FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
Current listings include funding in the following areas: Adolescent
and Children's Health, Advocacy
/ Policy, Geriatric
Health, HIV Prevention, Health
Disparities, Health and Healthcare
Education, Nutrition
/ Fitness/Food Security, Prevention (general), Scholarships/Fellowships/Dissertation
Funding, and Substance
and Tobacco Use Prevention. Opportunities
are listed in order of topic and application deadline with
ongoing opportunities listed last. We also recommend
checking out our list of other organizations that
announce funding opportunities (click
here).
 Adolescent & Children's
Health
Children's Bereavement Services
The Hospice Foundation of America
Amounts: $5000
Deadline: None
Hospice Foundation of America is now accepting applications
for its new funding program in support of children’s
grief camps and other bereavement services. Applicants must
be non-profit hospices or other bereavement organizations
whose programs are available to the entire community in which
they are located. DETAILS: http://www.hospicefoundation.org/newsroom/releases/080917.asp
Underserved Children Grants
The Eisner Foundation
(Los Angeles, Orange County, CA)
Deadline: Rolling
The Eisner Foundation is accepting applications for its Underserved
Children Grants program. The purpose of this program is to support
organizations in
innovative and concrete programs that enrich the lives of underserved
children, or who have learning or other disabilities. Grants are available
to support
existing programs, new or expanded programs,
capacity building, capital campaigns, and general operating grants.
Eligible applicants include nonprofit organizations that serve Los
Angeles and Orange
County, CA. DETAILS: http://www.eisnerfoundation.org/
Improving the Lives of Children
Herbalife Family Foundation
Deadline: Rolling
The Herbalife Family Foundation provides financial assistance
to nonprofit organizations around the world dedicated
to improving the lives of children. The Foundation funds
programs
that aim to: improve nutrition; support children and
families; provide early intervention; correct problem
behavior and
enhance self-esteem; prevent substance abuse; and promote
physical and emotional health. Eligible applicants include
nonprofit organizations with 501(c)(3) status. DETAILS: http://www.herbalifefamily.org/our_guidelines.html
Advocacy
& Policy Efforts
Citizen Engagement Program
Amonut: $1,000.00 to $7,500.00
Deadline:
Rolling
The Common Sense California
Citizen Engagement Grant Program supports municipalities,
school
districts,
and
non-profit
organizations throughout the state that are attempting
to engage citizens in the policy-making process. Common
Sense
California (CSC) understands that at both the city/region
and K-12 school district levels public officials are
looking for more effective ways to involve their publics
in significant
policy decisions. DETAILS: http://www.commonsenseca.org/grantprogram.asp
Geriatric
Health
Archstone Foundation
Health Prevention among the Elderly
Deadline: Rolling, reviewed quarterly
The Archstone Foundation gives grants to programs that maintain independence
and improving health through the aging process, including programs that prevent
injury, promote physical activity, emphasize good nutrition and encourage
social engagement-all aspects of healthy aging. While they give primarily
to private non-profits, they will consider requests from government organizations.
