Funding by Topic: Children

Summaries of funding programs are provided by RAC for your convenience. Please contact the funder directly for the most complete and current information. You can also browse a list of inactive funding programs.

National Funding Programs

2010 J. Jill Compassion Fund
Grants to provide financial support on a national scale to community-based organizations and/or programs whose mission is that of aiding women and children in need.
    Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
    Application Deadline: Nov 30, 2009
    Sponsor: Boston Foundation

Champ A Champion Fur Kids Grants
Grants for children’s health and wellness.
    Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
    Application Deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
    Sponsor: Build A Bear Workshop Bear Hugs Foundation

CIGNA Foundation Grants
Targeted grants in five areas: Health of Women, Children & Families, Obesity Awareness & Prevention, Patient/Doctor Communications & Health Literacy, Disparities in Health Care, and Connection Between a Healthy Mind & Body.
    Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
    Application Deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
    Sponsor: CIGNA Foundation

Coca-Cola Foundation
Support for water stewardship, healthy active lifestyles, community recycling, and education.
    Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
    Application Deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
    Sponsor: Coca-Cola Foundation

Community Access to Child Health (CATCH) Implementation Funds Program
Funding supports pediatricians in the initial and/or pilot stage of developing and implementing a community-based child health initiative.
    Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
    Application Deadline: Jan 29, 2010
    Sponsor: American Academy of Pediatrics

Community Access to Child Health (CATCH) Resident Funds Program
Grants to support pediatric residents in the planning of community-based child health initiatives.
    Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
    Application Deadline: Jan 29, 2010
    Sponsor: American Academy of Pediatrics

Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services for Children and Their Families Program
Grants to develop integrated home and community-based services and supports for children and youth with serious emotional disturbances and their families by encouraging the development and expansion of effective and enduring systems of care.
    Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
    Application Deadline: Dec 8, 2009
    Sponsor: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

Do Something Disaster Grants
Grants to young people across the US and Canada with a project idea around the themes of disaster preparedness and emergency response.
    Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
    Application Deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
    Sponsor: Do Something

FedEx Social Responsibility Program
Core giving areas are emergency and disaster relief, pedestrian and child safety, education, and health and human services.
    Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
    Application Deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
    Sponsor: FedEx

Kroger Company Foundation
Capital campaigns, start up grants, and funding for special projects. Focuses only on areas where company has operations.
    Geographic Coverage: Nationwide, only in areas of company operations.See http://www.thekrogerco.com/operations/operations.htm for details.
    Application Deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
    Sponsor: Kroger Company Foundation

Libri Books for Children Program
Donates new, quality, hardcover children's books for small, rural public libraries in the United States.
    Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
    Application Deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
    Sponsor: Libri Foundation

Office Depot Community Relations Program
Supports local non-profit organizations with product donations and funding.
    Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
    Application Deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis

Regional Community Health Grants Program
This program provides funding focused on reducing disparities in health care among racial and ethnic populations in eligible geographic areas.
    Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
    Application Deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
    Sponsor: Aetna Foundation

Relatives as Parents Program (RAPP) - Local, and Regional
Grants to encourage and promote the creation or expansion of services for grandparents and other relatives who have taken on the responsibility of surrogate parenting when the biological parents are unable to do so.
    Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
    Application Deadline: Dec 3, 2009
    Sponsor: Brookdale Foundation

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Unsolicited Grants
Grants to address health care workforce, innovative health care solutions, and health care to vulnerable populations.
    Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
    Application Deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
    Sponsor: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Samuel Harris Fund for Children's Dental Health Dentistry Grant Program
Grants for oral health promotion programs designed to improve and maintain children's oral health through community education programs.
    Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
    Application Deadline: Jan 8, 2010
    Sponsor: American Dental Association

Saucony Run for Good Program
Grants to encourage active and healthy lifestyles in children.
    Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
    Application Deadline: Dec 13, 2009
    Sponsor: Saucony

Statewide Family Network Grant
Grants to enhance state capacity and infrastructure to the needs of children and adolescents with emotional disturbances.
    Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
    Application Deadline: Nov 25, 2009
    Sponsor: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

Summer Food Service Program
Funding to provide free, nutritious meals and snacks to help children in low-income areas get the nutrition they need during the summer months.
    Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
    Application Deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
    Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture

UnitedHealthcare Children's Foundation Medical Assistance Grants
Assistance grants for children for medical services not fully covered by health insurance.
    Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
    Application Deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
    Sponsor: UnitedHealthcare Children's Foundation

William Randolph Hearst Foundations Health Grants
Provides funding to improve access to quality health care for underserved populations in rural and urban areas.
    Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
    Application Deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis

State and Regional Funding Programs

BJ’s Charitable Foundation
Funding for safety, security and well-being of children and families, education and health programs, community service opportunities, and hunger and disaster relief.
    Geographic Coverage: Connecticut, Georgia, New Jersey, North Carolina, Maine, Delaware, Maryland, Florida, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Virginia and New Hampshire.
    Application Deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
    Sponsor: BJ’s Charitable Foundation

Hershey Foundation Grants
Funding for unique, innovative, and creative projects for children in Northeast Ohio.
    Geographic Coverage: Northeast Ohio
    Application Deadline: Dec 1, 2009 Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
    Sponsor: Hershey Foundation

Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust Grants
Grants for people in need including the elderly, disabled adults and/or children, as well as women, youth and families.
    Geographic Coverage: Arizona
    Application Deadline: Sep 8, 2009 Applications accepted on an ongoing basis

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

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