Missouri Funding & Opportunities

Local Economy Lab: Funding to Support Coal Communities in Transition Inactive
Funding and technical assistance to help coal communities build community-led economic transition projects. Community-driven solutions will be across 3 strategy areas: workforce development, entrepreneurship/small business support, and place-based infrastructure.

Workforce Opportunity for Rural Communities (WORC): Grant Initiative for the Appalachian, Delta, and Northern Border Regions Inactive
Grants for projects in the Appalachian, Lower Mississippi Delta, and Northern Border regions that will provide career, training, and support services to eligible individuals in eligible counties and parishes. Grants will support workforce development activities that prepare dislocated workers, new entrants to the workforce, and incumbent workers for good jobs in high-demand occupations aligned with a regional or community economic development strategy. High demand industries include manufacturing, IT, healthcare, business, and energy.

Delta Rural Integrated Health Network Program Inactive
Funding to improve healthcare delivery in the Delta region by supporting the development of integrated health networks among rural hospitals, primary care clinics, behavioral health providers, and other essential healthcare organizations.

Kerr Foundation Grants Inactive
Provides grants to nonprofit organizations in the Kerr Foundation service area in the areas of education, health, cultural development, and human services.

Great Plains Center for Agricultural Health Pilot/Feasibility Projects Academic Track Inactive
Grants for academic/scientific investigators and those newly interested in agricultural safety and health research. Funding will support projects that address occupational hazards relevant to farmers and farm workers in the Great Plains region, with a focus on projects addressing work-related stress and mental health; the prevention of slips, trips, and falls; equipment/tool safety; and chemical safety.

Delta Health Care Services Grant Program Inactive
Grants to address unmet health needs in the Delta Region through cooperation among healthcare professionals, institutions of higher education, research institutions, and other entities.

Delta Dental of Missouri Oral Health Grant Program Inactive
Grants for projects designed to improve the oral health of Missouri residents.

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.

Patterson Family Foundation Grants Inactive
Grants for projects designed to improve health, education, economic opportunity, and community engagement in rural communities located in Kansas and Western Missouri.

Missouri Aim for Excellence Award Inactive
Award that recognizes hospitals in Missouri for their accomplishments, innovations, and outcomes for projects that address at least two of the three Triple Aim principles, which are population, care quality, and cost/value.