The APA Foundation delivers the Notice. Talk. Act.® at School program to schools across the United States at no cost. The Train the Trainer component involves APA Foundation staff or certified trainers training school mental health and counseling professionals, who then deliver the Notice. Talk. Act mental health education curriculum to their own schools.

The Notice. Talk. Act. at School program is a no-cost K-12 training for all school staff to help them notice the signs of a potential mental health concern in a student, talk with the student to support and engage them, and act by connecting the student to available mental health resources.

Notice. Talk. Act.® at School: College Edition is a mental health professional development program for staff, administration and student leaders at universities and colleges to learn how to help in connecting individuals to supportive services at the first sign of distress.

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.

Investments in large-scale regional industry partnerships for industry-driven training programs that close skills gaps and increase the talent pipeline in critical sectors and support increased worker mobility by engaging individuals disconnected from the workforce and offering career pathways into high-wage occupations for rural populations.

Incentive program for development, expansion, or rehabilitation of tourism projects in Kentucky. Approved projects may recover up to 25% of approved costs over 10 years through recovery of incremental sales tax generated by the project; some projects may recover up to 50% over 20 years.

Dedicated community organizations working in Community & Economic Development, Health & Social Capital, and Agriculture & Natural Resources that are ready to invest in local talent and build digital connectivity will receive the valuable capacity of an American Connection Corps Member(s) throughout a year of service.

Provides financing for the construction, maintenance, improvement and expansion of telephone service and broadband in rural areas.

Provides loan guarantees to eligible lenders to develop essential community facilities (CF) in rural areas. Examples of community facilities include health care facilities, buildings like town halls, and public safety facilities such as firedepartments.

The Electric Infrastructure Loan and Loan Guarantee Program finances the construction of electric facilities and improvements to electric service in rural areas.

Provides funding to help rural communities extend and improve water and waste disposal facilities. It provides funding for clean and reliable drinking water, sanitary sewage disposal, sanitary solid waste disposal, and storm water drainage systems to households and businesses in eligible rural areas.

Provides prevention resources and planning stipends to community-based organizations, colleges, and universities to hold events that educate about the consequences of alcohol and substance misuse, empower to use evidence-based approaches to reduce alcohol and substance misuse, and mobilize around substance use prevention initiatives.

A competitive grant opportunity to support local newsrooms across 16 counties in the Blue Grass Region. Funder aims to invest in newsroom-driven ideas that strengthen sustainability, deepen community connection, and build lasting operational or editorial capacity for community-serving journalism.

Provides support to nonprofit organizations that are directly serving older adults in Central and Eastern Kentucky. Funder is focused on supporting organizations that specifically serve individuals impacted by the challenges of aging and age-related diseases.

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.

Funding to significantly improve the academic and developmental outcomes of children and youth living in the most distressed communities of the US, including ensuring school readiness, high school graduation, and access to a community-based continuum of high-quality services.

Provides financial assistance to eligible applicants that will provide broadband service in rural, economically-challenged communities where service does not exist.

Funding for economic development and job creation projects in two separate categories, business opportunity grants and business enterprise grants, for use in funding various business and community projects that serve rural areas.

Helps rural communities acquire distance learning and telemedical technologies so that local teachers and medical service providers that serve rural residents can link to other teachers, medical professionals, and experts located at distances too far to access otherwise.

Provides funding for rural projects through local utility organizations. USDA provides zero-interest loans to local utilities which they, in turn, pass through to local businesses (ultimate recipients) for projects that will create and retain employment in rural areas.

Supports the development and ongoing success of rural microentrepreneurs and microenterprises.

The Kentucky Peer Advisory Network consists of arts professionals on the Kentucky Peer Advisory directory available to provide six-hour consultancies to assist eligible organizations and individual artists with board development, grant writing, marketing and promotions, strategic planning, festival planning and other activities.

TTAP helps rural hospitals maintain healthcare services. We offer free onsite and virtual technical assistance to hospitals who participate.

Funding to nonprofit organizations with innovative approaches to addressing current social problems.

