July Funding Newsletter from IFP

Innovative Funding Partners' Recent Successes

Polk Sawmill (Parton Lumber): $300,000 from the USDA Wood Innovations FY24 Program

Top Grant Picks USDA Rural Housing Preservation Grant (Application Deadline: July 29, 2024) The HPG program is a grant program which provides qualified public agencies, private nonprofit organizations, which may include but not be limited to, Faith-Based and Community Organizations, and other eligible entities grant funds to assist very low- and low-income homeowners in repairing and rehabilitating their homes in rural areas. In addition, the HPG program assists rental property owners and cooperative housing complexes in repairing and rehabilitating their units if they agree to make such units available to low- and very low-income persons. LEARN MORE

The Foundation for Opioid Response Efforts (FORE) - Opioid Crisis Innovation Challenge 2024 (Application Deadline: August 8, 2024) The Foundation for Opioid Response Efforts (FORE) aims to find and foster innovative solutions to ending the nation’s opioid and drug overdose crisis. The Opioid Crisis Innovation Challenge 2024 opportunity seeks to generate new ideas and potential solutions to other significant problems that were identified in discussions with experts in the field as impediments to addressing the nation’s opioid and overdose crisis. We welcome proposals that explore and/or evaluate “outside-the-box” ideas, bring together approaches from diverse fields, and engage cross-sector teams focused on one or more of the following: Innovative Payment Models; Workforce Development; and Supporting the Transition from Treatment to Recovery. Applicants may apply for a grant of up to $300,000 a year for up to two years. LEARN MORE

HUD Eviction Protection Grant Program (Application Deadline: August 20, 2024) The Eviction Protection Grant Program (EPGP) through this NOFO will fund nonprofit organizations and government entities to provide no cost legal assistance to low-income tenants at risk or subject to eviction. Additionally, projects will expand the evidence base around eviction prevention and diversion programming, by reporting information about tenants served, legal assistance services provided, outcomes achieved and milestones reached, and collaborative activities. LEARN MORE  

Federal Healthcare & Behavioral/Mental Health Grants HRSA Technology-enabled Collaborative Learning Program (Application Deadline: August 2, 2024) The purpose of this program is to improve retention of health care providers and increase access to health care services, such as those to address chronic diseases and conditions (including Alzheimer’s disease), infectious diseases, mental health and substance use disorders, prenatal and maternal health, pediatric care, pain management, palliative care, and other specialty care in rural areas, frontier areas, health professional shortage areas, or medically underserved areas and for medically underserved populations or Native Americans. Recipients will evaluate, develop, and, as appropriate, expand the use of technology-enabled collaborative learning and capacity building models. In this NOFO, the term "technology-enabled collaborative learning and capacity building model" means a distance health education model that connects health care professionals, and particularly specialists, with multiple other health care professionals through simultaneous interactive videoconferencing for the purpose of facilitating case-based learning, disseminating best practices, and evaluating outcomes. LEARN MORE

HRSA Delta Region Maternal Care Coordination Program (Application Deadline: August 2, 2024) The purpose of this program is to improve and increase access to care for pregnant women and new mothers during and after pregnancy. To support this purpose, the objectives for the Delta MCC are to: 1. Use care coordination strategies to enhance and expand access to perinatal services in the Delta Region through a strong, diverse network of entities that represent the spectrum of care during and after pregnancy; 2. Utilize evidence-based, promising practices and/or value-based care model(s) in the planning and delivery of perinatal services; 3. Identify barriers to providing maternal health care in the region and strategies for addressing such barriers; and 4. Develop and implement deliberate and sustainable strategies of care coordination into policies, procedures, staffing, services, and communication systems (including but not limited to billing for appropriate services and partnering private and public payers). LEARN MORE

HRSA Children’s Hospitals Graduate Medical Education (CHGME) Payment Program (Application Deadline: August 8, 2024) The purpose of the Children’s Hospitals Graduate Medical Education (CHGME) Payment Program is to compensate for the disparity in the level of federal graduate medical education (GME) funding for freestanding children’s teaching hospitals versus other types of teaching hospitals. Federal funding for GME is primarily provided by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and goes to full-service teaching hospitals that serve primarily adult patients. Freestanding children’s hospitals receive little to no GME funding from Medicare because children’s hospitals have a low Medicare caseload. Eligible applicants include freestanding childrens hospitals whose inpatients are predominantly under 18 years of age, who participate in an approved GME program, and who have a Medicare payment agreement. LEARN MORE

HRSA New Access Points (Application Deadline: August 15, 2024) This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) announces the opportunity to apply for New Access Points (NAP) funding under the Health Center Program. The purpose of this funding is to support new health center service delivery sites to expand affordable, accessible, and high-quality primary health care for underserved communities and populations. In this NOFO, such sites are referred to as new access points. Award recipients will use NAP funding to provide primary health care services at one or more new access points. LEARN MORE

CDC Tuberculosis Elimination and Laboratory Cooperative Agreement (Application Deadline: September 9, 2024) CDC announces available Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 funds to complement tuberculosis (TB) prevention and control activities and laboratory services at state and local levels to reduce TB morbidity and mortality. The goal of this funding is to prevent transmission of M. tuberculosis (TB) and prevent progression from latent TB infection to active TB disease. Funding levels are determined by formulas reflecting TB disease incidence, case complexity, program performance, and laboratory workload data. Strategies and activities include diagnosis/treatment of persons with TB disease and persons with latent TB infection (LTBI); examination of immigrants and refugees who have an overseas B classification for TB; targeted testing for, and treatment of, LTBI; program planning, evaluation, and improvement; epidemiologic surveillance and response; human resource development and partnership activities; and public health laboratory strengthening. LEARN MORE

Foundation Healthcare & Behavioral/Mental Health Grants Johnson & Johnson - Leveraging Technology to Drive Representative Clinical Trials Quickfire Challenges (Application Deadline: September 13, 2024) In an effort aimed to ensure patients worldwide affected by immune-mediated diseases can benefit from cutting-edge innovations, Johnson & Johnson is proud to launch the Leveraging Technology to Drive Representative Clinical Trials QuickFire Challenge. Innovators from around the globe are invited to submit tools, platforms, technologies, or methods to enhance diversity, equity, and inclusion in clinical studies with the goal to increase patient representation for global clinical trials focused on immune-mediated diseases. The innovator(s) with the best potential solution(s) will receive grant funding from a total pool of up to $250,000, access to the global Johnson & Johnson Innovation – JLABS network, and mentorship from experts across Johnson & Johnson for one year. LEARN MORE  

Federal Education & Workforce Development Grants Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE): Fund for The Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE): Centers of Excellence for Veteran Student Success (Application Deadline: July 29, 2024) The purpose of this program is to encourage institutions of higher education (IHEs) to develop model programs to support veteran student success in postsecondary education by coordinating services to address the academic, financial, physical, and social needs of veteran students. LEARN MORE  

Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE): Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE): Basic Needs for Postsecondary Students Program (Application Deadline: August 5, 2024) The Basic Needs for Postsecondary Students Program provides grants to eligible institutions of higher education (IHEs), or a consortia or system of such institutions, to advance systemic and sustainable solutions to student basic needs insecurity through support programs that address the basic needs of students and to report on practices that improve outcomes for students. LEARN MORE

EPA FY25 Brownfields Job Training (JT) Grants (Application Deadline: August 15, 2024) Training programs funded by the Brownfields Job Training Grant provide program graduates with the opportunity to seek and obtain environmental jobs that contractors may otherwise fill from outside the affected community. EPA intends to use this grant opportunity to support the creation of good-paying jobs with the free and fair choice to join a union and the incorporation of strong labor standards and workforce programs. Brownfields Job Training Grants help residents take advantage of jobs across a spectrum of brownfield related activities, including the assessment, cleanup, remediation, and planning/site preparation for the revitalization of brownfields. This can involve the assessment and cleanup of solid and hazardous waste; chemical risk management; stormwater management relating to site cleanup; planning and site preparation for low impact development activities; planning and site preparation for green infrastructure installation and maintenance; and vulnerability assessment and contamination mitigation planning. Applicants will be evaluated on the extent to which they partner with and secure hiring commitments from local contractors and other stakeholders in communities where EPA-funded projects are located. LEARN MORE

