Funding opportunities

Healthy Kids, Healthy Communities
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) is providing support for community initiatives that will increase opportunities for physical activity and improve access to affordable healthy foods for children and families. Approximately 60 grants for Healthy Kids, Healthy Communities sites will be awarded. Each will receive up to $360,000 total for four years. All grantees must secure a cash and/or in-kind match equal to at least 50 percent of the RWJF award over the entire grant period. More information on match requirements is provided at http://www.rwjf.org/applications/solicited/cfp.jsp?ID=20603. Deadline for application is Feb. 3.

Salud America!
Salud America! is a national program of the RWJF that supports research on environmental and policy solutions to the epidemic of obesity among Latino children. The program also aims to develop a network of researchers whose findings will help identify the most promising obesity-prevention strategies specifically tailored for Latino communities. Investigators must propose a project in one of two general areas: 1) research that has strong potential to inform policy; or 2) the evaluation of an existing policy or program, its implementation or its impact. For information, please visit http://www.rwjf.org/applications/solicited/cfp.jsp?ID=20506&c=EMC-FA138. The deadline is Feb. 6.

Health Games Research
This national program of RWJF funds research to enhance the quality and impact of interactive games that are used to improve health. The goal of the program is to advance the innovation, design, and effectiveness of health games and game technologies so that they help people improve their health-related behaviors and, as a result, achieve significantly better health outcomes. http://www.healthgamesresearch.org. The deadline is April 8.

Ladder to Leadership
This initiative, a collaboration of the RWJF and the Center for Creative Leadership, is designed to enhance the leadership capacity of community-based nonprofit health organizations serving vulnerable populations. Ladder to Leadership focuses on developing critical leadership competencies for early- to mid-career professionals through a 16-month leadership development curriculum. The program will be delivered in nine priority communities on a staggered schedule over the next four years. Up to 30 fellows will be selected to participate in the program in each of nine targeted communities across the U.S.: Central NY; Cleveland, OH; Birmingham, AL; Albuquerque, NM; Eastern NC; Portland, OR.; Mid-South Region (Western TN, Eastern AR, and Northern MS); NJ (specific site/region to be determined); and Starr County, TX. For information, visit the RWFJ Web site at http://www.rwjf.org/applications/solicited/cfp.jsp?ID=20281&c=EMC-FA144.

One-stop shopping for grant searches and applications: Grants.gov is the new clearinghouse web site for all federal grant programs. Grants.gov was launched in December 2003 with application packages from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Departments of Commerce, Education, Energy and Justice. More agencies are expected to post their programs in coming months.

For more information, go to http://www.grants.gov.

Foundation Fundraising http://foundationcenter.org/getstarted/learnabout/foundations.html
This site publishes books and offers training courses, both online and in the classroom at various levels, to help you learn about the world of foundations and the process of identifying foundations as potential funders.

To list grant or funding-related information, please contact Brigid Sanner at brigid@sannerco.com.

Last updated January 16, 2009.