Disability & Accessibility Grants

Top opportunities

• Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability

  Department of Veterans AffairsUp to $209199Mopen

  Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability is sponsored by Department of Veterans Affairs. This opportunity supports mission-aligned proje...

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• Adult Reentry Grant (ARG) Program

  California Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC)Up to $67Mopen

  Adult Reentry Grant (ARG) Program is sponsored by California Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC).

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• Bridge to Recovery

  California Department of Aging (CDA)Up to $35Mopen

  Bridge to Recovery is sponsored by California Department of Aging (CDA). A grant program supporting in-center congregate services for at-risk older ad...

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• Centers of Excellence in Healthcare Quality: Detecting and Responding to Threats to Healthcare Safety

  CDC (domestic public health)Up to $15MDeadline: Jun 5, 2026open

  Funds projects to detect and respond to healthcare safety threats, may include disability-related safety work. Match reasons: Matches your focus: dis...

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• Advancing Whole-Person Health: Enhancing Networks of Community-Based Aging and Disability Organizations to Improve Access to Long-Term Services and Supports

  ACL (Administration for Community Living)Up to $3.8MDeadline: May 31, 2026open

  Cooperative agreement to build and scale community care hubs serving older adults and people with disabilities. Match reasons: Matches your focus: di...

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• ENGAGED: Disability Community Engaged Medical Rehabilitation Research Center

  Up to $1.4MDeadline: Aug 31, 2030open

  Modified Project Summary/Abstract Section The ENGAGED Medical Rehabilitation Research Center (MRRC) is a bi-institutional collaboration between the U...

• Disability Health Promotion Research Center

  Up to $1.3MDeadline: Aug 31, 2030open

  Recruitment, adherence, and retention are critical challenges in medical rehabilitation and health promotion research for people with physical disabil...

• Disability and Rehabilitation Research Projects (DRRP) Program: Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) National Network

  Up to $1.2MDeadline: Sep 30, 2026open

  Award range: $1,000,000 - $1,246,000 Eligibility: States; public or private agencies, including for-profit agencies; public or private organizations,...

• Disability and Rehabilitation Research Projects (DRRP) Program: Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) National Network

  Administration for Community LivingUp to $1.2Mopen

  Funds 10 regional grants for training, technical assistance, outreach, and research to improve stakeholder understanding of ADA rights and responsibil...

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• Funding for universities and research institutions

  The Wolfson FoundationUp to $1.0Mopen

  Funding for Universities and Research Institutions is a grant from The Wolfson Foundation that supports capital projects at research-intensive UK univ...

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• Disability x Tech Fund

  Borealis Philanthropy and Ford FoundationUp to $1.0Mopen

  Disability x Tech Fund is sponsored by Borealis Philanthropy and Ford Foundation. This national fund supports disability-led groups working to bring a...

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• Disability, Disparities and Data Solidarity in Translational Genomic Research: The 3D-People Project

  National Human Genome Research InstituteUp to $878KDeadline: Jul 31, 2030open

  Translational genomic research (TGxR) holds promise for reducing the burden of common chronic diseases in the US and relies on cohort diversity for im...

• Disability and Rehabilitation Research Projects (DRRP) Program: Model Systems Knowledge Translation Center

  Up to $850KDeadline: Sep 30, 2026open

  Award range: $845,000 - $850,000 Eligibility: States; public or private agencies, including for-profit agencies; public or private organizations, inc...

• Disability and Rehabilitation Research Projects (DRRP) Program: Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) National Network Knowledge Translation Center

  Up to $850KDeadline: Sep 30, 2026open

  Award range: $845,000 - $850,000 Eligibility: States; public or private agencies, including for-profit agencies; public or private organizations, inc...

• National Leadership Grants for Museums (2025)

  Institute of Museum and Library ServicesUp to $750KDeadline: Nov 13, 2026open

  National Leadership Grants for Museums support projects that address critical needs of the museum field and that have the potential to advance practic...

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• Disability and Rehabilitation Research Projects (DRRP) Program: Burn Injury as A Lifelong Condition

  Up to $700KDeadline: Sep 30, 2026open

  Award range: $695,000 - $700,000 Eligibility: States; public or private agencies, including for-profit agencies; public or private organizations, inc...

• Disability and Rehabilitation Research Projects (DRRP) Program: Research on Resilience and Positive Mental Health Outcomes Among People with Spinal Cord Injury

  Up to $700KDeadline: Sep 30, 2026open

  Award range: $695,000 - $700,000 Eligibility: States; public or private agencies, including for-profit agencies; public or private organizations, inc...

• Disability and Rehabilitation Research Projects (DRRP) Program: Employment Among People Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing

  Up to $700KDeadline: Sep 30, 2026open

  Award range: $695,000 - $700,000 Eligibility: States; public or private agencies, including for-profit agencies; public or private organizations, inc...

• Fellows-to-Faculty Award (SFARI)

  Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative (SFARI)Up to $600Kopen

  Fellows-to-Faculty Award (SFARI) is a career transition award from the Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative (SFARI) that funds postdoctoral sc...

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• Pathogenesis of Permanent Neurological Disability in Multiple Sclerosis

  Up to $545KDeadline: Dec 31, 2030open

  Multiple sclerosis (MS), an immune-mediated demyelinating disease of the human central nervous system, afflicts over 2.5 million people worldwide and ...

What's included in disabilities grants

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How GrantMind sources these grants

• Federal sources — Grants.gov, NIH RePORTER, and SAM.gov, filtered for opportunities tagged or thematically aligned with disabilities.
• State portals — state-administered programs across all 50 states and D.C.
• Foundations — community and private foundations active in this category, drawn from IRS Form 990 filings and curated foundation directories.
• Corporate giving — a curated set of corporate philanthropy programs.

Make these grants count

The leverage point isn't writing more proposals — it's qualifying funders before you write. A 1–2 page Letter of Inquiry tells you in days whether a foundation is going to fund you, instead of forty hours from now. Our guide walks through the structure that gets a yes: