FUNDING
Data Across Sectors for Health: Empowering Communities Through Shared Data and Information - Letter of Intent (Required): Jul 29, 2015; Application deadline: Oct 21, 2015
Offers grants to community collaborations and initiatives that have used shared data and information to increase their capacity for planning, implementing, and evaluating health improvement activities. These community collaborations would be part of a nationwide learning collaborative that would create a cadre of lessons learned and promising practices.
Sponsor: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Native Strong: Healthy Kids, Healthy Futures Capacity Building Grant - Application deadline: Aug 19, 2015
Geographic Coverage: Nationwide with preference given to North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin, and Minnesota.
Offers funding to organizations working to prevent or reduce childhood obesity and type 2 diabetes in Native American children. Funds may be used for capacity building, community planning, or community health assessments. Sponsor: Notah Begay III Foundation
U.S Conference of Mayors Launches Second Awards Cycle of the Walmart U.S. Manufacturing Innovation Fund - Letters of intent are due on August 24, 2015.
Washington, D.C. -- The U.S. Conference of Mayors (USCM) recently joined with Walmart and the Walmart Foundation today to launch the Second Awards Cycle of the Walmart U.S. Manufacturing Innovation Fund. Through this awards program, nonprofit organizations and public universities can apply for grants of $100,000 or more to help create solutions to challenges many companies face with on-shoring and growing U.S. manufacturing. This Second Awards Cycle, which comes as part of a five-year, $10 million partnership between USCM, Walmart, and the Walmart Foundation, focuses on innovation in textiles manufacturing. It was announced at Walmart’s 2015 Manufacturing Summit in Bentonville, Arkansas. Selected proposals will receive grants of at least $100,000 foraward periods of at least one year, with the option of reapplying for continued funding. More …
Invitation to Apply: Local Foods, Local Places Technical Assistance Program - The application is due by 11:59 p.m. ET on September 15.
Communities are invited to apply for technical assistance through a new round of the Local Foods, Local Places Program. Selected communities will be provided with a team of experts to help community members develop action plans that use local foods to support the development of healthy, walkable, and economically prosperous downtowns and main streets. The assistance process features a community workshop that brings people together to develop shared goals and steps to achieve them. The program is supported by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC), the Delta Regional Authority (DRA), and the White House Rural Council. Representatives of communities (including neighborhoods or main street districts) anywhere in the United States are eligible to apply. Applications from communities that are economically challenged and in the early phases of their efforts to promote local foods and community revitalization are encouraged to apply. Special consideration will be given to communities in federally designated Promise Zones or USDA StrikeForce counties. Additional information about the program is available here.
Public Welfare Foundation Accepting LOIs for Social Justice Programs - DEADLINE: Ongoing
Grants will be awarded in support of efforts to advance justice and opportunity for people in need through criminal justice, juvenile justice, and workers' rights programs....
Project Learning Tree Seeks Applications for Environmental Education Projects - DEADLINE: September 30, 2015
Grants will support environmental projects that demonstrate service-learning, exemplify the collective voice of the student body, and involve at least one community partner....
Tribal Transportation Program Safety Funds - Application deadline: Aug 25, 2015
Awards funding to tribal governments for the purposes of transportation projects related to safety, engineering, emergency services, and safety education.
Sponsor: Federal Lands Highway Program
Indian Health Service Domestic Violence Prevention Initiative (DVPI) - Application deadline: Sep 8, 2015
Offers funding to federally recognized Indian tribes and tribal organizations to provide domestic and sexual violence prevention, advocacy, and coordinated community response. Also offers funding for forensic healthcare services. Sponsor: Indian Health Service
Indian Health Service Methamphetamine and Suicide Prevention Initiative - Application deadline: Sep 8, 2015
Awards funding to organizations that will carry out activities related to methamphetamine prevention, treatment, and aftercare, and suicide prevention, intervention, and awareness in American Indian/Alaska Native communities. Sponsor: Indian Health Service
Rural Capacity Building for Community Development and Affordable Housing Grants - Application deadline: Sep 14, 2015
Grants to fund national organizations that can provide technical assistance to local communities. Assistance will be targeted to help communities create thriving community development and affordable housing strategies that will result in healthier homes and communities.
Sponsor: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Wrigley Company Foundation Community Service Grant- Application deadline: Oct 1, 2015
Provides funding to dental hygienists for projects aimed at improving oral health or providing oral health education. Sponsor: American Dental Hygienists' Association
NCTM Accepting Applications or Equity in Mathematics Grants - DEADLINE: November 6, 2015
Grants of up to $8,000 will be awarded to projects that incorporate middle school classroom materials designed to improve the achievement of student groups with a previous record of underachievement in math....
Conservation Alliance Invites Nominations for Conservation Projects - DEADLINE: November 1, 2015
Grants will be awarded to projects that seek to secure permanent and quantifiable protection of a specific wild land or waterway with clear habitat and recreational benefits....
Walmart Foundation Accepting Applications for Community Grant Program - DEADLINE: December 31, 2015
Grants of up to $2,500 will be awarded to local nonprofits that help residents within the service area of individual Walmart stores....
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