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Past Funding Opportunities

Recently Closed Funding Opportunities

The Local Policy RFP aims to advance local policy and advocacy efforts focused on addressing the social, economic, and environmental factors that shape health. Grants are anticipated to range from $75,000 - $250,000 for 18-36 months, with $700,000 to be awarded this year.  This RFP closed Friday, April 4 at 5 p.m.

The Data for Equity Funding Collaborative provides capacity-building grants for up to $40,000 for 18 months and will support participation in the learning cohort and a proposed project to test and apply equitable evaluation principles and practices. This RFP closed on Friday, February 7, 2025. 

2024

  • The Rural Changemaker RFP provides strategic funding that enhances and supports grassroots work addressing community-identified challenges and inequalities related to health in the rural regions served by Interact for Health in Ohio, Indiana, and Kentucky. Grants are expected to range from $10,000-$100,000 for 12 to 18 months. Proposals were accepted during three rolling deadlines, with a final deadline of October 7, 2024.The partners who received 2024 Rural Changemaker Grants were announced in April, August, and December 2024. 
  • The Local Policy RFP aims to advance local policy and advocacy efforts focused on addressing the social, economic and environmental factors that shape health. Interact for Health is investing a total of $500K in this RFP in 2024. Grants are expected to range from $75,000 - $250,000 for 18-36 months. This RFP closed Tuesday, May 14, 2024. An announcement of these awards can be found here. 
  • The Data for Equity RFP is a joint partnership between bi3, HealthPath, and Interact for Health. This RFP provides funding for organizations interested in developing their capacity to build equitable approaches to data and evaluation. Grants are expected to be $25,000 for 12 months and will be awarded to up to 10 non-profit organizations.  This RFP closed Friday, September 29, 2024. Previously awarded partners can be found on the Data for Equity website. 

2023

  • The School-Based Mental Health Prevention RFP aims to expand existing evidence-based, school-based mental health prevention and promotion programs within schools that serve youth from Interact for Health’s priority populations. Grants are expected to range from $100,000 - $200,000 for 12-18 months. The total investment will be up to $1,000,0000. This RFP closed July 7, 2023.An announcement of these awards can be found here.
  • The Amplifying Youth Voice in Mental Health RFP aims to provide funding to youth-serving organizations to develop their organizational capacity to amplify youth voice to improve mental health services. Projects will be considered from youth-serving organizations that address mental health and well-being, including schools, treatment providers, summer programs, mentoring programs, after-school programs and other organizations with social-emotional development programming. Grants are expected to range from $25,000 to $50,000. The total investment will be up to $400,000.This RFP closed May 23, 2023.An announcement of these awards can be found here. 
  • The Advancing Health Justice RFP aims to support community efforts to advance health justice through community power building, policy and systems change and narrative change.  This funding is intended to support community-generated ideas that tackle root causes and amplify community power. We are focusing efforts on people and communities who experience the greatest injustices in health outcomes. There are three funding tracks within this RFP:  community power building, policy and systems change and narrative change. Grants are expected to range from $25,000-$100,000. The total investment will be up to $1,500,000. This RFP closed on May 9th, 2023. An announcement of these awards can be found here. 
  • The Mental Health Equity RFP aims to improve culturally competent care and access to mental health services and supports among our priority populations. Projects will be considered that address barriers and expand access to services and supports and/or improve cultural competency across the behavioral health continuum, from prevention through treatment and recovery.  Grants are expected to range from $25,000 - $100,000.  The total investment will be up to $750,000. This RFP closed on April 25th, 2023.An announcement of these awards can be found here.