Institute of Education Sciences (IES): National Center on Education Research (NCER): Research Networks Focused on Critical Problems of Education Policy and Practice (Application Deadline: August 15, 2024) In awarding research grants, the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) intends to provide national leadership in expanding knowledge and understanding of (1) education outcomes for all learners from early childhood education through postsecondary and adult education, and (2) employment and wage outcomes when relevant (such as for those engaged in career and technical, postsecondary, or adult education). The IES research grant programs are designed to provide interested individuals and the general public with reliable and valid information about education practices that support learning and improve academic achievement and access to education opportunities for all learners. LEARN MORE

Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE): School choice and Improvement Programs (SCIP): Promise Neighborhoods (PN) (Application Deadline: September 10, 2024) The purpose of the PN program is to significantly improve the academic and developmental outcomes of children and youth living in the most distressed communities of the United States, including ensuring school readiness, high school graduation, and access to a community-based continuum of high-quality services. The program serves neighborhoods with high concentrations of individuals with low incomes; multiple signs of distress, which may include high rates of poverty, childhood obesity, academic challenges, and juvenile delinquency, adjudication, or incarceration; and adverse childhood experiences; and also serves schools implementing comprehensive support and improvement activities or targeted support and improvement activities under section 1111(d) of the ESEA. LEARN MORE

NSF Advanced Technological Education (Application Deadline: October 3, 2024) With a focus on two-year Institutions of Higher Education (IHEs), the Advanced Technological Education (ATE) program supports the education of technicians for the high-technology fields that drive our nation's economy. The program involves partnerships between academic institutions (grades 7-12, IHEs), industry, and economic development agencies to promote improvement in the education of science and engineering technicians. It is strongly recommended that projects be faculty-led and required that courses and programs are credit-bearing, although materials developed may also be used for incumbent worker education. Materials may also be adapted and implemented as credit-bearing courses. The ATE program supports curriculum development; professional development of college faculty and secondary school teachers; career pathway development for both students and incumbent workers; and other activities including applied research projects that advance the knowledge base related to technician education. LEARN MORE

Foundation Education & Workforce Development Grants Arthur Vining Davis Foundations – Private Higher Education (LOI Deadline: August 29, 2024; Application Deadline: November 15, 2024) The purpose of the Arthur Vining Davis Foundations is to provide financial assistance to certain educational, cultural, scientific, and religious institutions within the United States. Support is provided to colleges and universities that prioritize undergraduate education and emphasize the liberal arts. The Foundations provide grants directly to private colleges and universities as well as to consortia that support those institutions in their educational mission. Specific areas of interest include: (1) civil discourse, including developing curricular and extra-curricular programs that promote civil discourse and dialogue across social, moral, political, and religious differences; projects that help campus stakeholders to encourage and internalize characteristics that foster respectful, productive dialogue across differences; and programs that provide opportunities for such dialogue; and, (2) purpose-oriented education, including developing courses or curricula that provide opportunities for students to discover and develop a sense of purpose concerning their education, their eventual occupations, and their roles as citizens. LEARN MORE

The Lowe’s Foundation - Gable Grants (Application Deadline: August 31, 2024) The Lowe’s Foundation Gable Grants program is a 5-year, $50 million commitment to train 50,000 job-ready skilled tradespeople to build a stronger infrastructure that supports our communities for the long term. From 2023-2028, community and technical colleges and community-based nonprofit organizations across the country can apply for grants to recruit, train and employ the future skilled trades workforce. Organizations applying for Lowe’s Foundation Gable Grants must meet the following criteria: 1. Currently offer sustainable, scalable skilled trades education programs for postsecondary aged adults with an emphasis on appliance repair, carpentry/construction, electrical, heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) and/or plumbing.  2. As part of their educational and/or support programs, recruit, train and prepare participants including, but not limited to, the following:  Women; People of color; Individuals living in rural areas; or Individuals who are justice-involved and/or participating in second chance programs. LEARN MORE

