Funding Opportunities

Eligibility

An organization is eligible to apply for and receive funds under this grant opportunity, if the organization meets one of the following criteria:

• Nonprofits
• Community Organizations
• Governmental agencies
• Institutes of K-12 Education, preschools, and childcare centers
• Native American Tribal Organizations
• The organization’s current service area is within Dane County.

All applicants must be registered with SAM.gov to be eligible for this funding opportunity.

How to apply

We have updated the submission process to an online portal, linked below, and have updated the priority areas this RFP seeks to fund.

Please review the Full RFP document for details.

APPLICATION DEADLINE: January 10, 2025

Apply now

Questions?

Read our frequently asked questions!

If you have any questions about these requirements or processes, please email Ahmad Moghadam, Violence Prevention Grants Program Specialist.

Healthy Communities Fund Request for Proposals

We are requesting proposals from organizations in Dane County whose work helps us achieve health equity. Proposals should focus on the impact that root causes of health have on health outcomes. This funding is open to new and existing projects and programs, including the operations of groups or agencies. Higher preference (scores) will be given to proposals for projects which:

• Are supporting new or expanding efforts aimed at improving health equity
• Clearly explain how these funds are critical to the outcome or success of your proposal
• Benefit areas or populations impacted by systemic marginalization AND where the funded person or organization is currently in community with this group.

Funding

A total of $14,000 is available. Past projects that have received funding have been in the range of $1,000 - $5,000. In 2023 we funded the following proposals.

• The Sunshine Place: $4,000
• Leopold Community School: $4,000
• Anesis Therapy Weekly Drop-In Clinic: $4,000
• Meadowood Health Partnership: $2,000

Healthy Communities Fund Timeline

How to apply

The deadline to apply was October 16, 2024. We are no longer accepting applications.

Learn more

Learn more about this request for proposals by reading the full request and our FAQ.

Have questions? Send us an email.

Past Funding Awardees

Community Response and Preparedness, 2024

• United Way of Dane County: $14,000
• Kennedy Heights Community Center: $14,000
• Madison Area Care for the Homeless (MACH) OneHealth, Inc. dba Madison Street Medicine: $14,000
• Meadowood Health Partnership: $14,000
• Journey Mental Health Center: $14,000

Overdose Prevention Center Assessment, 2024

Arielle Edelman McHenry LLC: $100,000

Community PFAS Outreach Grant, 2024

• Northside Planning Council: $6,956
• Catholic Multicultural Center: $8,522
• Kennedy Heights Community Center: $6000
• The Hmong Institute: $8,522

Roadmap to Reducing Violence in Madison & Dane County, 2024 

• Seein' is Believin': $30,000
• Irwin A. & Robert D. Goodman Community Center, Inc.: $35,000
• Urban Triage, Inc.: $35,000
• YWCA Madison, Inc.: $30,000
• Operation Fresh Start: $30,000
• Freedom, Inc: $40,000
• Focused Interruption: $210,000

Read all submitted applications.