once completed, the form can be emailed to contact@bollingerfoundation.org or mailed to:
The Bollinger Foundation
c/o IEDC
1275 K St. NW / Suite 300
Washington, DC 20005
The Call for Nominations will be launched on April 1 every year. The deadline for submitting grant applications is June 1 of that year. For any questions, please email contact@bollingerfoundation.org.
We are honored to have contributed over $1 million to families struggling through a variety of situations, helping to defray the costs of basic needs, education, counseling, and much more. Below are just some of the stories of our past recipients.
More than $25,000 was given to the families of HUD employees that were killed in the bombing of the Alfred Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City. The victims' families used the funds for counseling and educational support.
Financial assistance was provided to three young children whose only parent - an assistant manager of a multifamily housing project and a local block grant volunteer - was slain. Their grandmother is using the money to pay for the costs of the two younger children to attend a special day care program for disabled children.
Three children of an executive director in Texas received a grant in 1992. Their father, who worked for a local housing authority, was recognized as an innovator in public housing, homelessness, and resident initiatives. HUD considered his creation R.O.S.E. - Residential Opportunities for Success and Empowerment - to be one of the most meaningful resident initiatives in the country.
Funds were given to the family of a woman who worked for the Snohomis County Grants Administration and was responsible for distributing HUD grants. She died of cancer, leaving behind seven children. A grant was given to the youngest child, who wanted to attend a local vocational technical school. The money helped fulfill her dream of studying to become a dental assistant.
The two surviving children of a HUD temporary employee - who did not have government insurance when she passed away - received grant money used by their grandmother to purchase clothing and school supplies.
A single mother received funds to help pay for the counseling her children needed to deal with the death of their father, a former employee of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development who died of heart disease at the age of forty- five.
