Rural Health
Funding by Topic: Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention
Summaries of funding programs are provided by RHIhub for your convenience. Please contact the funder directly for the most complete and current information.
Maine Recovery Council Coalitions Working to Strengthen Community Conditions Grants
Funding to support and/or expand culturally relevant, community-led, and youth-led efforts that improve the community conditions in communities in Maine highly impacted by opioid use disorder. Rural communities are a program priority.
Funding to support and/or expand culturally relevant, community-led, and youth-led efforts that improve the community conditions in communities in Maine highly impacted by opioid use disorder. Rural communities are a program priority.
Geographic coverage: Maine
Application Deadline: Aug 11, 2026
Sponsors: Maine Recovery Council, Office of the Maine Attorney General
Application Deadline: Aug 11, 2026
Sponsors: Maine Recovery Council, Office of the Maine Attorney General
Delta States Rural Development Network Grant Program
Grants to support the planning, development, and implementation of integrated healthcare networks within the Delta Region that collaborate to achieve efficiencies; expand access to, coordinate, and improve the quality of basic healthcare services and associated health outcomes; and strengthen the rural healthcare system as a whole.
Grants to support the planning, development, and implementation of integrated healthcare networks within the Delta Region that collaborate to achieve efficiencies; expand access to, coordinate, and improve the quality of basic healthcare services and associated health outcomes; and strengthen the rural healthcare system as a whole.
Geographic coverage: The 8 Delta States: Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, and Tennessee
Application Deadline: Aug 12, 2026
Sponsors: Federal Office of Rural Health Policy, Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Application Deadline: Aug 12, 2026
Sponsors: Federal Office of Rural Health Policy, Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Northern Border Regional Commission (NBRC) Catalyst Program
Funding for economic development initiatives in the northern border region of Maine, New Hampshire, New York, and Vermont, with priority given to rural and disadvantaged communities. Project areas include basic healthcare; workforce development; and public, transportation, and telecommunications infrastructure, among others.
Funding for economic development initiatives in the northern border region of Maine, New Hampshire, New York, and Vermont, with priority given to rural and disadvantaged communities. Project areas include basic healthcare; workforce development; and public, transportation, and telecommunications infrastructure, among others.
Geographic coverage: Maine, New Hampshire, New York, and Vermont
Letter of Intent (Required): Aug 18, 2026
Application Deadline: Oct 16, 2026
Sponsor: Northern Border Regional Commission
Letter of Intent (Required): Aug 18, 2026
Application Deadline: Oct 16, 2026
Sponsor: Northern Border Regional Commission
Patterson Fellows
A cohort-based training and leadership program that will support entrepreneurs in Kansas and western Missouri with the goal of igniting viable, scalable companies for change in rural communities.
A cohort-based training and leadership program that will support entrepreneurs in Kansas and western Missouri with the goal of igniting viable, scalable companies for change in rural communities.
Geographic coverage: The Patterson Family Foundation catchment area of Kansas and western Missouri
Application Deadline: Aug 23, 2026
Sponsor: Patterson Family Foundation
Application Deadline: Aug 23, 2026
Sponsor: Patterson Family Foundation
Cultivating Connected Communities Prize Challenge
A national prize competition designed to identify and support existing community garden projects interested in extending their outreach to people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, people living with paralysis and other physical disabilities, and older adults. Rural and frontier areas are mentioned as having barriers to participating in community activities.
A national prize competition designed to identify and support existing community garden projects interested in extending their outreach to people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, people living with paralysis and other physical disabilities, and older adults. Rural and frontier areas are mentioned as having barriers to participating in community activities.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Letter of Intent (Optional): Jul 15, 2026
Application Deadline: Aug 26, 2026
Sponsors: Administration for Community Living, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Letter of Intent (Optional): Jul 15, 2026
Application Deadline: Aug 26, 2026
Sponsors: Administration for Community Living, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Gates Family Foundation Capital Grants
Capital support for building purchase, construction, expansion, renovation, and/or land acquisition for Colorado organizations working in the areas of arts and culture; education; well-being of children, youth, and families; parks and recreation; and community development, among other things.
Capital support for building purchase, construction, expansion, renovation, and/or land acquisition for Colorado organizations working in the areas of arts and culture; education; well-being of children, youth, and families; parks and recreation; and community development, among other things.
Geographic coverage: Colorado
Application Deadline: Sep 1, 2026
Sponsor: Gates Family Foundation
Application Deadline: Sep 1, 2026
Sponsor: Gates Family Foundation
OVW Grants to Indian Tribal Governments Program
Grants to assist tribal governments and authorized designees of tribal governments to respond to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, sex trafficking, and stalking in their communities.
Grants to assist tribal governments and authorized designees of tribal governments to respond to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, sex trafficking, and stalking in their communities.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Sep 1, 2026
Sponsors: Office on Violence Against Women, U.S. Department of Justice
Application Deadline: Sep 1, 2026
Sponsors: Office on Violence Against Women, U.S. Department of Justice
Minnesota Indian Health Grant Program
Grants to provide health services to American Indians who live off reservations.
Grants to provide health services to American Indians who live off reservations.
Geographic coverage: Minnesota
Application Deadline: Sep 3, 2026
Sponsor: Minnesota Department of Health - Office of Rural Health and Primary Care
Application Deadline: Sep 3, 2026
Sponsor: Minnesota Department of Health - Office of Rural Health and Primary Care
Foundation for Rural Service Community Grant Program
Grants to support a variety of local efforts to build and sustain a high quality of life in rural communities across America. Focus areas include business and economic development, education and workforce, health and wellbeing, and public service and first responders.
Grants to support a variety of local efforts to build and sustain a high quality of life in rural communities across America. Focus areas include business and economic development, education and workforce, health and wellbeing, and public service and first responders.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Sep 4, 2026
Sponsor: Foundation for Rural Service
Application Deadline: Sep 4, 2026
Sponsor: Foundation for Rural Service
Expanding Nutrition Services
Funding to increase access to nutrition services at HRSA-funded health centers.
Funding to increase access to nutrition services at HRSA-funded health centers.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Sep 9, 2026
Sponsors: Bureau of Primary Health Care, Health Resources and Services Administration
Application Deadline: Sep 9, 2026
Sponsors: Bureau of Primary Health Care, Health Resources and Services Administration