Due to disruptions in the nonprofit sector and regular periodic review of the Foundation’s funding priorities, the Board has chosen to accept unsolicited inquiries in Summer 2025; those grants will be distributed in early 2026. To receive an email when our portal opens for unsolicited inquiries, complete the form here.

For this grant cycle, the LIRF’s programmatic priorities for new applicants have shifted slightly; our geographic priorities and other priorities remain the same.

Programmatic Priorities for New Applicants

The Luther I. Replogle Foundation will accept unsolicited inquiries from organizations addressing the needs of youth and children, and women with children living in, or at risk of, long-term poverty (especially children living in under-resourced communities). Of particular interest are:

• Programs which provide mental health and wellness services;
• Programs which provide career/vocational training services;
• Programs which provide educational services, including enrichment programs in the arts and sciences, after-school tutoring and mentoring, and scholarship programs.

Geographic Priorities

The Luther I. Replogle Foundation only accepts unsolicited inquiries from organizations located in the metro areas of Boston, MA, Chicago, IL, Minneapolis, MN, and Washington, DC.

Other Priorities

In its human services giving, the Luther I. Replogle Foundation gives priority to new and innovative organizations/programs and organizations with expenses below $1,000,000.

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Other Grantmaking

The Replogle Foundation also makes grants in the following areas at the Board’s discretion; unsolicited inquiries in these areas are not accepted.

• Projects, lectures, and fellowships in classical archaeology, particularly in efforts to enable scholars to cross disciplines and specialties, and thus broaden their horizons.
• Projects and institutions working for the conservation of maps and globes, and dissemination and education in the area of geography.
• Luther I. Replogle Award for Management Improvement at the U.S. Department of State to reward individuals who through their managerial ability have contributed to the effective administration of the Department and its programs.