Beaird Family Foundation Grants

The Carolyn W. and Charles T. Beaird Family Foundation is committed to improving the Shreveport and Bossier City region of Louisiana. The foundation describes its work as assisting organizations that add opportunity, freedom of action and choice, self-betterment, and a climate for change to the lives of the people they serve. The majority of the foundation's grants support qualified nonprofit organizations providing services in the Shreveport and Bossier City region. The source does not provide specific award amounts, a total funding pool, a minimum or maximum grant size, or a required matching contribution. The foundation uses a two-step application process. Nonprofit organizations first submit a Letter of Intent form to determine whether they are eligible to advance to a full grant application. Only organizations with approved Letters of Intent are permitted to submit grant applications during the designated application period. Both the Letter of Intent form and the subsequent grant application are processed and submitted through the Beaird Family Foundation online grant management system. First-time applicants are instructed to view the Letter of Intent Guidance, identified as taking 20 minutes, before submitting the Letter of Intent form. The Fall Grant Cycle Request for Proposals is identified as a resource for both first-time and returning applicants and provides the grant cycle timeline and frequently asked questions. The foundation publishes both fall and spring grant cycle timelines. For the Fall 2026 cycle, Letters of Intent were accepted July 1 through July 21, followed by grant applications from organizations with approved Letters of Intent from August 1 through August 14. Grant decisions are scheduled to be announced November 16. As of August 13, 2026, the Fall 2026 full application period is open to organizations whose Letters of Intent were approved, with the final application deadline occurring August 14, 2026. The published spring cycle provides the next application opportunity after the fall cycle. Letters of Intent are accepted from December 1 through January 5, and organizations with approved Letters of Intent may submit full grant applications from January 15 through January 30. Grant decisions are announced May 15. Because the foundation publishes separate fall and spring cycles, the opportunity is treated as recurring rather than as a one-time grant opportunity. Based on the published next full-application opening period, the next cycle is January 2027, with January 1, 2027 used as the internal next-check date. Organizations that have previously received a Beaird Family Foundation grant have an additional requirement before applying in a future grant cycle. These organizations must complete a grant follow-up report before submitting another Letter of Intent. The report is due one year after the grant is awarded and is accessed through the foundation's online grant management system. According to the foundation, the report gives organizations an opportunity to share data, successes, improvements, and future plans. No additional application questions, required uploads, evaluation criteria, site visits, board presentations, allowable or prohibited spending categories, performance period, or formal cost-sharing requirements are stated in the supplied source. The foundation can be contacted at info@beairdfoundation.org or 318-221-2823. Its address is 330 Marshall Street, Suite 1440, Shreveport, Louisiana 71101. The supplied source includes links to grant histories for awards made from 2015 through 2025 but does not identify individual previous recipients in the provided text. It also does not contain an explicit absolute URL to a downloadable PDF, so no PDF link can be extracted without generating or assuming a URL.

Submit the required Letter of Intent before the full application and use the online grant management system for both stages. First-time applicants should review the Letter of Intent Guidance before submitting. Previous grantees should ensure the required follow-up report is completed before submitting a future LOI.