Funding Alert: Disabilities


ANNE J. CAUDAL FOUNDATION

The Foundation was established in 2007 to benefit disabled veterans of any time or of any branch of the United States Armed Forces and to perpetuate the recognition or memory of their accomplishments or sacrifice in time of war or otherwise. Grant requests for general operating support are strongly encouraged. [More...]

AUTISM SPEAKS

The Organization is dedicated to promoting solutions, across the spectrum and throughout the lifespan for the needs of individuals with autism and their families. Through the bi-annual Norma and Malcolm Baker Recreation Program, the organization funds summer camp programs, adult service programs, adult employment programs, physical fitness and sports programs, and swimming and water safety. [More...]

CHALLENGED ATHLETES FOUNDATION

The Foundation’s Access for Athletes bridges the gap between physical rehabilitation and a return to an active lifestyle. The Foundation’s objective is to ensure that people with physical challenges have the same freedom to enjoy sports that the rest of the world takes for granted. [More...]

CHRISTOPHER AND DANA REEVE FOUNDATION

The Foundation’s Quality of Life grant program, established by the late actor, Christopher Reeve and his late wife, Dana, seeks to improve the quality of life for people living with paralysis. The grants are awarded to programs and projects that improve the daily lives of people living with paralysis. [More...]

CRAIG H. NEILSEN FOUNDATION

The Foundation’s mission is to improve the quality of life for those living with spinal cord injury and to support scientific exploration for effective therapies and treatments leading to a cure. The Foundation’s Quality of Life Program supports nonprofits offering projects designed to enhance the lives of people living with a spinal cord injury throughout the United States. [More...]

CRAIG H. NEILSON FOUNDATION

The Foundation is dedicated to supporting both programs and scientific research to improve the quality of life for those affected by, and living with, spinal cord injury. The Foundation's Community Support Grants, the Foundation's Creating Opportunity & Independence portfolio supports organizations that provide programs and services to enhance the quality of life for individuals and families living with spinal cord injury throughout the United States and Canada. [More...]

CVS CAREMARK

The Company’s Community Grant Program focuses its grantmaking on organizations that support children with disabilities, including programs focusing on health and rehabilitation services, initiatives that provide greater access to physical movement and play, and public schools that promote a greater level of inclusion in student activities and extracurricular programs. Grants are also awarded to programs that create greater access to healthcare services for uninsured and underinsured community residents. [More...]

CVS CAREMARK CORPORATION

The philanthropic arm of the drugstore chain, the Company’s Community Grants programs funds organizations working to help disabled individuals lead full and independent lives. Grants are also awarded to programs that help the uninsured receive quality health care. [More...]

DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS CHARITABLE SERVICE TRUST

The Trust supports physical and psychological rehabilitation programs, meets the special needs of veterans with specific disabilities, such as amputation and blindness, and aids and shelters homeless veterans. The Trust supports key programs such as helping to maintain a volunteer-operated transportation network providing rides to sick and disabled veterans needing transportation to and from VA medical centers for treatment. [More...]

DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS CHARITABLE TRUST

The Trust focuses its grantmaking on organizations that provide long-term programs offering direct assistance to disabled veterans and their families. Of particular interest are programs that ensure sick and disabled veterans have transportation to VA medical facilities for treatment; those that provide food, shelter and medical aid to homeless and needy veterans; and those that support physical and psychological rehabilitation projects aimed at some of America’s most profoundly disabled veterans. [More...]

DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS NATIONAL FOUNDATION

The Foundation provides critically needed support to disabled and at-risk veterans who leave the military wounded, physically or psychologically, after defending our safety and our freedom. The Foundation's Capacity Building grants provides funding to like-minded organizations who provide support to veterans and disabled veterans alike. [More...]

DISABLED AMERICAN VETS CHARITABLE SERVICE TRUST

The Trust supports U.S. nonprofits that provide long-term programs offering direct assistance to sick and injured veterans and their families. [More...]

DISABLED VETERANS NATIONAL FOUNDATION

The Foundation provides critically needed support to disabled and at-risk veterans who leave the military wounded, physically or psychologically, after defending our safety and freedom. The Foundation's Capacity Building grants are intended for nonprofits throughout the country that offer support to veterans and disabled veterans alike. [More...]

ENTERLINE FOUNDATION

The Foundation's vision is one of lasting progress and sustainable solutions to address the range of needs among the intellectual and developmental disabilities population. The Foundation envisions a world where these individuals are celebrated for their unique gifts. [More...]

ETHEL LOUISE ARMSTRONG FOUNDATION

The Foundation’s funding emphases are education, advocacy, and the arts, which are led by or support adults with disabilities. There is an emphasis on programs, which focus on women and girls. [More...]