Funding for organizations, schools, and youth changemakers ages 5-25 to lead service projects on or around September 11, 2026. Programming efforts should also honor and pay tribute to those who lost their lives on September 11, 2001, their families, and those who rose in service in response to that tragedy.

Funding for water stewardship projects including: projects that strengthen and protect ecosystem health and biodiversity; projects that improve the use of water resources for the protection and benefit of public health and frontline communities; and, projects that promote resiliency and adaptation in the face of climate-related water risks.

Support for training, equipment, and technology for fire departments in the US.

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.

Accepts requests for educational programs for healthcare professionals, patients/caregivers, and the general public that cover therapy areas associated with: Cardiovascular - Cardiac Rhythm Management, Electrophysiology, Heart Failure, Structural Heart, Vascular

Supports charitable programs and events serving low-income, indigent, underserved, and/or uninsured populations that relate to therapy areas associated with: Cardiovascular Cardiac Rhythm Management, Electrophysiology, Heart Failure, Structural Heart, Vascular

Support US-based organizations with donated products for indigent patients they have identified. All other costs of the procedure must be donated to qualify. Products can be requested from the following Abbott Divisions: Cardiac Rhythm Management, Electrophysiology, Heart Failure, and Structural Heart.

Provides funding for signage so public properties & historic districts can commemorate their placement on the National Register of Historic Places and share this achievement with their community.

Kentucky's Aerospace, Aviation, and Defense Investment Fund (the AERO Act) helps ensure a strong pipeline of skilled professionals ready to meet growing industry needs. Aviation Equipment Grants support aviation training equipment for KY high school vocational programs and KY public postsecondary institutions. All funding must come through a partnership between an aviation program and an industry partner. Employer-education contributions to the fund are matched dollar-for-dollar by the state.

Scholarships for individuals pursuing FAA-issued licenses or certifications, Bachelor of Science in Aviation, engineering degrees, high-demand career and technical education credentials. Awarded to partnerships between aviation programs and industry partners.

The Teaching Art Together Grant enables teachers to implement artist residencies in their classrooms. Teachers and artists work in partnership to design and implement the residencies.

Reimbursement grant that helps Kentucky schools cover transportation costs for student field trips to arts organizations in the Arts Miles Directory. Reimbursement is based on roundtrip mileage and driver pay for up to two buses per trip.

The KY Tourism Development Act (KTDA) Incentive program spports the development, expansion, or renovation of tourism projects in the Commonwealth. The program provides applicants the opportunitiy to recover a percentage of approved costs over a 10-20 year term through the recovery of incremental sales tax generated by the project. Project types include: tourism attractions; theme restaurant destination attractions; entertainment destination centers; and lodging facilities. The Kentucky Tourism Development Act (KTDA) Incentive Program is a state tax incentive (not a traditional grant) that can allow an approved tourism project to recover up to 25% of approved development costs over 10 years through recovery of incremental on-site sales tax generated by the project (some projects may qualify for up to 50% over 20 years). Applications are submitted to the Tourism, Arts & Heritage Cabinet for review and then considered by the Kentucky Tourism Development Finance Authority (KTDFA), which meets monthly (3rd Wednesday); construction cannot begin until after final approval.

Offers federal grant funding for projects that help Appalachian communities that have been affected by job losses in coal mining, coal power plant operations, and coal-related supply chain industries. ARC prioritizes POWER funding for projects that will produce economic opportunities.

Awards free Comfort Kits for distribution to veterans in local communities. These kits are designed to meet the unique needs of veterans and offer critical support where they are needed most.

Offers communities a one-day facilitated opportunity to brainstorm strategies for overcoming persistent obstacles in solving transportation issues.

Providing financial sponsorship and grants for projects involving Education, Arts and Culture, Economic Development, Civic Culture, Community Development, and Health and Human Services.

Provides K9 working dog, training, and training for handler to public safety agencies, schools, or hospitals that need a K9 but don't have funding.

Support for organizations providing arts-in-education, community education, and agricultural and environmental programs that have demonstrated their ability to dramatically improve the lives and livelihood of people by helping them to become self-sufficient.

