Rural Health
Funding by Topic: Schools
Summaries of funding programs are provided by RHIhub for your convenience. Please contact the funder directly for the most complete and current information.
Healthy Meals Incentives Recognition Awards
Awards recognizing innovative practices, student and community engagement activities, and strategies that School Food Authorities (SFAs) have used to improve the nutritional quality of school meals.
Awards recognizing innovative practices, student and community engagement activities, and strategies that School Food Authorities (SFAs) have used to improve the nutritional quality of school meals.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide and U.S. Territories
Application Deadline: Jun 30, 2025
Sponsors: Action for Healthy Kids, U.S. Department of Agriculture, USDA Food and Nutrition Service
Application Deadline: Jun 30, 2025
Sponsors: Action for Healthy Kids, U.S. Department of Agriculture, USDA Food and Nutrition Service
North Carolina Ribbon of Hope Grants
Funding to support activities that establish or expand local programs in health, science, and education that serve identified needs of local North Carolina communities. The goal of the program is to reach all counties in North Carolina.
Funding to support activities that establish or expand local programs in health, science, and education that serve identified needs of local North Carolina communities. The goal of the program is to reach all counties in North Carolina.
Geographic coverage: North Carolina
Application Deadline: Jul 1, 2025
Sponsor: The North Carolina GlaxoSmithKline Foundation
Application Deadline: Jul 1, 2025
Sponsor: The North Carolina GlaxoSmithKline Foundation
Gates Family Foundation Capital Grants
Capital support for building purchase, construction, expansion, renovation, and/or land acquisition for Colorado organizations working in the areas of arts and culture; education; well-being of children, youth, and families; parks and recreation; and community development.
Capital support for building purchase, construction, expansion, renovation, and/or land acquisition for Colorado organizations working in the areas of arts and culture; education; well-being of children, youth, and families; parks and recreation; and community development.
Geographic coverage: Colorado
Application Deadline: Sep 1, 2025
Sponsor: Gates Family Foundation
Application Deadline: Sep 1, 2025
Sponsor: Gates Family Foundation
Buell Foundation Grants
Grants for projects in Colorado in the areas of childhood education/development and teen pregnancy prevention. Priority is given to rural communities in the state.
Grants for projects in Colorado in the areas of childhood education/development and teen pregnancy prevention. Priority is given to rural communities in the state.
Geographic coverage: Colorado
Application Deadline: Sep 2, 2025
Sponsor: Buell Foundation
Application Deadline: Sep 2, 2025
Sponsor: Buell Foundation
#CaliforniansForAll College Corps
A statewide service program that engages college students in California in service opportunities with community-based organizations working in the areas of K-12 education and food insecurity, including projects and programs serving rural and other specific areas.
A statewide service program that engages college students in California in service opportunities with community-based organizations working in the areas of K-12 education and food insecurity, including projects and programs serving rural and other specific areas.
Geographic coverage: California
Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
Sponsors: AmeriCorps, California Students Aid Commission, California Volunteers Office of the Governor
Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
Sponsors: AmeriCorps, California Students Aid Commission, California Volunteers Office of the Governor
Blue and You Foundation for a Healthier Arkansas Mini-Grant Program
Small grants to support health improvement projects in Arkansas.
Small grants to support health improvement projects in Arkansas.
Geographic coverage: Arkansas
Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
Sponsor: Blue and You Foundation for a Healthier Arkansas
Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
Sponsor: Blue and You Foundation for a Healthier Arkansas
Community Facility Loans
Loans to help develop and improve essential community facilities in the rural West.
Loans to help develop and improve essential community facilities in the rural West.
Geographic coverage: Available in 13 western states and the Pacific Islands. See program website for details.
Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
Sponsor: Rural Community Assistance Corporation
Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
Sponsor: Rural Community Assistance Corporation
Entergy Micro Grants
Grants for projects that effectively impact arts and culture, community improvement/enrichment, economic development, education and literacy, the environment, and healthy families.
Grants for projects that effectively impact arts and culture, community improvement/enrichment, economic development, education and literacy, the environment, and healthy families.
Geographic coverage: Communities within Entergy's service area in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas
Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
Sponsor: Entergy Corporation
Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
Sponsor: Entergy Corporation
Ford Family Foundation Grants
Offers grants to small, rural communities in Oregon and parts of California for community development; technical assistance; critical needs; arts; and healthy children, youth, and families.
Offers grants to small, rural communities in Oregon and parts of California for community development; technical assistance; critical needs; arts; and healthy children, youth, and families.
Geographic coverage: Oregon and Siskiyou County, California
Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
Sponsor: Ford Family Foundation
Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
Sponsor: Ford Family Foundation
Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Grants Program
Funding for nonprofit organizations in the Weinberg Foundation service area that are working in the areas of health, housing, jobs, education, and aging.
Funding for nonprofit organizations in the Weinberg Foundation service area that are working in the areas of health, housing, jobs, education, and aging.
Geographic coverage: Rural communities surrounding Baltimore, Hawaii, New York City, Northeastern Pennsylvania, and San Francisco
Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
Sponsor: The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation
Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
Sponsor: The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation