Rural Health
Funding by Topic: Access
Summaries of funding programs are provided by RHIhub for your convenience. Please contact the funder directly for the most complete and current information.
Idaho SelectHealth Awards Program
Offers monetary awards to organizations and individuals in Utah, Idaho, and Clark County, Nevada working to promote healthcare access, food security, housing stability, and mental and physical wellness.
Offers monetary awards to organizations and individuals in Utah, Idaho, and Clark County, Nevada working to promote healthcare access, food security, housing stability, and mental and physical wellness.
Geographic coverage: Utah, Idaho, and Clark County, Nevada
Application Deadline: Feb 28, 2025
Sponsor: Select Health
Application Deadline: Feb 28, 2025
Sponsor: Select Health
Sherwood Foundation Grants
Funding for nonprofit organizations in Nebraska working to make Nebraska a more equitable place to live, work, learn, and play. Past awards have been made across the state, including in rural areas.
Funding for nonprofit organizations in Nebraska working to make Nebraska a more equitable place to live, work, learn, and play. Past awards have been made across the state, including in rural areas.
Geographic coverage: Nebraska
Application Deadline: Feb 28, 2025
Sponsor: The Sherwood Foundation
Application Deadline: Feb 28, 2025
Sponsor: The Sherwood Foundation
Utah SelectHealth Awards Program
Recognizes organizations and individuals in Utah working to promote health and wellness, assist individuals with special needs, support the underserved, and build strong communities.
Recognizes organizations and individuals in Utah working to promote health and wellness, assist individuals with special needs, support the underserved, and build strong communities.
Geographic coverage: Utah
Application Deadline: Feb 28, 2025
Sponsor: SelectHealth
Application Deadline: Feb 28, 2025
Sponsor: SelectHealth
Louisiana Healthcare Workforce Collective Impact Grants
Grants to community coalitions in Louisiana to identify and address pressing community health issues, such as heart disease, diabetes, mental health, obesity, workforce, and healthcare access, quality, and cost.
Grants to community coalitions in Louisiana to identify and address pressing community health issues, such as heart disease, diabetes, mental health, obesity, workforce, and healthcare access, quality, and cost.
Geographic coverage: Louisiana
Application Deadline: Mar 1, 2025
Sponsor: Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana Foundation
Application Deadline: Mar 1, 2025
Sponsor: Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana Foundation
VA Quality Scholars Fellowship
Two-year residential fellowship for clinicians who are interested in making veteran healthcare equitable and accessible for marginalized and rural populations. Fellows split their time between in-person clinical work, independent studies, and structured didactics while guided by a set of experienced mentors.
Two-year residential fellowship for clinicians who are interested in making veteran healthcare equitable and accessible for marginalized and rural populations. Fellows split their time between in-person clinical work, independent studies, and structured didactics while guided by a set of experienced mentors.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Mar 1, 2025
Sponsor: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Application Deadline: Mar 1, 2025
Sponsor: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Supportive Services for Veteran Families Program
Grants to private nonprofit organizations and consumer cooperatives that provide supportive services for very low-income veterans and their families residing in or transitioning to permanent housing. Priority will be given to rural and tribal communities and U.S. territories.
Grants to private nonprofit organizations and consumer cooperatives that provide supportive services for very low-income veterans and their families residing in or transitioning to permanent housing. Priority will be given to rural and tribal communities and U.S. territories.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide and U.S. Territories
Application Deadline: Mar 3, 2025
Sponsor: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Application Deadline: Mar 3, 2025
Sponsor: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
New York Health Foundation Special Projects Fund
Funding for projects that have the potential to improve the health of vulnerable populations in New York and that are outside the typical priorities of the New York Health Foundation.
Funding for projects that have the potential to improve the health of vulnerable populations in New York and that are outside the typical priorities of the New York Health Foundation.
Geographic coverage: New York
Letter of Intent (Required): Mar 4, 2025
Application Deadline: May 15, 2025
Sponsor: New York Health Foundation
Letter of Intent (Required): Mar 4, 2025
Application Deadline: May 15, 2025
Sponsor: New York Health Foundation
AARP Community Challenge
Grants for projects that work to improve livability for all residents of a community. The 2025 application cycle will focus on public spaces; housing; transportation; community resilience; digital connections; disaster preparedness; and physical activity, among others. Applications from rural communities are encouraged.
Grants for projects that work to improve livability for all residents of a community. The 2025 application cycle will focus on public spaces; housing; transportation; community resilience; digital connections; disaster preparedness; and physical activity, among others. Applications from rural communities are encouraged.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Mar 5, 2025
Sponsor: AARP
Application Deadline: Mar 5, 2025
Sponsor: AARP
Distance Learning and Telemedicine Program Grants
Grants to help rural communities use advanced telecommunications technology to connect to each other (and the world) overcoming the effects of remoteness and low population density. Projects that promote equity and economic opportunity in rural America are encouraged.
Grants to help rural communities use advanced telecommunications technology to connect to each other (and the world) overcoming the effects of remoteness and low population density. Projects that promote equity and economic opportunity in rural America are encouraged.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Mar 6, 2025
Sponsors: U.S. Department of Agriculture, USDA Rural Development, USDA Rural Utilities Service
Application Deadline: Mar 6, 2025
Sponsors: U.S. Department of Agriculture, USDA Rural Development, USDA Rural Utilities Service
Tribal Behavioral Health Grant Program
Grants for projects designed to prevent suicidal behavior and substance misuse, reduce the impact of trauma, and promote mental health among American Indian/Alaska Native young people up to the age of 24.
Grants for projects designed to prevent suicidal behavior and substance misuse, reduce the impact of trauma, and promote mental health among American Indian/Alaska Native young people up to the age of 24.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Mar 6, 2025
Sponsors: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Application Deadline: Mar 6, 2025
Sponsors: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services