Non-Best Starts for Kids Funding Opportunities List 

Highlighting funding opportunities from other agencies and organizations that support groups that promote the health and well-being of our babies, children, and young people.  December 2024 / January 2025 Deadlines  — Dec Rolling Basis Opportunities  We will also always promote our Best Starts funding opportunities here on the blog and our website.

The East King County Severe Weather Response Request for Proposal (RFP) is seeking applications from qualified agencies interested in providing Severe Weather Response services for youth and young adults, single adults 18+, couples and/or families currently experiencing homelessness. APPLY BY DEC 20, 2024

This funding opportunity is open to proposals from non-profit organizations that serve residents of East King County. For the purposes of this RFP, East King County includes Beaux Arts Village, Bellevue, Carnation, Clyde Hill, Duvall, Fall City (unincorporated), Hunts Point, Issaquah, Kirkland, Medina, Mercer Island, North Bend, Redmond, Sammamish, Snoqualmie, Yarrow Point, unincorporated areas in East King County and Snoqualmie Valley. KCRHA anticipates making multiple awards to agencies that will provide support staffing and supplies for severe weather shelter sites. KCRHA expects to award up to $49,907 to organizations in East King County, including the Snoqualmie Valley area." 

BSK: Capacity Building Opportunity: Prenatal to Five Community‑Designed Program Development Workshop Series – apply by January 21!   

Best Starts for Kids Capacity Building Opportunity: Prenatal to Five (P-5) Community-Designed Program Development Workshop Series is now open! The P-5 Community-Designed Program Development Workshop Series will support community in building sustainable and innovative programs that center equity and social justice to promote positive change for babies, children, families, and communities.   Throughout the workshop series, participants will have the opportunity to build community with others and access individualized supports through facilitation and resource sharing. Participants will learn more about communicating program activities and outcomes, designing staff training materials, preparing for evaluation, budgeting, and planning for fundraising activities. We strongly encourage anyone interested in applying to attend our information session to learn more: Thursday, December 12, 2024, 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m

BSK: Now accepting applications for the Stopping the School to Prison Pipeline Strategy RFP – apply by January 30!    

Our Stopping the School to Prison Pipeline strategy seeks to intentionally and effectively partner with communities to create school to life success pathways for young people 12 to 24 years old and their families, who are disproportionately impacted by systemic racism and most likely to be pushed into the criminal legal system or are already involved in the criminal legal system.   This RFP is seeking to fund programs that promote: 1. Sustainable economic strengthening through workforce and career development and/or 2. Positive identity development through experiences, opportunities, education/guidance, relationships, apprenticeship-type programs, and/or reconnection to cultural heritage. This RFP is open to nonprofit organizations, community-based organizations, faith-based organizations, tribes and tribal organizations, schools and school districts, and public or governmental agencies serving. Women of color led organizations, small non-profits, community-based organizations, young people-led organizations serving in South King County region are encouraged to submit proposals. Eligible applicants must provide direct services and programs to help create pathways of success for young people 12 to 24 years old currently, previously, or likely to be involved in the criminal legal system. This includes Black and Indigenous young people, especially with low to middle income status.   Eligible applicants must have a federal tax identification number and serve communities in King County.  

Transportation Justice Leadership Grants Program 

This program is designed to support community-based projects that align with Washington State's transportation goals.  These grants are available to nonprofit organizations, community groups, and other eligible entities seeking funding for projects that promote environmental sustainability, equitable transportation, and community well-being. Applications are now open and will remain open for submission until May 15, 2025. Applicants will submit their project ideas by answering three preliminary questions on the JustFund portal. Applications will be evaluated bimonthly as part of a continuous review and selection process. Applications submitted by Nov. 30 will be evaluated in the first round of reviews in early December. Later, applicants will then be invited to a virtual interview to present a more detailed project work plan and general budget. To learn more about this grant opportunity, click here or refer to the attached document entitled, “WSDOT Transportation Justice Leadership Grant Program.”

Commerce Clean Energy Federal Grants Assistance

If your organization (non-profit, local government, businesses, and other groups eligible to receive Federal Funds) is looking to apply for Federal funding, please check out Commerce’s Federal Funds Grant Writing Assistance Program. This program is to support both preparation and submission of Federal Grant Applications, specifically ones focused on clean energy. You are invited to complete this Program Design Survey and share your thoughts on how the Federal Funds Grant Writing Assistance Program (FFGWAP) would be most useful to you. The survey should take 7-10 minutes to complete: survey. For more information, please reach out to Sarah Vorpahl (Commerce’s Policy and Program Alignment Manager in the Energy Division) at sarah.vorpahl@commerce.wa.gov

Horizons Foundation of Washington Grants Applications are accepted on a rolling basis. Apply now at this link.

Horizons is a private family foundation whose primary purpose is to address social and environmental concerns in Washington State. They award grants to non-profits in three areas: the environment, social services, and arts and culture. Grants are awarded from as low as $1,000 and up, and grants to applicants in the Arts and Direct Emergency Services categories are typically capped at $5,000. For more details, please visit the grant website here, or if you have questions, please email horizonsfoundation1@gmail.com.

Inatai Foundation Connecting, celebrating, and building power together

Funding opportunity for community events that connect, celebrate, and build power together. Range - $2,500 - $5K. Applications Due – At least 60 days before and up to 1 year before a planned event. Inatai Foundation – Sponsorship Grants

Solidaire: Supporting Racial, Gender and Climate Justice

Solidaire’s members move money to the frontlines of social change movements in order to fund urgent needs, support bold and innovative ideas that others may not fund, and help build long-term infrastructure for the movement.

King County: Best Starts For Kids Programs and opportunities including Open Funding Opportunities

The funding calendar shares upcoming funding opportunities beginning in January of 2022 and staggered throughout the year. Please note that we will continually update this calendar as we implement Best Starts for Kids 2.0. We encourage everyone to subscribe to our newsletter and blog to receive notices whenever we post a new funding opportunity.

Social Justice Fund NW Grant Opportunities

Social Justice Fund NW provides essential resources to organizations in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming to strengthen grassroots efforts in the broad-based movement for progressive, systemic social change. Our funding prioritizes organizations that use a community organizing (see below) approach to make lasting change from the bottom up.

Department of Community and Human Services: Funding Opportunities

This page serves as a resource to agencies and individuals contracting with DCHS. There are links to required contract compliance forms, useful information about the contracting process and contact information for staff who can provide technical assistance.