Federal Community and Economic Development Grants NEA Our Town, FY 2025 (Application Deadline: August 1, 2024) Our Town is the National Endowment for the Arts’ creative placemaking grants program. Through project-based funding, we support projects that integrate arts, culture, and design activities into efforts that strengthen communities over the long term. Successful Our Town projects demonstrate a specific role for arts, culture, and design as part of strategies for strengthening local communities, ultimately centering equity and laying the groundwork for long-term systems change tailored to community needs and opportunities. All applications are submitted by one organization and require one partner organization. The applicant/partner pair must include 1) a nonprofit organization and 2) a local government or quasi-government entity. Cost share/matching grants range from $25,000 to $150,000, with a minimum cost share/match equal to the grant amount. LEARN MORE SBA

Women’s Business Center – Supporting Childcare Small Businesses Grant (Application Deadline: August 7, 2024) The purpose of this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) is to invite proposals for funding from private, non-profit organizations that will provide entrepreneurial development services to women owned childcare small businesses, as well as to women owned childcare businesses and entrepreneurs in socially and economically disadvantaged in locations that are outside of the geographical areas of existing WBCs. There will be one or more awards issued in the United States and its territories. LEARN MORE  

SBA Women's Business Center Application Readiness and Procurement Assistance (Application Deadline: August 7, 2024) The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to provide grant funding for organizations to establish Women’s Business Centers (WBCs) to assist women entrepreneurs with application readiness for certification in the Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) and Economically Disadvantaged Women-Owned Small Business (EDWOSB) Programs, procurement assistance, and entrepreneurial development. LEARN MORE

BJA FY24 Field Initiated: Encouraging Innovation (Application Deadline: August 9, 2024) With this solicitation, BJA seeks to support new and innovative strategies for preventing and reducing crime, improving community safety, and strengthening criminal justice system outcomes. BJA seeks to accomplish this by promoting collaborations with the field to identify, define, and respond to emerging or chronic crime problems or justice system challenges. BJA is looking for strategies that address these issues, including trying new approaches, addressing gaps in responses, building or translating research knowledge, or building capacity. LEARN MORE

NEH Public Humanities Projects (Application Deadline: August 14, 2024) The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Division of Public Programs is accepting applications for the Public Humanities Projects program. This program supports projects that bring the ideas and insights of the humanities to life for general audiences through in-person, hybrid, or virtual programming. Projects must engage humanities scholarship to analyze significant themes in disciplines such as history, literature, ethics, and art history. LEARN MORE

USDA Broadband Technical Assistance (Application Deadline: August 20, 2024) Broadband Technical Assistance provides competitive cooperative agreement funding to eligible entities to receive or deliver broadband technical assistance and training that promotes the expansion of broadband. Program funds must be used to support broadband technical assistance activities that promote the expansion of broadband into rural areas. Examples of broadband technical assistance projects may include conducting feasibility studies, completing network designs, and developing broadband financial assistance applications. The Agency encourages applicants to consider projects that will advance the following key priorities. (1) Assisting rural communities recover economically through more and better market opportunities and through improved infrastructure; (2) Ensuring all rural residents have equitable access to RD programs and benefits from RD funded projects; and (3) Reducing climate pollution and increasing resilience to the impacts of climate change through economic support to rural communities. LEARN MORE

NPS FY2024 Historic Preservation Fund- History of Equal Rights- Preservation Grants (Application Deadline: August 20, 2024) The National Park Service’s (NPS) History of Equal Rights Grant Program (HER) will preserve sites related to the struggle of all Americans to achieve equal rights. HER grants are funded by the Historic Preservation Fund (HPF), administered by the NPS, and will fund a broad range of preservation projects for historic sites including: architectural services, historic structure reports, preservation plans, and physical preservation to structures. Grants are awarded through a competitive process and do not require non-Federal match. LEARN MORE

