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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