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Funding by Topic: Poverty

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

Hillman Emergent Innovation: Serious Illness and End of Life Program Inactive
Grants for early stage nursing-driven interventions that target serious illness and end of life needs faced by vulnerable populations, including economically disadvantaged, rural, and other populations that encounter barriers to accessing services.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Letter of Intent (Required): Feb 27, 2024
Application Deadline: Jun 4, 2024
Sponsor: Rita and Alex Hillman Foundation
Hillman Innovations in Care Program Inactive
Funding for innovative, nursing-driven models of care designed to improve the health and healthcare of marginalized populations. Target populations include Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC), the economically disadvantaged, LGBTQ+ people, people experiencing homelessness, rural populations, refugee, and immigrant populations.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Letter of Intent (Required): Feb 27, 2024
Application Deadline: May 14, 2024
Sponsor: Rita and Alex Hillman Foundation
Children, Youth, and Families At-Risk Sustainable Community Projects Inactive
Grants for cooperative extension to work in collaboration with other organizations to develop and deliver educational programs that help at-risk youth build the skills they need to lead positive, productive, and contributing lives. Considerations should include children and youth facing issues related to substance use, violence, crime, mental health, teen pregnancies, sexually transmitted infections, obesity, and poverty, among others.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Feb 15, 2024
Sponsors: National Institute of Food and Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Colorado Capital Infrastructure – Increasing Access to Care for Coloradans of Color Inactive
Funding for capital projects for safety net practices in Colorado that improve clinics' capacity to serve more Coloradans of color with team-based, comprehensive primary care.
Geographic coverage: Colorado
Application Deadline: Feb 15, 2024
Sponsor: Colorado Health Foundation
Grants for Expansion and Sustainability of the Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services for Children with Serious Emotional Disturbances Inactive
Grants to improve the mental health outcomes for children and youth, birth through age 21, at risk for or with serious emotional disturbances (SED), and their families. Rural and tribal populations are priorities, among others.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide and U.S. Territories
Application Deadline: Feb 14, 2024
Sponsors: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Section 811 Supportive Housing for Persons with Disabilities (Capital Advance) Inactive
Capital advance funding for the development of permanent supportive rental housing. Housing must be for very-low-income persons with disabilities who are between 18-62 years of age at entry. Projects from rural and tribal areas are encouraged.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Feb 12, 2024
Sponsor: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Texas Blue Impact Grants Inactive
Funding to support projects that focus on community health and wellness, holistic care, health equity, and supporting the needs of underserved populations in all Texas communities.
Geographic coverage: Texas
Letter of Intent (Required): Feb 9, 2024
Application Deadline: Mar 15, 2024
Sponsor: Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas
Hispanic-Serving Institutions Education Grants Program Inactive
Grants to promote and strengthen the ability of Hispanic-Serving Institutions to carry out higher education programs that attract, retain, and graduate outstanding students capable of enhancing the nation's food, agriculture, natural resources, and human sciences professional and scientific workforce.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Feb 6, 2024
Sponsors: National Institute of Food and Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture
PCORI Maternal Morbidity and Mortality Topical Studies Inactive
Funding for clinical effectiveness research that will address important evidence gaps and reduce maternal morbidity and mortality during pregnancy and the postpartum period. Special emphasis is given to projects focused on populations experiencing maternal health disparities, including rural communities.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Letter of Intent (Required): Feb 6, 2024
Application Deadline: May 7, 2024
Sponsor: Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute
AmeriCorps Seniors Foster Grandparent Program Replacement and Expansion Opportunity Inactive
Program that engages adults age 55 and over to provide mentorship for children and youth with special or exceptional needs, or who would benefit from the one-one-one attention. AmeriCorps Seniors volunteers serve in schools, Head Starts, drug treatment centers, correctional institutions, and childcare centers. Priority states and territories are listed in Appendix A of the application instructions.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide and U.S. territories
Application Deadline: Feb 1, 2024
Sponsor: AmeriCorps