Opportunities for Funding
The purpose of this notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) is to support research on interventions to improve health in Native American populations. This includes 1) etiologic research that will directly inform intervention development or adaptations, 2) research that develops, adapts, or tests interventions for health promotion, prevention, treatment, or recovery, and 3) where a sufficient body of knowledge on intervention efficacy exists, research on dissemination and implementation that develops and tests strategies to overcome barriers to the adoption, integration, scale-up, and sustainability of effective interventions. Through this initiative, intervention and related research is sought to build upon community knowledge, resources, and resilience to identify and rigorously test culturally appropriate solutions to reduce morbidity and mortality. The inclusion of Native American investigators serving on the study teams or as the PD(s)/PI(s) is strongly encouraged.
For the purposes of this NOFO, Native Americans include the following populations: Alaska Natives, American Indians (whose ancestral lands fall at least partially within the U.S. mainland border), and Native Hawaiians. The term Native Hawaiian means any individual any of whose ancestors were natives, prior to 1778, of the area, which now comprises the State of Hawaii.
Applications will be accepted on 10/21 in 2024, 2025, and 2026. Applications are due by 5pm local time of the applicant organization. Application budgets are not limited but need to reflect the actual needs of the proposed project.
The purpose of this NOFO is to provide grants on a competitive basis for projects that seek to achieve a reduction in the number of wildlife-vehicle collisions; and improve habitat connectivity for terrestrial and aquatic species (Title 23, United States Code (U.S.C.), Section 171).
Another round will open June 6 with a closing date of August 1, 2025
We will consider three principal types of grants:
Project Support Grants support specific projects or programs aligned with our mission. These requests may include some funds earmarked for the overhead costs associated with running a project.
General Operating Support Grants provide limited general operating support for the core operations or organizations whose missions and activities are aligned with our mission. These grants will often help the grantee build organizational, programmatic, and fundraising capacity. Operating support is not intended to help organizations in fiscal crisis. Applicants must have a current strategic or business plan that clearly outlines the organization’s goals and presents a plan for achieving results. Operating support grants must not exceed 15% of an organization’s total agency budget.
Capital Support Grants provide limited support for capital campaigns to fund the acquisition and construction of facilities, existing property renovation, or the purchase of major equipment. The program has a comprehensive approach to funding capital initiatives, which also includes funding for increased program capacity. A feasibility study may be required for capital initiatives to be considered.
Opens yearly on January 1st and closes yearly on July 31st.
What We Fund
The Paul M. Angell Family Foundation makes grants in three priority areas: Conservation, Performing Arts and Social Impact.
Conservation
The ocean sustains life on earth. Marine ecosystems foster immense biodiversity that nourishes and provides livelihoods for human communities world-wide. Moreover, the ocean regulates crucial climate processes by absorbing and storing vast amounts of carbon dioxide while simultaneously producing oxygen. Tragically, however, the ocean’s ability to perform these vital functions is imperiled by a host of human-caused threats, including climate change, habitat destruction, overfishing, and pollution.
The Paul M. Angell Family Foundation (PMAFF) Conservation Program works to counteract these threats by supporting programs, projects, and organizations that conserve and protect marine biodiversity. In 2022-23, PMAFF carried out a strategic analysis to identify underfunded marine conservation fields where our investment could have the greatest impact. As a result, we focus our grantmaking on efforts to:
Implement sustainable and effective Marine Protected Areas;
Reform international fisheries governance;
Conserve coral reef ecosystems;
Conserve shark and ray species;
Increase legal capacity dedicated to marine conservation;
End plastic pollution; and
Combat climate change by decarbonizing maritime shipping and building international political will for climate action.
The PMAFF Conservation Program upholds these priorities by working closely with ocean-focused donor advised funds and funding collaboratives and by awarding grants for ocean conservation work via PMAFF’s open, bi-annual grantmaking process.
For more detailed information regarding our interests in these topics and our open, bi-annual grantmaking process, please review our PMFF Conservation Program Overview to learn more.
Performing Arts
The goal of the Performing Arts program is to support the presentation, perpetuation, and propagation of performing arts events, focusing on classical music and theater. Grantee organizations include professional performers, presenters, (including broadcasters) and educators. We are currently considering grants to the Chicago area, Cleveland, Detroit, and the Mid-Atlantic Region (from Washington, D.C. north to Philadelphia, PA). Please note that we currently do not fund dance or film. We also do not fund individual commissions.
Social Impact
The goal of the Foundation’s grantmaking in Social Impact is to promote equitable, safe, and thriving communities, particularly for low-income African, Latino/a, Asian, Arab and Native American (ALAANA). Achieving this goal requires long-term, comprehensive approaches led by those closest to the challenges and the possibilities.
