Funding Opportunities

got breakfast? Foundation Announces Silent Hero Grants for Summer Food Programs

Grants of up to $10,000 will be awarded to public and private schools, local governments, youth sports programs, and other Summer Nutrition Program participants working to ensure that every child starts the school day with a nutritious breakfast.

For more information: http://foundationcenter.org/pnd/rfp/rfp_item.jhtml?id=286500026

Got Breakfast Grant: The Silent Hero Program

Details: The mission of the "got breakfast?" Foundation is to ensure that all children start the school day with a nutritious breakfast in order to learn, grow, and develop to his or her fullest potential.

The Silent Hero Grant Program is designed to encourage schools and nonprofit organizations to expand the reach of underutilized child nutrition programs, including the School Breakfast Program and the Summer Nutrition Program.

Grants ranging from $2,000 to $10,000 will be awarded.

Application: View complete application by clicking here.

Health Impact Project - Advancing Smarter Policies for Healthier Communities

The Health Impact Project, a collaboration of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and The Pew Charitable Trusts, encourages the use of health impact assessment (HIA) to help decision-makers better assess proposed policies, projects and programs with respect to their impact on health, in order that they may avoid adverse health consequences and costs and improve health.

To apply online: Visit the website - http://www.healthimpactproject.org.

Deadline: Rolling

The Douglas Foundation -- The Anne and Kirk Douglas Playground Award  

The Douglas Foundation's Anne & Kirk Douglas Playground Award supports and encourages Los Angeles public school communities in creating playgrounds that will be the keystones of campus revitalization and give the city's children the fulfilling experiences and opportunities they deserve.

For more information: http://www.douglasplaygroundaward.org/application.php.

Deadline: Rolling

Liberty Mutual -- Responsible Sports Community Grant

Liberty Mutual's Responsible Sports Community Grants help defray the many costs of running a successful youth sports organization. More details and how to apply:

for more infomration: http://www.responsiblesports.com/community_grants/community_grant_details.aspx.

Deadline: Rolling (Grants will be awarded for the coming grant period)

Active Living Research and Healthy Eating Research Rapid-Response Grants

This grant from Robert Wood Johnson supports time-sensitive, opportunistic studies to evaluate changes in policies or environments with the potential to reach children who are at highest risk for obesity (ages 3 to 18) who live in low-income communities or communities with limited access to affordable healthy foods and/or safe opportunities for physical activity.  

More details and how to apply: http://www.rwjf.org/applications/solicited/cfp.jsp?ID=20402.

Letter of Intent Deadline: Open

The Mockingbird Foundation, Inc. -- Disenfranchised Children's Grants

The Mockingbird Foundation, Inc. is accepting applications for its Disenfranchised Children's Grants program. The purpose of this program is to support organizations that benefit children, particularly disenfranchised children, including those with low skill levels, income, or education; with disabilities or terminal illnesses; and in foster homes, shelters, hospitals, prisons, or other remote or isolated situations.

For more information: http://www.mockingbirdfoundation.org/funding/guidelines.html.

Deadline: Rolling - Letter of Inquiry

Denver Active 20/30 Children’s Foundation is accepting applications for projects that serve disadvantaged children.

Grants are available in the range of $5,000 to well capitalized non-profits with annual budgets of less than $10 million.

For more information go to: http://da2030.com/.

Weingart Foundation -- Grant Program in Southern California

The Weingart Foundation is accepting applications for its Grant Programs in Southern California to support long-term improvement of health, education, human services, arts & culture, and the public and society for children and youth, the aged, the disabled, the homeless, the sick, the poor, people otherwise disadvantaged, and the general community. 

More details and how to apply: http://www.healthinschools.org/News-Room/Grant-Alerts/Grant-Program-in-Southern-California.aspx.

Deadline: Rolling

The Community Facilities Program (CF) provides grant funds to build or acquire "essential community facilities" in rural areas with no more than 20,000 residents. Note: this program is
different from other RD programs which can be in communities as large as 50,000. Local governments, non-profit organizations and federally-recognized Native American Indian tribes are eligible to apply.

The project must not be a commercial endeavor and must serve the community as a whole. This means, for example, that a for-profit processing facility that allows various small producers to process and then sell their products would not qualify for a grant, but that a kitchen owned by the school district that processed local produce for a school breakfast and lunch program would be eligible. Grants can go to projects including, but not limited to: farmers markets, community kitchens and food processing centers, facilities and equipment used by not-forprofit distribution networks, cooking schools, and community food banks.

