August 10, 2026

Grant Watch: Week of 8/10/26

The Grant Plant routinely reviews funder websites and notices and is pleased to share some upcoming opportunities with you.

NMPED Innovation Zones Grant (FY27-29 Cohort)
  • Deadline: September 4, 2026.
  • Award Size: Range from $135,000 to $175,000 based on student enrollment, distributed over a three-year period.
  • Purpose: This grant supports high schools in implementing career-connected learning experiences and personalized supports to improve student outcomes. The funding aims to help schools create an integrated learning environment utilizing graduate profiles, capstone projects, Career Technical Education (CTE), and work-based learning to reduce barriers to college and career readiness.
  • Eligibility: New Mexico public high schools. (This grant is awarded at the school site level; each interested high school must submit an individual application).
  • Funder: College and Career Readiness Bureau (CCRB), New Mexico Public Education Department (NMPED)
  • Link: https://web.ped.nm.gov/rfps-rfis-rfas/
New Mexico Youth Conservation Corps Grant
  • Deadline: September 23, 2026.
  • Award Size: Up to $225,000 per project (10% match required, which may be in-kind).
  • Purpose: Provides funding for projects that employ young New Mexicans in community initiatives that conserve natural resources, improve public facilities, and enhance local infrastructure. Funded projects must provide career development, job training, and life skills instruction to youth while producing tangible, lasting benefits for local communities.
  • Eligibility: Tribal governments, local units of government, 501(c) non-profits, and units of state and federal agencies operating in New Mexico.Projects must employ New Mexico residents aged 14–25 (minimum of five corps members per project) for up to 26 weeks on public, non-profit, or tribal lands.
  • Funder: New Mexico Youth Conservation Corps Commission.
  • Link: https://www.emnrd.nm.gov/about-ycc/yccrfp/
MOORE Equity in Mental Health Community Grants
  • Deadline: August 31, 2026.
  • Award Size: $10,000 for a two-year funding period.
  • Purpose: To support community organizations that have undertaken innovative awareness programs and/or have provided services to improve the mental health of young people of color.
  • Eligibility: 501(c)(3), 501(c)(4), or 501(c)(6) Non-profit community organizations that can demonstrate recent efforts toward addressing mental health and substance use disorder inequities experienced by young people of color. Applicants must have been operational for at least two consecutive years.
  • Funder: American Psychiatric Association Foundation.
  • Link: https://www.apaf.org/our-programs/grants-and-awards/grants/the-moore-equity-in-mental-health-community-grants-program/
Caring for Communities Grant
  • Deadline: August 31, 2026.
  • Award Size: Up to $25,000.
  • Purpose: To support the outstanding work of Osteopathic physicians who address health disparities and provide care to underserved communities by launching new programs, addressing critical needs, and improving patient health and quality of life.
  • Eligibility: Qualified tax-exempt 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations registered in the United States that have a history of treating patients for at least one year and have a DO (Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine) directly and actively involved in the operation and evaluation of the program.
  • Funder: American Osteopathic Foundation.
  • Link: https://aof.org/grants/aof-caring-for-communities-grant
Mobility, Access, and Transportation Insecurity (MATI) Program
  • Deadline: August 21, 2026 (Required Expression of Interest). Full proposal submissions are due September 30, 2026.
  • Award Size: Not specified. The program is supported by a $9.3 million award to conduct this two-phase funding round. Historically, grants have ranged from $100,000 for planning phases up to $700,000 for demonstration projects.
  • Purpose: To identify and address the contributing factors leading to transportation insecurity. The program supports communities in developing and implementing participatory demonstration projects that rely on public transportation to mitigate transportation insecurity, evaluate effectiveness, and document impacts and potential strategies.
  • Eligibility: Communities and mobility providers across the country.
  • Funder: University of Minnesota’s Center for Transportation Studies, funded through a cooperative agreement with the Federal Transit Administration (FTA)
  • Link: https://www.cts.umn.edu/programs/MATI
Improving the Lives of Women and Children in Need
  • Deadline: Applications are accepted on a rolling basis, with the Board of Directors reviewing and voting on all submissions quarterly.
