Youth & Children Grants for Nonprofits and Schools

Top opportunities

• Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Youth Program Allotments for Program Year (PY) 2026.

  Employment and Training AdministrationUp to $156MDeadline: May 29, 2026open

  Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Youth Activities Program Allotment for Program Year (PY) 2026. States should e-mail all submission que...

• Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Youth Program Allotments for Program Year (PY) 2026.

  Up to $156MDeadline: May 29, 2026open

  Award range: $2,326,108 - $156,286,824 Category: Formula funding for program administration. Eligibility: States (including the District of Columbia...

• Leveraging Artificial Intelligence to Predict Mental Health Risk among Youth Presenting to Rural Primary Care Clinics

  Up to $15MDeadline: Sep 9, 2029open

  This study, in response to RFA-MH-25-195, aims to enhance, deploy, and rigorously validate the Duke Predictive Model of Adolescent Mental Health (Duke...

• FY 2026 Kennedy-Lugar Youth Exchange and Study (YES)

  Bureau Of Educational and Cultural AffairsUp to $10MDeadline: May 26, 2026open

  The Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) invite proposals for a cooperative agreement to implement the FY 2026 Kennedy-Lugar Youth Exchang...

• FY 2026 Kennedy-Lugar Youth Exchange and Study (YES)

  Up to $10MDeadline: May 26, 2026open

  Award range: $10,000,000 - $10,000,000 Eligibility: Please see full announcement.

• Talent Search Program

  U.S. Department of Education (administered by U.S. Department of Labor)Up to $10Mopen

  Talent Search Program is sponsored by U.S. Department of Education (administered by U.S. Department of Labor). Identifies qualified individuals from d...

  k12_educationhigher_educationworkforce_developmentadult_educationeducation_research

• Maternal Mental Health Equity Fund

  Perigee Fund, W.K. Kellogg Foundation, Community Health Acceleration Partnership (CHAP), Maritz Family Foundation, and Roots & Wings FoundationUp to $5.0Mopen

  Maternal Mental Health Equity Fund is sponsored by Perigee Fund, W.K. Kellogg Foundation, Community Health Acceleration Partnership (CHAP), Maritz Fam...

  maternal_healthmental_healthhealth_disparitiescommunity_developmentpublic_health

• NIJ FY25 Research and Evaluation on Youth Justice Topics

  National Institute of JusticeUp to $4.0MDeadline: Jun 10, 2026open

  Max award: $4,000,000 Eligibility: Other Units of Local Government and Federal Agencies

• NIJ FY25 Research and Evaluation on Youth Justice Topics

  National Institute of JusticeUp to $4.0MDeadline: Jun 10, 2026open

  This NOFO seeks proposals for evaluation projects to inform policy and practice in the field of youth justice in the following two topics: 1. Evaluati...

• Program Year 2026 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), Indian and Native American Programs – Employment and Training Grants - Youth

  Up to $2.8MDeadline: May 22, 2026open

  Max award: $2,808,366 Eligibility: The following organizations are eligible to apply: Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized); Nati...

• Program Year 2026 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), Indian and Native American Programs – Employment and Training Grants - Youth

  Employment and Training AdministrationUp to $2.8MDeadline: May 22, 2026open

  The Indian and Native American Program (INAP) supports employment and training activities for Indian and Native Americans throughout the United States...

• Community Violence Intervention and Prevention (CVI) Program (Florida)

  Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE)Up to $2.5Mopen

  Community Violence Intervention and Prevention (CVI) Program (Florida) is sponsored by Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE). This program prov...

  public_safetycommunity_developmentcivil_rightsyouth_developmentcommunity violence intervention

• Youth & Amateur Athletics Support

  Yawkey FoundationUp to $2.5Mopen

  Youth & Amateur Athletics Support is sponsored by Yawkey Foundation. This opportunity supports mission-aligned projects and measurable outcomes.

  youth_sportscommunity_developmentyouth athleticsbaseballsoftball

• Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Part D Coordinated HIV Services and Access to Research for Women, Infants, Children, and Youth (WICY) Existing Geographic Service Areas

  Up to $2.0MDeadline: Jun 18, 2026open

  Award range: $115,000 - $2,000,000 Eligibility: This competition is open to current RWHAP Part D grant recipients and new, eligible applicant organiz...

• YouthBuild

  U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training AdministrationUp to $2.0Mopen

  YouthBuild is sponsored by U. S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration. The YouthBuild program provides grants to organizations ...

  discover:youth educationfit_score:2

• Schwab Moneywise Momentum Grants

  Charles Schwab FoundationUp to $2.0Mopen

  Schwab Moneywise Momentum Grants is a grant program from the Charles Schwab Foundation that funds programs connecting middle and high school students ...

  youth_developmentadult_educationcommunity_developmentfinancial educationmoney skills

• After School Education and Safety (ASES) Program

  California Department of EducationUp to $2.0Mopen

  After School Education and Safety (ASES) Program is sponsored by California Department of Education. Supports the establishment of locally-driven expa...

  k12_educationyouth_developmentcommunity_developmentworkforce_developmentafter-school programs

• YouthBuild

  U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training AdministrationUp to $2.0Mopen

  YouthBuild is sponsored by U. S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration. The YouthBuild program provides grants to organizations ...

  discover:youth educationfit_score:2

• Advanced Laboratories for Accelerating the Reach and Impact of Treatments for Youth and Adults with Mental Illness (ALACRITY) Research Centers (P50 Clinical Trial Optional)

  National Institutes of HealthUp to $1.5MDeadline: May 18, 2026open

  This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) invites applications for centers to support transdisciplinary teams of clinical and mental health services...

• Advanced Laboratories for Accelerating the Reach and Impact of Treatments for Youth and Adults with Mental Illness (ALACRITY) Research Centers (P50 Clinical Trial Optional)

  Up to $1.5MDeadline: May 18, 2026open

  Max award: $1,500,000 Eligibility: Other Eligible Applicants include the following: Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions; Asian Am...

What's included in youth & children grants

We track grants tagged with the following keywords. If your work uses different language internally, AI mission-fit search (available after signup) will catch the conceptual matches that exact-keyword filtering misses.

How GrantMind sources these grants

• Federal sources — Grants.gov, NIH RePORTER, and SAM.gov, filtered for opportunities tagged or thematically aligned with youth & children.
• 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: