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FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
Current listings include funding in the following areas: Adolescent/Children's
Health, Advocacy
/ Policy, Community Health,
Domestic Violence, Fitness/Nutrition, Geriatric
Health, Health
Disparities, Health Education/Health
Games Research, Injury Prevention, Oral
Health, Substance
Use Prevention, Vision Health, and Scholarships
/ Fellowships / Dissertation Funding. 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).
News and Announcements
6/23/09 | NEW RWJF POLL ON PREVENTION: The Robert Wood
Johnson Foundation and Trust for America’s Health
have released a new poll showing overwhelming support
by Americans for investment in prevention. DETAILS: http://www.rwjf.org/publichealth/product.jsp?id=43811
6/15/09 | THE COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP PROJECT is a partnership
between the David and Lucile Packard, James Irvine,
and William and Flora Hewlett foundations — has
announced grants totaling $5.7 million to organizations
working
to strengthen nonprofits that are led by or serve people
of color and low-income communities in California and
beyond. http://www.communityleadershipproject.org/CLP_PRJune2009.html
Adolescent & Children's
Health
Evaluation Grants: Youth
Programs
Ruddie Memorial Youth Foundation
Amounts: $5,000 to $25,000
Deadline: July 31, 2009
The foundation supports programs that provide youth (birth
to 25 years of age) with new opportunities for health, personal
growth, and success in the United States. Applications will
be accepted from nonprofit 501(c)(3) organizations based
in the greater metropolitan areas of Baltimore, Boston, Chicago,
Los Angeles, Madison, Milwaukee, New York City, Philadelphia
(new this year), San Francisco, Seattle, and Washington,
D.C. DETAILS: Please click
here to go to the foundation web
site.
Global Youth Service Day
Grants
Youth Service America
Amount: $2,000
Deadline: July 17, 2009
Youth Service America invites organizations engaging
youth in community service in one or more of the 50 U.S.
states to apply to serve as lead agencies
for Global Youth Service Day (April 23-25, 2010).
Lead agencies will receive a $2,000 planning grant sponsored
by State Farm Companies Foundation, travel support to attend
the Youth Service Institute in Washington, D.C., and direct
assistance from Youth Service America to ensure a successful
Global Youth Service Day. DETAILS: Please click
here to procede
to the organization's web site.
Project Ignition High School
Driver Safety Projects
National Youth Leadership Council & State Farm
Amount: $2,000 + possible $10,000 Award
Deadline: June 30, 2009
Project Ignition invites teams of high school students, teachers, and community
program leaders to create innovative service-learning projects that promote
teen driver safety. Project teams design safety-awareness campaigns using their
choice
of media — TV commercials, print ads, radio spots, Web sites, direct
mail, special events, performances, art exhibitions, publications, short films,
etc.
Grants will be awarded to a maximum of twenty-five programs. DETAILS: http://www.nylc.org/pages-programs-initiatives-Project_Ignition?oid=4968
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
Active Living Research
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Amounts: Four 12- to 18-month grants @ $75,000 each
Deadline: July 29, 2009
This initiative supports research to identify promising policy and environmental
strategies for increasing physical activity, decreasing sedentary behaviors,
and preventing obesity among children and adolescents. The program puts special
emphasis on strategies with the potential to reach racial/ethnic populations
and children living in lower-income communities who are at highest risk for obesity.
DETAILS: Please click
here to see the full RFP.
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
Community Health
Bank of America Neighborhood
Excellence Initiative
Amount: Up to $200,000
Deadline: June 30, 2009
The Bank of America Charitable Foundation is accepting
applications for the Neighborhood Builders and Local Heroes
components
of its Neighborhood Excellence Initiative. In 2009, the foundation
will allocate a total of $20 million globally to the initiative,
which is designed to recognize, nurture, and reward organizations,
local heroes, and student leaders helping to strengthen and
revitalize their communities in forty-five of the bank's
major markets. Click
here to access the complete
RFP.
Robert
Wood Johnson Local Funding Partnerships
Amount: Up to $500,000
Deadline: July 7, 2009 (3 p.m. ET) for Stage 1 brief proposals
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Local Funding Partnerships
(LFP) program forges relationships between the Robert Wood
Johnson Foundation (RWJF) and local grantmakers to fund promising,
original projects that can significantly improve the health
of vulnerable people in their communities. Projects must
be new, innovative, collaborative and community-based. Significant
program expansions—into new regions or to new populations—may
also be considered. Please note that these funds may not
be used to maintain existing projects. DETAILS: http://www.rwjf.org/applications/solicited/cfp.jsp?ID=20605
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
Peaceful Pathways:
Reducing Exposure to Violence
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Local Funding Partnerships
Amounts: $50,000 to $200,000
Closing date: December 31, 2009
Through a special solicitation from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Local
Funding Partnerships, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is seeking to partner
with diversity-focused funders and other local grantmakers to fund projects that
reduce violence in specific communities such as those defined by race, ethnicity,
tribe, gender, sexual identity, or rural/frontier location. Projects must be
new,
community-based, and culturally appropriate, reflecting how language skills,
significant cultural differences, education, income, and
discrimination affect health outcomes. Community members should be engaged in
planning and leadership. DETAILS: Click
here to go to the RWJF website.
