The grant opportunities listed here are curated by Grant Ready Kentucky as a selection of funding programs determined to be relevant for Kentucky-based organizations. This is not an all-inclusive list of available opportunities.
While we make every effort to accurately summarize and compile information, errors or omissions may occur, and all critical details such as eligibility requirements, deadlines, and application instructions should be verified directly with the funding organization. Program information is subject to change, and this content is provided for general informational purposes only and does not constitute legal, financial, or tax advice.
Funding to engage elementary, middle, and high school students in real-world problem-solving that builds technical and professional skills needed to succeed in college and/or the workforce.
Support for projects that aim to increase autism awareness and acceptance.
Grants of up to $1,000 to help educators and community organizations implement a student program, classroom activity, or family night for Safer Internet Day.
Provides funding to work toward an oral health system that is just, equitable, and accessible to all.
Provides grants to nonprofit organizations that help children faced with disabilities and other challenges.
Grants to organizations committed to improving the world with solutions that emphasize innovation, practicality, hard work, and compassion in the areas of education, social service, health care, civic and cultural issues, and environmental issues.
Provides lifesaving equipment and prevention education tools to first responders and public safety organizations.
Funding for athletes with physical disabilities to access the sports equipment, training, competition support, and travel funding they need to thrive.
Grants to provide settlement dollars for prevention-focused efforts addressing the opioid epidemic in Kentucky.
Provides grants for treatment or recovery focused efforts addressing the opioid epidemic in Kentucky.
Grants to support breast cancer research, education, treatment, screening and awareness in Kentucky.
The purpose of this program is to support qualified private nonprofit organizations in providing technical assistance and training to identify and evaluate solutions to rural water and waste problems.
Grants to increase the number of credentialed, school-based mental health service providers providing mental health services to students in high-need local educational agencies.
Grants to help reduce or eliminate the pollution of water resources.
Grant opportunity supporting conservation projects within the Appalachian Landscapes Project service area that protect biodiversity, enhance resilience and landscape connectivity, retain forest carbon, and foster strong benefits for local communities.
Grants to support climate-informed planning to accelerate the protection and stewardship of lands across the Appalachians for people and wildlife.
Grants to support outcome-based risk management education projects that are designed to help agricultural producers learn and use tools and approaches that can reduce the adverse effects of multiple challenges on farming.
Grants to develop and enhance a diverse workforce of museum professionals to anticipate and serve the needs of museums and their local communities.
Grants to support museums of all sizes and disciplines in strategic, project-based efforts to serve the public.
A special initiative of the Museums for America program that is designed to support small museums of all disciplines in project-based efforts to serve the public.
Good Sports is a national non-profit organization that provides donations of brand-new sports equipment, footwear, and apparel to schools and youth-serving organizations in communities all across the country.
This program supports projects that promote rural economic development and job creation. Awards will be provided in the form of grants or loans to local utility organizations that will pass the funding through to businesses and borrowers (the ultimate recipients) in the form of loans.
The purpose of this program is to increase the availability of local foods in Child Nutrition Program (CNP) operations and connect students to the sources of their food through education, taste tests, school gardens, field trips, and local food sourcing for CNP meals.
Grants to offer free or reduced-cost swimming lessons and/or support transportation to/from the swim lesson location(s) to support opportunities for children who would otherwise not participate.
Awards funds to conservation districts to hire staff where additional capacity is needed to improve customer service to producers and reduce workload pressure.
The purpose of this program is to help swim instructors, facilities, and programs make more adults safer around water by reducing adult drowning risk through education, financial support, and community outreach.
ARC’s Area Development program empowers Appalachian communities to work with their state governments to design impactful investment opportunities around critical infrastructure and business and workforce development.
ARISE is a multi-state initiative that aims to drive large-scale, regional economic transformation through collaborative projects that develop new opportunities across multiple economic sectors.
Program to strengthen HIV service organizations as they navigate a national contraction of funding and increasing political hostility. The initiative supports organizations in adapting, thriving, and continuing to meet the needs of the communities they serve.
Support for local government emergency response agencies of cities or counties with at least 50,000 residents in designing and building an emergency preparedness and response financial empowerment model.
The purpose of this program is to support the promotion and provision of resources for projects that diversify the digital domain, advance justice and equity in digital scholarly practice, and/or contribute to public understanding of racial and social justice issues.
This program addresses inequities in access to tools and support for digital work among scholars across various fields, those working with under-utilized or understudied source materials, and those in institutions with less support for digital projects.
Funding to support nonprofits and educational institutions dedicated to helping girls in grades K–12 build the skills, confidence, and preparation they need to thrive in STEM.