The Foundation is committed to understanding and addressing the root causes of persistent inequities for ALAANA families and communities, including the profoundly harmful impacts of structural racism and white supremacy. The Foundation funds efforts that promote access to meaningful life opportunities, such as quality education, networks of support and healing, and financial assets and employment. The Foundation also supports antiracist education, organizing, and advocacy efforts that have strong potential to advance meaningful systemic change.
Public and private disinvestment has created unjust inequities in almost every realm of social, economic, and civic life of many ALAANA communities. At the same time, every neighborhood is home to creative and resilient individuals, families, businesses, and institutions. The Foundation’s grantmaking in Social Impact seeks to recognize both of these realities while it learns from and supports thoughtful and strategic changemakers. Priority areas are Education, Economic Empowerment, and Justice.
For more details, please read the foundation’s paper, “A New Grantmaking Model for Social Impact.”
*Please note, within Social Impact, we are currently only able to consider new grant requests within the Chicago metropolitan area. This does not apply to grant renewal requests.
TYPES OF SUPPORT
General Operating
This is the most flexible type of grant. Funds may be applied in any manner in which the organization sees fit, subject to its mission.
Program/Project Grants
These grants are targeted to a specific program or goal. Applicants must submit a program budget and narrative to support their applications.
Education
Education grants support programs which disseminate information crucial to the organization’s mission. They may include, but are not necessarily limited to: lectures, demonstrations, workshops, guided tours, exhibitions, and distribution of printed or online materials.
THE FOUNDATION WILL NOT PROVIDE GRANTS FOR:
Religious institutions or other nonprofit organizations affiliated with a religion.
Debt reduction
Fundraising events
Events that will have taken place before the determination of an award. The foundation does not fund in arrears. If applying for the Spring cycle, the date of events must begin after May 15th. For the Fall cycle, events must begin after December 1st.
Accepting applications twice yearly (updated calendar available here: https://pmaff.egnyte.com/dl/NjXoGeZqcM). LOIs must be approved before invited to submit full application. Application opens 4/21/25. Deadline is for LOIs.
Grantseekers Overview
The primary purpose of the American Legion Child Welfare Foundation (CWF) is:
- To contribute to the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual welfare of children and youth; to aid in research, programs, and activities that benefit the welfare of children and youth.
Project Timeline
The American Legion Child Welfare Foundation awards grants for one calendar year. All grant projects must be completed between January 1 - December 31 of the award year.
Yearly grant cycle from May 1 - June 15
The purpose of the Native American Research Centers for Health (NARCH) program is to fund federally-recognized American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) tribes, tribal colleges or universities, tribal health programs, or tribal organizations (collectively, eligible AI/AN tribal entities) to support health-related research, research career enhancement, and research infrastructure enhancement activities.
Program Description
A NARCH award supports health-related research, research career enhancement, and/or research infrastructure enhancement projects at one or more eligible AI/AN tribal entities (See Part II. Section III. Eligibility Information. An applicant organization must be one of the eligible AI/AN tribal entities, and must be committed to supporting a NARCH and its goals. The applicant organizations should also have the research administrative infrastructure to manage the multiple-component grant. An applicant organization (see Section III, Eligibility Information), may partner with other eligible AI/AN tribal entities as well as additional non-AI/AN organizations. In such cases, 60% or more of requested funds must remain with the eligible AI/AN tribal entities.
A NARCH supports an Administrative Core and one or more of the following components:
Research Projects (RPs)
Pilot Project Program (PPP)
Career Enhancement Projects (CEPs)
Research Infrastructure Enhancement Projects (RIEPs)
Each proposed component must contribute toward the overall goals of the NARCH. Each proposed component should be led by an individual with relevant expertise and experience. The PD(s)/PI(s) of the NARCH award may lead other proposed components in addition to the Administrative Core. Each proposed component will be reviewed on its own merit and may be selected for funding even if other components in the same application are not.
Administrative Core (Required): The Administrative Core (AC) manages the NARCH award and coordinates the Center’s activities. Its responsibilities include, but are not limited to, managing the NARCH's budget, preparing and submitting accurate and timely program and financial reports, ensuring all activities supported by the award are compliant with federal regulations, organizing and coordinating Center-wide activities such as seminars and workshops for research and career development, and coordinating activities of the proposed components. The AC is located within the applicant organization, led by a PD/PI, and supported by a staff needed to carry out the responsibilities. The AC should work closely with relevant components of the grantee organization, such as the Sponsored Programs Administration or Grants and Contracts Office, as well as those at any sub-contracting organizations, in order to carry out its functions.
