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MCYSPA has compiled a list of year-round grant opportunities in areas of nutrition, physical activity, and community improvements to support healthy lifestyles. 

Note: MCYSPA does not administer these grants, please use the links below to contact the funders directly.  Hint: If the link routes you to an inactive page, go to their home page and enter "grant" in the search box.

LOCAL RESOURCES

Arizona Cardinals Charities
Arizona Community Foundation
Arizona Department of Transportation
Arizona First Things First
Arizona Grants Access Tool and Experts Source
Arizona Sports and Tourism Authority YAS Biennial Grant
Arizona Sports and Tourism Authority Quick Grant
BHHS Legacy Foundation
Catholic Healthcare West Community Grants
Diamondbacks Foundation
Heritage Fund
Lincoln GIVES
Lodestar Foundation
Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust
Peoria Diamond Club
Phoenix Suns Charities
School Breakfast Grant Program
School and Teacher Grant Opportunities
St. Luke's Health Initiatives
Summer Youth Program Fund 
Thunderbirds Charities
US Airways Community Foundation
Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust

NATIONAL RESOURCES

Aetna Foundation: Regional Community Health Grants
American Academy of Pediatrics
American Honda Foundation
Annenburg Foundation
Bank of America: Neighborhood Builders Program
Baseball Tomorrow Fund
Bikes Belong Grants Program
Build-A-Bear Workshop
Cal Ripken Sr. Foundation Quickball Grants (baseball)
Carol M. White Physical Education Program
Case Foundation: Make It Your Own Awards
Challenged Athlete's Foundation: Access for Athletes Grant
Champions for Healthy Kids
Childhood Hunger: Great American Dine Out Grant
Childhood Hunger: Great American Bake Sale Grant
Cigna Foundation
CVS Caremark Community Grants
CDC Healthy Communities Program
Department of Health and Human Services
Disney Minnie Grants (for youth applicants)
Do Something Grant! (for applicants under age 25)
Entertainment Software Association Foundation
Foundation Center
General Mills: Champions for Healthy Kids
Grants.Gov
Head Start Body Start-Playground Grants
Health in Schools: Grant Alerts
Hidden Valley: Love Your Veggies School Grant Program
Highway Safety Research Center
Home Depot: Building Healthy Communities
Hook a Kid on Golf
ING: Run for Something Better
Kaiser Permanente Healthcare Grants
Keogh Health Foundation
Kids Gardening: Healthy Sprouts Awards
Kodak American Greenways Program Grants
Lego Children's Fund
Liberty Mutual's Responsible Sports
Lowe's Charitable and Education Foundation
Mall of America Foundation for Youth
Mattel Children's Foundation
Mitsubishi: Grants for Full Inclusion of Young People with Disabilities
Nathan Cummings Foundations
National Association for Sport & Physical Education: Research Grant
National Park Service: Rivers, Trails and Conservation Assistance Program
NFL Grassroots
NIH: School-Based Interventions to Prevent Obesity
Nike Physical Activity Grants
NRPA Youth Wellness Resource Grant
Office Depot Foundation
Pepsico
Quaker Go Grant
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Rosie's For All Kids Foundation (early childhood focus)
Rubbermaid: Community Investment Grant
School Wellness through Expanding Breakfast Grant
Shade Structure Program
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
Tony Hawk Foundation: Supporting Youth & Public Skateparks
US Soccer Foundation
USDA Agriculture and Food Research Initiative
USDA Community Food Projects
USDA Food Stamp Outreach Grant
Verizon Foundation: Community Investments
Wachovia Foundation: Health and Education Grants
Wal-Mart Foundation: State Giving Program
Women's Sports Foundation: GoGirlGo!
Youth Service America

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