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Funding by Topic: Health disparities

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

HHS Environmental Justice Community Innovator Challenge Inactive
A challenge designed to find community-led strategies and tools to address health disparities in communities disproportionately impacted by environmental risks and hazards, including those related to climate change.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Jan 30, 2024
Sponsors: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Minority Health
New York Age-Friendly: Go Local Grants Inactive
Funding for grassroots and community-based organizations in Western and Central New York who are working to build age-friendly neighborhoods that promote health equity.
Geographic coverage: Service area for the Health Foundation for Western and Central New York
Application Deadline: Jan 19, 2024
Sponsor: Health Foundation for Western and Central New York
Minnesota American Indian Health Special Emphasis Grant Inactive
Grants for projects in Minnesota designed to address health equity issues specific to tribal and urban American Indian communities, address the health impact of historical trauma, reduce health disparities experienced by American Indian communities, and incorporate a multisector approach to addressing identified disparities.
Geographic coverage: Minnesota
Application Deadline: Jan 16, 2024
Sponsor: Minnesota Department of Health
Strong Systems, Stronger Communities: Strengthening Tribal Public Health Systems Inactive
Funding and technical assistance for projects designed to build the public health capacity of tribes.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Jan 12, 2024
Sponsors: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Indian Health Board
Texas Reliable Flexible Funding for Mental Health and Well-Being Inactive
Funding for nonprofit organizations in Texas, particularly those led by and serving members of historically excluded groups. The goal is to assist these organizations in addressing disparities in mental health outcomes and philanthropic funding within marginalized communities.
Geographic coverage: Texas
Application Deadline: Jan 12, 2024
Sponsor: Hogg Foundation for Mental Health
AmeriCorps State and National Public Health AmeriCorps Grants Inactive
Funding to support the recruitment, training, and development of public health leaders able to provide service in response to the public health needs of urban and rural communities.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide and U.S. territories
Application Deadline: Jan 4, 2024
Sponsors: AmeriCorps, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Healthy Start: Eliminating Disparities in Perinatal Health Inactive
Grants to improve health outcomes before, during, and after pregnancy and reduce racial/ethnic disparities in rates of infant death and adverse perinatal outcomes. Funding is set aside for rural communities.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Dec 15, 2023
Sponsors: Health Resources and Services Administration, Maternal and Child Health Bureau, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Learning Collaborative - Advancing Health Equity: Increasing Access to Care for Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) and Exploitation Survivors Inactive
A 4-session learning collaborative designed to review system changes and best practices to advance health equity for survivors of intimate partner violence, human trafficking, and exploitation. The sessions will explore the health impacts on multiple survivor populations including farmworkers, youth, and rural communities.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Dec 15, 2023
Sponsors: Futures Without Violence, Health Partners on IPV + Exploitation
National Rural Health Policy, Community, and Collaboration Program Inactive
Funding for a single entity to identify, educate, engage, and collaborate with rural stakeholders on national rural health and policy issues and promising practices in an effort to improve the health of people living in rural communities nationwide.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Dec 14, 2023
Sponsors: Federal Office of Rural Health Policy, Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
NIH Build UP Trust Challenge Inactive
A challenge designed to find new ways to improve engagement with underserved populations. The focus is on building trust and adopting community-based strategies that increase the detection, treatment, and management of health conditions.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Dec 5, 2023
Sponsor: National Institutes of Health