MSD Foundation seek to fund projects that directly serve or impact children living in urban poverty, particularly in the areas of education, childhood health and family economic stability (including microfinance). The grants listed below represent grants that were active during the last 12 months. If you are looking to apply for a grant, please visit the apply page.

 

Thank you for your interest in submitting a Michael & Susan Dell Foundation grant application. We encourage you to review the foundation’s priorities before starting your application. Our program pages, blog and master grant list page offer more insight into our work. Before you submit your application, please read our Frequently Asked Questions.

Foundation priorities: The Michael & Susan Dell Foundation only accepts unsolicited proposals for specific areas within the education, family economic stability and childhood health sectors in select countries where we work, namely the United States, India and South Africa. Generally, the foundation does not provide grants to support:

There’s no shortage of challenges in education, family economic stability and childhood health. To meet these challenges head on, it’s essential that we’re nimble in our approach. That’s why we use a range of financial tools and structures to support our work. In addition to our core grant making, we also use a selective, mission-driven impact investment strategy to help develop specific products and tools, as well as spur new markets that serve the poor, and we employ direct service agreements when an opportunity calls for specialized expertise.

 

Individuals

Medical research projects

Event fundraisers or sponsorships

Lobbying of any kind

Endowments

 

Getting started: To get started, you must first check your organization’s eligibility. Click the “Check Your Eligibility” button to be routed through a series of screening questions. If you’re eligible, you can begin your application.

Important: Please be prepared to furnish us with contact and financial information (including total revenue and fiscal operating expenses) for your organization, as well as a detailed description of the project for which you are seeking support. To complete the application, you will also need:

  

 

Having this information prepared ahead of time will help ensure the application process goes smoothly. To help you prepare for completing an Online Grant Proposal, we have created a downloadable grant planning worksheet. Please note that the worksheet is for planning purposes only, and you must complete your online grant proposal via this website.

 

 

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Financial & Grants Management

Budget Preparation	Steps to be taken while Applying for Grants
Bank Reconciliation	Letter of Intent
AdvancesÂ	Capacity Building
Cost Effective Analysis	Concept Note
How to choosea Bank	Bank Accounts
Cash and Fund flowÂ	Asset RegisterÂ
Financial Statements	Cash and Acrual based AccountingÂ