Research Projects (RPs): RPs support innovative and culturally appropriate health-related research prioritized by the applicant organization and partner organizations that are eligible AI/AN tribal entities , if applicable. The research project(s) should focus on issues related to AI/AN health including strengths and resiliency factors contributing to and conditions hindering AI/AN health, mechanisms underlying diseases or conditions that are prevalent in AI/AN communities, and/or the development, implementation, and evaluation of interventions that address health challenges faced by the AI/AN communities. The scope of a project should be appropriate for 5 years of funding concurrent with the NARCH award. The RP Leader (RPL) should have expertise in the subject area. If the research involves human subjects, gaps in the RPL’s scientific and regulatory knowledge relevant to the study must be adequately addressed through mentorship, collaboration, and training. A NARCH may support up to three RPs. A RPL may not lead another RP or a pilot project supported by NARCH grants awarded to the same grantee organization simultaneously .
Pilot Project Program (PPP): A NARCH award may support a PPP to fund exploratory and/or preparatory research as Pilot Projects (PPs). PPs should be limited in scope compared to RPs but with the potential to develop into RPs. Each PP may have up to two years of support and should be led by Early Stage Investigators (ESIs) or New Investigators as defined by NIH. The PPP Director (PPPD) should have experience in mentoring, health-related research, and knowledge in culturally appropriate research approaches. The PPPD manages the solicitation and review of PP applications, and selection of meritorious projects for funding. The PPPD also assumes oversight responsibilities of funded PPs, including those with human subjects. A PP Leader (PPL) may not lead more than one PP nor a RP supported by NARCH grants awarded to the same grantee organization simultaneously . The PPPD is ineligible to receive a PP from the NARCH.
Career Enhancement Projects (CEPs): A CEP supports culturally appropriate career development programs to enhance knowledge and research skills of current and/or next generation participating health researchers. Participants of a CEP may be early career investigators, post-doctoral fellows, graduate students, undergraduate students, and/or high school students interested in AI/AN health-related research. Proposed program activities may include, but are not limited to, research internships, workshops, and courses. A CEP may support participants to attend career enhancement programs sponsored by organizations other than those supported by the NARCH award. A CEP Leader (CEPL) should be an investigator with experience in mentoring, career development, research, and knowledge of culturally appropriate research, mentoring and educational approaches. A NARCH can support up to two CEPs.
Research Infrastructure Enhancement Projects (RIEPs): RIEP projects aim to address a specific research infrastructural need of the NARCH. Examples of an RIEP can include, but are not limited to, support of technological or methodological cores that develop or strengthen technical capacity needed for health-related research at the applicant and partner organizations that are eligible AI/AN tribal entities; research resources such as a bio- or data-repository; or research administration infrastructure such as Tribal Institutional Review Boards (IRBs). An RIEP leader should have expertise in the appropriate area of scientific capacity building. A NARCH can support up to two RIEPs.
While NIGMS leads this FOA and will manage the NARCH awards, NIH Institutes, Centers, and Offices (ICOs) participating in the FOA are committed to fund meritorious components that align with their research interests. A description of the participating NIH ICO's areas of scientific interest for this FOA can be found at Research Interests of NIH Institutes, Centers, and Offices Participating in NARCH.
See Section VIII. Other Information for award authorities and regulations.
Investigators proposing NIH-defined clinical trials may refer to the Research Methods Resources website for information about developing statistical methods and study designs.
Will also have opportunities in 2025 (due 7/08/24) and 2026 (7/08/26)
The Bess Spiva Timmons Foundation, a family foundation, was established by Mrs. Timmons in 1967, to enable her children and grandchildren to carry on an already existing program of assistance in the areas of education, health, medical research, the arts, and programs with emphasis to benefit minority groups, social services, and ecology. Consideration is also given to experimental ventures in these designated areas. Smaller tax-exempt organizations, which have limited financial assistance, are favored for grants.
The Foundation cannot consider requests from individuals or associations based in foreign countries, and does not normally support operating expenses, salaries, payroll, endowments, major building projects, or major acquisitions. The Foundation does not make permanent commitments of support.
Grants generally range from one to five thousand dollars.
Applications accepted yearly from March 1 - July 1.
The purpose of the General Fund grant is to provide technical and financial assistance to local agencies for the planning and construction of water recycling projects that promote the beneficial use of treated municipal wastewater in order to augment fresh water supplies in California.
Grants will be awarded for specific eligible activities, such as speaking on a panel, participating in a working group, or participation in other decision-making processes. The PP Grant Account cap per organization of $15,000 will ensure a proportional distribution of funds over time and across various organizations. Submissions for grant awards will be accepted on a rolling basis throughout the grant period and payment for these discrete engagements will be prompt.
The Public Participation (PP) Grant Account helps remove barriers to participation and provides compensation for organizations involved in CPUC activities and influence policy decisions. Grant account supports ESJ Action Plan by compensating Community-based organizations (CBOs) and Tribes for their contributions to CPUC.