Funding in Missouri

Summaries of funding programs are provided by RAC for your convenience. Please contact the funder directly for the most complete and current information.

First Children's Finance Loan Fund
Loans and technical assistance to child care and early education businesses, especially those serving lower-income communities.
    Geographic Coverage: Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, North Dakota, South Dakota, or Texas
    Application Deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
    Sponsor: First Children's Finance

IFF
IFF is a nonprofit community development lender providing affordable, flexible and accessible loans to nonprofits serving low-income or special-needs populations.
    Geographic Coverage: Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, Wisconsin
    Application Deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
    Sponsor: IFF

Kerr Foundation Grants
Provides grants in the areas of education, health, cultural development, and community service.
    Geographic Coverage: Arkansas, Missouri, Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas. Oklahoma organizations will receive first priority for available funds. They also accept proposals from the Washington, D.C. area.
    Application Deadline: Jan 15, 2010
    Sponsor: Kerr Foundation

Midwest Assistance Program Loan Fund
Provides low-cost, short and intermediate term loans for community water and wastewater projects through its Community Revolving Loan Fund.
    Geographic Coverage: Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Montana, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wyoming
    Application Deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
    Sponsor: Midwest Assistance Program

Support for Local Tobacco Control Policy Change
These funds support short-term activities conducted by an organization and their partners to advance policy change at the local level.
    Geographic Coverage: Missouri
    Application Deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
    Sponsor: Missouri Foundation for Health

Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Initiative Community Grant - Cycle 1
Grants to community-based organizations seeking to address smoking cessation services.
    Geographic Coverage: Missouri
    Application Deadline: Dec 22, 2009
    Sponsor: Missouri Foundation for Health

William T. Kemper Foundation Grants
Provides grants for health, human services, the arts, and the environment.
    Geographic Coverage: Missouri, Kansas, and western Illinois
    Application Deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis

Inactive Funding in Missouri

The programs listed below have been funded in the past, but are not currently accepting applications. Information about these inactive funding programs is provided only for your convenience and does not indicate that the programs will be available in the future. To inquire about future availability of a particular program, please contact the funding agency or organization.

Delta Regional Authority Federal Grant Program
Grants to communities in the Mississippi Delta region for infrastructure and economic development activities.
    Geographic Coverage: AL, AR, IL, KY, LA, MS, MO and TN
    Application Deadline: Mar 20, 2009
    Sponsor: Delta Regional Authority

Delta States Rural Development Network Program Grant Program
Grant to support community organizations in the development and implementation of projects to address local health care needs in the rural Delta Region.
    Geographic Coverage: Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Tennessee
    Application Deadline: May 14, 2007
    Sponsor: Office of Rural Health Policy

Eliminating Tobacco-Related Disparities: Assessment and Planning Grants
Funding for projects that will provide services to communities/populations disproportionately affected by tobacco use.
    Geographic Coverage: Missouri
    Application Deadline: Jul 10, 2008
    Sponsor: Missouri Foundation for Health

Gannett Foundation Community Action Grants
Provides grants in communities where the Gannett Company has a presence.
    Geographic Coverage: Limited to certain areas of 35 states and U.S. territories, see sponsor's website for more details.
    Application Deadline: Aug 17, 2009

Healthy Baby Funds
Funding to support community efforts to promote preconception, family planning and healthy baby outreach activities.
    Geographic Coverage: Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska and Missouri.
    Application Deadline: Jul 13, 2009
    Sponsor: HHS Office of Minority Health

Missouri Hospital Association Center for Education’s Nursing Bridge Grant
Grants for nursing students seeking advanced education to become qualified nursing staff in a Missouri hospital or nursing faculty in a Missouri school of professional nursing.
    Geographic Coverage: Missouri
    Application Deadline: May 22, 2009
    Sponsor: Missouri Hospital Association

Missouri Housing Trust Fund
Provides assistance to very low income Missourians.
    Geographic Coverage: Missouri
    Application Deadline: Oct 5, 2007
    Sponsor: Missouri Housing Development Commission

Missouri Nurses Foundation Scholarship
Assists qualified students to complete requirements for graduation from a state approved and nationally accredited school of nursing leading to a baccalaureate degree with a major in nursing.
    Geographic Coverage: Missouri
    Application Deadline: Jul 15, 2007
    Sponsor: Missouri Nurses Foundation

Senior Medicare Patrol Projects
Grants for model projects that demonstrate effective ways of utilizing retired persons as volunteer expert resources and educators in community efforts to combat health care error, fraud and abuse in the Medicare/Medicaid programs.
    Geographic Coverage: Refer to Eligibility for the 26 participating states and 1 territory.
    Letter of Intent (Optional): Mar 2, 2009
    Application Deadline: Mar 13, 2009
    Sponsor: Administration on Aging

Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Initiative: 2008 Community Grants for Workplace Cessation Programs
Grant support for tobacco prevention and cessation.
    Geographic Coverage: Missouri
    Application Deadline: Dec 22, 2008
    Sponsor: Missouri Foundation for Health

Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Initiative: Eliminating Tobacco-Related Disparities
Funding to address tobacco-related disparities in communities disproportionately affected by tobacco use.
    Geographic Coverage: Missouri
    Application Deadline: Aug 2, 2007
    Sponsor: Missouri Foundation for Health

UnitedHealth HEROES Service Learning Grants
Funding to support youth-led projects that address childhood obesity.
    Geographic Coverage: 34 states and the District of Columbia
    Application Deadline: Oct 22, 2009
    Sponsor: Youth Service America

Weyerhaeuser Company Foundation
Provides grants in communities where the company has operations.
    Geographic Coverage: Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Tennessee
    Application Deadline: Aug 31, 2009