Funding for organizations seeking programmatic support for STEM education at all levels.

Grants to support the use of horticulture as a means for community building through school-age and adult educational programs, healthy eating, worker training, horticultural therapy, community gardening, and more.

Funds place keepers, artists, institutions, and storytellers who shine a spotlight on historically overlooked sites, and the communities and stories that surround them in order to help broaden our shared understanding and open new paths to discover what unites us, what makes us unique, and what we can learn from one another.

Funding to: help society thrive by addressing vector-borne disease; strengthen healthcare systems with increased access; address food insecurity and enable healthier outcomes; promote sustainability; reduce, reuse and recycle plastic waste; support environmental conservation; strengthen communities; advance economic and social mobility through equal access to education and housing.

Provides crucial grant and loan funding and technical assistance support across Central Appalachia to catalyze renewable, efficient, and resilient energy projects in local communities.

Funding supports organizations that strengthen the region's arts ecosystem, invest in community and economic development (including workforce development, entrepreneurship, and neighborhood revitalization), prioritize education that improves opportunities for underserved youth “from birth to workforce readiness,” and human services that address basic needs and help people build stability, dignity, and economic mobility.

Provides resources for attracting new businesses, helping existing business customers expand, and assisting with developing new business and industrial real estate product, and economic development educational opportunities.

Offers brand-new, donated books by the carton for just the cost of shipping and processing.

Awards no-cost Little Free Library book-sharing boxes to individuals, organizations and businesses located in communities where books are scarce.

These grants support general operating costs for nonprofits working in one of these priority areas: Regenerative and Organic Farming, Food Production Workers’ Health and Safety, Climate Justice, Healthy Food Access, Inclusive Outdoor Access, Indoors and Outdoors Safe from Pollution.

Funding to assist with the costs related to the operation of an archery program.

Provides funding through sponsorships, corporate memberships, charitable donations, and program grants for organizations and programs aligned with Alkermes’ therapeutic areas and company values. They support research, education and patient advocacy programs with high potential to benefit people affected by serious diseases in our therapeutic areas of focus (Addiction, Serious mental illness, Sleep disorders)

Provides customized, no-cost training and technical assistance to law enforcement agencies on a voluntary basis, using a “by the field, for the field” model tailored to each agency’s needs.

Donates overdose-reversal kits to eligible active-duty law enforcement and search-and-rescue K9 teams in the U.S. to protect working dogs from opioid exposure such as heroin or fentanyl.

Our Food Love Grants program focuses on nonprofits that serve food to those who need it. Our Food Love Grants support comes to life throughout Popeyes neighborhoods with programs support ranging from onsite feeding programs, mobile kitchens, homebound food delivery programs, out-of-school meals, and disaster-related food support.

The Kentucky State Parks Foundation Education Fund at Blue Grass Community Foundation is pleased to offer grants to K-12 schools to support the cost of student fields trips to Kentucky's State Parks and Historic Sites. The goal of the Inside Out Education Field Trip Program is to extend classroom learning and provide immersive field experiences that align with core curriculum objectives. By utilizing the Kentucky’s incredible State Park system as a learning laboratory, the program seeks to enhance the traditional classroom experience and maximize student achievement.

The Agriculture and Food Research Initiative - Education and Workforce Development (EWD) focuses on developing the next generation of research, education, and extension professionals in the food and agricultural sciences. The National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) requests applications for the AFRI’s Education and Workforce Development program areas to support: professional development opportunities for K-14 educational professionals; non-formal education that cultivates food and agricultural interest in youth; workforce training at community, junior, and technical colleges; training of undergraduate students in research and extension; fellowships for predoctoral candidates; fellowships for postdoctoral scholars; and education and workforce development workshop grants.

Supports the establishment, expansion, or improvement of veterans cemeteries owned and operated by eligible states, territories, tribal governments, and certain counties. VA says grants may cover up to 100% of approved development costs, but not land acquisition.

