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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.

Minnesota Capacity Strengthening Initiative Inactive
Funding to support community-based and faith-based organizations in strengthening their organizational infrastructure to be better equipped and prepared for success in procuring grants and contracts at the department and addressing health inequities across Minnesota. Organizations should serve people of color, American Indians, LGBTQIA+, and/or people living with disabilities. Applications from rural organizations are encouraged.
Geographic coverage: Minnesota
Application Deadline: Nov 20, 2023
Sponsors: Minnesota Center for Health Equity, Minnesota Department of Health
Brownfields Multipurpose Grants Inactive
Grants to carry out a range of eligible assessment and cleanup activities within a proposed target area, such as a neighborhood, a number of neighboring towns, a district, a corridor, a shared planning area or a census tract. Funds must be used for environmental site assessments, brownfields site cleanup, and the development of a plan for the revitalization of one or more brownfields site.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Nov 13, 2023
Sponsor: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
South Carolina Connecting Communities to Care Program Inactive
Funding to support community health improvement programs that connect people to health-related and healthcare services to address rural health disparities in South Carolina.
Geographic coverage: South Carolina
Application Deadline: Nov 1, 2023
Sponsor: South Carolina Center for Rural and Primary Healthcare
Virginia Innovative Programming Awards Inactive
Grants for innovative programming to address the root causes of rural health disparities in Virginia. Focus areas include healthy mothers and babies, food access and nutrition, workforce development, behavioral health, and telehealth.
Geographic coverage: Virginia
Application Deadline: Oct 31, 2023
Sponsor: Virginia State Office of Rural Health
Equity Community Organizing (ECO) Groups to Advance Health Equity in Aging in California Inactive
Funding to organize community groups designed to reduce health inequities for older adults in California. The focus is on communities of color and communities where race and ethnicity intersect with other factors such as age, gender, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socioeconomic status, geography, language, and/or immigration status leading to inequities.
Geographic coverage: California
Application Deadline: Oct 30, 2023
Sponsors: California Health Care Foundation, The SCAN Foundation
Minnesota Sexual and Reproductive Health Services Program Inactive
Funding to increase access to sexual and reproductive health services for people in Minnesota who experience barriers to these services.
Geographic coverage: Minnesota
Application Deadline: Oct 30, 2023
Sponsor: Minnesota Department of Health
Virginia Youth Tobacco Use Prevention Grants Inactive
Grants to prevent and reduce youth tobacco, nicotine, and vaping product use across Virginia. Funding may be used for classroom-based instruction and for projects designed to reduce disparities in young people who are at elevated risk for being impacted by tobacco and nicotine (including rural youth).
Geographic coverage: Virginia
Application Deadline: Oct 23, 2023
Sponsor: Virginia Foundation for Healthy Youth
Infusing Equity into Built Environment for Better Health Inactive
Capital grants for built environment, such as playgrounds, parks, and outdoor spaces in Colorado that allow children, youth, and families to engage in physical activity more regularly. Priority is given to communities living on low income, communities of color, and rural communities.
Geographic coverage: Colorado
Application Deadline: Oct 15, 2023
Sponsor: Colorado Health Foundation
CDC Fellowship for Evaluation of Rural Funding Impact Inactive
CDC evaluation research fellowship focused on addressing COVID-19 related health disparities among populations at high-risk and underserved, including racial and ethnic minority populations and rural communities.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Oct 13, 2023
Sponsor: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Tennessee Opioid Abatement Community Funding Inactive
Funding to implement opioid abatement remediation strategies in Tennessee including primary prevention, harm reduction, treatment, recovery support, education/training, research, and evaluation. Rural and underserved communities are a program priority.
Geographic coverage: Tennessee
Application Deadline: Oct 9, 2023
Sponsor: Tennessee Opioid Abatement Council