📣 Bank of America RFP for Basic Needs & Workforce Development
Deadline: February 16, 2024
Bank of America has issued an RFP for economic mobility focused on needs of individuals and families. Under the RFP, grants will be awarded in the following areas:
Health. Too many communities across the United States do not have equal access to what is needed to live healthier lives. Within under-resourced communities, generations of lack of access to care and health resources have contributed to poorer health outcomes. We are focusing on programs and organizations who are working to address the economic and social conditions that influence family stability and an individual’s health, including access to quality community- based health services, crisis-prevention tied to family stabilization programs, and other poverty related issues. The foundation is focusing on programs and organizations working to address the economic and social conditions that influence family stability and an individual’s health, including access to quality community-based health services, crisis-prevention tied to family stabilization programs, and other poverty-related issues. Examples include prevention and access to health care, food access and nutrition, family stabilization, and services for the homeless.
Economic mobility focused on needs of individuals and families.
Jobs. Employment is a key driver of economic mobility. That’s why we’re focused on building pathways to employment by supporting a range of workforce development opportunities, including education, upskilling and reskilling programs that will help individuals and families stabilize and advance. The foundation aims to build pathways to employment by supporting a range of workforce development opportunities, including education, upskilling, and reskilling programs that will help individuals and families stabilize and advance. Examples include youth workforce development and employment, skills training for adults through alternate routes, removing barriers to employment, and academic institutions and student support.
Grant amounts vary by market and organization size. While there are local variations, as a general guide, grant amounts in larger markets can range from $5,000 to $50,000. Grant amounts in smaller markets can range from $2,500 to $25,000.
The foundation will be accepting applications for this opportunity between January 22, 2024, and February 16, 2024.
For complete program guidelines and application instructions, see the Bank of America website.
📣 Clif Family Foundation
Deadline: March 1, 2024
The Clif Family Foundation was established in 2006 to support grassroots groups with inspiring ideas.The foundation invites applications for its Operational Support grants program, which supports daily operating costs and specific projects. The foundation will give priority to proposals that address two or more of its funding priorities at the same time: strengthening the food system, enhancing equitable community health outcomes, and safeguarding the environment and natural resources; applicants that demonstrate strong community ties; and those that operate within viable and clearly defined plans for positive change.
Priority is given to applicants that:
Address two or more of our funding priorities at the same time:
Strengthen our food system
Enhance equitable community health outcomes
Safeguard our environment and natural resources
For complete program guidelines and application instructions, see the Clif Family Foundation website.
📣 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: Grants for Research
Deadline: February 12, 2024 at 3:00 p.m. ET (Concept papers)
The program will distribute up to $1.2 million total in funding, with each award to be between $100,000 and $300,000 for projects 12 to 18 months in duration.
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) is committed to helping ensure that every individual in the nation has a fair and just opportunity for health and well-being, including access to high-quality and stable health care that treats all people with dignity and respect, rectifies past harms, and prevents future ones.
The foundation invites applications for research addressing the harms of financialization in healthcare. According to RWJF, conditions such as decentralized regulation and strained enforcement infrastructure have attracted increased investment and ownership in the healthcare system from an array of financial sector actors. The resulting heavily financialized healthcare system has harmful implications for patient care, healthcare costs, and the clinical workforce. The harms of financialization may be particularly acute for communities with a history of health inequities driven by structural racism and other forms of oppression. The impact of financialization on the health and well-being of BIPOC communities is under-studied.
Applicant organizations must be based in the United States or its territories. Applicants can include but are not limited to community-based, state, and national advocacy organizations or coalitions, policy think tanks, and professional or workforce organizations representing the medical workforce. Government agencies are not eligible to apply as lead applicant but are encouraged to participate as key partners, where appropriate.
An optional applicants’ webinar will be held January 23, 2024, at 1:30 p.m. ET. Concept papers are due February 12, 2024, at 3:00 p.m. ET, and upon review, selected applicants will be invited to submit a full proposal, due April 8, 2024, at 3:00 p.m. ET.