Supports innovative, grassroots U.S. programs that prevent and address child sexual abuse and exploitation, aligned with Childhood USA’s focus areas of child safety online, supportive/protective relationships and environments, and child-focused responses to abuse.

Supports projects that align with ECMC Foundation’s strategic priorities and North Star goal, with emphasis on systemic reforms that improve postsecondary undergraduate persistence and completion for students from underserved backgrounds.

Applications details are now available for the Kentucky G.R.A.N.T. Program of 2024! One of the top barriers to federal grant funding reported by Kentucky communities is meeting cash match or cost-sharing requirements. For this reason, Grant Ready Kentucky and our partners championed Kentucky House Bill 9, which passed unanimously and was signed into law on April 7, 2023. The bill created the Government Resources Accelerating Needed Transformation Program (G.R.A.N.T. Program). In 2024, the KY General Assembly modified the G.R.A.N.T. program with HB 723 and expanded the funding pool to $200 million pool for local match awards. Applications will be accepted on a monthly rolling basis starting June 1, 2024.The G.R.A.N.T. Program of 2024 is administered by the Cabinet for Economic Development, and a dedicated website for application details, recorded webinars, and FAQs is available here: https://ced.ky.gov/GRANT

The Wawa Foundation provides financial grants on a local, regional and national level ensuring that our commitment extends from the local communities Wawa serves. Organizations must fall into The Wawa Foundation’s three key areas of focus: Health, Hunger and Everyday Heroes.

The Kentucky Social Welfare Foundation seeks to improve quality of life and opportunity among Kentuckians who experience diminished economic opportunities, whether due to poverty, poor health, disability or inequality. KSWF seeks to promote efficient and effective social welfare organizations and methods for providing “self-help and training.”

USA Pickleball Serves is committed to supporting the pickleball community and growing the sport one court at a time. Through relationships with partners and community organizations, we renovate and install pickleball courts across the country. If your community organization is in need of a pickleball court, let us know

Funds programs or projects that address needs or opportunities to improve the quality of life for women and children in South Central Kentucky. Projects must be in one or more of the following focus areas: Education, Health, Human Services, Other Civic Endeavors.

Funds specific programs or projects focused on building confidence in women.

The Bow Wow Buddies Foundation® provides grants to families that are in need of financial assistance to keep their dog healthy and in their home and to rescue groups and shelters with a dog who needs medical care before they can be made available for adoption.

This program supports partner-led projects to increase the availability of National Park Service workforce housing. Recognizing that effective housing solutions will vary across different park landscapes and communities, the program encourages a wide range of proposals. NPF welcomes workforce housing proposals of any size or development stage.

ACF believes that building organizational capacity and skills is essential for carrying out effective social justice work.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 such as:Leadership developmentFundraising and planned givingBoard responsibilities and rolesLong range planningFinancial managementLegal issues, e.g. non-profit incorporationCommunity organizingInforming community/media about workTraining fees, materials, and travelThe Technical Assistance grants have no deadlines, please allow three weeks to a month to process the application.See past TA Grant recipients here.

Funding to service needs of active military, veterans, first responders and their families. Organizations in designated states, including Kentucky, may submit applications in one of the following focus areas: safety; mental, social, and emotional health; bridging community divides; workforce development; financial assistance; and, food insecurity.

<p>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.</p>

The Charles H. Dater Foundation was established in 1985 by fourth-generation Cincinnati businessman and philanthropist Charles H. Dater (1912-1993) to ensure that funding for worthwhile community programs that enrich the lives of children would continue after his death as well as to preserve the memory of the Dater family name. The $40-million Foundation is one of the largest private foundations in Greater Cincinnati and is governed by a five-person Board of Directors. The Foundation has no full-time staff and does not direct programs. Officers and directors take an active role in the organization's work, reviewing grant applications, making grant awards and evaluating results, and monitoring investments and the financial performance.The Foundation makes grants to private, non-profit 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. Greater Cincinnati is defined as the eight-county metropolitan area made up of the counties of Hamilton, Butler, Warren and Clermont in Ohio; Boone, Kenton and Campbell in Northern Kentucky; and Dearborn in Indiana. The Foundation does not make grants to individuals, for scholarships for individuals, for debt reduction, and, with rare exception, for capital fund projects.Grants are usually made for one year and subsequent grants for an extended or ongoing program are based on an evaluation of annual results. Multiple grants to an organization in the Foundation's same fiscal year (September through August) are possible, but rare. The Foundation looks favorably on applications that leverage a grant to seek additional funding and resources as well as an organization's effective use of volunteer resources. The Foundation's directors/officers regularly evaluate the grantmaking focus and priorities based on an assessment of current community needs and available resources.

