Purpose: 
The grant was established to provide a Program to a school or organization that would otherwise not have been able to purchase a Program outright. Our Program is founded on the premise that good health is holistic: nutrition, physical activity, intellectual stimulation, and emotional well-being are all related facets of overall wellness. CYCLE Kids uses a comprehensive curriculum that teaches not just the skill and safe practices of ri…
Deadline in Feb. 2014 1. Smart for the Start Contest Organization: Discovery Communications
Website: http://www.togethercounts.com/sfts/application/start
Purpose: Promoting healthy habits for preschools or headstart programs.
Funding Cycle: 2-28-2014
Amount: $2,500-20,000
Eligibility: Non-profit organizations
Contact: Alli Delano   adelano@healthyweightcommit.org   (800) 323-9084
Deadline in March 2014 2. Champions for Healthy Kids Academy Nut…
Physical Activity, School Gardens & Childhood Obesity Programming Healthy Schools (CO) Foundation  The focus of the Healthy Schools program is to expand the number of public schools and preschools that have health and nutrition education, physical education, healthy food in cafeterias and vending machines, opportunities for physical activity, and health care services.

Award amounts vary. Nonprofit organizations and public agencies l…
Be a Star

Organization: The Creative Coalition And WWE

Website: https://community.wwe.com/diversity/programs/be-star-grants

Purpose: Is Your Organization Taking A Stand Against Bullying? Would Additional Funding Help Take Your Efforts To Another Level?

Funding Cycle: Annual ( 11-01-2013)

Amount: $25,000.00

Questions?  BeaSTARAlliance@wwecorp.com or Bhorvath@thecreativecoalition.org.
Funding opportunities are available to any qualified K-12 school enrolled in Fuel Up to Play 60.

This competitive, nationwide funding program provides seed money - up to $4,000 per year per school – to help your school implement one Healthy Eating Play and one Physical Activity Play from the 2013-14 edition of the Fuel Up to Play 60 Playbook.

Funding Amount- $4000 per school

Deadline:  November 1, 2013

Rules and Application
Our friends at the Notah Begay III Foundation (NB3F) are seeking applicants for a grant making initiative that seeks to address childhood obesity and Type 2 Diabetes in Native communities.
The Promising Program Grants are designed to help Native American controlled nonprofit organizations partner with Native communities to strengthen existing youth focused physical activity and healthy nutrition programs and build capacity for program e…
2013 ING Run For Something Better School Grant Winners

ING U.S. today announced that it has awarded 59 schools from 26 states across the U.S. with up to $2,500 grants to help students combat childhood obesity by getting them more active through school-based running programs. Through its ING Run For Something Better(R) School Awards Program, retirement, investment and insurance leader ING U.S., in partnership with the American Alliance fo…
The application period opens today for a $1000 morning physical activity program grant called BOK.

Reebok and the Reebok Foundation are awarding $1,000 to up to 500 schools for the 2013/2014 school year to help get kids moving in a fun way to wake up their bodies for a day of learning with BOKS, a before school physical activity program. Application period starts TODAY! Elementary schools across the country can apply for this $1,000 grant…
Program/Grant: Aetna Foundation Regional Grants

Website http://www.aetna-foundation.org/foundation/apply-for-a-grant/regional-grants/index.html
Purpose:  Healthy activity – Programs that provide opportunities for physical activity in underserved communities.

Funding cycle: Check website – currently closes Sept 2013

Amount: $25,000-40,000

Eligibility:
We concentrate our regional grant making in the following states, with particular emphasi…
Peaceful Playgrounds Play Nice News and Grants.

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Rite Aid Foundation

The Rite Aid Foundation is offering funding to nonprofit organizations that focus on children's health and wellness in the communities in which Rite Aid operates. Benefit your entire community by improving children's health—past recipients have used the grants for everything from disability services assistance to fitness initiatives. The Foundation accepts proposals throughout the year and the next deadline is October …
Safeway Foundation

The goals of this funding are to empower innovative programs to expand and enhance services, increase capacity, and/or incorporate new strategies to support healthy body weights among children and adolescents; evaluate the impact of existing programs; and identify promising approaches that could be replicated, adapted, and implemented in diverse communities nationwide. The program seeks to fund nonprofit organization…