Welcome to the NNED Funding Opportunities page. The page is divided into governmental grant opportunities and foundation grant opportunities. The Government Grant Opportunities section is organized by due date. The Foundation Grant section is organized alphabetically by foundation. Not all foundations listed are national.

 

Health Care Reform Grant Opportunities:

February 22 -- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation State Health Access Reform Evaluation: The program seeks to identify and fill gaps in research related to state-level implementation of the Affordable Care Act, with a focus on provisions that are designed to increase access and coverage. Applications are due February 22, 2012. For more information click here.

February 29 -- 2012 State Peer Awards for Health Care Reform Education: The purpose of this grant is to enable peer-run organizations in the 29 States with HHS Health Insurance Exchange Establishment Grants to undertake outreach and dissemination efforts to educate people in recovery from behavioral health conditions (i.e., mental health and/or substance use disorders) and service providers about health care reform initiated by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) of 2010. Applications are due February 29, 2012. For more information click here.

March 5 -- Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Research Network: The purpose of this grant is to support the creation of a multicenter research forum for scientific collaboration and infrastructure building related to home visiting research to improve life outcomes among mothers, infants, and young children. This includes Identifying gaps or testing the efficacy of enhancements to home visiting programs, including: culturally appropriate adaptations; enhancements to address intimate-partner violence, substance abuse, and parental health and wellbeing. Applications are due March 5, 2012. For more information click here.

Government Grant Opportunities:

 

February 24 -- Awards Honoring Northwest Native American Leaders: The Potlatch Fund is accepting nominations for its Leadership Honoring Awards. To be eligible, nominees must be Native American individuals who reside in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, or Montana. Self- nominations are encouraged. Finalists will be formally recognized at the Tenth Annual Potlatch Fund Gala and will receive a $500 cash award and a video highlighting their contribution to the larger community. Applications are due February 24, 2012. For more information click here.

February 29 -- LGBTQ Youth Activists Invited for Colin Higgins Youth Courage Awards: The Colin Higgins Youth Courage Awards annually honor lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, two-spirit, queer, and questioning youth who have transformed their experiences with bigotry and discrimination into opportunities to inspire others by taking action, rallying support, building community, and working to change the systems and institutions that impact their lives. Applications are due February 29, 2012. For more information click here.

March 1 -- Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation Seeks Letters of Interest From Current Grantees for Racial Equity Initiative: The Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation has announced a Racial Equity Initiative pilot funding program designed to increase the capacity of the foundation's current grantees to achieve greater impact in serving low-income communities of color, reducing racial disparities and increasing racial equity in the grantees' areas of influence. Applications are due March 1, 2012. For more information click here.

 March 2 -- First Nation's Native Youth & Culture Fund: Approximately 20 grants will be awarded for projects that focus on youth, and incorporate culture and tradition to address social issues such as drug and alcohol abuse, teen pregnancy, mental health or other social issues. Letter of intent is due March 2, 2012. For more information click here.

 

List of National and Local Foundations Focusing on Behavioral Health and Disparities:

Aetna Foundation -- For the 2010 grant cycle the Aetna Foundation will focus its grantmaking on issues that improve health and the healthcare system in three areas, one of them being Racial and Ethnic Healthcare Equity. This program promotes equity in health and health care for common chronic conditions, and infant mortality. One of the goals of the program is to determine, through interventional studies, whether stress-reduction programs (including yoga and meditation) can improve health outcomes for minority patients with chronic conditions, as well as postnatal outcomes for mothers and pregnant women. Grant applications that address more than one of the foundation's program areas will receive priority consideration. For more information on these three program areas click here.

American Legion Child Welfare Foundation -- The American Legion Child Welfare Foundation annually accepts proposals from nonprofit organizations for projects that meet one of the foundation's two basic purposes — to contribute to the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual welfare of children through the dissemination of knowledge about new and innovative organizations and/or their programs designed to benefit youth; and to contribute to the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual welfare of children through the dissemination of knowledge already possessed by well-established organizations, to the end that such information can be more adequately used by society. Grants are awarded only to nonprofit, tax-exempt organizations and must have the potential of helping American children in a large geographic area (more than one state).