NPS FY2024 Historic Preservation Fund - Underrepresented Communities Grants (Application Deadline: August 29, 2024) The National Park Service’s (NPS) Underrepresented Communities Grant Program (URC) is intended to diversify listings in the National Register of Historic Places to include communities that are currently underrepresented. URC grants are funded by the Historic Preservation Fund (HPF), and are administered by the NPS. Projects include surveys and nominations of historic sites associated with communities underrepresented in the National Register. Every URC grant project MUST result in at least one new or amended nomination to the National Register of Historic Places. LEARN MORE

USDA Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer Programs Phase I (Application Deadline: September 17, 2024) The USDA SBIR/STTR programs focus on transforming scientific discovery into products and services with commercial potential and/or societal benefit. Unlike fundamental research, the USDA SBIR/STTR programs support small businesses in the creation of innovative, disruptive technologies and enable the application of research advancements from conception into the market. The STTR program aims to foster technology transfer through formal cooperative R&D between small businesses and nonprofit research institutions. LEARN MORE

Foundation Community and Economic Development Grants Bezos Earth Fund - AI for Climate and Nature Grand Challenge (Application Deadline: July 30, 2024) The AI for Climate and Nature Grand Challenge aims to explore new ideas for multiplying the impact of climate and nature efforts using modern AI. The first round of awards will focus on biodiversity conservation, advancing sustainable proteins, and power grid optimization. In addition, the fund is open to supporting visionary wildcard solutions for climate and nature. Up to 30 applicants will be selected as seed grantees and receive funding and mentorship from experts at the forefront of climate, nature, and AI. Larger awards will be made to a subset of this group. The first round of the challenge invites grant proposals from eligible organizations: U.S.-based 501(c)(3) entities and global academic institutions. Phase 1 proposals are due July 30, 2024, and the first phase will award up to 30 seed grants, with each receiving $50,000 and an exclusive invitation to participate in Phase 2. In Phase 2, grantees will enter a virtual innovation sprint and receive targeted support and resources from AI experts as they develop detailed implementation plans. Following Phase 2, Implementation Grantees will bring their solutions to life over the course of two years; during this time, they will test, iterate, and report on the effectiveness of their approaches. LEARN MORE

Nasdaq Foundation: Quarterly Grant Program (Application Deadline: August 9, 2024; and November 8, 2024) The Nasdaq Foundation works with organizations in the United States that promote and support under-resourced communities by reimagining investor engagement and equipping communities with the financial knowledge needed to share in the wealth that markets create. The Foundation’s Quarterly Grant Program provides support in two areas of focus: 1) programs designed to empower diverse investors with the financial knowledge and confidence they need to share in the wealth that markets can create, including programs that enhance financial literacy among women and under-represented communities or improve access to knowledge and tools among these two groups; and 2) programs designed to support women and under-represented minority communities with the resources needed to grow and sustain their businesses, including programs that equip women and diverse founders with mentoring and resources or improve their access to capital. There is no set minimum or maximum grant amount, though the average size of a grant made by the Foundation is $75,000. LEARN MORE

Game On-Community Places to Play Initiative (Application Deadline: September 5, 2024) Game On-Community Places to Play is an initiative of The DICK’s Sporting Goods Foundation and LISC. The initiative provides funding and technical assistance to community-rooted organizations working to create and renovate multi-use youth sport spaces for youth ages 6-24 years old in under-resourced communities across the country. The goal is to improve the quality, safety and accessibility of local athletic spaces for young people. Grant awards will range from $50,000-$100,000 and will require 1:1 match funding. Funds will be awarded to outdoor and indoor facilities that enable and demonstrate local community access and usage for all organized youth sports, including but not limited to basketball, baseball, softball, soccer, football, tennis, lacrosse and volleyball. Youth development program services should include, but are not limited to, life skills workshops, civic engagement and leadership, workforce development and academic support. LEARN MORE

