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Rural Health
Funding by Topic: Community and economic development

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

GATHER Food Sovereignty Grants Inactive
Grants for projects that lead to self-directed, well-resourced, community supported food systems in Native communities.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Feb 28, 2023
Sponsor: First Nations Development Institute
AmeriCorps Seniors Workforce Development Senior Demonstration Program Inactive
Funding for demonstration projects that engage adults ages 55 and older, using service opportunities, certification, training, and mentoring as the avenue that will lead to employment in skilled, professional, and/or para-professional career employment. Public health is a focus area, and rural communities are a priority.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide and U.S. Territories
Application Deadline: Feb 1, 2023
Sponsor: AmeriCorps
Collins Foundation Grants Inactive
Grants for projects in Oregon that promote diversity, equity, and inclusion for marginalized communities, including people of color, immigrants and refugees, people with disabilities, LGBTQ people, low-income individuals and families, and rural communities. Priorities include health equity, child welfare and development, education, community welfare, arts and culture, and environmental protection.
Geographic coverage: Oregon
Application Deadline: Feb 1, 2023
Sponsor: The Collins Foundation
Iowa Rural Child Care Market Study Grant Inactive
Funding for Iowa communities to contract with a third party for market data collection, analysis, and development of strategic goals to address childcare needs in rural areas.
Geographic coverage: Iowa
Application Deadline: Jan 31, 2023
Sponsor: Iowa Economic Development Authority
Iowa Rural Housing Assessment Grant Inactive
Funding for Iowa communities to conduct housing assessment data collection activities and participate in the Iowa State University Extension & Outreach Rural Housing Assessment Readiness Workshop that will support the development of housing in rural areas.
Geographic coverage: Iowa
Application Deadline: Jan 31, 2023
Sponsor: Iowa Economic Development Authority
Conversations on Rural Health Disparities in New York Micro-Grants Inactive
Grants to support dialogue, learning, and action planning to address community health needs and persistent health disparities in rural communities in Western and Central New York.
Geographic coverage: New York
Application Deadline: Dec 31, 2022
Sponsor: Health Foundation for Western and Central New York
Brownfield Revolving Loan Fund Grants Inactive
Grants to eligible agencies to capitalize a revolving loan fund that will provide loans and subgrants to eligible entities to carry out cleanup activities at brownfield sites contaminated with hazardous substances and/or petroleum. The program has a focus on areas historically affected by economic disinvestment, health disparities, and environmental contamination.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Nov 22, 2022
Sponsor: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Promise Neighborhoods Program Inactive
A grant program that supports improvement in the educational and developmental outcomes of children and youth in the most distressed communities. Projects should work to ensure school readiness, high school graduation, and access to a community-based continuum of high quality services.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Letter of Intent (Optional): Jul 29, 2022
Application Deadline: Sep 27, 2022
Sponsor: U.S. Department of Education
Community Economic Development Focus on Energy Communities Inactive
Grants for projects aimed at business development opportunities and creating employment for low-income individuals located in energy communities that have experienced employment loss and/or economic dislocation because of declines in the fossil fuel industry and/or are disproportionately reliant on fossil fuel energy production or distribution. Bonus points are given to projects that create jobs in rural and tribal communities.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Aug 29, 2022
Sponsors: Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Rural Placemaking Innovation Challenge Inactive
Grants for organizations to provide planning and implementation technical assistance to rural communities to foster placemaking, which is the process of creating quality places where people want to live, work, learn, and play. The program goal is to create greater social and cultural vitality in rural communities aimed at improving people's social, physical, and economic well-being.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Aug 15, 2022
Sponsors: U.S. Department of Agriculture, USDA Rural Development