The Air Products Corporate Contributions Program funding areas of interest include: higher education and pre-college education; the environment and safety; community and economic development; arts and culture; and fitness, health, and welfare. Requests for funding are accepted at any time. For more information, visit Air Products Grant Application Process. 

 

USDA Rural Development is offering grants to help rural community residents — students, teachers, parents, patients, and physicians — with innovative and affordable educational and health care opportunities that were once only available in urban areas. For more information on the program visit the website. 

 

The MAC AIDS Fund makes grants to charitable nonprofit organizations worldwide that provide direct care, support, and assistance to men, women, and children who are living with or impacted by HIV/AIDS. There are four areas of funding priority: the link between poverty and AIDS; developing hospitals and increasing the number of doctors and nurses in countries that need it the most; developing peer-based programs to help people adhere to their treatment regimens; and prevention programs that focus on high-risk populations such as youth, people over 50, and African Americans. Deadlines are December 15, March 15, June 15, and September 15. For additional information visit the MAC AIDS Fund.

 

U.S. public and private, nonprofit health-related organizations, academic universities and centers, hospitals, clinics, schools and community health centers, libraries, public health facilities, and units of state, local, or federal government may apply for grants to purchase computer hardware and software, Internet-based library services, website development, e-mail capabilities, and staff training. Deadlines are February 1, June 1, and October 1, 2008. Application forms.

 

The RGK Foundation seeks to be a catalyst for progressive change in humanitarian concerns, funding projects in education, community, and medicine/health. Most grants are awarded for a one-year period. No specific deadline. For more information, visit the RGK Foundation. 

 

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation seeks to improve the health and health care of all Americans. The Foundation concentrates grantmaking in four areas: to assure that all Americans have access to quality health care at reasonable cost; to improve the quality of care and support for people with chronic health conditions; to promote healthy communities and lifestyles; and to reduce the personal, social, and economic harm caused by substance abuse: tobacco, alcohol, and illicit drugs. Deadlines vary. For more information, visit the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. 

 

The David and Lucile Packard Foundation works to improve the lives of children, enable the creative pursuit of science, advance reproductive health, and conserve and restore earth's natural systems. No specific deadline. For additional information, visit the Packard Foundation. 

 

The Walgreen Company awards grants in the following program areas: non-hospital based health agencies; tutorial programs in inner city neighborhoods; and community and social service agencies that serve areas where Walgreens has a significant presence. For more information, visit Walgreens Contribution Guidelines.