Honda and the Honda USA Foundation take grant applications until Oct. 31 from nonprofits in 16 states and D.C.
Requests of $25,000 to $100,000 for 2027 are open in four areas: manufacturing education, the environment, traffic safety and mobility for people with disabilities. Decisions come in spring 2027.
Torrance. Honda and the Honda USA Foundation opened applications on Oct. 1 for their 2027 programmatic grants, which pay $25,000 to $100,000 for nonprofit and school programs in 16 states and the District of Columbia where the automaker has major corporate operations. Applications are due by 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time on Oct. 31, and Honda says it will make no exceptions for late ones.
Honda and its foundation gave more than $15 million in programmatic grants in 2026, the company said. The company said in June that the cycle then ending had sent more than $15.2 million to 271 nonprofit and school-led programs. Decisions on this round are to be announced in spring 2027; Honda's fiscal year runs from April through March.
Who can apply
Eligible applicants are U.S. organizations recognized under section 501(c)(3), groups working through a tax-exempt fiscal sponsor, and schools and school districts listed by the National Center for Education Statistics. An organization whose 501(c)(3) status is still pending cannot apply. Honda says it primarily funds organizations with annual operating budgets above $500,000.
What counts is where the program works, not where the applicant is based. It must serve Alabama, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, South Carolina, Texas or the District of Columbia. Athletic teams and programs held for religious purposes are not funded.
Applicants begin with an online eligibility quiz that routes them to the right application, and a program may be submitted only once. Overhead and indirect costs may be included in the budget with no specific limit, according to the funders' published answers to common questions. Grantees must sign Honda's standard agreements as written, or the award may be rescinded.
Four areas this year
Honda itself funds three areas. Education grants go to programs that build awareness of manufacturing careers or teach technical skills and credentials for advanced manufacturing. Environment grants cover carbon reduction and urban forestry, clean energy education, and the conservation of natural resources and wildlife; general recycling, food recovery, beautification and disaster preparedness are not priorities. Traffic Safety grants support safety education and the distribution of protective equipment and other direct safety services, but not vehicle purchases or road construction.
The foundation's Mobility grants are for programs that target and serve people with disabilities: adaptive equipment and therapy, adaptive sports, jobs and accessible transportation, and help for people and their families in finding and keeping services and care.
Traffic Safety was not offered in last year's cycle, which opened Oct. 1, 2025, with Education, Environment and Mobility. The Honda USA Foundation dates from 2021, when Honda consolidated three U.S. foundations, among them the American Honda Foundation, into one.
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