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ViiV Healthcare Positive Action Grants

ViiV Healthcare supports community-led projects working with populations disproportionately impacted by the HIV epidemic. Through their Positive Action Grants, ViiV funds care, prevention, and educational efforts in the United States and Puerto Rico.

Applications for three year funding cycles are due by March 8, 2024. Applications for one year cycles are due by March 8, May 10, or July 12, 2024. Positive Action Grant programs are also available in Australia, Canada, France, and Italy.

Eligibility

Applicant

This grant is open to 501(c)3 nonprofit organizations or organizations with a fiscal sponsor, in the U.S. and Puerto Rico, who work with communities impacted by HIV.

Applicants may not be fully or partially owned by a healthcare professional that buys or prescribes medication or other medical interventions.

Target Populations

Applicants should work with one or more of the following:

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  • Black gay, bisexual, queer, and trans men
  • Latinx gay, bisexual, queer, and trans men
  • Black, Latinx, and Indigenous women (cis or trans)
  • Young people living with HIV
  • Residents of Alabama, the DMV (District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia), Florida (Ft. Lauderdale, Jacksonville, Miami, Orlando, Tallahassee), Georgia (Atlanta, Augusta, Savannah), Illinois (Chicago), Louisiana (Baton Rouge, New Orleans), Mississippi (Jackson), Missouri (St. Louis), North Carolina (Charlotte, Raleigh-Durham), South Carolina (Columbia), Tennessee (Memphis, Nashville), Texas (Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston), and Puerto Rico 
  • Other populations with demonstrated need

Grant Categories

Applicants may apply for one or more of these grant categories with a single submission per project.

General Operating Support

There is no maximum request amount for general operating funds.

Project Support

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Applicants may request up to $250,000 per year for projects in:

  • Linkage and Engagement – Services to people living with or vulnerable to HIV
  • Networks for People Living with HIV or Vulnerable to HIV and for Organizations – Formal or informal groups that meet in person or virtually more than once a year
  • Advocacy – Campaigns to reduce stigma, promote harm reduction, use the arts as a tool, etc.

AMP Grant

Applicants may request up to $350,000 per year to support grassroots projects and organizations who need capacity building, technical assistance, and mentorship as well as money. ViiV will provide all of this to focus on:

  • Capacity building and leadership development for people living with or vulnerable to HIV
  • Developing networks to reduce isolation and build cooperative efforts
  • Linkage and engagement projects
  • Using arts and culture to reduce stigma, raise awareness, and build empathy

Funding Restrictions

Grant funds may not be used for:

  • Preventative, diagnostic, or therapeutic outpatient care
  • Medication
  • Patience assistance programs
  • Medical education
  • Direct building expenses, endowments or other capital expenditures

AARP Community Challenge Grant

The AARP Community Challenge Grant funds small projects to make communities more livable. Awards are made in three categories – Flagship Grants, Capacity-Building Microgrants, and Demonstration Grants.

Available funding varies by grant type, but applications for all categories are due by March 6, 2024 at 5 PM ET.

Eligibility

This grant is open to:

  • Nonprofits with a 501(c)3, 501(c)4, or 501(c)6 status
  • Government entities

Organizations that do not fall into either of the above categories may be able to apply, but that will be determined on a case by case basis. For-profit businesses and individuals are not eligible.

Grant Types

Flagship Grants

Flagship Grants focus on improving life for community residents, especially those who are 50 years of age or older. In the past, awards have ranged from $500 to $50,000 and the average award is $11,900. But don’t be afraid to dream big! There is no cap and extraordinary projects may receive larger amounts.

Project Categories

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  • Public Places – Improvement of parks, open spaces, and equitable access to public amenities
  • Transportation and Mobility Options – Road improvements, wayfinding, improved connectivity and walk/bikeability, and increased access to transportation
  • Housing – Increasing availability of affordable and accessible housing
  • Digital Connections – Expanding access to high speed internet and digital literacy
  • Community Resilience – Disaster preparedness and mitigation
  • Community Health and Economic Empowerment – Increasing physical and financial health

Capacity-Building Microgrants

Capacity-Building Microgrants provide $2,500 as well as non-financial assistance like one-on-one coaching and webinars.

Project Categories

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Demonstration Grants

Demonstration grants are intended to be used for pilot projects that can be replicated by other communities. Awards may be up to $50,000.

