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:
Feb 19, 2010
Sponsor: Boston Foundation
Active Living Research and New Connections Grant Opportunities
Funding for research to inform policy and environmental strategies for increasing physical activity among children and adolescents, decreasing their sedentary behaviors and preventing obesity.
Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline:
Apr 14, 2010
Sponsor: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Active Living Research Round 10
Active Living Research is a national program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation that supports research to identify promising policy and environmental strategies for increasing physical activity, decreasing sedentary behaviors and preventing obesity.
Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline:
Apr 14, 2010
Sponsor: Robert Wood Johnson 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
Communities Creating Healthy Environments: Improving Access to Healthy Foods and Safe Places to Play in Communities of Color (Round 2)
Funding to prevent childhood obesity by increasing access to healthy foods and safe places to play in communities of color.
Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline:
Feb 25, 2010
Sponsor: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
ConAgra Foods Foundation Grants
The Foundation's major commitment is fighting child hunger and to improve the quality of life in communities where ConAgra Foods employees work and live.
Geographic Coverage: Nationwide, only in areas of company operations.
Application Deadline:
Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
Sponsor: ConAgra Foods
CVS Caremark Community Grants
Grants to support children with disabilities and healthcare for the uninsured.
Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline:
Oct 31, 2010
Sponsor: CVS Caremark
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
Indian Education Demonstration Grants for Indian Children
Grants to provide financial assistance to projects to develop, test, and demonstrate the effectiveness of services and programs to improve the educational opportunities and achievement of preschool, elementary, and secondary Indian students.
Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline:
Feb 25, 2010
Sponsor: U.S. Department of Education
Indian Education Formula Grants Part 1
Grants to support local educational agencies (LEAs) in their efforts to reform and improve elementary and secondary school programs that serve Indian students
Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline:
Feb 12, 2010
Sponsor: U.S. Department of Education
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
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
Ronald McDonald House Charities Grant Program
Grants to organizations that help children read, provide nutritious after-school meals, offer life-changing surgeries, or help prevent life-threatening disease.
Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
Letter of Intent (Required): Mar 15, 2010
Application Deadline:
Mar 5, 2010
Sponsor: Ronald McDonald House Charities
STOP Hunger Scholarships
Scholarships to recognize and reward the great steps students are taking to fight hunger in our communities across the United States.
Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline:
Feb 26, 2010
Sponsor: Sodexo Foundation
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
Technology and Media Services for Individuals with Disabilities; Steppingstones of Technology Innovation for Students with Disabilities
Grants to improve the use of technology for children with disabilities.
Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline:
Feb 27, 2010
Sponsor: Office of Special Education Programs
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
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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