Deadline: First-come, first-served
Award Amount: Loan maximum is 100 percent of the allowable total development cost.
Eligible Entities: Individual farm owners, family farm partnerships, family farm corporations, and associations of farmers.
​Description: It provides affordable financing to develop or rehabilitate affordable rental housing for very-low to moderate income domestic, migrant, and seasonal farm laborers. It also provides funding used to increase the supply of affordable housing for farm labor; and the ability of the farmer to provide affordable, decent, sage and sanitary housing for farm workers.

Deadline:  July 17, 2029
Award Amount:  Up to $10,000 for a project period not to exceed 2 years
Eligible Entities:  Higher Education Institutions, Nonprofits, Governments, including Tribal, ISDs, Housing Authorities.
Description:  The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Small Research Grant Program supports different types of health services research projects, including: Pilot and feasibility studies, secondary analysis of existing data, small, self-contained research projects, development of research methodology, and development of new research technology.

Deadline:  applications are accepted quarterly – Quarter 1: Feb 1 – April 15 / Quarter 2: May 1 – July 15 / Quarter 3: August 1 – October 15 / Quarter 4: November 1 – December 31
Amount:  $250 to $5,000
Eligible Entities:  Nonprofits, state, county or city agencies, including law enforcement or fire departments, education agencies.
Description:  There are 8 areas of funding: 1) Community and Economic Development, 2) Diversity and Inclusion, 3) Education, 4) Environmental Sustainability, 5) Health and Human Service, 6) Hunger Relief and Healthy Eating, 7) Public Safety, 8) Quality of Life

Deadline:  Ongoing
Eligible Entities:  For Profit companies, Nonprofit Organizations
Description: Supporting organizations and initiatives that have a meaningful and direct impact on the community in 4 main areas: Choice & Education, Community, Resilience & Sustainability, and Well-Being.

Deadline:  Ongoing
Eligible Entities:  Educational Agencies
Description:  As a program of The Smidt Foundation, we work to leverage and propel excellent skilled trades education in U.S. public high schools by investing in efforts where ingenious people and ideas converge. Humility is the through line of our outlook and approach. We seek to make a difference, and to learn and share.

Deadline:  Ongoing
Award Amount:  up to $50,000
Eligible Entities: Local Governments, including tribal entities and mutual domestic water consumers associations
Description: The Local Government Planning Fund funds critical planning documents for a variety of public infrastructure projects. Eligible plans include Preliminary Engineering Reports, Feasibility Studies, Environmental Information Documents, Comprehensive Plans, Asset Management Plans, Water Conservation Plans, Master Plans, Local Economic Development Act Plans and Metropolitan Redevelopment Act Plans. Applications are accepted monthly and grants are made on a reimbursement basis.

Deadline:  Ongoing
Amount:  Loans of up to 30 years at a fixed, below-market interest rates 
Eligible Entities:  Municipal and Community Water Systems
Description:  For water projects that are shovel ready, local government agencies can access to millions of dollars in low interest loans and even get some grant funding depending on median household income levels.

Description:  Children can thrive when surrounded by an ecosystem of support that makes it easy to access quality education, health care and food. And when parents thrive, children thrive, so their ecosystem must also include equitable job opportunities and career pathways. The ability to face the future with confidence, assured of equitable opportunities, rounds out the ecosystem.  Education, health, food and workforce systems are interconnected in serving what children need to thrive, and we aim to support holistic solutions across these integrated systems.

Submission Details:  Mellon only accepts proposals by invitation. If you have not received an invitation and are interested in funding from Mellon, you can submit an inquiry.

Eligibility:  Mellon makes most of its grants to organizations in the United States that have been determined by the IRS to be section 501(c)(3) charities. As a rule, the Foundation does not fund tuition, K-12 education and programming, fundraising events, or provide direct unrestricted funding for individuals.

Areas of Interest:
Arts and Culture
Higher Learning
Humanities in Place
Public Knowledge
Presidential Initiatives

Description:  AEFLA seeks to create a partnership between states, the Federal government, and local adult education providers to help adults get the basic skills they need including reading, writing, math, English language proficiency, and problem-solving to be productive workers, family members, and citizens.

Deadline:  Rolling
Award Amount:  $75 million appropriation
Eligible Entities:  state agencies, tribal governments, counties, municipalities, and political subdivisions.
​Description:  DFA offers three grant programs providing eligible entities with a reliable and nimble source of funding to increase competitiveness for hundreds of federal grant program opportunities that require local match.
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​Matching Grant – for eligible entities that require additional funding to meet the minimum match requirement for a federal grant (at least 40% of available funds are reserved for rural, frontier, and tribal governments).

Project Implementation Grant – for recipients of a Matching Grant that require capacity funding to fully implement the federally funded project associated with the Matching Grant.
(Only available if awarded a Matching Grant)

Apply for Federal Compliance Offset Grant – for eligible entities that demonstrate higher project costs due to compliance with federal funding requirements, such as requirements related to worker wages and sourcing American-made materials.

Description: area of interest include – Children’s Homes, Boys & Girls Clubs/Scouts, YMCA/YWCA, Counseling and Therapy Center, Behavioral and Mental Health Centers, Rehabilitation Centers, Domestic Violence, CASA, and Advocacy Centers, Food Banks & Food Pantries, Homelessness, Veterans, Meals on Wheels and Sr. Citizen Centers, Theatres & Symphony, and more.
How to Apply:  Organizations interested in applying for funding need to communicate via phone or email with the Grants Manager for instructions on how to apply.
Lori Bagwell, Grants Manager
Lori@msdoss.org