Project Categories

  • Enhancing digital connectivity to prepare and respond to disasters
  • Facilitating equitable engagement to reconnect communities divided by infrastructure
  • Implementing housing choice design competitions 

Selection Criteria

  • Impact (45 points) – Does the project address a need to become more livable for residents, particularly those age 50 or older?
  • Execution (30 points) – Has the applicant demonstrated an ability to complete the project on time and on budget, engage residents, and enlist volunteers, especially those age 50 or older?
  • Addressing Disparities (15 points) – Does the project address disparities faced by historically marginalized groups?
  • Innovation (10 points) – Is the project unique?

Michael & Susan Dell Foundation

The Michael & Susan Dell Foundation supports organizations working with or impacting children and youth from low-income, urban communities in the United States, India, and South Africa.

Applications are accepted on a continual basis for requests of $50,000 or more in Education (all), Health and Wellness (U.S.), and Family Economic Stability (India, South Africa, Central Texas, and Greater Boston).

Eligibility

This grant is open to:

  • Governments
  • Social enterprises
  • Nonprofit organizations
  • Charitable trusts
  • Community foundations
  • Private foundations
  • Schools
  • Educational organizations
  • Religious organizations

Focus Areas

Education

Projects submitted under Education should concentrate on:

Health and Wellness

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Health and Wellness projects should concentrate on:

  • Healthy Communities
  • Healthy Food

Family Economic Stability

Projects under this focus area should concentrate on:

Allowable Expenses

Grant funds may not be spent on:

  • Computers, tablets, or other hardware
  • Endowments
  • Fundraisers or event sponsorships
  • Lobbying
  • Medical research
  • Infrastructure

Request

Requests must be for $50,000 or more. However, the Foundation typically does not fund more than 25% of a project or 10% of an organization’s total annual operating expenses.

Veterans and Nature Grant Program

The Veterans and Nature Grant Program is a joint project of the National Environmental Education Foundation and the U.S. Forest Service. They support projects that expose veterans to the physical and mental health benefits of time spent in nature.

Applications for up to $10,000 are due by March 1, 2024 at 11:59 PM PT.

Eligibility

This grant is open to 501(c)3 nonprofit organizations and groups with a fiscal sponsor who have a partnership with a public lands entity. Public lands staff must be involved in both the preparation of the application and adminstration of the project.

Public Lands – “Any federal, state, local, county, or regional land or waterway held in the public trust and/or spaces that are accessible to the public.”

Allowable Expenses

Grant funds may be used for:

  • Recreational and educational services
  • Equipment and supplies
  • Administrative costs
  • Billed labor

Funds may not be used to pay for transportation.

Potential Activities

Potential activities under this grant include:

  • Outdoor recreation (hiking, biking, fishing, etc.)
  • Community science programming
  • Environmental service projects
  • Adaptive programming
  • Conservation

Priority Consideration

Priority consideration will be given to projects that:

  • Work with an organization that serves veterans and include a letter of support from them
  • Discuss how they will address accessibility issues
  • Work with veterans who are BIPOC, LGBTQ+, and/or have disabilities
  • Involve Forest Service staff

Dr. Scholl Foundation

The Dr. Scholl Foundation has invested over $312 million since 1980 in organizations improving the world through Innovation, Practicality, Hard Work, and Compassion. These were core values for Dr. William M. Scholl, MD, founder of the foot care company, and they inspired him to establish his foundation.

Letters of Inquiry are accepted on a continual basis and applicants should expect a response within five business days. Full applications, for those invited to submit, are due by March 1, 2024 at 4:00 PM CT. There is no limit to the request amount, but the average award is $5,000 to $25,000.

Eligibility

This grant is open to 501(c)3 nonprofit organizations who can provide at least three years of financial documents. Publicly supported government entities are rarely approved.

Applicants from outside the United States may be considered if a board member has direct knowledge of their activities.

Primary Focus Areas

The Foundation is primarily interested in funding projects in:

  • Education
  • Social service
  • Healthcare
  • Civic and Cultural
  • Environmental

This list should not, however, dissuade applicants from submitting worthwhile projects in other categories. Grant guidelines are intentionally broad to allow for flexibility.

