Grants for Special District Governments

The Delaware Community Foundation offers grants ranging from $100,000 to $500,000 through Highmark's BluePrints for the Community fund, prioritizing health-related projects and services that address healthcare access, economic stability, social and community context, and neighborhood and built environment in Delaware.

This funding opportunity supports small research projects that integrate neuroimaging techniques into studies of substance use disorders, aimed at both new and established researchers exploring the brain's role in addiction.

This funding opportunity supports research using advanced cellular models to investigate HIV interactions with tissues related to diabetes, digestive, and kidney diseases, particularly focusing on HIV persistence, latency, and related health issues.

This grant provides $11,000 to local nonprofits and community organizations in Bonner County, Idaho, to support projects that address basic needs in the spring and arts, education, recreation, and environmental services in the fall.

This program provides funding to various organizations and agencies for projects that manage invasive weeds and restore wildlife habitats across Montana's ecologically significant landscapes.

This funding initiative supports U.S.-based research teams in forming international partnerships with at least two other countries to tackle urgent global challenges through innovative scientific collaboration.

The Bainbridge Island Parks & Trails Foundation is offering grants up to $3,000 to individuals, groups, and organizations for projects that enhance parks, trails, and recreational opportunities on Bainbridge Island, with applications due by October 1, 2024.

This grant provides funding to local governments, non-profits, and businesses in North Carolina to develop programs that reduce food waste through food donation and organics recycling initiatives.

This funding opportunity provides financial support to a variety of organizations working in Kenya to strengthen laboratory systems for diagnosing and treating HIV, TB, and related health threats, ultimately aiming to improve healthcare access and quality.

This funding opportunity supports innovative projects from industry, academia, and national laboratories to develop and scale up bioenergy technologies that convert renewable biomass and waste into sustainable fuels and chemicals, aiming to significantly reduce carbon emissions in transportation and industrial sectors by 2050.

This funding opportunity supports universities, nonprofits, and community organizations in conducting multisite clinical trials to evaluate the effectiveness of mind and body therapies for various health conditions, particularly in underrepresented populations.

This grant provides funding to U.S. institutions to foster collaboration and support early-career researchers in benign urology through training, resource sharing, and professional development opportunities.

This grant provides funding to establish a coordination center that will support research collaborations focused on Alzheimer's Disease and related dementias in low- and middle-income countries.

This grant provides funding for researchers and organizations to develop innovative technologies and processes that improve water treatment methods, reduce costs and environmental impacts, and enhance the efficiency of desalination and water purification systems.

This funding opportunity supports innovative research and development in biological technologies that enhance national security, targeting universities, nonprofits, small businesses, and industry participants, particularly those with commercial potential.

The Japanese American Confinement Sites Grant Program provides financial assistance to organizations and entities working to preserve historic Japanese American confinement sites and their history, including: private nonprofit organizations; educational institutions; state, local, and tribal governments; and other public entities, for the preservation and interpretation of U.S. confinement sites where Japanese Americans were detained during World War II. The authorizing legislation for the Japanese American Confinement Sites Grant Program identifies up to $38 million for the entire life of the grant program for projects to identify, research, evaluate, interpret, protect, restore, repair, and acquire historic confinement sites in order that present and future generations may learn and gain inspiration from these sites and that these sites will demonstrate the Nations commitment to equal justice under the law (Public Law 109-441, 120 Stat. 3288; as amended by Public Law 111-88). Projects funded through the Japanese American Confinement Sites Grant Program must benefit one or more historic Japanese American confinement sites. The term historic confinement sites is defined as the ten War Relocation Authority sites (Gila River, Granada, Heart Mountain, Jerome, Manzanar, Minidoka, Poston, Rohwer, Topaz, and Tule Lake), as well as other historically significant locations, as determined by the Secretary of the Interior, where Japanese Americans were detained during World War II. These sites are specifically identified in Confinement and Ethnicity: An Overview of World War II Japanese American Relocation Sites, published by the Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Western Archaeological and Conservation Center, in 1999. This document may be seen at www.nps.gov/history/history/online_books/anthropology74 and at other internet sites.

This funding opportunity is designed to support research and development projects that advance clean hydrogen and fuel cell technologies, particularly for heavy-duty transportation and industrial applications, while promoting equity and community benefits.

The 2024 Build to Scale grant invites organizations supporting tech-focused, high-growth companies to apply for funding, with the aim of enhancing entrepreneurial capacity, accelerating regional economic growth, empowering communities to assist tech innovators, and increasing equitable access to capital for tech-enabled entrepreneurs, while focusing on operational and programmatic costs related to regional innovation initiatives.

This funding opportunity supports researchers and institutions developing innovative organ-on-a-chip technologies to advance disease modeling and preclinical studies in dental, oral, and craniofacial health.

This funding opportunity provides financial support to a variety of organizations to strengthen public health systems in Cote d'Ivoire, focusing on improving disease detection, response, and prevention capabilities.