The CF program is a discretionary program subject to annual congressional appropriations. In FY 2010, CF received $44 million in federal funding and an additional $31 million in American Reinvestment and Recovery Act (stimulus) funds that must be awarded by August 2010.

CF Application Information
CF applications are listed at Grants.gov and are accepted online or on paper at your local Rural Development offices. All applications are filed and processed in either the State or
local office of the State in which the project is located. To find your local Rural Development office, go to: http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/recd_map.html

CF Matching Requirements
No matching grants are required.

CF Contact Information
Chad Parker, chad.parker@wdc.usda.gov, 202-720-1502

For More Information
http://sustainableagriculture.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/NSAC_FoodSystem
sFundingGuide_FirstEdition_4_2010.pdf
 

Action for Healthy Kids and the Kellogg’s Corporate Citizenship Fund have joined forces to offer schools money and expertise to expand school breakfast programs through their School Breakfast to School Wellness Partnership.

Awards range from $3,000 and $6,000.

For more information: http://www.actionforhealthykids.org/media-center/afhk-in-the-news/money-support-for-more.html.

The Kresge Foundation Healthy Environments grant aims to improve the health and well being of vulnerable children from low-income families by making the places they live, learn and play safe and supportive of overall good health.

Funding priorities are clean air, safe and healthy housing and schools, and safe, accessible, and inviting outdoor play spaces – all advanced with community engagement, citizen leadership and cross-sector alliances.

Grantseekers may request funds ranging from $100,000 to $750,000 for project periods of up to three years.

More information: http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=2220.

Rural Health Network Development Planning Grant Program (Network Planning Grant)

Details: The Health Resources and Services Administration's Office of Rural Health Policy is the focal point for rural health activities within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The purpose of the Network Planning Grant is to expand access to, coordinate and improve the quality of essential health care services and enhance the delivery of health care in rural areas.

For more information: Please click here

Deadline: October 8, 2010

 

Peoples Garden School Pilot Program

Details: The Food and Nutrition Service of the United States Department of Agriculture is requesting applications to enter into a cooperative agreement for the purposes of awarding grants to develop and run community gardens at eligible high-poverty schools; teaching students involved in the gardens about agriculture production practices, diet, and nutrition; contributing produce to supplement food provided at eligible schools, student households, local food banks, or senior center nutrition programs; and conducting an evaluation of funded projects to learn more about the impacts of school gardens.

For more information: Please click here.

Deadline: October 8, 2010

Active Play Areas
If kids attend a “healthy school” where they are served healthy meals and have opportunities for physical activity and access to basic health care, then they are better able to learn and maintain healthy habits into adulthood.

Learn more here: http://www.coloradohealth.org/active_play_areas.aspx.

Physical Education Quality Improvement

Providing students with high quality physical education is one component of an overall “healthy school,” and offers a meaningful opportunity to improve student fitness and learning.

Learn more here: http://www.coloradohealth.org/pe_quality_improvement.aspx.

Youth Service America Announces New Round of Service-Learning Grants to Fight Childhood Obesity

Grants of up to $1,000 will be awarded to youth in all fifty states and the District of Columbia working to address childhood obesity in their communities.

Deadline: October 22, 2010

More information: http://foundationcenter.org/pnd/rfp/rfp_item.jhtml?id=305000027.

Information: U.S. Soccer Federation Field Grants support projects throughout the U.S. that focus on keeping children in vulnerable communities active, healthy, and safe from the dangers of the streets. The foundation awards grants to help pay for field development, uniforms, player equipment, travel costs, facility rental, registration costs, and training for players, coaches and referees.

Maximum award: varies.

Eligibility: not-for-profit organizations, schools, municipalities, colleges or universities, public schools, or sovereign tribal nations that meet the established focus for the 2011 grant cycle, which is the development of players, coaches, and referees in economically disadvantaged urban areas encompassing populations of 50,000 or more.

Deadline: October 29, 2010.

Details: http://www.ussoccerfoundation.org/site/c.ipIQKXOvFoG/b.5482625/k.CF87/Annual_Program__Field_Grants.htm