Grants, Events, & Training Opportunities

Funding will help communities and regions devise and implement long-term economic recovery strategies through a variety of projects to address economic challenges in areas where a Presidential declaration of a major disaster was issued in 2023 and 2024.

Supports the efforts of nonprofit organizations to build vibrant communities that offer stable jobs, homes, and communities connected through culture, recreation, and play.

The Commonwealth Fund carries out its mission by supporting independent research on health care issues and making grants to improve health care practice and policy.

Disaster Relief Grants provide financial support to nonprofit animal organizations and local/state government agencies whose communities have suffered the impact of natural or other disasters.

Groundwork USA's technical assistance team offers *free* one-on-one customized strategy, tools, and peer support for those in brownfield-affected communities pursuing land reuse projects through which everyone can prosper.

Emma Loves Dogs assists K9's and other no kill shelters with the funding necessary to keep their operations running.

The GRANT Program is available for eligible recipients to support the local match requirement when applying for a federal government grant. Applications open June 1, 2024 and will continue on a rolling monthly basis thereafter until funds expire.

The Workforce Innovation & Opportunity Act (WIOA) is a federally funded grant program that provides Youth, Adult and Dislocated Worker funding throughout our Commonwealth.

This program helps very small, financially distressed rural communities with predevelopment feasibility studies, design and technical assistance on proposed water and waste disposal projects.

Designed to meet specific technical assistance needs of grassroots organizations working for social change in Appalachia, this program awards grants to help build organizational capacity and train board or staff members in key skills.

The Foundation makes grants to organizations and public agencies in Greater Cincinnati for programs that benefit children in the region in the areas of arts/culture, education, healthcare, social services and other community needs.

The USDA has made $247 million in supplemental grants available nationwide to help communities repair water infrastructure damaged by presidentially declared disasters in calendar year 2022.

FMPP funds projects that develop, coordinate, and expand direct producer-to-consumer markets to help increase access to and availability of locally and regionally produced agricultural products.

The RFSP supports partnerships that connect public and private resources to plan and develop local or regional food systems. The RFSP focuses on building and strengthening local or regional food economy viability and resilience.

LFPP funds projects that develop, coordinate, and expand local and regional food business enterprises that engage as intermediaries in indirect producer to consumer marketing to help increase access to and availability of locally and regionally produced agricultural products. Eligible entities may apply if they support local and regional food business enterprises that process, distribute, aggregate, or store locally or regionally produced food products.

Funding for small and rural towns with populations less than 50,000 to jumpstart projects that will build, or rebuild community spaces that help foster local connections, such as technology upgrades, outdoor spaces, the arts, and community centers.

The purpose of this program is to improve financial lives and support economic opportunity for all by providing funding to nonprofit organizations for projects that align with the following FY 2025 funding priorities: basic needs, income creation, stable housing, empowered communities.

This program supports comprehensive, community-based efforts to develop or expand prevention, intervention, treatment, and response strategies to address the needs of children and youth (ages 0-24) impacted by domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, and sex trafficking.

Enables nonprofit organizations to bring the joy of free, live music to small- to mid-sized towns and cities to realize a shared mission of building community through music to create a healthy and thriving future for all.

The Snowy Owl Foundation awards grants to organizations whose goal and project mission falls under the following categories: Land, Art, Education, and Human Need.

The Vilcek Foundation invites applications for grants to support nonprofit organizations that work with immigrant artists and communities, and that promote diversity in the arts, sciences, education, and humanities.

The Doyle Foundation offers grants to nonprofit organizations to support resourceful communities.

SAFER grants provide financial assistance to help fire departments increase frontline firefighters. SAFER offers grants to support activities in two activities: 1. Hiring of Firefighters; and 2. Recruitment and Retention of Volunteer Firefighters.

Program enhances the safety of rural victims of sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking by supporting projects uniquely designed to address and prevent these crimes in rural areas.

Provides funding for public engagement with the arts and arts education, integration of the arts with strategies promoting health and well-being, and the improvement of overall capacity within the arts sector.

The Poetry Foundation's grant program provides general operating support to nonprofit poetry organizations, presses, publications, and select literary arts service and membership organizations based in the U.S. and U.S. territories.

The purpose of this program is to strengthen communities where Walmart and Sam’s Club operate by supporting local nonprofit organizations, governments, or educational institutions that directly benefit the service area.

Grants to support innovative nonprofits that align with key areas of focus: building career pathways to economic mobility and strengthening small businesses.

The Brown-Forman Foundation Awards Grants on a quarterly basis to organizations (primarily in Louisville) that meet their mission under three focus areas: enhancing arts and cultural living, ensuring essential living standards, or empowering responsible and sustainable living.

The foundation is dedicated to uplifting communities and enriching lives. They focus their efforts on supporting individuals and families in need through three key areas of funding: health and wellness, education and career development, and quality of life.

The Lois Lenski Covey Foundation awards grants to organizations that operate a lending bookmobile that travels into neighborhoods populated by underserved youth.

Provides opportunities for feminist artists and arts organizations to further their artistic development and to create art for positive social change.

The Foundation is committed to funding projects that directly align with our focus areas: Access to Health Care and Children’s Health.

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