Grants for Nonprofits - Health

This funding opportunity provides financial support for youth programs that promote holistic and culturally responsive physical well-being, prioritizing initiatives led by or serving youth of color, girls, youth with disabilities, and LGBTQ youth.

The Education After-School Grant, offered by the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation, supports after-school and summer educational arts programs provided by nonprofit organizations in Louisiana. This grant aligns directly with the Foundation's mission to promote, preserve, perpetuate, and encourage the music, culture, and heritage of Louisiana communities through cultural, educational, civic, and economic activities. Specifically, it targets programs that foster a greater understanding and appreciation for the unique culture of Louisiana, ensuring that grant funds are exclusively spent within the state. The primary beneficiaries of this grant are nonprofit organizations within Louisiana that offer arts instruction to students in after-school and summer settings. The grant aims to financially support these organizations by covering the professional teaching fees of the artists or educators involved. The overarching impact goal is to enrich the lives of young people through exposure to various art forms and to cultivate an appreciation for Louisiana's distinct cultural heritage, ensuring the continuity of these traditions. The grant prioritizes programs in disciplines such as Music, Dance, Theater, Visual Arts/Photography, Cultural Heritage/Folk life, Media Arts/Film/Web, Culinary Arts, Creative Writing/Literary/Spoken Word, and Multidisciplinary arts. Only 501(c)(3) organizations and active registered Louisiana nonprofits (who may use a 501(c)(3) as a fiscal agent) are eligible, with commercial organizations explicitly excluded. The focus is on programs that demonstrate a clear alignment with the Jazz & Heritage Foundation's mission. Expected outcomes include the sustained operation of high-quality educational arts programs for youth across Louisiana, increased participation in cultural activities, and a deeper appreciation for the state's cultural identity among participants. Measurable results could include the number of students served, the variety of artistic disciplines offered, and feedback from program participants and educators. The maximum grant amount is $7,500, with a grant duration of one year, for activities occurring between September 1, 2024, and August 31, 2025. This strategic investment in arts education reflects the Foundation's theory of change, which posits that by supporting cultural and educational initiatives, they can preserve and perpetuate Louisiana's unique heritage for future generations.

The Innovation Fund by Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors in California offers grants over $1 million to stimulate innovative public service projects and programs in areas like equitable access to services, economic vitality, and environment, available to IRS tax-exempt organizations operating in Contra Costa County, with application deadline on 10/07/2024.

This funding opportunity provides financial support to nonprofit organizations and municipal agencies in New York State to implement community-level strategies that promote healthy eating and physical activity, particularly in underserved areas.

This funding opportunity is designed to support research centers that focus on improving the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of intellectual and developmental disabilities through collaborative and interdisciplinary research efforts.

This grant provides funding to organizations for implementing suicide prevention training in correctional and juvenile detention facilities in Illinois, focusing on at-risk youth and older males in underserved communities.

This grant provides funding to nonprofit organizations and government entities for projects that improve the quality of life in Franklin County, focusing on areas such as arts, education, health, and community development.

This program provides financial assistance to low-income families to improve their homes' energy efficiency, helping them save on energy costs while ensuring their health and safety.

This funding opportunity provides rapid financial support for researchers to study health outcomes related to urgent events like pandemics, natural disasters, or sudden policy changes, allowing them to gather critical data quickly.

This funding opportunity provides financial support to Ohio's local mental health and addiction boards and qualified non-profit organizations to expand prevention, treatment, and recovery services for individuals affected by opioid and stimulant use disorders.

This grant provides funding for early stage investigators to pursue innovative and high-risk research projects involving human participants, without the need for preliminary data.

This funding opportunity supports innovative research aimed at understanding and improving treatment for schizophrenia and related disorders in individuals aged 35 and older.

This program provides financial assistance to non-profit housing developers to help homeowners in select New York counties recover from storm damage through reimbursements and repairs.

This funding opportunity provides resources to rural health networks to improve access, coordination, and quality of essential health services for underserved populations in rural communities.

This program provides financial support for doctoral candidates conducting research that improves healthcare quality, accessibility, and equity in the United States.

This funding opportunity supports U.S. institutions in establishing a national center to coordinate and enhance research on Alzheimer's Disease and related dementias through data collection, integration, and collaboration efforts.

The Mini-Grants for Community Impact, offered by the United Way of the Golden Triangle Region, aim to strengthen local initiatives within Choctaw, Lowndes, Noxubee, Oktibbeha, Webster, and Winston Counties in Mississippi. This grant program aligns with the United Way's mission to address human needs through united community efforts, including human services planning, community-wide fundraising, and citizen-reviewed fund allocation. The grants are designed to foster a clear understanding and mutual acceptance of roles between the United Way and participating organizations, ensuring a collaborative approach to meeting the human needs of the specified counties. The target beneficiaries for these grants are registered 501(c)3 non-profits, organizations, businesses, programs, or community groups actively working in the designated regions. The overarching impact goal is to advance key areas such as Education, Health, Financial Stability, Children/Family well-being, and Disaster relief. By supporting these entities, the program seeks to improve the quality of life for residents across these six Mississippi counties. The program prioritizes initiatives that directly fulfill a specific community need within the identified impact areas. While the grant size is stated as $1,000 to $10,000 in one section, the funding information later specifies an awarded amount ranging from $500 to $1,500, with a maximum of $1,500 per entity. This suggests a focus on smaller, targeted interventions. Crucially, funds cannot be allocated towards salaries, reimbursements, matching funds, capital campaigns, operational expenses, consulting fees, or lobbying, ensuring that resources are directed exclusively to direct program implementation and community benefit. Expected outcomes include tangible improvements in education, health, financial stability, family support, and disaster preparedness or recovery within the target counties. While specific measurable results are not detailed, the emphasis on fulfilling "a specific community need" implies that successful applicants will demonstrate how their projects contribute to these broader goals. The United Way of the Golden Triangle Region's strategic priority is to address human needs effectively and efficiently, and their theory of change relies on the collective efforts of various community segments to achieve lasting positive change.

This funding opportunity supports a variety of organizations in Pennsylvania to develop environmental education projects that promote stewardship and awareness of natural resources, particularly focusing on climate change, water quality, and environmental justice.

This program honors and recognizes women leaders in the Denver metro area who demonstrate exceptional leadership, innovation, and community impact through their professional and volunteer efforts.

This funding opportunity supports the establishment of a center to coordinate research on cellular senescence, aiming to improve health outcomes by identifying tissue-specific markers and developing new therapeutic strategies, targeting a wide range of eligible applicants including educational institutions, nonprofits, and businesses.