Resources

Rural Health Links
Virginia Rural Health Data Portal

Funding - check the VRHA Weekly Update for current grant announcements.

ADA Scholarship Programs
Application deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis. The ADA Foundation funds scholarships for dental students, minority dental students and allied dental students including dental hygiene, dental assisting and dental laboratory technology.

AHRQ Small Grant Program for Conference Support
Applications accepted on an ongoing basis. Grants to support conferences that help to further its mission to improve the quality, safety, efficiency, and effectiveness of health care for all Americans.

Amy's Courage Fund
Applications accepted on an ongoing basis. Provides emergency financial assistance to victims of domestic violence and their children to meet their immediate needs after escaping an abusive home.

Bank of America Charitable Foundation
The Bank of America Charitable Foundation focuses resources on creating neighborhood excellence in the communities throughout the United States where the bank does business. While the priorities of specific company communities drive how funding is used, giving at the local level typically falls into the following four generic categories: Community Development/Neighborhood Preservation, Education and Youth Development, Health and Human Services, and Arts and Culture. Requests may be submitted throughout the year.

Champ A Champion Fur Kids Grants
Applications accepted on an ongoing basis. Grants for children's health and wellness.

Coca-Cola Foundation
Applications accepted on an ongoing basis. Support for water stewardship, healthy active lifestyles, community recycling, and education.

Commonwealth Fund Health Grants
Applications accepted on an ongoing basis. Supports independent research on health and social issues and makes grants to improve health care practice and policy.

Do Something Community Action Projects
Applications accepted on an ongoing basis. Grants to help young people implement or expand a community action project, program, or organization.

Do Something Growth Grant
Applications accepted on an ongoing basis. Funding to create a sustainable community action project, program or organization that you want to grow.

Do Something Seed Grant
Applications accepted on an ongoing basis. Funding targeted towards project ideas and programs that are just getting started.

Family Planning Services Grants
Applications accepted on an ongoing basis. Grants to provide family planning services.

FedEx Social Responsibility Program
Applications accepted on an ongoing basis. Core giving areas are emergency and disaster relief, pedestrian and child safety, education, and health and human services.

Grants Improve Company Communities
The Dominion Foundation supports nonprofit organizations dedicated to improving the economic, physical, and social health of the communities served by Dominion's companies in Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Virginia, West Virginia, and Wisconsin. (A list of eligible communities is available under Frequently Asked Questions on the company's website.) The Foundation focuses its grantmaking in five general categories: health and human services, education, culture and the arts, civic and community development, and the environment. Most of the Foundation's grants are in the $1,000 to $15,000 range. Requests may be submitted throughout the year. Visit the company's website to take the online eligibility quiz.

Grants.gov
Grants.gov allows organizations to electronically find and apply for more than $400 billion in Federal grants. Grants.gov is the single access point for over 1000 grant programs offered by all Federal grant-making agencies.

HRSA Rural Health Grants
Directory of grants available from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Jenny's Heroes Community Grant Program
Applications accepted on an ongoing basis. Grants to individuals who submit the best ideas for tangible, lasting community projects.

Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation Grants
Applications accepted on an ongoing basis. Supports domestic health professional education.

Ladder to Leadership: Developing the Next Generation of Community Health Leaders
Application deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis.
This initiative aims to enhance the leadership capacity of community-based nonprofit health organizations serving vulnerable populations.

Medicare Incentive Payments in Health Professional Shortage Areas and Physician Scarcity Areas
Application deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis.
Medicare bonus payments to physicians in geographic HPSAs and PSAs.

Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program
Applications accepted on an ongoing basis. Borrowers may qualify for forgiveness of the remaining balance due on their eligible federal student loans after they have made 120 payments on those loans under certain repayment plans while employed full time by certain public service employers.

Public Welfare Foundation
Applications accepted on an ongoing basis. Grants to provide services to disadvantaged populations in the areas of criminal and juvenile justice, health reform, and workers' rights.

Pioneer Hi-Bred International: Community Investment Program
Pioneer Hi-Bred International's Community Investment Program supports efforts to improve the quality of life in the communities where the company's customers and employees live and work. The company focuses its grantmaking in the following areas: education, with an emphasis on science; agriculture; and farm safety. Priority is given to nonprofit organizations located in Pioneer facility communities or rural agricultural regions. Organizations with active Pioneer management/employee participation receive priority consideration. Requests may be submitted at any time and are reviewed quarterly. Visit the company's website listed above to download the grant application.

Regional Community Health Grants Program
Application deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis.
This program provides funding focused on reducing disparities in health care among racial and ethnic populations in eligible geographic areas.

RGK Foundation Grants
Application deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis.
Grants that support projects in the broad areas of education, community, and medicine/health.

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Unsolicited grants to address health care workforce, innovative health care solutions, and health care to vulnerable populations. Applications accepted on an ongoing basis.

Rural Development Leadership Network
Applications accepted on an ongoing basis. The Rural Development Leadership Network assists community leaders to strengthen their practical skills, knowledge and credentials while remaining involved in their community development work.

Rural Emergency Responders Initiative
Application deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis. Grants to strengthen the ability of rural communities to respond to local emergencies.

Small Research Grant to Improve Health Care Quality through Health Information Technology (IT) (R03)
Applications accepted on an ongoing basis. Funding to support the development and enhancement of expertise in health IT and related disciplines, including research and evaluation methods.

Susan G. Komen for the Cure Community-based Grants
Application deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis.
Funding for breast cancer education, screening and treatment projects.

USDA Community Facilities Loan and Grant Program
Applications accepted on an ongoing basis. Funding to construct, enlarge, or improve essential community facilities for health care, public safety, and public services in rural areas.

Virginia Health Care Foundation Safety Net Grants
VHCF health safety net grants work to increase access to primary care for uninsured Virginians and those who live in areas with limited access to care. VHCF issues health safety net grants in two funding cycles each year, one in the Spring and one in the Fall. The other three grants are issued only in response to periodic requests for proposal.

Wachovia Wells Fargo Foundation
The mission of The Wachovia Wells Fargo Foundation is to build strong and vibrant communities, improve the quality of life, and make a positive difference in locations served by the bank throughout the United States. Grants are provided to nonprofit organizations in bank communities as well as selected national organizations. The Foundation's areas of interest include education, community development, health and human services, arts and culture, the environment, and civic affairs. Requests may be submitted throughout the year. Visit the bank's website to take the required eligibility quiz and submit an online application.

Wal-Mart National Giving Program
Applications accepted on an ongoing basis. Funding to support the replication of a particularly innovative local or regional initiative at other sites around the country.

Wal-Mart Store and Sam's Club Giving Programs
Applications accepted on an ongoing basis. Funding to local nonprofit organizations in four main areas of focus: Education, Workforce Development / Economic Opportunity, Health & Wellness and Environmental Sustainability.

William Randolph Hearst Foundations Health Grants
Application deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis.
Provides funding to improve access to quality health care for underserved populations in rural and urban areas.