For more information and grant guidelines, visit: http://www.archstone.org/info-url_nocat2293/info-url_nocat.htm
HIV PREVENTION
Program Support to Prevent Spread
of HIV
Syringe Access
Fund to
Amounts: $100,000 Maximum
Deadline: November 20, 2008
The primary goal of the Syringe Access Fund is to provide
core support for programs that demonstrate an ability to
provide high-quality syringe access services to an identified
population; and/or an ability to conduct statewide and/or
local-level policy education initiatives that demonstrate
concrete goals and activities to expand access to sterile
syringes. DETAILS: http://www.tidesfoundation.org/services-strategies/collective-giving/syringe-access-fund/index.html
Dissemination, Implementation, and Operational Research
for HIV Prevention Interventions
National Institute of Mental Health
Amounts: Contingent upon the availability of funds
Opening Date: August 1, 2008
Closing Date: May 7, 2011
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) issued by the
National Institute Mental Health (NIMH),
the Eunice
Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and
Human Development (NICHD), and the National Institute of
Nursing Research (NINR) invites research to enhance the
science of technology transfer, dissemination, implementation,
and operational research for evidence-based HIV-prevention
interventions in the United States. The total project period
for an application submitted in response to this funding
opportunity may not exceed 5 years. Full announcement: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-08-166.html
Health Disparities
National Institutes of Health
Reducing Health Disparities among Minority and Underserved
Children
Amounts: $250,000 annually or less
Number: (R01) (PA-07-392)
Deadlines: January 25, May 25, and September 25 through 2010
This initiative is designed to stimulate research that targets the reduction
of health disparities among children. Specific targeted areas of research include
biobehavioral studies that incorporate multiple factors that influence child
health disparities
such as biological (e.g., genetics, cellular, organ systems), lifestyle factors,
environmental (physical and family environments) social (e.g. peer influences),
economic, institutional, and cultural and family influences; studies that target
the specific health promotion needs of children with a known illness and/or disability;
and studies that test and evaluate the cost effectiveness of health promotion
interventions conducted in nontraditional settings. DETAILS: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-07-392.html
Challenge Grants Program in Health
Kresge Foundation
Amounts: Not available
Deadlines: None
The Kresge Foundation's Health Team seeks to work with
a variety of partners: community-based organizations; state
and regional advocacy groups; academic institutions focused
on solving community health problems; community and economic
development organizations; health and other social service
agencies; intermediaries; and others, including groups involved
in environmental justice, housing and land conservation.
They use various methods to further this work – convene
and support networks, employ strategic communications, commission
research, fund intermediaries, and invest directly in projects
and nonprofit partners using grants or below-market-rate
loans, as appropriate. DETAILS: http://www.kresge.org/content/displaycontent.aspx?CID=151
Health & Healthcare
Education
Population-Based Preventive Health
Strategies Grants
UnitedHealth
Group/PacifiCare
Amounts: $100,000 to $5 million
Deadlines: February
20, 2009
As part of its ongoing commitment to California, UnitedHealth
Group (NYSE: UNH) and PacifiCare today announced they will
fund $25 million in new grants to benefit health care consumers
and improve the delivery of health care services in the
Golden State. The $25 million in UnitedHealth Group /PacifiCare
grants, to be distributed over the next three years, will
fall under several different categories, including
population-based preventive health strategies. DETAILS/RFP:
Please click
here and scroll down to the bottom of
the page.
Healthcare and Healthcare Education Grants
Tenet Healthcare Foundation
Deadline: Rolling
The Tenet Healthcare Foundation is accepting applications
for its Healthcare and Healthcare Education grants program.
The purpose of this program is to support organizations in
the area of healthcare and healthcare education, particularly
those that have working relationships with Tenet facilities.
Eligible applicants include nonprofit organizations, schools
and units of government in areas where Tenet owns and operates
businesses. For complete program information and application
guidelines, please visit
http://www.tenethealth.com/TenetHealth/TenetFoundation/HowToApply
Healthcare Grant Program
Walgreens
Deadline: Rolling
The purpose of Walgreen's Healthcare Grant Program is to
support organizations in non-hospital based health. Programs
should be located in an area Walgreens serves and should
reflect
the demographics of the local community. Within all categories
of interest health education is a priority. For complete
program info and application guidelines, visit:
http://www.walgreens.com/about/community/guidelines.jsp#Funding
Nutrition
/ Fitness / Food Security
2009 Youth Garden Grants Program
National
Gardening Association
Amount: Up to $1000
Deadline: March 1, 2009
Various grants programs are available to CBOs, schools and other public
entities working to actively engage kids, ages 3 - 18, in gardening and improving
the
quality
of life for their communities. DETAILS: http://www.kidsgardening.org/
Nike Corporation
Physical Activity Grants
Deadline: Ongoing
Nike provides grants to 501(c)(3) non-profits and government agencies working
to: Get kids more physically active; Get kids involved in the teamwork
of sport; Have real, positive and measurable impact. In the United States,
Nike
focuses their corporate giving to communities where the company has a significant
employee or Niketown retail presence, including many California communities.
