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Funding by Topic: Culture and cultural competency

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

Grants to Enhance Culturally Specific Services for Victims of Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, and Stalking Inactive
Grants to support community-based organizations in providing culturally relevant services to meet the critical needs of victims of sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking, as well as the development of innovative culturally specific strategies to enhance access to services and resources for victims who face obstacles to using more traditional programs.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Letter of Intent (Optional): Apr 11, 2024
Application Deadline: May 2, 2024
Sponsors: Office on Violence Against Women, U.S. Department of Justice
Kerr Foundation Grants Inactive
Provides grants to nonprofit organizations in the Kerr Foundation target area in the areas of education, health, cultural development, and human services.
Geographic coverage: Arkansas, Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas. Oklahoma organizations will receive first priority for available funds.
Letter of Intent (Required): Apr 30, 2024
Application Deadline: Jun 30, 2024
Sponsor: Kerr Foundation
Native Farm to School Training and Technical Assistance Inactive
Training and technical assistance to assist native communities that are looking to create or expand farm to school programs, enhance education curriculum, and/or engage new supply chain partners in youth-centered food sovereignty projects.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Apr 30, 2024
Sponsor: First Nations Development Institute
Alaska Native-Serving Institutions Program, Part A Inactive
Funding for eligible institutions of higher education to improve and expand capacity to serve Alaska Native students. One of the program priorities is expanding capacity to provide mental health services and other services that help support students' social, emotional, and academic needs.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Apr 29, 2024
Sponsor: U.S. Department of Education
Native Hawaiian-Serving Institutions Program Part A Inactive
Funding for eligible institutions of higher education to improve and expand capacity to serve Native Hawaiian students. One of the program priorities is expanding capacity to provide mental health services and other services that help support students' social, emotional, and academic needs.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Apr 29, 2024
Sponsor: U.S. Department of Education
Grants to Indian Tribal Governments Program: Strengthening Tribal Advocacy Responses Track (START) Inactive
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. START grantees will receive additional training and technical assistance to plan and implement their projects.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide and U.S. territories
Application Deadline: Apr 24, 2024
Sponsors: Office on Violence Against Women, U.S. Department of Justice
Violence Against Women Grants to Indian Tribal Governments Program Inactive
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 and U.S. territories
Application Deadline: Apr 24, 2024
Sponsors: Office on Violence Against Women, U.S. Department of Justice
Tribal Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program Grants Inactive
Funding to develop, implement, and/or expand evidence-based home visiting services in tribal communities. The goals of the Tribal Home Visiting program are to support healthy, happy, successful American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) children and families through a coordinated, high-quality, evidence-based home visiting strategy, and to continue to build the evidence base for home visiting in tribal communities.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Letter of Intent (Optional): Feb 19, 2024
Application Deadline: Apr 18, 2024
Sponsor: Administration for Children and Families
Alaska Indigenous Research Program and Scholarship Inactive
A series of 3 1-week courses that provide Indigenous-centered, cross-cultural health research education and training for students, researchers and health professionals working in tribal health.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Apr 14, 2024
Sponsors: Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, Alaska Pacific University
Kentucky Courier Program Inactive
An 8-week, hybrid, rural and public health service-learning program for undergraduate students in Kentucky interested in public health, healthcare, social work, psychology, and related fields. Allows students to gain experience serving medically underserved areas and populations.
Geographic coverage: Kentucky
Application Deadline: Apr 12, 2024
Sponsor: Frontier Nursing University