Federal Human Services Grants  HUD Lead and Healthy Homes Technical Studies (LHHTS) Grant Program (Application Deadline: August 6, 2024) HUD is funding studies to improve knowledge of housing-related health and safety hazards and to improve or develop new hazard assessment and control methods, with a focus on lead and other key residential health and safety hazards. HUD is especially interested in applications that will advance our knowledge of priority healthy homes issues by addressing important gaps in science related to the accurate and efficient identification of hazards and the implementation of cost-effective hazard mitigation. This includes studies using implementation sciences in identifying specific conditions under which residential environmental hazard interventions, that have been shown to be effective in specific housing types and residential settings, can be assessed in other contexts. LEARN MORE

OVW Fiscal Year 2024 Tribal Sexual Assault Services Program (Application Deadline: August 13, 2024) The Tribal Sexual Assault Services Program (TSASP)  supports efforts to create, maintain, and expand sustainable sexual assault services provided by Tribes, tribal organizations, and nonprofit tribal organizations within Indian country and Alaska Native villages. TSASP supported projects provide intervention, advocacy, accompaniment (e.g., accompanying victims to court, medical facilities, or police departments), support services, and related assistance for adult, youth, and child victims of sexual assault, non-offending family and household members of victims, and those collaterally affected by the sexual assault. LEARN MORE

HUD Lead Hazard Reduction Grant Program (Application Deadline: August 19, 2024) The purpose of the Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction (LHR) grant program is to maximize the number of children under the age of six protected from lead poisoning by assisting states, cities, counties/parishes, Native American Tribes or other units of local government in undertaking comprehensive programs to identify and control lead-based paint hazards in eligible privately-owned rental or owner-occupied housing populations. In addition, there is Healthy Homes Supplemental funding available that is intended to enhance the lead-based paint hazard control activities by comprehensively identifying and addressing other housing hazards that affect occupant health. LEARN MORE

HUD Indian Housing Block Grant (IHBG) Competitive Grant Program (Application Deadline: August 29, 2024) Under the program, eligible Indian tribes and tribally designated housing entities (TDHEs) receive grants to carry out a range of affordable housing activities. Grant funds may be used to develop, maintain, and operate affordable housing in safe and healthy environments on Indian reservations and in other Indian areas and carry out other affordable housing activities. Grant funds must be used to primarily benefit low-income Indian families. HUD will give priority to projects that spur construction and rehabilitation of housing, while considering housing need and the recipient's administrative capacity. HUD strongly encourages new affordable housing construction projects that will increase the number of housing units available for low-income Indian families and help address the housing shortage in Indian Country. Additionally, HUD encourages housing rehabilitation projects that will increase the useful life of existing affordable housing units and alleviate substandard housing conditions. HUD also encourages the acquisition of existing housing units that increases housing stock and necessary affordable housing-related infrastructure projects that will enable future construction or rehabilitation. LEARN MORE  

HUD Youth Homeless Demonstration Program (Application Deadline: August 29, 2024) HUD will select up to 25 communities to participate in the Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program (YHDP) to develop and execute a coordinated community approach to preventing and ending youth homelessness. The purpose of the YHDP is to implement projects that demonstrate how a comprehensive approach to serving homeless youth age 24 and under can dramatically reduce youth homelessness. The population to be served by this demonstration program is youth experiencing homelessness, including unaccompanied and pregnant or parenting youth. In order to effectively implement a system that addresses the needs of youth experiencing homelessness, Continuums of Care (CoCs) must understand the subgroups of unaccompanied youth and incorporate those understandings into the YHDP CCP and awarded projects. Only CoC Collaborative Applicants may apply for a community under this NOFO. Communities represented by the CoC Collaborative Applicant must include a Youth Action Board, the local or state public child welfare agency, and a broad array of other partners. LEARN MORE

USDA Composting and Food Waste Reduction (CFWR) Pilot Project (Application Deadline: September 4, 2024) This program provides financial assistance to municipalities, school districts, counties, local governments, special district governments, tribal governments (State-designated Indian Tribes, Federally Recognized Indian Tribal Governments), or tribal organizations to carry out food waste reduction and composting objectives. The goals and objectives of this program are: (1) Food Waste Reduction Objectives - Reduce municipal food and waste; and Divert residential and commercial food waste from landfills.  (2) Composting and Conservation Objectives - Generate compost; Increase agricultural producers’ access to compost; Reduce reliance on, and limit the use of, chemical fertilizer; Improve soil quality; Encourage waste management and permaculture business development; and Increase rainwater utilization (capture, infiltration, or absorption). LEARN MORE

