GBU Foundation Community Grants Awards
October 9, 2023
Give
Designated funds from the GBU Foundation Day of Giving on October 23, 2023, will be used to fund the 2024 Community Grants Awards.
Nominate
From November 22, 2023, until December 5, 2023, you can nominate a 501(c)(3) organization in each of GBU’s four pillars (Wellness, Education, Charitable Giving and Hometown Hero Support) for a Community Grants Award.
Vote
Finalists will be announced by December 31, 2023. you can vote for your favorite organizations in each category from January 15, 2024, until January 31, 2024.
Winners will be announced in February 2024.
Get started at GBU.org/foundation
The GBU Life Scholarship Awards support students in college, trade programs, non-college programs, and graduate school, helping them achieve their dreams, setting them on a career path and realizing life goals. Since its founding, the GBU Foundation has awarded 4,500 scholarships and educational grants totaling more than $3.2 million. In 2025, 215 members received $226,000 to support their two‑year, four‑year and graduate studies. Here’s a look at where the rubber meets the road — as we check in on past grantees to see how their scholarship awards have helped them stay on course, where they are now, and where they hope to be in the future.
To celebrate our 134th anniversary, GBU Life launched the Birthday Bash initiative, calling upon the GBU Life community to honor our fraternal legacy through service. GBU Life invited members, producers, and community leaders to assemble and deliver shelf-stable cake kits for individuals and families who may otherwise go without a birthday celebration. What can seem like a simple act of service could be the spark of hope someone needed.

