Current Opportunity
The Felix E. Martin Jr. Foundation is accepting Community Grant requests benefiting residents of Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. The Foundation’s current homepage identifies October 5, 2026 as the next quarterly Community Grant deadline. The program supports local organizations carrying out civic, educational, and cultural projects, with stated preference for Economic Development, Youth Services, Substance Abuse Services, and Health/Human Services.
Funding
The Foundation’s current downloadable Community Grants guidelines state that grants of any amount may be considered. Requests over $20,000 are likely to be considered outside the Community Grants program and may require additional review time. The current public guidelines do not publish a mandatory match or cost-share percentage.
Eligible Applicants and Geography
Eligible applicants include 501(c)(3) public charities in good standing, charitable projects fiscally sponsored by a qualifying 501(c)(3), churches, public schools or school districts, and units of government serving Muhlenberg County. Projects must benefit residents of Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.
Health and Human Services Fit
Health/Human Services is one of the Foundation’s four stated priority areas. The Foundation’s official Health & Human Services page describes prior support for food-security infrastructure, disaster-response organizations, access to healthcare services, substance-use prevention, and access to cutting-edge equipment. Any healthcare technology or equipment request must still be justified as a direct Muhlenberg County community benefit and confirmed with Foundation staff before application.
Application Requirements
The downloadable application calls for a project summary, organizational overview, project execution narrative, detailed project budget, a list of funds already secured, tax-exempt documentation when applicable, and optional supporting documentation. The application also requires applicant and executive-director or school-principal signatures. The guidelines direct prospective applicants to discuss the project with Foundation staff before applying and permit submission by email or postal mail.
Restrictions
The guidelines state that the Foundation does not support grants to individuals; faith-based requests for religious purposes or expansion of church facilities or operations; requests that substitute for funding that is the legitimate responsibility of government; certain requests from governmental units with their own capacity to raise funds; or organizations that discriminate against legally protected classes.
Atlas Verification Hold
The current official homepage verifies the October 5, 2026 next quarterly deadline, but it does not publish a cutoff clock time or time zone. In addition, the currently downloadable Community Grants application contains an older fiscal-year deadline table even though the Foundation homepage has advanced to the October 2026 deadline. Applicant-specific ORIGINAL outreach therefore remains on Verification Hold until the current cutoff time/time zone and live application instructions are confirmed authoritatively. Atlas will not infer either item.