Grants up to $125,000 Advance Oral Healthcare Transformation

CareQuest Institute for Oral Health: Community and Care Transformation Initiative

Application deadline:  June 30, 2023
Geographic scope: United States and U.S. territories
Grant amount: Ten grants of up to $125,000 will be provided.
Description: The CareQuest Institute for Oral Health aims to accelerate oral healthcare transformation and create a system designed for everyone in the United States. The Institute’s Community and Care Transformation Initiative seeks to fund innovative, community-driven projects that advance oral healthcare transformation best practices. Support will be provided for projects and partners that combine two interrelated elements of work: 1) carry forward the care transformation concepts of medical-dental integration, value-based care, teledentistry, and minimally invasive care; and 2) ensure authentic and deep community engagement is embedded in the practical implementation of those concepts. Both public entities and nonprofit organizations are eligible to apply. Applicants will likely be community organizations looking to expand how oral healthcare is delivered or safety net clinical facilities looking to grow their community engagement.

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Funds Enable Expansion of Childhood Bereavement Services

National Alliance for Children’s Grief: Grief Reach

Application deadline: Applications will be accepted beginning on June 1, 2023.
Description: The Grief Reach grant program, a program of the National Alliance for Children’s Grief and the New York Life Foundation, supports childhood bereavement services in the United States. The upcoming grant cycle will focus on the area of community expansion. Applications should focus on one of the following: geographic expansion of services into a new geographic location, expansion of services to serve more children and families where an organization is already located, population expansion to serve a new age or population group or starting new programming or services for the same children and families already served. Applications will be available June 1, 2023, on the NACG website.

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Rural Cooperatives Supported

Department of Agriculture

Application deadline: June 26, 2023
Description: The Rural Cooperative Development Grant program improves the economic condition of rural areas by helping individuals and businesses start, expand, or improve rural cooperatives and other mutually owned businesses through Cooperative Development Centers. Examples of technical assistance and other services the Centers provide include conducting feasibility studies, developing business plans, providing leadership and operational improvement training, and facilitating strategic planning.

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$20,000 Grants Aim to Change Vacant Lots Into Gardens

KidsGardening: Lots of Compassion Grant

Application deadline: June 2, 2023 
Geographic scope: U.S. and U.S. territories 
Grant amount: Ten grants of $20,000 will be provided. 
Description: The Lots of Compassion Grant, a new program offered by Mrs. Meyer’s Clean Day and KidsGardening, is designed to support local leaders looking to transform vacant lots into gardens to help grow compassion in their community. In 2023, ten grantees will receive $20,000 each to transform a vacant lot into a garden. Nonprofit organizations, school districts, universities, groups, religious organizations, and other tax-exempt organizations are eligible to apply.

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Support Available to Strengthen the Economy Through STEM Projects

Department of Commerce

Application deadline: June 12, 2023 
Description: The STEM Talent Challenge supports projects that implement innovative science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) work-based learning models (such as registered apprenticeships) and that complement their respective region's innovation economy. The Challenge seeks to develop or expand regional workforce capacity to support high-growth, high-wage entrepreneurial ventures; industries of the future (which usually includes industries that leverage emerging technologies); and other innovation-driven businesses that have a high likelihood of accelerating economic competitiveness and job creation in their respective regions and in the United States.

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Support Advances Projects Rethinking Aging

NextFifty Initiative: Advancing Innovation in Aging

Application deadline: Applications will be accepted from May 15 to June 21, 2023. 
Description: NextFifty Initiative is dedicated to funding mission-driven initiatives that improve the lives of the older adult population and their caregivers. NextFifty’s Advancing Innovation in Aging grants invest in new and ongoing innovative projects throughout the U.S. that seek to rethink how people age and how people think about aging. NextFifty seeks to partner with organizations that are visionaries, community leaders, and educators to fuel ideas that drive improvements to the experience of aging and explore advancements in longevity within Colorado and across the nation. Grant requests must focus on the aging or the aging-disabled population age 50 and over, or the caregivers of these populations. Priority is given to projects that focus on historically marginalized communities and that demonstrate possibility for scalability and replicability. Applicants are encouraged to speak with a staff member prior to applying. (Advancing Equity in Aging grants, also available nationally, will open in June 2023. NextFifty offers additional grant programs focused on efforts in Colorado.)