HUD ROSS (Resident Opportunity and Self-Sufficiency) Service Coordinator Program (Application Deadline: September 30, 2024) The Resident Opportunity and Self Sufficiency Service Coordinator (ROSS-SC) program is designed to assist residents of Public and Indian Housing make progress towards economic and housing self-sufficiency by removing the educational, professional and health barriers they face. Self-sufficiency is defined as an individual’s ability to support their household by maintaining financial, housing, and personal/family stability. To achieve self-sufficiency, an individual moves along a continuum towards economic independence and stability; such movement is facilitated by the achievement of individual educational, professional, and health-related goals.To help residents make progress towards self-sufficiency, HUD provides ROSS-SC grant funding to eligible applicants to hire a Service Coordinator who assesses the needs of Public and Indian housing residents and links them to local training and supportive services that will enable participants to move along the self-sufficiency continuum. In the case of elderly/residents with disabilities, the Service Coordinator also links them to congregate and other supportive services which enable them to age/remain in place in addition to providing other desired training and supportive services which are made available to other residents. In addition, with the ROSS-SC grant, HUD provides funding for grantees to provide direct services to further support the work of the ROSS-SC and ultimately, the goals of the ROSS program. LEARN MORE

Foundation Human Services Grants  Next50: Changing Aging (Application Deadline: July 31, 2024) More than 30% of older adults in the U.S. are economically insecure*. Changing Aging grants are designed to support economic opportunities for older adults and the organizations that serve them through systems-level and programmatic innovations in Next50’s three priority areas: ending ageism, advancing digital equity, and supporting aging in place. Next50 seeks to support a wide range of initiatives including research, start-ups, pilot projects, direct services, policy, and more. Applicants will be required to incorporate an aspect of advancing equity for marginalized and/or geographically underserved communities and applications will be strengthened by collaborative efforts across nonprofits or sectors. LEARN MORE

William T. Grant Foundation – Research Grants on Reducing Inequality Research grants on reducing inequality fund research studies that aim to build, test, or increase understanding of programs, policies, or practices to reduce inequality in the academic, social, behavioral, or economic outcomes of young people ages 5-25 in the United States. We prioritize studies that aim to reduce inequalities that exist along dimensions of race, ethnicity, economic standing, language minority status, or immigrant origins. Major Research Grants can range from $100,000 to $600,000 over 2-3 years, including up to 15% indirect costs. LEARN MORE

MacArthur Foundation: 100&Change (Application deadline: August 15, 2024) MacArthur Foundation has launched a new round of its 100&Change competition, which will award a single $100 million grant to help solve one of the world's most critical social challenges. 100&Change is open to organizations and collaborations working in any field, anywhere in the world. Proposals should address a significant problem and provide a solution that is impactful, evidence-based, feasible, durable, and just. LEARN MORE

William T. Grant Foundation – Institutional Challenge Grant (Application Deadline: September 12, 2024) The Institutional Challenge Grant supports university-based research institutes, schools, and centers in building sustained research-practice partnerships with public agencies or nonprofit organizations in order to reduce inequality in youth outcomes. The grant requires that research institutions shift their policies and practices to value collaborative research. Institutions will also need to build the capacity of researchers to produce relevant work and the capacity of agency and nonprofit partners to use research. We welcome applications from partnerships in youth-serving areas such as education, justice, prevention of child abuse and neglect, foster care, mental health, immigration, and workforce development. We especially encourage proposals from teams with African American, Latinx, Native American, and Asian American members in leadership roles. The partnership leadership team includes the principal investigator from the research institution and the lead from the public agency or nonprofit organization. LEARN MORE  

For more information on these and other funding opportunities, please get in touch with Innovative Funding Partners at info@innovativefundingpartners.com