Champions for Healthy Kids Program

The General Mills Foundation’s Champions for Healthy Kids program makes grants to nonprofit organizations working to improve nutrition and physical fitness behaviors for youth ages 2-18.

Fifty grants of $10,000 are available to select applicants; NFP’s are eligible.

Deadline: December 3, 2013. 

Two from Build-A-Bear: Literacy & Education grants and Children's Health & Wellness grants

Build A Bear Workshop Literacy and Education Grants provide direct support for children in literacy and education programs such as summer reading programs, early childhood education programs and literacy programs for children with special needs. Deadline: 10/31/2013. See the program site for complete information. 

Literacy and Education :BaB provides direct support for children in literacy and education programs such as summer reading programs, early childhood education programs and literacy programs for children with special needs.

Specific guidelines for literacy and education grants.

Children's Health & Wellness

BaB provides direct support for children in the areas of health and wellness such as organizations that serve children with special needs. The goal is to provide grants to help many programs that are working hard to make the world a healthier and happier place for kids.
Specific guidelines for children's health and wellness grants.

Aetna Foundation Regional Grants

The Aetna Foundation’s Regional Grants fund community wellness initiatives that serve those who are most at risk for poor health -- low-income, underserved or minority populations.

Grants target communities where healthy food can be difficult to buy, and where social and environmental factors may limit individuals’ ability to be physically active. Projects of interest include: school based or after-school nutrition and fitness programs, community-based nutrition education programs for children and families, community gardening and urban farming activities for children and families and efforts to increase the availability or affordability of fresh fruits and vegetables in communities.

Grants ranging from $25,000 to $40,000 are available.

Deadline: September 15, 2013

Please contact The Aetna Foundation’s for more information and to apply for this funding: http://www.aetna-foundation.org/foundation/apply-for-a-grant/regional-grants/index.html

Sohn Foundation

The Dr. Robert C. and Tina Sohn Foundation has been formed to continue the vision and legacy of its founders. Their vision of a “wholistic” life, lived synergistically with nature and the environment, in which all people can breathe clean air, eat wholesome organic food, and be exposed to the wonders of music, dance and literature, continues in the Foundation. 
The Foundation will support a broad spectrum of causes which support the environment, alternative health care and the arts. The Foundation is particularly interested in funding educational projects which bring an awareness of the environment, alternative health care and the arts to those who are underserved, particularly to young people. 

See the program web site for complete information, the site states that applications should contain at least this information. 

Organizations seeking support from the Foundation should submit the following:
1. Detailed description of the mission of the organization and services which it provides.
2. Description of the project/program for which funding is sought.
3. Total budget for the project/program.
4. Timing for project/program.
5. Copy of IRS Form 990-PF
6. Copy of audited financial statements.
7. Copy of 501(c)(3) tax exempt status letter from the IRS.

Kellogg Foundation’s Youth and Community Engagement Grants

The Kellogg Foundation seeks to fund organizations working to promote new ideas about how to engage children and youth in learning and ways to bring together community-based systems that promote learning. The foundation will consider grants in four priority areas: Educated Kids, Healthy Kids, Secure Families, and Civic Engagement.

Deadline: Rolling

Check out the Kellogg program site for all the information, but there are several educative aspects that libraries could spearhead or participate in.The three main areas - with links - are:

Educated kids e.g., success by the Third Grade: Increase the number of children who are reading and math proficient by third grade. 

Healthy kids e.g., healthy birth weight and optimal development: Increase the number of children born at a healthy birth weight and who receive the care and nutrition they need for optimal development. 

Secure families e.g., children and Families at 200% above poverty: Increase the number of children and families living at least 200% above the poverty level.