Art Berg Fund Grant

The 2026 Applications are CLOSED!

Each year, one $5,000 grant is awarded to a 501(c)3 organization needing financial assistance in developing and/or deploying a technology-related project that will enhance communication for the benefit of the clients they serve. To be eligible, 

  • An NSA member must submit the grant application on the organization's behalf.
  • The NSA member must demonstrate their active involvement in the organization (board member, standing committee chair/member, and/or regular volunteer).
  • Grants must be used for a technology-related project that enhances communications.
  • Organization must be nonsectarian and nonpartisan; funds may not be used for religious or political purposes.
  • The organization must be recognized by the IRS as a 501(c)3.
  • Applications are due by May 14, 2026.

Deadline was extended until May 14th, 2026, 11:59pm CT. 

Click Here to submit your 2026 application.

For more information, contact info@nsafoundation.org.

 

About the Art Berg Fund Grant

 

The National Speakers Association (NSA) Foundation serves members and the public through various scholarships and grants. One such grant, named in honor of the late Art Berg—world-class wheelchair athlete and motivational speaker—was created to assist NSA members of a 501(c)(3) organization with funding technology-related projects that enhance communication.

Each year, one grant is awarded in the amount of $5,000. Examples of eligible projects include:

  • Creating and distributing free audio packages to the blind.
  • Providing software and/or hardware to after-school programs.
  • Developing a wireless project to connect at-risk children and/or their parents to 911 hotlines.
  • Establishing educational programs in sign language to parents/siblings of deaf children.
  • Funding research to identify ways volunteers can use technology to assist the elderly demographic.

 

Congratulations to the 2026 Art Berg Fund Grant Recipient: 

No Senior Without Christmas! 

 

The NSA Foundation is proud to name No Senior Without Christmas as the recipient of the 2026 Art Berg Fund Grant. 

Co-founded by NSA member Traci Ruiz in 2000, No Senior Without Christmas began with a simple mission: bring holiday joy to 20 older adults in the local community who were experiencing hardship. What started with three crocheted items, non-perishable food, and small household items packed in brown paper bags has grown into the largest police and fire charity in Michigan, serving 400 low-income elders across Ingham, Clinton, and Eaton counties. 

Each year, volunteers come together to assemble 400 totes filled with essential household items and a little extra holiday cheer. The recipients are homebound and face challenges that can make the holiday season especially difficult. 

No Senior Without Christmas is 100% volunteer-operated, allowing donated funds to go directly toward supporting the seniors it serves. First responders personally deliver each tote, creating connections that extend beyond the gifts themselves. Volunteers and generous donors make this event poss ible. 

As demand continues to grow, the organization hopes to reach even more seniors who currently find themselves on its annual waitlist. 

The NSA Foundation is honored to support No Senior Without Christmas through the 2026 Art Berg Fund Grant and the meaningful work its volunteers are doing to care for older adults in their community. 

Learn more about No Senior Without Christmas: noseniorwithoutchristmas.org

 

Art Berg Fund Grant Recipients
2026 - No Senior Without Christmas 2015- The Kugler Education Fund at South Africa Partners

2025 - Work Meaningful Foundation

 2014 - The Coach Initiative, Inc.

2024 - Infinite Flow Dance

 2013- Together We Can Change the World
2023 - Fourthwall Youth Studios 2012 - ShareTheCaregiving™, Inc.
2022 - Empower Mali 2011 - Second Wind Dreams ®
2021 - Johnny's Ambassadors 2010 - Impact on Education
2020- SPARK, Eastern Tennessee Technology Access Center 2009 - Metrocrest Social Services
2019- Global Service Initiative, Delta Upsilon Fraternity 2008 - Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic
2018- Summer Santa, Inc. 2007 - Royce Arbour, Inc. – Hands-on Help for Management
2017- Empowering Lives and Building Foundations 2006 - Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor
2016- The Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor 2005 - American Immigration Law Foundation

 

“The support of NSA’s Art Berg Fund Grant will bring enormous benefits to the children and families of A.V. Bukani Primary School in a rural South African township. Now, the entire community will have greater access to books, something the wonderful people of this community so richly deserve.”

—Eileen Kugler, Trustee of The Kugler Education Fund at South Africa Partners