Allowable Expenses

Use of grant funds is also flexible. However, they cannot be used for:

  • General support
  • Capital campaigns
  • Endowments
  • Loans
  • Event sponsorships
  • Political activities

The W.K. Kellogg Foundation

The W.K. Kellogg Foundation was founded in 1930 by cereal magnate William Keith Kellogg with the aim of helping children reach their full potential. The Foundation specifically supports community efforts that create a place where vulnerable children can thrive.

WKKF has three interconnected funding priorities: Thriving Children, Working Families, and Equitable Communities. Letters of Inquiry are accepted on an ongoing basis.

Eligibility

This grant is open to organizations in the United States and select communities in Mexico and Haiti. Eligible organizations include:

  • Nonprofits
  • Public organizations such as schools and hospitals
  • Government entities
  • Native American Tribes
  • For profit organizations doing philanthropic work

Michigan, Mississippi, New Mexico, and New Orleans have been identified as priority locations. Approximately two-thirds of WKKF’s work is done in these areas as well as Chiapas and the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico, and in Central and South Haiti.

Funding Priorities

Thriving Children

Grants under this category focus on issues like maternal and infant health, early childhood education, and improving access to healthy foods. Examples include projects to help children understand what makes food healthy or unhealthy and supporting policy initiatives.

Working Families

WKKF works with US employers to make high quality jobs more equitable. This includes supporting businesses owned by women, minorities, and tribes and small businesses as a whole. In Mexico and Haiti, support is primarily focused on agricultural programs. They have funded projects to develop workforce training programs and to provide legal advice to workers who are unprotected by labor laws.

Equitable Communities

Racial inequity is a barrier that prevents many children from succeeding. To help remove this barrier, WKKF supports programs to develop local leaders, confront the history of racial inequality, and reshape the systems that perpetuate it. Examples of projects they have funded include providing comprehensive planning assistance and partnerships with historically black colleges and universities.

Allowable Expenses

WKKF supports projects that use innovative methods to help all children and families succeed. They don’t specify what grant funds can be spent on, but they do list some of the things they don’t fund. These include:

  • Capital projects
  • Endowments
  • Events
  • Individual assistance

Application Process

  1. Register with the W.K. Kellogg Foundation Portal. Login information will be emailed to you within one business day.
  2. Write a letter of inquiry describing your project in 1,500 characters or fewer. This letter should include information on the problem you’re addressing, what your objectives are, what methods you’ll use, who your partners are, and how your project fits into the WKKF priorities. You should receive a response to your letter within thirty business days.
  3. Applicants that are a strong fit for the Foundation’s goals will be encouraged to develop a full application. A final decision to fund your project or not should be made within sixty business days of receiving the full application.

Learn more about projects the WKKF has funded in the past in their Grants Database.

Partnerships for Local Agriculture & Nutrition Transformation in Schools (PLANTS)

Partnerships for Local Agriculture & Nutrition Transformation in Schools (PLANTS) supports projects working to change school food systems. The program is administered by the Chef Ann Foundation and funded by the USDA Food & Nutrition Service Healthy Meals Incentives for Schools.

Grants of $500,000 – $600,000, with no matching requirement, will be awarded to eight projects. Applications are due by January 22, 2024 at 10:00 PM ET.

Eligibility

This grant is open to groups of local partners:

  • With 3-5 partners, including the Lead Partner
  • Which include at least one School Food Authority
  • With a Lead Partner who has a demonstrated history of working with school nutrition programs
  • Who are all located within 250 miles of the Lead Partner
  • Who are all located in the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, or the U.S. Virgin Islands

Other potential partners might include:

  • Food producers
  • Cooperative Extension Services
  • Local government entities
  • Community-based food support organizations

Objectives

The objectives of the PLANT program are to:

  • Build and strengthen relationships
  • Improve school food supply chain coordination
  • Increase awareness of and access to K-12 markets
  • Expand scratch cooking operations in K-12 schools
  • Establish a sustainable approach and best practices

Additional Benefits

In addition to financial support, grantees will receive technical assistance, tools, training, and resources from:

The Fruit Tree Planting Foundation

For 20 years, The Fruit Tree Planting Foundation has been planting fruit, nut, and medicinal trees alongside Native American tribes, schools, and animal sanctuaries. Their goal is to help plant 18 billion trees around the world to protect the environment by improving the soil, water, and air quality, to feed those in need, and to strengthen communities.