Funding for workforce training, economic recovery, job development, and K–12 STEM education focused on energy infrastructure, natural disaster preparedness, environmental conservation, clean water, underserved communities, and just transition projects improving access and mobility in underserved areas.

Funding for initiatives that promote the well-being of the people and communities served by LG&E and KU. Focus is on education, the environment, diversity and activities benefiting low-income people. Examples include community festivals, children's organizations, family support groups, and community events.

Provides funding for projects that focus on health and welfare, education, or community. Common grant opportunities include: supporting food pantries and meal programs, providing healthcare and patient services for underserved populations, encouraging STEM programming, advocating for healthy lifestyles through ongoing medical research and screenings.

Priority funding for organizations that focus on education, social services and community development activities which are likely to increase the quality of life in the larger Northern Kentucky region. Secondary consideration is given to health care, particularly to public health care, in the same geographic area.

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.

Funds programs or initiatives designed to benefit the environment. Examples include trail building or restoration projects, park beautification events, litter prevention initiatives, earth study missions, sustainable land management activities, community environmental and educational projects, youth educational engagement events.

Provides funding for inclusive art, music, dance, drama, and recreation programs for children with special needs. Examples include inclusive art workshops, lyric and song writing classes, African drumming, music therapy, dance camp, mentor program at drama school, sensory friendly performances, summer camp, therapeutic horseback riding.

AKC Reunite, through its Canine Support and Relief Fund, coordinates contributions and funds to donate AKC Pet Disaster Relief Units to qualified organizations and government units and instrumentalities. These Units are intended to be used to provide co-location for the pets and service animals of people evacuating emergency situations, in accordance with the federal PETS Act of 2006. Each Unit comprises a 16 ft. x 7 ft. two-axle trailer with many of the materials necessary to set up an emergency shelter for fifty or more pets and service animals.

With many owned pets in need of care, our hope is to help as many as possible, and at no or as little cost as possible to the owners. While we may consider funding programs that deliver all types of veterinary care for owned pets, we prioritize free or nearly free preventive and wellness care, as well as basic care to address minor injuries and illnesses (such as ear or eye infections). If appropriate and cost-effective, we may consider providing you an in-kind donation of medications or vaccines in conjunction with a grant award. With many pets in need, we may not be able to approve funding for microchips, expensive orthopedic, specialty, or emergency care.

This grant program is for nonprofit animal welfare organizations and/or government animal service agencies whose communities suffer the impact of unanticipated natural or other disasters. Grants will assist organizations that have been directly affected, or are helping other pets or organizations in need. While we support and encourage disaster preparedness efforts, we prioritize funding for immediate disaster relief and assess our ability to help with preparedness requests at the end of the year.

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.

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.

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. Approved organizations will have access to up to 8 donations from Good Sports’ inventory of brand-new donated equipment over a two-year period, may be eligible for a one-time partnership-funded donation to meet top equipment needs, and may receive an invitation to join our portfolio model in the future.

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. Examples of these emergencies can include: Natural disasters, such as wildfires, hurricanes, extreme heat, flooding, or catastrophic weather events Public health crises, including gun violence, community-level contamination, or environmental hazards, or widespread traumatic events Economic disruptions, such as closure of a major employment center that employs residents at the target site Other urgent events that have had a widespread impact on the HUD-assisted community

The Foundation for the Tri-State Community engages donors to build community wealth for a stronger region. The Foundation’s Board of Trustees seeks to respond to current community needs through this Community Grant process. Since the Foundation’s mission is broad, it enjoys supporting a variety of projects the improve the quality of life in the Tri-State. Special priority shall be placed on projects that: Enhance a non-profit’s capacity. Examples include improving internal management, reducing operating costs, etc. Test or demonstrate new approaches and techniques to solve important community problems.

