| Grant Title |
Funding Amount |
Due Date |
Summary |
| Allen Foundation |
Past grants have ranged from $2,000 to $1 million |
Ongoing |
The Allen Foundation supports educational nutrition programs, with priority given to training programs for children and young adults to improve their health and development. Eligibility: Schools and school districts should partner with local nonprofits to form nutrition education programs. |
| American Bake Sale |
NA |
Ongoing |
Accepting grant applications from current sponsors of summer and after school meal programs. |
| California Endowment |
Awards Vary |
Year-round |
Health focused |
| Network For Healthy California |
Awards Vary |
Annual April |
Funds are to be used to enhance efforts to promote healthy eating and physical activity among low-income Californians - local contact: Susan Magrann at 714.327.1066. |
| California Wellness |
Various |
Various |
Health focused |
| Healthy Tomorrows |
Varies |
Open |
For community-based partnership programs to plan and implement innovative cost-effective prevention oriented approaches for promoting child health. |
| HIKE Fund Inc. |
Varies |
Ongoing |
The fund is a not-for-profit charity that lists one of its main purposes as providing assistance for children with hearing loss and a financial need to achieve improved communication skills. |
| Home Depot |
$2,500 |
9/15/09 & 12/15/09 |
Supports volunteers to improve the physical health of their community. Grants are made in the form of the Home Depot gift cards for the purchase or tools or materials. |
| Lorrie Otto Seeds for Education Grant Program |
$100-$500 |
Annually |
Purpose of establishing outdoor learning centers. |
| Milagro Foundation |
$2,500 - $5,000 |
Ongoing |
The Milagro Foundation focuses on serving at-risk, underrepresented and disadvantaged youth through educational programs and health services. The foundation also supports artistic and culturally enriching programs that strengthen youth and communities. |
| Pacific Life Foundation |
Awards Vary |
Annual |
Grants are made to organizations that address a broad spectrum of social problems. Additionally, a considerable portion of the charitable budget is directed to five to seven predetermined issues that receive special attention and larger grants. |
| Summer |
| Reiman Foundation |
Varies |
Ongoing |
The program focuses its grant making on three major areas: healthcare, education and children. |
| Samueli Foundation |
Awards Vary |
Various |
The Samueli Foundation considers grants to agencies, primarily in Orange County, California, that serve the community in one of their five major areas of focus: health, education, social services, spirituality and interfaith, and the arts. As a private grant-making institution, it is dedicated to facilitating positive change in the community and enabling individuals to achieve their potential. Only publicly supported, 501c(3), charities are considered. |
| Tiger Woods Foundation |
Varies |
Feb. 1; May 1; Aug. 1; Nov. 1 |
To "empower young people to reach their highest potential by initiating and supporting community based programs that promote the health, education and welfare of all of America's children". |
| Tomberg Family Philanthropies |
$5,000-$25,000 |
Ongoing |
The philanthropies award grants to projects in the areas of the environment, poverty alleviation, health, and education. |
| Tony Hawk Foundation |
Varies |
Varies |
To promote high-quality, public skateparks in low-income areas throughout the United States. |
| Toys "R" Us |
Varies |
Feb.1 through Nov. 1. |
For organizations involved in children's health and welfare. |
| Young Epidemiology Scholars |
Varies |
Open |
Epidemiology is the study of patterns of disease, illness and injury within populations, with the goal of developing methods of prevention and control. Research projects must apply epidemiological methods of analysis to a health-related issue. |
| Youth Garden Grants Program |
Gift Cards |
Open |
In evaluating grant applications, priority will be given to programs that emphasize one or more of these elements: educational focus and/or curricular ties (if applicant is a formal education program); nutrition or plant-to-food connections; environmental awareness/education; entrepreneurship; and social aspects of gardening such as leadership development, team building, community support, or service-learning. |
| Youth Nutrition & Fitness |
$10,000 |
Open |
General Mills Foundation Champions Youth Nutrition and Fitness grant program to encourage communities in the United States to improve the eating and physical activity patterns of young people, ages 2-20. |