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Funding by Topic: LGB

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

AmeriCorps State and National Grants Inactive
Funding for programs that are designed to strengthen communities and solve local problems, including those found in rural and underserved areas. Funding priorities include serving historically underrepresented communities, environmental stewardship, services for veterans, access to youth mental health and substance abuse services, and civic bridgebuilding.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide and U.S. territories
Application Deadline: Jan 23, 2025
Sponsor: AmeriCorps
Oregon Community Grant Program Inactive
Grants for projects that address the most pressing challenges in Oregon for populations disproportionately impacted by inequities exacerbated by significant bias and/or discrimination, including under-resourced rural and marginalized communities across the state.
Geographic coverage: Oregon
Application Deadline: Jan 14, 2025
Sponsor: Oregon Community Foundation
Maine Health Equity Capacity Building Grants Program Inactive
Unrestricted operating and technical assistance support for organizations in Maine that work with communities facing health disparities based on factors such as race; ethnicity; language; sexual orientation; gender identity; disability status; and experience with criminal justice, sexual violence, and homelessness. Rural applicants have been awarded in past application rounds.
Geographic coverage: Maine
Letter of Intent (Required): Dec 9, 2024
Application Deadline: Feb 14, 2025
Sponsor: Maine Health Access Foundation
NIH Extramural Loan Repayment Program Inactive
Loan repayment assistance for researchers that are not employed by the NIH. Loan repayment awards are based on an applicant's potential to build and sustain a research career, not to support specific research.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide and U.S. territories
Application Deadline: Nov 21, 2024
Sponsors: National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Senior Oral Health Partnership Inactive
Funding for a coalition of organizations serving a defined geographic community within the service area. The coalition will work together to address senior oral health access from a systems-change perspective. Rural communities are a program priority.
Geographic coverage: Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Georgia
Application Deadline: Nov 1, 2024
Sponsor: Delta Dental Community Care Foundation
Wisconsin Emerging Leaders Program Inactive
An 8 month educational program designed to prepare the next generation of behavioral health leaders in Wisconsin. The program is designed for community-based direct service providers interested in professional development to engage and support underserved communities.
Geographic coverage: Wisconsin
Application Deadline: Oct 25, 2024
Sponsor: Wisconsin Department of Health Services
Health Careers Exploration Program (HCEP) Inactive
Support for health career conferences, workshops, and health career exploration programs in California, especially those serving underrepresented students, including those who reside in rural areas.
Geographic coverage: California
Application Deadline: Oct 16, 2024
Sponsor: California Department of Health Care Access and Information
Innovations in Alzheimer's Caregiving Awards Program Inactive
A monetary award for programs or projects that focus on supporting family and informal caregivers of adults with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias, including projects that focus on rural and low-income communities.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Oct 9, 2024
Sponsors: Bader Philanthropies, Inc., Family Caregiver Alliance, The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation
Promoting Rural Interconnections for Sexual Minorities (PRISM) Grant Inactive
Grants and technical assistance for organizations in the PFund Foundation service area for projects that promote interconnections for LGBTQIA2S+ populations in rural areas. Projects that address physical, mental, and behavioral health are encouraged.
Geographic coverage: Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin, and/or the native nations therein
Application Deadline: Sep 9, 2024
Sponsor: PFund Foundation
Comprehensive Care for Adults with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus from Populations with Health Disparities (R01 Clinical Trial Optional) Inactive
Funding for research focused on developing and testing strategies that adapt/implement recommended guidelines of comprehensive clinical care for individuals with Type 2 diabetes from health disparity populations.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide and U.S. Territories
Application Deadline: Sep 7, 2024
Sponsors: National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services