Dunkin' Joyful Spaces

To be eligible, applicants must be a children’s hospital, community health center, or general hospital with a dedicated pediatric department and be within geographic proximity to Dunkin’. 

Grant deadlines and announcement timelines are updated on the website. Funding is awarded upon executed gift agreement.

This is a grant opportunity for hospitals and community health centers to apply for room renovations and updates to existing spaces that bring joy to pediatric patients. Organizations can apply for a variety of needs including revitalizing or building play spaces, healing gardens, and teen focused rooms as well as building playgrounds or updated play equipment. We encourage creativity and thinking outside the box to create the most joyful space for your patients.

The grants are structured for single- or multi-year programming not to exceed three years. Grant amounts vary but typically range from $25,000-$65,000 per year. Grants do not exceed $150,000.

Please do not reach out to inquire on status. Grant announcement timing is available on the website.

This is a competitive grant process. We receive many great applications and unfortunately, due to availability of funding, we cannot fund them all. In some cases, an application does not align with our guidelines. We encourage you to carefully read our grant guidelines before investing time in completing an application.