Grant Opportunities

Funds will be awarded on a competitive basis to assist eligible public entities in facilitating and evaluating public-private partnerships and exploring opportunities for innovative financing and delivery for eligible transportation infrastructure projects.

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.

Provides grants to help communities and regions affected by job losses in coal mining, coal power plant operations, and coal-related supply chain or logistics industries. Funding is prioritized for projects that will produce diverse economic development outcomes.

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 HPG program provides grant funds to assist very low- and low-income homeowners in repairing and rehabilitating their homes in rural areas, and rental property owners in repairing and rehabilitating their units if they agree to make such units available to low- and very low-income persons.

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.

Provides support to nonprofit organizations and academic institutions to address law-related issues of importance to the public and the legal profession with new and innovative projects and programs.

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.

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

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

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

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.