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Funding by Topic: People with disabilities

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

AmeriCorps State and National Grants Inactive
Funding for programs that are designed to strengthen communities and solve local problems, including those found in rural and underserved areas. Funding priorities include serving historically underrepresented communities, services for veterans, access to youth mental health and substance use services, public safety, outdoor recreation, and support for families.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide and U.S. territories
Application Deadline: Mar 31, 2026
Sponsor: AmeriCorps
PCORI Engagement Award: Capacity Building Inactive
Funds projects that build capacity for patients and others to engage with healthcare community in all phases of future patient-centered comparative clinical effectiveness research (CER).
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Letter of Intent (Required): Mar 30, 2026
Application Deadline: Jul 13, 2026
Sponsor: Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute
PCORI Engagement Award: Dissemination Initiative Inactive
Funding to disseminate and communicate pertinent PCORI-funded research findings to relevant stakeholders in ways that will command their attention and interest and encourage use of information in their healthcare decision making.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Letter of Intent (Required): Mar 30, 2026
Application Deadline: Jul 13, 2026
Sponsor: Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute
PCORI Engagement Award: Stakeholder Convening Support Inactive
Funding for organizations and communities to hold multi-stakeholder convenings, meetings, and conferences.Convenings should focus on supporting collaboration around patient-centered outcomes research and clinical comparative effectiveness research.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Letter of Intent (Required): Mar 30, 2026
Application Deadline: Jul 13, 2026
Sponsor: Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute
Reeve Foundation Quality of Life Grants Inactive
Grants to nonprofit organizations that provide services to improve the daily lives of people with paralysis and their caregivers. Projects and initiatives should foster acceptance, involvement, community engagement, and health and wellness.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide and U.S. Territories
Application Deadline: Mar 12, 2026
Sponsor: Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation
Minnesota Food Retail Improvement and Development Program: Retailer Equipment and Infrastructure Grant Inactive
Grants to assist grocery stores and small food retailers in making physical improvements and purchasing equipment in order to increase access to affordable, nutritious, and culturally appropriate food for underserved communities in low and moderate income areas of Minnesota.
Geographic coverage: Minnesota
Application Deadline: Mar 10, 2026
Sponsor: Minnesota Department of Agriculture
AARP Community Challenge Inactive
Grants for projects that work to improve livability for all residents of a community. The 2026 application cycle will focus on public spaces, housing, transportation, digital connections, and disaster preparedness. Applications from rural communities are encouraged.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Mar 4, 2026
Sponsor: AARP
Wisconsin Medical Telecommunications Equipment Grant Program Inactive
Funding for nonprofit medical clinics, hospitals, and public health agencies for the purchase of specialized telecommunications equipment designed to augment or enhance the delivery of medical services in rural or underserved areas or to people with disabilities in Wisconsin.
Geographic coverage: Wisconsin
Application Deadline: Mar 4, 2026
Sponsor: Public Service Commission of Wisconsin
National Community Care Corps Program Inactive
Funding to develop and scale innovative volunteer programs that provide nonmedical assistance to older adults, adults age 18 and older with disabilities, and family caregivers. The program intends to fund local models that represent a diverse cross section of the United States in terms of geography: urban, rural, frontier, and tribal communities.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Feb 26, 2026
Sponsors: Administration for Community Living, Altarum Institute, Caregiver Action Network, The Oasis Institute, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, USAging
Delta Dental of New Jersey Foundation S.M.I.L.E. Grants Inactive
Grants for organizations throughout New Jersey and Connecticut that focus on access to dental care for underserved children, people with disabilities, veterans, and seniors.
Geographic coverage: New Jersey and Connecticut
Application Deadline: Feb 18, 2026
Sponsor: Delta Dental of New Jersey Foundation, Inc.