Rural Health
Funding by Topic: Community and faith-based initiatives
Summaries of funding programs are provided by RHIhub for your convenience. Please contact the funder directly for the most complete and current information.
Georgia Moment of Spark Grants
Inactive
Grants to advance the long-term health and well-being of communities, families, and individuals in Georgia by helping communities leverage their collective power for systems change that reflects the community's visions for a healthy future.
Grants to advance the long-term health and well-being of communities, families, and individuals in Georgia by helping communities leverage their collective power for systems change that reflects the community's visions for a healthy future.
Geographic coverage: Georgia
Application Deadline: Jun 5, 2026
Sponsor: Georgia Health Initiative
Application Deadline: Jun 5, 2026
Sponsor: Georgia Health Initiative
Indiana Community Health Partnerships Trailblazer Award
Inactive
Funding for collaborative, community-engaged research projects focused on topics that have potential to improve health in Indiana.
Funding for collaborative, community-engaged research projects focused on topics that have potential to improve health in Indiana.
Geographic coverage: Indiana
Letter of Intent (Optional): May 18, 2026
Application Deadline: Jun 1, 2026
Sponsor: Indiana Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute
Letter of Intent (Optional): May 18, 2026
Application Deadline: Jun 1, 2026
Sponsor: Indiana Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute
Western North Carolina Organizational Capacity Building Grants
Inactive
Funding for internal capacity building support so organizations can more effectively advance work related to housing, education, economic opportunity and/or health and wellness in Western North Carolina.
Funding for internal capacity building support so organizations can more effectively advance work related to housing, education, economic opportunity and/or health and wellness in Western North Carolina.
Geographic coverage: Western North Carolina
Application Deadline: May 18, 2026
Sponsor: Dogwood Health Trust
Application Deadline: May 18, 2026
Sponsor: Dogwood Health Trust
Delta Workforce Grant Program
Inactive
Funding to build long-term community capacity and increase economic competitiveness by providing grants to support workforce training and education programs throughout the lower Mississippi River Delta and Alabama Black Belt regions.
Funding to build long-term community capacity and increase economic competitiveness by providing grants to support workforce training and education programs throughout the lower Mississippi River Delta and Alabama Black Belt regions.
Geographic coverage: DRA service area within Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Tennessee
Application Deadline: May 15, 2026
Sponsor: Delta Regional Authority
Application Deadline: May 15, 2026
Sponsor: Delta Regional Authority
The John A. Hartford Foundation Business Innovation Award
Inactive
Monetary award for community-based organizations (CBOs) to recognize partnerships with healthcare entities that improve health outcomes and quality of life for older adults, people with disabilities, and/or caregivers.
Monetary award for community-based organizations (CBOs) to recognize partnerships with healthcare entities that improve health outcomes and quality of life for older adults, people with disabilities, and/or caregivers.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: May 13, 2026
Sponsors: Aging and Disability Business Institute, The John A. Hartford Foundation, USAging
Application Deadline: May 13, 2026
Sponsors: Aging and Disability Business Institute, The John A. Hartford Foundation, USAging
Nebraska Services Training Officers Prosecutors (STOP) Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) Grant
Inactive
Funding that supports multifaceted approaches to responding to the crimes of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, and human sex trafficking.
Funding that supports multifaceted approaches to responding to the crimes of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, and human sex trafficking.
Geographic coverage: Nebraska
Application Deadline: May 5, 2026
Sponsor: Nebraska Crime Commission
Application Deadline: May 5, 2026
Sponsor: Nebraska Crime Commission
Nebraska Sexual Assault Services Program
Inactive
Funding to support the establishment, maintenance, and expansion of rape crisis centers and other essential programs that directly serve victims of sexual assault. Funds are solely dedicated to the provision of direct intervention and related assistance to help victims and survivors of sexual assault heal from the trauma of sexual violence.
Funding to support the establishment, maintenance, and expansion of rape crisis centers and other essential programs that directly serve victims of sexual assault. Funds are solely dedicated to the provision of direct intervention and related assistance to help victims and survivors of sexual assault heal from the trauma of sexual violence.
Geographic coverage: Nebraska
Application Deadline: May 5, 2026
Sponsor: Nebraska Crime Commission
Application Deadline: May 5, 2026
Sponsor: Nebraska Crime Commission
Helping Hands Grant Program
Inactive
Grants to encourage medical students to participate in community service activities, particularly those focused on underserved populations; raise awareness of mental illness and the importance of early recognition of illness; and build an interest among medical students in psychiatry and working in underserved communities. Projects should focus on mental health and substance use disorder.
Grants to encourage medical students to participate in community service activities, particularly those focused on underserved populations; raise awareness of mental illness and the importance of early recognition of illness; and build an interest among medical students in psychiatry and working in underserved communities. Projects should focus on mental health and substance use disorder.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: May 1, 2026
Sponsor: American Psychiatric Association
Application Deadline: May 1, 2026
Sponsor: American Psychiatric Association
Water First II Community Action Grant
Inactive
Funding to support long-term change in Native communities through the planning and implementation of policy changes that result in decreasing sugar-sweetened beverage consumption, increasing access to and consumption of safe drinking water, and/or increasing breastfeeding among families with young children.
Funding to support long-term change in Native communities through the planning and implementation of policy changes that result in decreasing sugar-sweetened beverage consumption, increasing access to and consumption of safe drinking water, and/or increasing breastfeeding among families with young children.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Letter of Intent (Required): Apr 17, 2026
Application Deadline: May 20, 2026
Sponsor: Notah Begay III Foundation
Letter of Intent (Required): Apr 17, 2026
Application Deadline: May 20, 2026
Sponsor: Notah Begay III Foundation
Collaborating to Address Intimate Partner Violence in Rural Areas
Inactive
A 4-session learning collaborative for health centers, primary care associations, and other collaborating partners, focused on intimate partner violence (IPV) in rural communities.
A 4-session learning collaborative for health centers, primary care associations, and other collaborating partners, focused on intimate partner violence (IPV) in rural communities.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Apr 15, 2026
Sponsors: Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations, Futures Without Violence, Health Partners on IPV + Exploitation, National Center for Farmworker Health
Application Deadline: Apr 15, 2026
Sponsors: Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations, Futures Without Violence, Health Partners on IPV + Exploitation, National Center for Farmworker Health