FULL RFP: http://www.nike.com/nikebiz/nikego/go.jhtml?page=grantinf
General
Prevention
New Grants to Benefit California Health Care Consumers
UnitedHealth Group/PacifiCare
Amounts: $100,000 to $5 million
Deadlines: February
20, 2009
UnitedHealth Group and PacifiCare grants fall under several
different categories, including technology improvements for
safety-net providers; medical education programs in traditionally
underserved communities; population-based preventive
health strategies; support for coordinated care initiatives (i.e.,
research and informational activities about health care delivery
within the coordinated care model in California); and cash
or in-kind contributions to help establish and support healthcare
information-technology initiatives designed to improve healthcare
delivery. Applicants must be entities that deliver healthcare
services, facilitate the delivery of healthcare services
(through information technology or some other means), or
train healthcare professionals in California. Preference
will be given to public entities or nonprofit organizations
with 501(c)(3) status. FULL RFP: http://www.uhc.com/live/uhc_com/RFP.pd
Scholarships,
Fellowship Opportunites and Dissertation Funding
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Health Policy Fellows Program
Deadline: November 14, 2008
The fellowship provides
the opportunity for exceptional mid-career health professionals and behavioral
and social scientists with an interest in health and health care policy. Fellows
experience and participate in the policy process at the federal level and use
that leadership experience to improve health, health care, and health policy.
Applicants may have backgrounds in the following disciplines: allied health
professions;
biomedical sciences; dentistry; economics, or other
social sciences; health services organization and administration; medicine; nursing;
public health; or social and behavioral health. DETAILS: http://www.rwjf.org/applications/solicited/upcomingcfplist.jsp
The AMA Foundation
Deadline: Ongoing
The foundation provides nearly $300,000 annually in scholarships and various
educational awards and approximately $1,000,000 in tuition assistance every
year to help young men and women achieve their dreams of becoming doctors. For
more info: http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/7621.html
The National Institute on Drug
Abuse
Deadline: Ongoing
NIDA announces the availability of small grants (R03) to support drug abuse
doctoral dissertation research in epidemiology, prevention, treatment, services
and women and gender differences where there is a significant need for new
investigators. Info: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-02-055.html
NIH Financial Aid for Minority
Students
Deadline: Ongoing
The National Institutes of Health is eager to provide suppplemental support
to minority students for their doctoral training. The supplements require
a formal application. Anyone with an active
grant ( so long as it has two more years of funding left) can apply for supplemental
funds to support a minority student. Visit: http://grants2.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-01-079.html.
Other valuable options to consider include the F31
grant mechanism, an individual training grant for underrepresented
minority students. Grants last up to five years and provide up to 70% of
tuition costs, a stipend and training related expenses. Visit: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-00-068.html
Additional
Listings
DHHS
FBO & CBO
Grants Guide
http://www.os.dhhs.gov/fbci/guide/
This guide provides information on HHS grant opportunities for faith-based
(FBO) and community-based (CBO) organizations. Each program has been rated
according to the type of opportunity it presents to these small grassroots
organizations.
DHHS
Funding Web Site
HTTP://WWW.GRANTS.GOV
The Department of Health and Human Services has created a new web site
designed to simplify and streamline the process for learning about and
applying for
various types of federal grants. The site includes powerful search capabilities
that make it possible to search by topic, key words, and agencies. You
can also register to receive email updates as new grant opportunities are
added
and download software for submitting grant applications online.
CCLDHE Web Site
Our Resources and Links
Section includes sections which list foundations,
single-issue organizations and government agencies,
all of which provide grant funding.
The Office of Minority Health
The OMH
maintains an online database
of public and private funders interested in minority
health issues at http://www.omhrc.gov/omh/fundingdb.htm
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