The States’ Economic Development Assistance Program focuses on supporting local and regional investments that are industry-driven and community centered. SEDAP projects must be located within the Delta region. Projects may help improve job skills and training to make local industries more competitive.

Organizations will be selected to receive virtual training on federal grant application and management principles. Organizations that successfully complete the training program will be eligible to apply for up to $50,000 in ARC funding for capacity building projects.

Kentucky-based training organizations with the capacity to educate and certify community health workers are invited to apply for funding to develop specialized training certificates in healthy lifestyle management, perinatal and infant health, mental and behavioral health, and dental and oral health.

Funding for organizations to help workers access durable, living-wage careers in sectors experiencing sustained growth across the United States, including renewable energy, advanced manufacturing, infrastructure and related skilled trades.

Funds nonprofits serving UPS-affected communities through disaster relief, education, environmental resilience, first responder support, and mental wellness projects.

Funds literary arts nonprofits for new, one-time, and forward-thinking projects that aim to address critical infrastructural/structural challenges that, if improved or solved, would ultimately strengthen literary arts nonprofits' abilities to serve creative writers.

Supports organizations, projects, and programs committed to fostering supportive, inclusive, and affirming environments for LGBTQ+ youth in Metro Louisville or in the state of Kentucky.

Supports nonprofit organizations serving residents of 30 Eastern Kentucky counties. Funding areas include education, healthcare, community programs, economic development, and culture and humanities

Supports community engagement projects with funding for artist fees to engage Southern guest film directors; traditional, visual, and performing artists; or writers from inside or outside of the presenter's state. Artist fee support will be awarded for the following: film, traditional arts, visual arts, performing arts, and literary arts.

Funding through the Industry Transformation Pathway will help communities and regions devise and implement long-term economic recovery strategies through large, multi-component initiatives to transform regional economies in areas where a Presidential declaration of a major disaster was issued in 2023 and 2024.

Funding through the Readiness Pathway will help communities and regions devise and implement long-term economic recovery strategies through a variety of non-construction projects to build capacity for future recovery in areas where a Presidential declaration of a major disaster was issued in 2023 and 2024.

The purpose of this program is to support the efforts of nonprofit organizations to build vibrant communities that offer stable jobs, homes, and communities connected through culture, recreation, and play. The program focus is to support organizations with an intentional approach to addressing immediate needs and systemic economic barriers to success.

Funding life-saving prevention, recovery and wellness programming across Appalachia and beyond - but heavily focused in Central Appalachia (Eastern Kentucky, West Virginia, East Tennessee and western Virginia). Additionally, Hope in the Hills funds music therapy and festival outreach around the region.

Columbia Gas of Kentucky provides charitable grants to eligible nonprofit organizations serving its Kentucky communities. Funding emphasizes community impact and alignment with company giving priorities, with additional consideration for organizations where Columbia Gas employees are actively engaged. A current application pathway is available.