HEATHER ABBOTT FOUNDATION

The Foundation’s mission is to help amputees who have lost limbs due to traumatic circumstances to get specialized prosthetic devices. Because few of the devices are covered by health insurance companies, the Foundation provides assistance to individuals who it believes would benefit from the donation of the prosthetic device they need to help them return to the life they love or try something new. [More...]

INNOVATING WORTHY PROJECTS FOUNDATION

The Foundation provides support for quality special-needs children’s programs throughout the United States. Founded by Irving Packer, who developed polio in his youth, the Foundation focuses its grantmaking on organizations dedicated to developing innovative programs, disseminating ideas, or providing direct care or services for children with special needs, acute illnesses, or chronic disabilities. [More...]

JOSEPH P. KENNEDY JR. FOUNDATION

The Foundation concentrates its grantmaking in the area of mental retardation. The Foundation will not provide funds for capital costs, costs of equipment for projects, ongoing support, or operations of existing programs. [More...]

KELLY BRUSH FOUNDATION

The Foundation seeks to empower those with paralysis to lead engaged and fulfilling lives through sport and recreation. It also seeks to prevent ski racing injuries through a shared commitment to proper safety practices. [More...]

KESSLER FOUNDATION

The Foundation is dedicated to improving the quality of life for individuals with physical and cognitive disabilities caused by stroke, multiple sclerosis, brain and spinal cord injuries, and other chronic neurologic and musculoskeletal conditions. The Foundation focuses its grantmaking on two areas: finding solutions by supporting employment initiatives and bridging the gap through disability employment research. [More...]

LEARNING DISABILITIES FOUNDATION OF AMERICA

The Foundation awards grants for charitable, scientific, literary, or educational purposes or for the identification, ongoing evaluation, education of and services for children and adults with learning disabilities. The Foundation provides funds for research and education and to broaden the base of public awareness in the field of learning disabilities. [More...]

MENTOR NETWORK CHARITABLE FOUNDATION

The Foundation was founded by social entrepreneurs who believed that healthy, vibrant communities are exactly the right environments in which people with a range of abilities thrive. The Foundation works to build on The Network’s innovative approach to human services by seeking new solutions and creative ideas for enhancing the lives of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities; individuals with brain and spinal cord injury; and youth facing emotional, behavioral, and other challenges and their families. [More...]

MILBANK FOUNDATION FOR REHABILITATION

The Foundation, created in 1995, has as its goal to “integrate people with disabilities into all aspects of American life.” The Foundation’s funding priorities include consumer-oriented projects that enable people with disabilities to lead fulfilling, independent lives; innovative policy research and education on market-based approaches to health care and rehabilitation; improving and expanding quality health services, especially palliative care; and education and training of health and rehabilitation professionals. The Foundation does not provide grants to individuals. [More...]

MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC AMERICA FOUNDATION

The Foundation seeks to contribute to the greater good of society by assisting young Americans with disabilities, through education, technology, and other means to live full and productive lives. A major program emphasis is on inclusion. [More...]

NASD INVESTOR EDUCATION FOUNDATION

The Foundation is accepting proposals for its Applying Financial Theory to Improve Life-Cycle Investing grants with the goal of applying the latest financial theory into everyday investment decision-making. Of interest are projects that research, develop, test, and evaluate products and strategies that help older Americans make sound investment decisions during their retirement years. [More...]

NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR ACCESSIBLE GOLF

Through a grant from the United States Golf Association, the Alliance is expanding its efforts to provide financial assistance and resources to help make golf more accessible to people with disabilities. Grants are awarded to organizations providing golf programs for individuals with disabilities. [More...]

PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOUNDATION

The Foundation supports educational projects that benefit, serve, and enhance the quality of life of individuals with spinal cord injury/disease, their families, and caregivers. Grants are awarded in five areas: consumer, caregiver, and community education; professional development and education; research utilization and dissemination; assistive technology, and conferences and symposia. [More...]

PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA EDUCATION FOUNDATION

The Foundation seeks to fund innovative educational projects that enhance the quality of life of individuals with spinal cord injury or disease and/or those that increase the knowledge and effectiveness of health professionals in the spinal cord injury or disease community. The Foundation generally supports five types of projects: consumer, caregiver, and community education; professional development and education; research utilization and dissemination; assistive technology, and conferences and symposia. [More...]

PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICAN EDUCATION FOUNDATION

The Organization is dedicated to veterans’ service, medical research, and civil rights for people with disabilities. The Foundation supports educational projects serving individuals with spinal cord injury and disease (SCI/D) as well as their families and caregivers. [More...]

PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES FOUNDATION

The Foundation serves people with psychiatric and/or developmental disabilities. The Foundation’s mission is to provide education and advocacy for people with psychiatric and/or developmental disabilities so that they can achieve equal opportunities in all aspects of life. [More...]

READER’S DIGEST PARTNERS FOR SIGHT FOUNDATION

The Foundation is committed to providing support that directly improves the lives of the blind and visually impaired, helping them realize their full potential in society. Grants are made to nonprofits serving the blind and visually impaired. [More...]

THE ARTHUR B. SCHULTZ FOUNDATION

The Foundation is dedicated to improving the quality of life on earth by supporting small business entrepreneurs, women’s empowerment, and disabled mobility. The THRIIVE Program enables small business entrepreneurs to grow thriving businesses and empowers them to serve as catalysts driving self-sustaining economic growth and inspiring a culture of social responsibility. [More...]

THE BOB WOODRUFF FOUNDATION

The Foundation invests in programs and organizations that support post-9/11 impacted service members, veterans, their families, and the communities, caregivers, and care providers who support them. To be considered, proposals must fall into one of three categories: education and employment, rehabilitation and recovery, and quality of life. [More...]

THE CHRISTOPHER & DANA REEVE FOUNDATION

The Foundation, named for the late movie actor, Christopher Reeve and his wife, Dana, supports research on individuals living with paralysis. The Foundation's Quality of Life Grants Program seeks to impact and empower people living with paralysis, their families, and their caregivers. [More...]

THE CHRISTOPHER AND DANA REEVE FOUNDATION

The Foundation is dedicated to curing spinal cord injury by funding innovative research, and to improving the quality of life for people living with paralysis. Quality of life grants support nonprofits that serve individuals with physical disabilities, particularly paralysis, and their families. [More...]

THE DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS CHARITABLE SERVICE TRUST

The Trust supports physical and psychological rehabilitation programs aimed at some of America’s most profoundly disabled veterans; meets the special needs of veterans with specific disabilities such as amputation and blindness; and aids and shelters homeless veterans. Key programs include helping to maintain a volunteer-operated transportation network providing rides to sick and disabled veterans needing transportation to and from VA medical centers for treatment and supporting significant therapeutic initiatives. [More...]

THE ETHEL LOUISE ARMSTRONG FOUNDATION

The Foundation’s mission is “to change the face of disability on the planet.” Grantmaking is targeted toward projects that seek inclusion of people with disabilities in the arts, advocacy, and education. Programs must aid adults (over age 22) in those areas. [More...]

THE GIBNEY FAMILY FOUNDATION

The Foundation partners with others to develop sustainable resources for organizations that foster independence, primarily for those who are blind. The Foundation focuses its grantmaking on projects and programs that empower those who are challenged, especially the blind, in their quest to live happier, more productive lives. [More...]

THE KESSLER FOUNDATION

The Foundation focuses on increasing employment opportunities for people with disabilities through its two grantmaking programs: Signature Employment and Community Employment. Grants are awarded locally in New Jersey and nationally for programs aimed at increasing the percentage of Americans with disabilities in the workforce. [More...]

THE MILBANK FOUNDATION

The Foundation’s primary mission is to integrate people with disabilities into all aspects of American life. The Foundation’s current priorities are consumer-oriented projects that enable people with disabilities to lead fulfilling, independent lives; innovative policy research and education on market-based approaches to health care and rehabilitation; improving and expanding quality health services, especially palliative care, and education and training of health and rehabilitation professionals. [More...]

THE TRAVIS ROY FOUNDATION

The Foundation’s primary goal is to help spinal cord injury survivors and further research for a cure. Named after a Maine youth who became a quadriplegic after a freak collegiate hockey accident, the Foundation has distributed more than $2.5 million in individual and research grants. [More...]

THE WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT

The Project serves veterans and service members who received a physical or mental injury, illness, or would, co-incident to their military service on or after Sept. 11, 2001, and their families. [More...]

TRAVIS ROY FOUNDATION

The Foundation awards grants to spinal cord injury survivors with paraplegia and quadriplegia caused by an accident separate from complications caused at birth. Paralysis due to stroke, spina bifida, multiple sclerosis, ALS, and other diseases are not eligible. [More...]

WITH FOUNDATION

The Foundation was created to provide financial support to organizations which promote the establishment of comprehensive health care for adults with developmental disabilities that is designed to address their unique and fundamental needs. Grants will be awarded in support of programs which improve delivery of health care to adult customers with developmental disabilities that also improve health practitioner competency through education and/or training programs; address the current inadequate reimbursement system; advance formal care coordination, including the utilization of trained support personnel/caregivers; and increase public awareness with respect to the inadequacies of developmentally disabled care in order to advance systemic change. [More...]



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