The mission of Emma Loves Dogs is to provide financial assistance to organizations that share the same passion that Emma had for helping animals, such as police K9 units and non-kill animal shelters.

<p id=">Groundwork USA is committed to supporting community-led brownfield and land reuse efforts nationwide. Through our Nonprofit Brownfields Assistance Program, we work with nonprofits of all sizes to help integrate land reuse strategies into their mission-centered work and advance brownfield and land reuse projects that transform underutilized spaces into parks, trails, urban farms, and other community assets. </p><p>Our 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.</p><p id=">‍</p>

Housing is a key component of economic mobility yet housing affordability continues to be a challenge for many residents. NACo’s Counties for Housing Solutions (C4HS) program provides free three-month technical assistance sprints to address this challenge. In partnership with Smart Growth America, NACo has designed these fast-paced sprints to be high-intensity and implementation-focused with solutions that draw upon recommendations made by NACo’s 2023 Housing Task Force.Applications are currently open for NACo's third sprint, which will provide free virtual technical assistance to help counties assess and update their zoning codes to increase affordable housing development and overall housing supply. Participating counties are expected to be on track to formally adopt an amendment to their zoning code at the conclusion of the sprint.

Innovation project grants provide funding to literary arts nonprofits for projects that may be collaborative and that aim to address critical challenges in one or more literary arts nonprofit organizations, presses, or publications that, if improved, would directly benefit creative writers’ artistic work and ability to share it with readers and audiences. These grants are disbursed to nonprofits in a single payment and intended for use during the project period.

Grants to organizations are made to tax-exempt public charities under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Program interests include, but are not limited to: LGBTQIA2S+ support, disadvantaged youth, public health, women, the environment, the arts, the hungry and the unhoused. The Looking Out Foundation generally does not support: endowment programs, fund raising events, annual appeals of well-established organizations, scholarships, or grants to individuals.

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. Funding will also support projects to conduct workshops and conferences aimed at improving undergraduate STEM education, developing implementation practices, and/or assembling research partnerships and agendas. Conference projects that address diversity in STEM teaching and learning and/or involve collaborations of educational researchers and disciplinary scientists to ensure that STEM teaching reflects cutting-edge STEM disciplinary research are especially encouraged.

This program helps very small, financially distressed rural communities with predevelopment feasibility studies, design and technical assistance on proposed water and waste disposal projects. Funds may be used to pay predevelopment planning costs, including:Feasibility studies to support applications for funding water or waste disposal projectsPreliminary design and engineering analysisTechnical assistance for the development of an application for financial assistanceThe predevelopment planning costs must be related to a proposed project that meets the following requirements:Construct, enlarge, extend or improve rural water, sanitary sewage, solid waste disposal and storm wastewater disposal facilitiesConstruct or relocate public buildings, roads, bridges, fences or utilities, and to make other public improvements necessary for the successful operation or protection of facilitiesRelocate private buildings, roads, bridges, fences, or utilities, and other private improvements necessary for the successful operation or protection of facilities

The Numotion Foundation fosters relationships with other 501(c)(3) organizations, such as the ALS Association, the Muscular Dystrophy Association, United Spinal Association, and other similar national organizations, as well as smaller, more localized charities to raise awareness for the needs of individuals with mobility disabilities. Through the Foundation’s charitable giving, partner organizations will fund research, and other necessary support services.

Our corporate giving philosophy is guided by the belief that we can make the most difference by strengthening our communities through a grassroots contribution program. We manage requests at the local level from organizations that meet our Guidelines. To support this local focus, we afford each of our major facilities the opportunity to provide company funding to local organizations. As a company, we may also identify opportunities to work directly with organizations and programs that support our charitable giving objectives.