Grants

About LCIF and LCIF India

Lions Clubs International Foundation (LCIF) was founded in 1968 as the charitable arm of Lions Clubs International to take its mission to new heights by tackling global problems, and assisting Lions with large-scale local humanitarian projects. LCIF’s history is filled with impactful projects; meani...

10 Tips to Manage Your LCIF Grant

How to Effectively Manage Your LCIF GrantNow that your LCIF grant application is approved, follow these tips to achieve your goals....

The Lions Guide to Promoting a LCIF Grant Project

Congratulations! You have received your grant and are preparing for your service. An important step in getting the most from your grant is letting the community know about your impact! Promoting your service is helpful in several ways:1.Shows the impact Lions make in the community.2.Helps ...

Childhood Cancer Grant Program

Each year, more than 300,000 children are diagnosed with cancer. Improving childhood cancer survival requires supporting children and their families while they experience the unimaginable social, economic, and emotional burdens of having a child with cancer. Our Strategy Grants are available to Lion...

Hunger Grant Program

There are nearly one billion people across the world that experience food insecurity. No one can truly understand the devastating physical and emotional impact of hunger unless they experience it. Through the LCIF Hunger Grant Program, Lions can support school based feeding programs, food banks, fee...

The Humanitarian Award

The Lions Humanitarian Award is the highest honor of the association given to an individual or an organization with exemplary humanitarian efforts. This award includes a grant from LCIF of up to US$250,000 for continuing humanitarian activities. Lions clubs members may nominate deserving philanthrop...

District and Club Community Impact Grants

Through the District & Club Community Impact Grants program, 15 percent of unrestricted contributions to LCIF are transformed into grants that fund local projects on a club and/or district level.AboutDonations may be made throughout the year, and grants can be applied for in the following Lions year...

Leo Grants

Leos play such an important role in the service mission of Lions. We value the contributions of young people to their communities as volunteers and service leaders. Anything we can do to encourage and enhance their service is a win for us all—Lions, communities and the world. LCIF Leo Service G...

Designated Grants

Designated GrantsIn addition to the grant programs for which Lions may apply, we award millions of dollars annually for other projects and programs that impact lives worldwide through designated grants.AboutDesignated grants represent restricted funds for a particular cause. Funds are not applied to...

Lions Quest Grants

Lions Quest Grants aid the implementation and expansion of Lions Quest in schools around the world. Typical project activities include workshops to train educators, the purchase of textbooks and materials for workshops, program evaluation and research. Grants can go toward the initial implementation...

Disaster Relief Grants

When natural disasters strike, Lions are among the first to offer help. With a disaster grant, they can do even more for communities devastated by hurricanes, floods, fires and other major events. As a foundation, we are proud to offer a variety of grant options to support various stages of disaste...

Diabetes Grants

The LCIF Diabetes Grant Program can help develop community environments that inspire and support healthy lifestyles and provide education about diabetes and prediabetes. LCIF Diabetes grants can increase access to diabetes care and enhance existing diabetes centers to provide greater service to the ...

Application and Deadline

The applications for matching grants are due no later than 90 days prior to the start of the Board of Trustees meetings, which take place in January, May, and August. Click here to view the next application deadline.Criteria & Application...

About Matching Grants

Matching grants (previously called standard grants) are large-scale humanitarian projects that address unmet needs. The project must serve a large population. Grants awarded are between US$10,000 and US$100,000.Matching grants typically provide funds for capital construction and equipment. Typical p...

Matching Grants

Millions of people throughout the world lack access to items and services that many of us take for granted. Through matching grant projects, communities gain access to education, technology, health care, safe places for children to play and many other life-changing improvements. Matching grants invo...

SightFirst Research Grants 

SightFirst Research Grants provide funds to support public health research initiatives that evaluate and directly influence the operation of the SightFirst program. Criteria and Application...

About SightFirst Grants 

SightFirst supports high-quality, cost-effective, equitable, and sustainable eye care projects that focus on infrastructure development, human resource training, eye care service delivery and eye health education. Applications for SightFirst grants are due no later than 90 days prior to the sta...

SightFirst Grants

SightFirst grants can help a child see the world for the first time. They can protect a village from a debilitating eye disease, or intervene before someone goes blind due to diabetic eye disease. They can upgrade hospitals and clinics in underserved communities by training doctors and nurses, distr...

Grants

There are a wide variety of grants available to help Lions serve their local communities and the world. We encourage you to explore the different grant types to find out if there’s a grant that’s right for your club, district or multiple district now or in the future. ...

10 Tips to Manage Your LCIF Grant

The Lions Guide to Promoting a LCIF Grant Project

Childhood Cancer Grant Program

Hunger Grant Program

The Humanitarian Award

District and Club Community Impact Grants

Leo Grants

Designated Grants

Lions Quest Grants

Disaster Relief Grants

Diabetes Grants

Application and Deadline

About Matching Grants

Matching Grants

SightFirst Research Grants

About SightFirst Grants

SightFirst Grants

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