Rural Health
Funding by Topic: Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention

Idaho SelectHealth Awards Program
Offers monetary awards to organizations and individuals in Utah, Idaho, and Clark County, Nevada working to promote healthcare access, food security, housing stability, and mental and physical wellness.

Kent Richard Hofmann Foundation Grants
Grants to support community-based organizations providing direct services, education, or research in the areas of HIV and AIDS, with priority given to smaller communities and rural areas.

Match/Gap Funding Assistance for Surface Transportation Projects in Rural Alaska
Financial support to meet local match requirements, enabling infrastructure projects in rural areas of Alaska that often face challenges in securing funding for critical needs such as energy, healthcare, community wellness, climate resilience, broadband, housing, and sanitation.

Sherwood Foundation Grants
Funding for nonprofit organizations in Nebraska working to make Nebraska a more equitable place to live, work, learn, and play. Past awards have been made across the state, including in rural areas.

Utah SelectHealth Awards Program
Recognizes organizations and individuals in Utah working to promote health and wellness, assist individuals with special needs, support the underserved, and build strong communities.

Louisiana New Horizons Grant Program
Grants for new, innovative projects to solve or effectively address the health, education, and well-being of the people of Louisiana.

AARP Community Challenge
Grants for projects that work to improve livability for all residents of a community. The 2025 application cycle will focus on public spaces; housing; transportation; community resilience; digital connections; disaster preparedness; and physical activity, among others. Applications from rural communities are encouraged.

Whole Kids Foundation School Garden Grant Program
Grants to support new and existing edible gardens at K-12 schools and nonprofit organizations. Applications from rural and tribal communities are encouraged.

Higher Education Challenge Grants Program
Grants to colleges and universities to strengthen institutional capacities, including curriculum, faculty, scientific instrumentation, instruction delivery systems, and student recruitment and retention. The overall program objective is to respond to identified state, regional, national, or international educational needs in the food and agricultural sciences, or in rural economic, community, and business development.

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Change Leadership Programs
Change leadership programs are designed by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to extend the influence and impact of leaders working to advance health equity.