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Funding by Topic: Environmental health

Summaries of funding programs are provided by RHIhub for your convenience. Please contact the funder directly for the most complete and current information.

Water and Waste Disposal Loan Guarantees
A loan guarantee program that helps private lenders provide affordable financing to qualified borrowers to improve access to clean, reliable water and waste disposal systems for households and businesses in rural areas.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
Sponsors: U.S. Department of Agriculture, USDA Rural Development
Wells Fargo Community Giving Programs
Funding for nonprofit organizations in the areas of housing affordability, financial health, small business growth, and the environment.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
Sponsor: Wells Fargo
Wildhorse Foundation Rapid Response Grants
Grants to tribes and national, regional, or local Native American organizations that serve individuals in the Cayuse, Umatilla, and Walla Walla tribes of Oregon and Washington. Funds may be used for small needs that surface throughout the year to support programs in the areas of public health, public safety, environmental protection, and gambling addiction, among others.
Geographic coverage: Parts of Washington and all of Oregon
Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
Sponsor: Wildhorse Foundation
Pacific Public Health Fellowship Program Inactive
A two-year professional development program designed to prepare new college graduates and early career professionals in a variety of public health career pathways to meet emerging and future public health challenges in the Pacific.
Geographic coverage: US Pacific Island Territories
Application Deadline: Jun 30, 2024
Sponsors: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Pacific Island Health Officers Association, U.S. Affiliated Pacific Islands (USAPI) Departments/Ministries of Health
Native Voices Rising Grants Inactive
General operating support grants designed to strengthen native-led organizations that are improving the lives of their community members.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Jun 28, 2024
Sponsors: Common Counsel Foundation, Native Americans in Philanthropy
Tribal Colleges Extension Program: Special Emphasis Inactive
Funding for special emphasis extension projects at 1994 Land-Grant Institutions. Projects allow extension offices to be responsive to community needs through projects that address youth, agriculture, economic development, or other issues important to stakeholders.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Jun 28, 2024
Sponsors: National Institute of Food and Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need (GAANN) Inactive
Grants for academic departments and programs of institutions of higher education to support graduate fellowships for students. Priority is given to tribal colleges and universities, historically black colleges and universities, and other minority serving institutions.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Jun 24, 2024
Sponsor: U.S. Department of Education
Native Led Social Justice Organizing Grant Inactive
Funding for social justice organizing projects by native led grassroots organizations in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and/or Wyoming that conduct most of their work in reservation communities and/or rural, small town communities.
Geographic coverage: Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming
Application Deadline: Jun 14, 2024
Sponsor: Social Justice Fund Northwest
White House Rural Innovators Initiative Inactive
Honorary awards designed to highlight stories of rural leaders who are making a positive impact in their communities.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Jun 14, 2024
Sponsors: The White House, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Southeast New England Program (SNEP) Opportunity to Advance Resilience in Disadvantaged Communities (SOAR) Inactive
Funding for planning, implementation, outreach, training, capacity, and staff-building projects in Southeastern New England. Projects should address climate change and the historic, long term impacts of environmental and social injustices in disadvantaged communities. Tribal lands are a program priority.
Geographic coverage: Rhode Island, Southeastern Massachusetts, and the 3 tribal nations within the geography
Application Deadline: Jun 7, 2024
Sponsor: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency