Discover grants to benefit individuals with physical, developmental, intellectual, and learning disabilities, including autism, brain injury, and mental health conditions. Funding supports services for people who are blind or have low vision, are deaf or hard of hearing, or live with speech and language disabilities. Additional grants fund advocacy, education, and accessible programming that promotes inclusion for children and adults with disabilities.
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Grants to California nonprofit organizations for programs and projects that enhance the quality of life, address basic needs, and sustain the environment in eligible regions. Funding is intended for infrastructure improvements and capital projects. Eligible organi...
Grants of up to $1,000 to Pennsylvania nonprofit organizations for activities that benefit vulnerable members of the community in eligible counties. Funding is intended for programs and projects benefiting at-risk children, youth, and their families. Eligible appl...
Grants to New Brunswick registered charities and municipalities to assist children from low-income backgrounds or those with special needs. Funding is intended to support programs that help to improve the quality of life for children up to the age of 18. Requests ...
Grants to Manitoba artists in eligible locations to support the creation of new artistic works in any discipline. Some applicants must contact the funding source prior to applying. Funding is intended to support artists as they produce, exhibit, curate, or develop...
Grants to Alberta registered charities and qualified donees to enhance the charitable sector and increase citizen involvement in eligible locations. Applicants with programs that are led by and intended for equity-seeking communities are particularly encouraged. T...
Grants to Arizona nonprofit organizations for programs and activities that benefit residents in eligible counties. Funding is intended to assist children and families, help people in need, and improve the local quality of life. Grants may be used for capital suppo...
Grants to Tennessee nonprofit organizations to enhance the community in eligible locations. Applicants must contact the funding source prior to submitting a proposal. Focus areas include education, arts and culture, civic pride and leadership, and vibrant spaces a...
Grants of up to $50,000 to Indiana organizations to benefit communities in eligible regions. Funding is intended for projects in the focus areas of healthy minds and bodies, inspiring places, connected communities, everyone's economy, and lifelong learning. The gr...
Grants to Ohio nonprofit organizations for programs that address community needs in eligible locations. Applicants must contact program staff before applying. Funding is intended for projects and activities within the focus areas of arts and humanities, health and...
Grants to Indiana teachers and families in eligible locations to support children with autism. Funding is available for summer camp tuition, special services, home equipment, specialized classes, and training for teachers, including Master's Degrees. The grant pro...
Grants of up to $2,500 to Minnesota nonprofit organizations and units of government that provide arts programming in eligible counties for organizational support and arts projects. Eligible activities include small arts projects, board training and strategic plann...
Grants to Ohio nonprofit organizations to promote community health and health equity in eligible locations. Funding is intended for programs and projects that benefit underserved populations, as well as for capacity-building efforts, such as training. Eligible app...
Grants to Missouri charitable organizations for community projects in eligible locations. Funding is intended for projects focused on children, poverty, faith-based programs, arts, culture, animal welfare, and individuals with disabilities or illnesses. The Founda...
Grants of up to $500 to Florida individual artists and curators in eligible counties for local arts projects and activities. Funding is intended to improve the cultural landscape of the local area by encouraging and enabling publicly accessible art events and prog...
Grants to Missouri nonprofit organizations in eligible locations for initiatives to benefit local residents. Funding may be requested for a wide variety of focus areas, including but not limited to alcohol abstinence, children with disabilities, support for colleg...
Grants of up to $1,000 to Wyoming nonprofit organizations and government agencies to increase the availability of arts programming for underserved communities. Organizations must complete required registrations prior to submitting an application. Funding is intend...
Fellowships to USA, Canada, and International scholars for interdisciplinary research and collaboration in humanities fields. The program is a year-long residential fellowship in New York. Eligible applicants hold PhDs and are currently working on topics related t...
Grants to Texas community groups and neighborhood associations for projects that improve parks in eligible locations. Applicants must contact program staff before applying. Funding is intended for amenities and physical improvements to parks, including trails, pic...
Grants to Texas nonprofit organizations for medical research, and education. Funding is primarily intended to support research addressing blindness, optical diseases, and intellectual and developmental disabilities. Proposals should be in the program areas of heal...
Grants to Oklahoma nonprofit organizations and government agencies for programs and projects that benefit communities in eligible locations. Applicants must contact program staff before applying. Funding is intended to address education, healthcare, and other comm...
Prizes to USA, Canada, and International authors, agents, and publishers for literary works. Funding is intended to recognize outstanding writing that highlights the lived experiences of disability and chronic illness and increases the visibility of underrepresent...
Grants to New Hampshire and Vermont nonprofit and educational organizations for programs in health and wellness, food, housing, education, and outdoors and climate in eligible regions. Priority is given to programs focusing on the well-being of veterans, youth, se...
Grants to USA nonprofit organizations and families to support the needs of children with disabilities. Applicants must contact the funding source before submitting an application. Funding may be used for equipment, therapy, and respite care costs not covered by in...
Grants to USA, Canada, and International artistic groups and organizations, First Nations, theaters, and publishers to translate Canadian dramatic and literary works. Funding is intended for activities that support the translation of theater and literary works to ...
