The Praxis Project: Funding Opportunities

Funding Opportunities

New Funding to Help State Alliances Work for a Transparent, Equitable and Accountable Recovery
Communities Creating Healthy Environments
Healthy Kids, Healthy Communities

The Open Society Institute has announced new funding to support state-based alliances that advocate for greater transparency, equity, and accountability in the allocation of federal recovery (stimulus) dollars at the state level.

Proposals will be accepted from 6 states: California, Mississippi, New York, North Carolina, Texas and Wisconsin. OSI will consider grants of up to $500,000 per state to be distributed over two years but is unlikely to fund in every state. Proposals are due August 28, 2009.

Grants will support alliances that:
- Advocate for greater transparency and public participation in processes governing the allocation of recovery dollars;
- Promote a more equitable distribution of recovery dollars;
- Include strong representation of people of color, women, immigrants, youth, and low-income communities, and bring together expertise in grassroots organizing, policy research and analysis, use of innovative technologies, and advocacy; and
- Spotlight the role of decision makers in the success or failure of economic recovery programs and policies.
Funds will not support
- Direct Services,
- Staff activities unrelated to the grant program,
- Ongoing support after the grant term
- Either direct or grassroots lobbying
Please see the attached Request for Proposalsfor more information on this funding opportunity. Contact Helena Huang at staterfp@sorosny.org with any questions.

Communities Creating Healthy Environments (CCHE) is a national funding and capacity-building initiative to support diverse, community-based organizations and tribal groups in the development and implementation of effective, culturally competent, policy initiatives to address childhood obesity at the local level. C-CHE will provide technical assistance, training and 36-month grants of up to $250,000 to 10 local, community-based and tribal groups serving and working in communities of color.

C-CHE is a partnership between the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and The Praxis Project — a non-profit organization dedicated to capacity building for health policy advocacy.

Healthy Kids, Healthy Communities Call for Proposals The objective of this round of funding is to provide support for community initiatives that will increase opportunities for physical activity and improve access to affordable healthy foods for children and families.

Under this CFP, RWJF will award approximately 60 grants for Healthy Kids, Healthy Communities sites, each of which 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 in the CFP.

Special consideration will be given to communities in 15 states where the incidence of or risk for childhood obesity is the greatest (Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and West Virginia.). Approximately half of the grants under this CFP will be awarded to communities in these states.

The following is a selection of grants and funding opportunities on health justice issues. Most of the funding sources are federal and private foundations and corporations. Please go to the websites specified or contact the funder directly for additional information about these funding opportunities. Please do not contact the Praxis Project about these funding opportunities or sources; we provide this referral information simply as a service to our constituents.