Funding to benefit K-12 public and nonprofit, private schools through grants. The funding priorities include: physical improvements, material needs, teacher support, and community engagement.
Funding to help fight Kentucky's opioid crisis. For this funding round, the priority will be for research and innovative approaches to developing and implementing effective therapeutic interventions for opioid use disorder and co-occurring substance use disorder.
Supports historic preservation by providing assistance to nonprofit organizations for saving historic properties, conserving historic artifacts, digitizing historic documents, and helping to preserve the American story in meaningful ways.
Disaster Relief Grants provide financial support to animal welfare organizations whose communities have suffered the impact of natural or other disasters.
Through this grant-giving program, funding will be provided directly to under-resourced public schools for equipment, instruments, and other necessary materials to create new opportunities and enhance existing theatre programs.
The Social Impact Funds support community-led transformation by strategically deploying capital to social entrepreneurs who are using their lived experience to tackle three vital social drivers of health: health care access & quality; food security; economic empowerment.
The purpose of this program is to prevent fatalities, disease, and injury from mining and secure safe and healthful working conditions for America's miners. This program will help states develop and enforce state mining laws and regulations, improve state workers' compensation and mining occupational disease laws and programs, and improve safety and health conditions in the nation's mines through federal-state coordination and cooperation.
The purpose of this program is to address challenges that require immediate attention and/or new or expanded service provision to help U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)-assisted residents affected by an urgent event. Funding will support one-time assistance for service coordination and limited direct services for residents of HUD-assisted housing. This program promotes local leadership and flexibility in addressing urgent social needs caused by unanticipated emergencies.
The purpose of this program is to support shelter and transitional housing services for victims of domestic violence and their companion animals, which under this program means pets, service animals, emotional support animals, and horses. The program will enable shelters to expand their programming to house domestic violence victims and their pets.
The purpose of this program is to support the use of technology to improve the overall effectiveness, accessibility, and coordination of victim services by strengthening infrastructure, building organizational capacity, and enhancing service delivery systems. Funding will support projects that enable the development, deployment, or implementation of secure and user-centered technological solutions that will streamline service coordination.
The purpose of this program is to bring recent advances in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) knowledge into undergraduate education, that adapt, improve, and incorporate evidence-based practices into STEM teaching and learning, and that lay the groundwork for institutional improvement in STEM education. Funding will support projects that implement evidence-based and knowledge-generating approaches to understand and improve STEM learning and learning environments, improve the diversity of STEM students and majors, and prepare STEM majors for the workforce. Applications for conference and workshop proposals are accepted on a rolling basis.
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.
Qualified private, nonprofit and public (including tribal) intermediary organizations proposing to carry out financial and technical assistance programs will be eligible to receive the funding. The RCDI structure requires the intermediary (grantee) to provide a program of financial and technical assistance to recipients to develop their capacity and ability to undertake projects related to housing, community facilities, or community and economic development. The recipients will, in turn, provide programs that will support their communities (beneficiaries). The Intermediary will be required to provide matching funds in an amount at least equal to the RCDI grant.
NACo’s Counties for Housing Solutions will provide free virtual technical assistance to help counties assess and update their zoning codes to increase affordable housing development and overall housing supply. These fast-paced technical assistance sprints are designed to be high-intensity and implementation-focused, with a county being on track to formally adopt an amendment to their zoning code at the conclusion of the sprint.
Supporting nonprofits serving queer youth in Metro Louisville or Kentucky
AKC Pet Disaster Relief helps local Emergency Management Teams provide emergency pet sheltering in preparation for, or in response to, a disaster! They help coordinate funds to donate a mobile AKC Pet Disaster Relief Unit to communities in need.
The mission of the Folke H. Peterson Foundation is to prevent cruelty to animals and to benefit and improve the quality of life for animals.
South Arts’ mission is advancing Southern vitality through the arts, and this program addresses a strategic goal to cultivate and strengthen deep, cross-sector partnerships that are artist and community centered. This year's focus is The Arts & Health and Wellness.
Funding through the Implementation Pathway will help communities and regions devise and implement long-term economic recovery strategies through a variety of construction and non-construction projects to address economic challenges in areas where a Presidential declaration of a major disaster was issued in 2023 and 2024.
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.
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.
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.
Emma Loves Dogs assists K9's and other no kill shelters with the funding necessary to keep their operations running.
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.
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 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 Brown-Forman Foundation Awards Grants on a quarterly basis to organizations that that meet their mission under three categories: enhance arts and cultural living, ensure essential living standards, or empower responsible and sustainable living.
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.
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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.