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Program Helps Veterans Gain Agricultural Skills

Department of Agriculture

Application deadline: June 19, 2023 
Description: The Enhancing Agricultural Opportunities for Military Veterans Competitive Grants Program seeks to increase the number of military veterans gaining knowledge and skills through comprehensive, hands-on, and immersive model farm and ranch programs offered regionally that lead to successful careers in the food and agricultural sector. The program encourages the development of training opportunities specifically designed for military veterans. Supported projects will offer onsite, hands-on training and classroom education leading to a comprehensive understanding of successful farm and ranch operations and management practices. Projects may also offer workforce readiness and employment prospects for service-disabled veterans.

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Programs Addressing Addiction, Serious Mental Illness, or Cancer Funded

Alkermes Inspiration Grants

Application deadline: June 1, 2023, at 6 PM ET 
Grant amount: Primarily $25,000 to $75,000 
Description: The 2023 Alkermes Inspiration Grants® program will provide up to a total of $500,000 to assist nonprofit organizations in the United States in their work to address challenges for people living with alcohol dependence, opioid dependence, schizophrenia, bipolar I disorder, melanoma, and ovarian cancer. Only 501(c)(3) charitable organizations in the U.S. that are not engaged in the practice of healthcare (which includes counseling services) are eligible to apply. For guidance, please go to https://www.alkermes.com/responsibility/alkermes-inspiration-grants-2023.

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Art Projects Improving Street Safety Supported in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico

Bloomberg Philanthropies: Asphalt Art Initiative

Application deadline: June 12, 2023 
Geographic scope: United States, Canada, and Mexico 
Grant amount: Up to $25,000 
Description: Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Asphalt Art Initiative aims to help cities use art and community engagement to improve street safety and revitalize public space. The Initiative’s grant program funds visual art, typically painted murals, on roadways, pedestrian spaces, and public infrastructure in cities, with the following primary goals: improving street and pedestrian safety, revitalizing and activating underutilized public space, and promoting collaboration and civic engagement in local communities. In 2023, the Initiative will provide up to 20 grants of up to $25,000 each, as well as technical assistance, to cities in the United States, Canada, and Mexico.

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Chick-fil-A True Inspiration Awards      Application deadline: June 1, 2023  
Grant amount: A total of $5 million in grants ranging from $30,000 to $350,000 will be provided.
Description: Chick-fil-A’s True Inspiration Awards support nonprofit organizations making an impact in their local communities in the United States, including Puerto Rico, and Canada. Organizations will be awarded for their work in the following areas: caring for people, with a focus on educational initiatives fostering character and leadership development, academic excellence, and community involvement in underserved youth; caring through food, including programs or projects addressing hunger and food insecurity facing children and their families; community, with a focus on programs or projects providing housing and other direct services to support young people and their families; and caring for our planet, including programs or projects that care for the environment and the planet.

I’m reaching out to let you know about our $150,000 grant program, Jobber Grants, that recognizes excellence in small home service businesses. In August 2023, we will award 25 grants to businesses in the U.S. and Canada totaling $150,000.  Last year,  Antonio Taylor, owner of Pressure Family Exteriors LLC in your area, was awarded a $5,000 grant. We’d love to give other similar industries and home service businesses in Oklahoma City the chance to apply and be recognized for their work, if you are able to share this information with your community.  The application process is easy—it just takes 5 minutes to apply at jobber.com/grants. Grants range from $2,500 to $15,000 each, and applications are open until June 8, 2023.

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