Fitness/Nutrition
Active Living Research
Robert
Wood Johnson Foundation
Amounts: Four 12- to 18-month grants @ $75,000 each
Deadline: July 29, 2009
This initiative supports research to identify promising policy
and environmental strategies for increasing physical activity,
decreasing sedentary
behaviors, and preventing obesity among children and adolescents.
The program puts special emphasis on strategies with the
potential to reach racial/ethnic populations and children
living in lower-income communities who are at highest risk
for obesity. DETAILS: Please click
here to see the full RFP.
Community Health Grants Program
- Obesity & Health Literacy
Aetna
Foundation
Amounts: $25,000 - $50,000
Deadline (California): July 15, 2009
Through its Regional Community Health Grants Program, the
Aetna Foundation will award grants in support of
initiatives focused on fighting obesity and increasing
health literacy in selected communities across the United
States.
The obesity proposal category seeks to fund community-based
health education, prevention, and early detection efforts
aimed at fighting obesity. Health Literacy proposals must
incorporate and/or demonstrate impact in one or more of
the following: plain language approach to communications;
public education and awareness programs; and/or training
and education for health care professionals, staff, and
patients. Only nonprofit 501(c)(3) organizations serving
specific markets/geographic areas are eligible to apply.
Geographic eligibility/ RFP: http://www.aetna.com/foundation/grants_reg/apply.html.
Skatepark
Grants
Tony Hawk Foundation
Amount: Up to $25,000
Deadline: October 1, 2009
Grants of will be awarded to nonprofits working to design,
develop, construct, and operate new skateboard parks
and facilities in low-income areas and/or neighborhoods
with a high population of at-risk youth. Click
here for the full RFP.
Youth Garden Grants Program
National Gardening Association
Amounts: $500 - $1000 Home Depot Gift Cards
Deadline: November 2, 2009
NGA annually awards Youth Garden Grants to schools and community
organizations with child-centered garden programs across
the United States. Schools, youth groups, community centers,
camps, clubs, treatment facilities, and intergenerational
groups throughout the United States are eligible. Applicants
must plan to garden with at least 15 children between the
ages of three and 18 years. DETAILS: Please click
here for
the full RFP.
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
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: September 25, January 25 and May 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
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
Injury
Prevention
Project Ignition High School
Driver Safety Projects
National Youth Leadership Council & State Farm
Amount: $2,000 + possible $10,000 Award
Deadline: June 30, 2009
Project Ignition invites teams of high school students, teachers,
and community program leaders to create innovative service-learning
projects that promote teen driver safety.
Project teams design safety-awareness campaigns using their
choice of media — TV commercials, print ads, radio
spots, Web sites, direct mail, special events, performances,
art exhibitions, publications, short films, etc. Grants will
be awarded to a maximum of twenty-five programs. DETAILS:
http://www.nylc.org/pages-programs-initiatives-Project_Ignition?oid=4968
Oral
Health
Dental Health Services Grants
California Dental Association
Amounts:
Up to $25,000
Deadline: August 31, 2009
The CDA Foundation Grant
Program awards to California community nonprofit
organizations
that provide
dental services to underserved populations. Grants support
oral health projects that address preventive care, consumer
education, restorative care, the expansion and preservation
of community water fluoridation systems or other programs
that demonstrate methods for increasing access to oral
health care, particularly for children, uninsured families,
caregivers and the elderly. DETAILS: http://www.cdafoundation.org/receive
Substance
Abuse / Alcohol / Tobacco Prevention
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
Vision Health
2010 Healthy Vision Community Awards Program
National Eye Institute
Amount: $10,000
Deadline: August 31, 2009
This program provides funding up to $10,000 for
the implementation of eye health education and
promotion activities that support the Healthy
Vision 2010 objectives and the Healthy People
2010 goals to reduce health disparities and improve
quality of life. The focus of each program must
be eye health education. DETAILS: http://www.healthyvision2010.org/news/hvca/
Scholarships,
Fellowship Opportunites and Dissertation Funding
William T. Grant Scholars Program
Deadline:
July 8, 2009
The program
supports promising
early-career researchers from diverse disciplines, who
have demonstrated success in conducting high-quality research
and are seeking to further develop and broaden their expertise.
Researchers must address issues that have compelling relevance
for theory, and policies
or practices, affecting the settings of youth
ages 8 to 25 in the United States or a vulnerable subpopulation
of those youth. Every year, four to six William T. Grant
Scholars are selected
and each receives $350,000 distributed over a five-year
period. Click
here to access the RFP (web page).
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
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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