Grants of up to $25,000 to Canada artistic organizations, artist groups, and First Nations nonprofit organizations for the translation of Canadian dramatic or literary works. Funding is intended for translation into French, English, Indigenous languages, ASL, and ...
Grants of up to $10,000 to Ontario professional musicians in eligible regions for music projects. Funding is intended to support the creation and production of new music. Individuals may apply for funding in the areas of recordings and compositions. The purpose of...
Grants to New York nonprofit organizations and local governments to assist military veterans with disabilities in making home modifications. Applicants must complete the required registrations prior to applying. Funding is intended to address the needs of low- and...
Grants to New York nonprofit organizations and local government agencies to improve housing accessibility for individuals with disabilities who qualify for Medicaid coverage. Applicants must complete the required registrations prior to applying. Funding is intende...
Grants to New York local government agencies and nonprofit organizations for home modifications to improve accessibility for individuals with disabilities. Applicants must complete required registrations prior to applying. Funding is intended to support home adapt...
Grants to Washington community-based organizations, housing authorities, federally recognized tribes, and local governments to increase the availability of affordable housing. Applications may be submitted for short-term production loans, self-help projects, down...
Grants of up to $15,000 to Tennessee nonprofit organizations and government agencies for capacity-building efforts to support programs that serve individuals with disabilities and their families. Funding is intended to strengthen the capacity of the disability com...
Grants to Arizona nonprofit organizations and government agencies providing library services for library construction projects. Applicants must submit an Intent to Apply prior to applying. Funding is intended to construct new buildings, improve existing facilities...
Grants of up to $50,000 to Washington, Oregon, and Idaho nonprofit and faith-based organizations, and companies for business development projects. Funding is intended for workforce development, entrepreneurial training programs, loan assistance programs, and stude...
Grants of up to $25,000 to Massachusetts and New York nonprofit organizations for mentorship programs for youth with disabilities or mental health or substance abuse issues in eligible regions. Funding will focus on programs and activities that make initiatives ta...
Grants of up to $15,000 to New Jersey nonprofit organizations to improve the quality of life for needy residents. Funding is intended to support unique projects and programs that enhance and benefit the lives of children and individuals who are physically, mentall...
Grants to Vermont childcare providers to promote safety and inclusion. Funding is intended to support the safe and successful inclusion, access, and participation of one or more children with identified needs in childcare groups or classrooms. Grants can be used f...
Grants to New York nonprofit organizations to enhance the lives of residents in eligible locations. Funding is intended for programs and projects within a wide of focus areas including but not limited to arts, education, environment, health, workforce development ...
Grants to Virginia and North Carolina nonprofit organizations with a religious, scientific, literary, humanitarian, or educational emphasis for programs that benefit residents in eligible locations. Funding is intended to support projects and activities in focus a...
Grants of up to $7,500 to New Brunswick registered charities, government agencies, and schools for projects that enhance the quality of life for community members in eligible locations. Priority is given to projects in the areas of environment, health, education, ...
Grants to Washington nonprofit organizations, tribal entities, and government agencies for projects that enhance and upgrade transportation systems. Applicants must complete the required registration prior to applying. Funding is intended for public transportation...
Grants to USA nonprofit organizations, Tribes, for-profits, and government agencies for transportation projects. Applicants are advised that the required registrations must be completed prior to applying. Funding is intended for capital projects to benefit the tra...
Grants of up to $4,000 and grants of up to $20,000 to Ontario professional artists and groups to create new music. Funding is intended for pieces initiated by the artist as well as for commissioned pieces. Eligible applicants include music professionals at any lev...
Grants to Canada musicians and record labels to offset the costs of creating an original music album. Applicants must create online profiles prior to applying. Eligible sound recordings must be performed by Canadian artists, feature previously-unreleased material,...
Grants of up to $12,000 to Ontario individuals to support the creation of original literary works. Funding can support literary artists in genres including fiction, literary non-fiction, poetry, comic arts, and young adult literature. Funding may be used for artis...
Grants to Pennsylvania nonprofit organizations to prevent hate- and bias-based crimes and to promote the safety and security of nonprofit facilities. Funding is intended for training programs and to purchase a wide range of items, including, but not limited to, su...
Grants to Canada arts- and music-based nonprofit associations and for-profit companies to support events and productions. First-time applicants must submit a Letter of Intent prior to applying. Funding is intended to promote projects that increase the national and...
Grants to Virginia nonprofit organizations to address community needs in eligible locations. Funding is intended for programs and activities that improve the health and wellness of residents, including children, families, seniors, and those who are underserved. El...
Grants of up to $30,000 to Missouri nonprofit organizations for programs that benefit residents in eligible locations. Funding is intended for projects and activities that benefit adults and youth with disabilities and/or special needs. Eligible organizations are ...
Grants to Illinois nonprofit organizations, government entities, faith-based organizations, and private incorporated entities for mental health programs in eligible locations. Funding is intended for activities in the following areas of service: mental health, sub...
Grants of $500 to Minnesota artists for urgent financial needs as a result of a natural disaster or professional or personal emergency. Funding is intended to mitigate the loss of income or cover unexpected expenses. Eligible applicants are located in the seven me...