Funding Opportunities 

The purpose of this program is to increase access to high-quality early care and education for young children (birth to five), especially those from low-income families, by investing in developing and retaining a high-quality, thriving early educator workforce. The Foundation anticipates awarding up to five grants, averaging approximately $300,000, as part of this funding cycle.

Phase 1 applications are due by noon ET on January 21, 2025 via the online portal. 

The National Institute on Minority and Health Disparities seeks project proposals that investigate the effectiveness of Mobile Health Clinics (MHCs) in improving healthcare access and addressing the health care needs of populations that experience health disparities, and whether they result in improved health outcomes and increased health equity.

The first deadline for application is February 5, 2025.

The purpose of this NIH program is to support innovative population-based research that can contribute to identifying and characterizing pathways and mechanisms through which work or occupation influences health outcomes and health status among populations with health and/or health care disparities, and how work functions as a social determinant of health.

Applications are due February 5, 2025. 

This Robert Wood Johnson call for proposals (CFP) is designed to identify and support existing and ongoing work that is in the pilot, implementation, or evaluation stage. The CFP will result in project grants that support discrete activities addressing negative impacts of land use policies and that work to achieve health equity for all. An optional applicant webinar is onJanuary 24; Letters of Intent must be received by February 6, 2025.

Each January, TD Foundation announces a new round of its Housing for Everyone funding opportunity, through which it funds nonprofits working on housing solutions in the communities served by TD Bank. This year’s theme is “maintaining homeownership in low- to moderate-income (LMI) communities through post-purchase support.” Eight awards totaling $1.6M will be awarded in NJ/Metro PA region in the 2025 cycle. Informational webinars will be offered on January 21, or January 28. Appplications are due February 6, 2025.

The NIH’s Axes Initiative (R01 Clinical Trial Optional) will support research to understand health at the intersections of race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, sexual orientation, and ability, by examining contributions of social and other determinants of health. The National Institute of Nursing Research intends to commit $3,000,000 in FY 2025 to fund 6-8 awards.

Applications are due February 14, 2025

The National Institute of Nursing Research solicits applications to support unusually innovative intervention research addressing social determinants of health (SDOH), which, if successful, would have a major impact on preventing, reducing, or eliminating health disparities and advancing health equity. See the NOFO for more details.

Proposals are due by February 28, 2025.