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation -- Through their Closing the Gap on Health Care Disparities Program , the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachsuetts Foundation provides grants to non-profit organizations seeking to address health care disparities in Massachusetts communities. The Foundation will support initiatives that take a comprehensive and innovative approach for improving access and reducing barriers to quality health care and support services for groups experiencing specific health disparities

Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation -- The Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation focuses on reducing health dispartities around the world.  One of their priorities in the US is to reduce mental health disparities by building health care and support services for patients at the community level.

CIGNA Foundation -- The CIGNA Foundation defines its activities in terms of four primary impact areas. Potential grantees will be expected to demonstrate how their activities positively impact one of these areas: 1) Promoting Wellness: Building awareness, helping people manage their health challenges and making health services available and affordable for all; 2) Expanding Opportunities: Reaching across barriers – be they based on gender, ethnicity or physical condition – to tap the talents of every person; 3)Developing Leaders: Supporting the type of community service that gives talented individuals the experience to become future leaders; 4) Embracing Communities: Connecting neighbors to create networks that will address the complex social and environmental challenges we all face.

Commonwealth Fund -- The Commonwealth Fund has nine program areas this fiscal year, the Fellowship in Minority Health focuses on creating physician-leaders who will pursue careers in minority health and health policy.

Conneticut Health Foundation -- Through their Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities Initiative the Conneticut Health Foundation funds Conneticut-based organizations with programs that: 1. Create public will to decrease racial and ethnic health disparities in access and treatment; 2. Improve the quality of systems that enhance patient-provider interactions in order to promote health equity.

Hanley Family Foundation -- The Hanley Family Foundation provides funds nation-wide to organzations that advance the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of alcoholism, chemical dependency and addictive behavior, including support for related research and education.

Health Trust -- Based in California, the Health Trust funds organizations that directly benefit residents of Santa Clara County and/or Northern San Benito County.  Through their Healthy Communities Initiative, the Health Trust funds organizations that work to reduce health disparities.

Hogg Foundation -- The Hogg Foundation has a focus on improving the mental well-being of all Texans and places emphasis on cultural and linguistically competence in mental health care.  They fund fellowships and scholarships to develop the mental health care workforce.  For more information click here.

MetroWest Community Health Care Foundation -- Based in Massachusetts, the MetroWest Community Health Care Foundation funds programs that serve the MetroWest area of Massachusetts.  Through their Racial and Ethnic Disparities Initiative they fund programs wishing to become a part of an ongoing, community-wide and collaborative effort to reduce health disparities in the MetroWest area.

NCB Capital Impact -- In its Innovative Community Lending for health care project NCB Capital Impact provides flexible financing solutions that successfully preserve and expand affordable health care and behavioral care for low-income families across the country.

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation -- RWJF funds programs across the country that support their seven program areas.  One of their program areas focuses upon Vulnerable Populations and funds programs committed to meeting the emerging health needs of communities by identifying smarter, cost-effective ways to address problems of the most vulnerable.  RWJF seeks new and different partners to expand their reach that can bring smart, innovative solutions to America's communities.

Sisters of Charity Foundation of Cleveland -- Based in Cleveland, Ohio the Sisters of Charity Foundation funds organziations serving Cleveland citizens in one of its focus areas, one of which includes Health Disparities .

Tufts Health Plan Foundation -- Based in Massachusetts, this foundation funds Massachusetts based programs that improve physical, mental, and emotional well-being of older adults, with a focus on eliminating disparities.

Walmart Foundation -- Under their National Giving Program, one of the Walmart Foundation's focus areas includes Health & Wellness which focuses on improving access to health care, reducing health care disparities and promoting healthy lifestyles.

W.K. Kellogg Foundation -- In the United States the W.K. Kellogg foundation has as one of its focuses, Food, Health and Well-Being.  This focus area has as one of its emphases to foster stress mitigation and reduction efforts (physical activities, violence prevention) designed to improve mental health and well-being, and create conditions that support mental and physical well-being of marginalized children and families.