Funding Opportunities

Safe Communities America has compiled funding resources and links to funding opportunities to support the development of your local safety promotion and injury prevention programs.

Safe Communities America Funding Opportunities


Safe Community Development Grants

Funding is available to National Safety Council Chapters to help communities in their assigned chapter service area to seek the Safe Communities designation. For more information, contact your local National Safety Council chapter.

Safe Community Sustainability Grants

Funding is available to “designated” safe communities to assist their community in sustaining its Safe Community designation. For more information, contact a Safe Communities America program manager.

Other Funding Opportunities

A variety of funding opportunities are offered by Federal and State Government agencies, public and private foundations, and businesses and corporations. Information about new and on-going funding opportunities is listed on grant listservs and funding databases maintained by a variety of public and private organizations.

U.S. Government

The federal government maintains a searchable database of funding opportunities at www.grants.gov.

Health In Schools

http://www.healthinschools.org/

The Enterprise Foundation

http://www.enterprisecommunity.org/resources/funding_database/

State of Illinois Department of Human Services

Grants Alert System – a high octane site for funding opportunities in human services http://www.dhs.state.il.us/page.aspx?item=4620