  • Award Size: $1,000 to $15,000 (funding includes both monetary and in-kind support).
  • Purpose: This opportunity provides both monetary and in-kind grants to agencies supporting women and children in need. The foundation seeks to reward organizations that are actively serving these vulnerable populations.
  • Eligibility: 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations that serve the needs of women and children. Requests that are supported by a SeneGence Distributor are placed at the top of the list for review.
  • Funder: The Make Sense Foundation.
  • Link: https://makesensefoundation.org/apply-for-a-grant/
Sundt Foundation Grant
  • Deadline: September 15, 2026. Deadlines occur quarterly.
  • Award Size: $2,500 – $25,000.
  • Purpose: Employee-owner committees are responsible for Foundation grantmaking designated in the areas of youth development, hunger & nutrition, basic needs & social services, and military & veterans.
  • Eligibility: 501(c)(3) organizations. New Mexico applicants must have a local physical address in one of these cities: Albuquerque, Anthony, Berino, Chamberino, Chaparral, La Mesa, Las Cruces, Mesilla, Mesilla Park, Mesquite, Santa Teresa, Sunland Park, Vado. List of eligible communities is available here: https://airtable.com/appkmfcK560XEz1aW/shrR7QuOE53JYGN3L/tblcDbsL4dbXDltl2. Additionally, applicants must have: been in operation for at least one year; have administrative expenses are less than 30% of its annual budget; annual operating budget/revenue of $100,000 or more; not received funding from the Sundt Foundation in the last year.
  • Funder: Sundt Foundation.
  • Link: https://www.sundt.com/about-sundt/foundation/
Literacy Opportunity Fund
  • Deadline: October 1, 2026 (opens September 1). Deadlines occur quarterly.
  • Award Size: Up to $6,000.
  • Purpose: To support direct work with adult students. Grants support general operating expenses, such as salaries or teacher stipends, supplies or equipment, space rental, and more. Grant funds can also be used to fund adult literacy projects or develop new programming. Applicants must provide literacy services directly to students; book distributions and lending libraries are not funded projects. Applicants must not have already received a Literacy Opportunity Fund grant in the last 12 months.
  • Eligibility: 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations.
  • Funder: ProLiteracy.
  • Link: https://www.proliteracy.org/grants-funding/literacy-opportunity-fund/
Hosting Grants for Curators Hosting Contemporary Art Exhibitions
  • Deadline: September 9, 2026.
  • Award Size: Up to $75,000.
  • Purpose: Supports U.S.-based curators and artistic directors in hosting and adapting contemporary visual art exhibitions or projects that originated at another institution. The program enables host curators to meaningfully reinterpret existing exhibitions for their local audiences through modified checklists, local partnerships, original public programming, or supplemental interpretive materials.
  • Eligibility: U.S.-based curators and artistic directors affiliated with established 501(c)(3) art or cultural institutions in the U.S. and U.S. territories. Projects must involve contemporary visual art and represent a pre-existing exhibition adapted for the host organization and community (co-originated projects and touring exhibitions shown without curatorial adaptation are not eligible).
  • Funder: Teiger Foundation.
  • Link: https://teigerfoundation.org/what-we-fund-how-to-apply/hosting
Crush It Crusade
  • Deadline: September 30, 2026.
  • Award Size: Typically $5,000 – $10,000 (includes seed funding, recycling bins, and training).
  • Purpose: The Crush It Crusade program powers grassroots recycling and zero-waste initiatives aimed at increasing waste diversion in local communities. Grants assist organizations with launching or expanding long-term recycling solutions for large community events, festivals, parks, and municipalities. Selected programs receive funding, specialized training, and physical recycling receptacles while educating the public on aluminum recycling.
  • Eligibility: Local 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations, municipalities, parks, and community groups nationwide seeking to establish or expand ongoing recycling programs. Note that one-time annual events without an ongoing program component are generally not eligible.
  • Funder: Can’d Aid (in partnership with the Ball Foundation)
  • Link: https://candaid.org/crush-it-crusade/

Please be advised that The Grant Plant endeavors to provide accurate and up-to-date information; however, applicants are strongly encouraged to verify the currency and accuracy of all details by consulting the funder’s official website directly.

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