Applications are accepted on a continuous basis. Most funded projects are in the United States, but they accept applications from international projects as well.

Eligibility

Applicant

This grant is open to:

  • Nonprofit organizations
  • Non-government organizations
  • Public schools
  • Government entities serving a charitable purpose

Applicants must also:

  • Own or have a long term lease on the planting site or have a long term usage agreement with the non-profit or governmental entity that owns it
  • Be committed to caring for the orchard indefinitely
  • Have a clear goal for how the orchard can help them fulfill their charitable mission
  • Be able to recruit and coordinate volunteers for planting day

Site

The site must:

  • Be suitable for planting trees about 15 feet apart with holes dug to 18 inches deep and 2 feet wide
  • Have a year-round irrigation source. The Foundation may be able to provide hoses or a drip irrigation system, but there must be somewhere to hook them up.

There isn’t a set number of trees required per project but they typically consist of at least 15-20 trees.

Grant Package

Grantees will receive:

  • Assistance with designing the layout of their orchard
  • Trees and shrubs
  • Equipment
  • Horticultural workshops
  • Training and manuals on the care and maintenance of the trees
  • Funds for deer fencing and irrigation systems is available on an as needed basis
  • Optional educational materials for schools

Reiman Foundation

The Reiman Foundation has been supporting charitable and civic projects in the United States since its founding in 1986. They focus on four key areas: Health Care, Education, The Arts, and Children.

Applications are accepted and reviewed on a rolling basis.

Eligibility

This grant is open to entities with tax-exempt status.

Application

Unlike most grant programs, the Reiman Foundation does not require a specific format for applications. They simply ask that you provide the following information on your organization’s official letterhead:

  • Date of application submission
  • Agency overview including focus and population served
  • Contact person’s name and information
  • Brief project description
  • Need for funding
  • Amount requested and, if possible, a Wish List of items with costs
  • Documentation of tax-exempt status

Applications can be mailed to:

Reiman Foundation, Inc.
125 West Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 200
Pewaukee, WI 53072

or emailed to reimanfoundation@hexagoninc.com.

Transition for Youth with Autism and/or Epilepsy Demonstration Projects

The Transition for Youth with Autism and/or Epilepsy Demonstration Projects grant is offered through the Health Resources & Services Administration Maternal & Child Health Bureau. It will provide funding to develop and implement systems of support for children with autism and/or epilepsy who require a higher level of assistance to transition into adulthood. The acronym YAES will be used to refer to these individuals.

This program expects to award four autism and seven epilepsy grants of up to $450,000 each. There is no cost share requirement. Applications are due through Grants.gov by March 11, 2024.

Eligibility

Applicant

This grant is open to organizations in the United States and its territories that are:

  • Public or private
  • Community-based
  • Tribal (governments, organizations)

Target Population

Projects under this funding opportunity should be designed for individuals aged 13-26 who:

  • Have co-occurring conditions
  • Have intellectual disabilities
  • Experience challenges in social cognition, communication, interpersonal skills, and/or behaviors
  • Require a higher level of family support and coordination.

Program Objectives

  • By August 2029, increase by 50% from baseline the percentage of all YAES in the project area that successfully transition to adult serving systems. 
  • By August 2029, adopt a framework for ongoing partnership, collaboration, and consultation between agencies to support YAES and their families/caregivers in successfully transitioning from child to adult serving systems. 
  • By August 2029, increase by 75% from baseline the percentage of all families/caregivers of YAES in the project area that report improved self efficacy with the transition process.

Program Phases

Funded projects will take place in two phases over five years.

Phase I: Planning

The first year of grant funded work will be spent collecting data and building partnerships. This should include:

  • Determining the population and baseline number of YAES in the project or catchment area
  • Conducting an analysis of existing services and supports in the catchment area
  • Identifying barriers to and opportunities for success in the transition process
  • Meeting with service providers and other stakeholders in the transition process
  • Developing data collection and reporting methods for evaluating the success of the project

Phase II: Implementation

Years 2-5 of the project will be spent building the system of support. Activities should include:

  • Adopting and implementing a framework of systems of support, partnerships, and consultation with service providers
  • Collecting and reporting data to evaluate project success
  • Devloping a sustainability plan, which should be completed by August 31, 2028
  • Disseminating resources, findings, and lessons learned