For complete program guidelines and application instructions, see the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation website.
📣 Women Founders Network Fast Pitch Competition
Deadline: Opens in 2024
In its 11th year, the Fast Pitch Competition from the Women Founders Network is open to U.S. businesses founded by women. To be eligible, your business cannot have raised more than $750,000. Selected participants pitch their businesses in person and winners receive $25,000 grants. Applications for the next cycle are expected to open in 2024.
📣 TD Charitable Foundation: Housing for Everyone Grant
Deadline: Deadline: February 13, 2024 at 4:00 p.m. ET
The theme for the 18th annual Housing for Everyone competition is affordable housing with services to support independent living for marginalized community members.
The TD Charitable Foundation, the charitable giving arm of TD Bank, has launched its annual Housing for Everyone competition to assist nonprofit organizations providing services in support of independent living for marginalized community members.
According to the foundation, the impacts of homelessness are not equal across many populations, and there are conditions that make it difficult for people to maintain a stable home without additional help. To address this issue, the 2024 Housing for Everyone competition will award $7 million to support affordable housing with services to support independent living for marginalized community members. Grants ranging from $150,000 to $250,000 will be awarded.
Projects must be located in the competition’s eligible geographic regions, including New England, Upstate New York, Metro New York, Metro Pennsylvania/New Jersey, Metro Mid-South, Metro Florida, and Metro Detroit.
Applicants must be tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code or a state/local governmental entity and not classified as a private foundation, and have a history of providing affordable housing for low- to moderate-income individuals and/or families, or can demonstrate a strong record of creating pathways and facilitating placement of affordable housing for low- to moderate-income individuals and/or families.
For complete program guidelines, application instructions, and information about previously awarded grantees, see the TD Charitable Foundation website.
📣 Enthuse Foundation Pitch Competition
Deadline: Opens in March 2024
Started in 2019, the Enthuse Foundation's Annual Pitch Competition is open to female entrepreneurs. Participants pitch their business at an in-person event. Ten winners receive a $2,500 grant. The next found of funding will open in March 2024.
📣 Launch Program by Ladies Who Launch
Deadline: Opens in February 2024
The Launch Program run by the Ladies Who Launch is open to women and nonbinary small business owners. Recipients receive $10,000 grants, mentorship from industry experts and six months of business education. The next application cycle opens in February 2024.
📣 Cartier Women's Initiative Awards
Deadline: July 3, 2024
Every year, Cartier awards three grants to women-owned businesses in nine different regions around the world. The Cartier Women’s Initiative Awards program is designed to support early-stage businesses that are focused on a range of social, economic and environmental development issues.
The first-place business is awarded a $100,000 grant, second place receives $60,000 and third place gets $30,000. Winners also receive executive coaching and the opportunity to participate in a variety of training workshops. Applications for the next cycle will be accepted from May 22, 2024 to July 3, 2024.
📣 The Kitty Fund Mother-Led Business Grant
Launched in 2020, the Kitty Fund Mother-Led Business Grant offers $1,000 grants to businesses founders who identify as mothers. Your business must have between two and 50 employees, be U.S.-based and have revenue of $5 million or less. Applications for the next cycle will open in March 2024. Pre-registration is open now on the website.
📣 The Bizee Fresh Start Business Grant
Deadline: Soon to be announced.
The Bizee Fresh Start Business Grant (previously known as the Incfile Fresh Start Business Grant) is open to entrepreneurs who are just starting their business. To be eligible you must be a U.S. resident who is at least 21 years of age. Grants are awarded three times per year and 2024 deadlines are expected to be announced soon. Each cycle, one winner will receive a $2,500 grant, as well as free business formation services from Incfile.
Deadline: Varies
This festive month we’re joyful for 10 new challenges on Challenge.Gov from five agencies. These challenges have a total prize purse of more than $6.2M and one challenge promising an exhilarating non-monetary prize. Challenge.Gov is the federal government’s hub for prize competitions & challenges across the U.S.
For more information on this opportunity, please visit: Challenges
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