STEM Grant Opportunities for Kentucky Applicants

Updated: 
January 24, 2025
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STEM Equity Grants

Kid Spark Education

$6,000 - $8,000

DEADLINE: Rolling

Link: https://kidsparkeducation.org/stem-equity-grants-initiative

Provides hands-on STEM education to elementary and middle school students in underserved communities, helping them develop skills and mindsets that enhance their academic and social-emotional outcomes, and open doors to success in the 21st century. Includes a comprehensive curriculum, STEM labs, and professional development and certification courses.

NOTES

Eligible schools have the option to seek a grant discount. This opportunity guarantees that schools can access cost-saving benefits, even if they don't secure a fully-funded Kid Spark STEM Equity Grant. 

Atheny Science Education & Outreach grant 

Kentucky Academy of Science 

$2,500

DEADLINE: Rolling

Link: https://www.kyscience.org/docs/KAS_Terms_Conditions_2023.pdf

The Athey Science Education and Outreach grant pays for the development and/or distribution of science education materials, supplies, or programming to serve elementary and secondary schools in Kentucky.  Grants may also be used to develop “tool-kits” of materials and activities that would be available to schools or teachers for science education and outreach.


In addition to our grantees’ activities in developing, distributing and using materials for science education, KAS will host these materials and resources online and make them freely available to teachers in Kentucky as practicable. 

NOTES

Applicants must be members of the Kentucky Academy of Science. 

PLTW Launch

Project Lead The Way (PLTW)

$4,900 - $13,900 (see notes)

DEADLINE: 6/20/2025

Link: https://www.pltw.org/plan-for-pltw/investment/funding-grants/grant-opportunities?utm_source=chatgpt.com#grants

Project Lead The Way is making grants available to schools across the US that are interested in implementing the PLTW Launch program for the first time for the 2025-2026 school year. See full list of programs available at https://www.pltw.org/curriculum

NOTES

Grantee must implement at least one PLTW Launch module in 2025-26 and implement one additional module each year of the grant period resulting in a minimum of three modules implemented by 2027-28, OR the Grantee must implement at least one PLTW module in 2025-26 and reach 50% of enrollment by year three. Grantee may implement in any grade(s) and any modules of their choosing. Please note, there is no cash value for this grant. If awarded, funds will not be sent directly to the awarded school. Instead, PLTW will directly apply grant awarded items to the school's PLTW account. 

PLTW Gateway

Project Lead The Way (PLTW)

$9,100 (see notes)

DEADLINE: 6/20/2025

Link: https://www.pltw.org/plan-for-pltw/investment/funding-grants/grant-opportunities?utm_source=chatgpt.com#grants

Project Lead The Way is making grants available to schools across the US that are interested in implementing the PLTW Gateway program for the first time for the 2025-2026 school year. See full list of programs available at https://www.pltw.org/curriculum

NOTES

Grantee must offer PLTW Gateway for the 2025-2026, 2026-2027, and 2027-2028 academic years. Grantee must offer at least one PLTW Gateway unit in the 2025-2026 academic year and must offer one additional different unit in the 2026-2027 academic year. Grantee may implement any PLTW Gateway units of their choosing. Please note, there is no cash value for this grant. If awarded, funds will not be sent directly to the awarded school. Instead, PLTW will directly apply grant awarded items to the school's PLTW account.

PLTW Engineering

Project Lead The Way (PLTW)

$16,000 (see notes) 

DEADLINE: 6/20/2025

Link: https://www.pltw.org/plan-for-pltw/investment/funding-grants/grant-opportunities?utm_source=chatgpt.com#grants

Project Lead The Way is making grants available to schools interested in adding PLTW Engineering program for the first time in 2025-2026. See full list of programs available at https://www.pltw.org/curriculum

NOTES

PLTW Engineering must be offered to students in the 2025-2026, 2026-2027, and 2027-2028 academic years. Grant awarded schools must:

  • Offer at least one PLTW Engineering course of the school's choosing to students in the 2025-2026 academic year
  • Offer at least two different PLTW Engineering courses of the school's choosing in 2026-2027 academic year.    

Please note, there is no cash value for this grant. If awarded, funds will not be sent directly to the awarded school. Instead, PLTW will directly apply grant awarded items to the school's PLTW account.

Appalachian Kentucky Grants

Steele-Reese Foundation 

$10,000 - $30,000

DEADLINE: 3/3/2025

Link: https://steele-reese.org/what-we-fund/program-areas
https://steele-reese.org/assets/pages/2025_Checklist_for_Website_Steele-Reese.pdf

The highest priority of the Appalachian Kentucky Grant Program is ensuring that children leave the third-grade able to read and write on grade level; and that children leaving middle school can perform mathematics on grade level.


Additional priorities include improving school libraries, providing supplemental materials to aid learning; elementary, middle, and high school programs that improve outcomes for students; support of literacy programs and out-of-school services.

NOTES

The Steele-Reese Foundation has one grant cycle each year. All requests for support must be submitted online via our grant portal. To establish an account, or to access an existing account, click here. You may create an account at any time. Please have contact information, an email address, and your organization’s federal tax ID number available when you register. Once in the online system, please be careful to select the proper application form. The Appalachian Kentucky Grant Program uses two forms: one for public schools and another for all other nonprofit organizations. Applications submitted on an incorrect form may be disqualified.

For Kentucky applicants, the online application form is available in mid-November and must be submitted no later than March 3, 2025, by 11:59 pm Eastern Time. The checklist in Related Resources may help you prepare your proposal.

The Trustees will notify organizations of their decisions no later than August 1, 2025.

Please contact Appalachian Director Judy Owens if you have any questions.

Appalachian Fund

Berea College

$5,000 - $25,000

DEADLINE: Typically annually in October. See website.

Link: Website has not been updated for 2025. Please see https://www.berea.edu/appalachian-fund/application-process

The Berea College Appalachian Fund supports nonprofit organizations working to improve the quality of life in central Appalachia through the priority areas of: health, education, social services, and folk arts and cultures.


Education – Supporting programs that improve access to education as well as programs that serve economically-disadvantaged populations.  There is a strong emphasis on projects serving people in rural areas.

NOTES

Website has not been updated for 2025. Funding requests for 2025 were due by Oct. 28, 2024. Please see https://www.berea.edu/appalachian-fund/application-process

Verizon Foundation Funding 

Verizon

$500 - $5,000.

DEADLINE: See Notes

Link: https://www.verizon.com/about/responsibility/grant-requirements

For education grants, Verizon and Verizon Foundation funding is intended to support projects that promote digital skills development for students and teachers in grades K-12. This includes, for example, summer or afterschool programs in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM), teacher professional development, and research on technology-infused pedagogy. Schools and districts that apply for grants from Verizon and are eligible for the Education Rate (E-Rate) program may not use grant funding to purchase technology hardware (computers, netbooks, laptops, routers), devices (tablets, phones), data or Internet service and access, unless approved by Verizon compliance. New applications are by invitation only. To be considered for an invitation, a school must be classified as not-for profit elementary or secondary school (public or private) and registered with the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES).

NOTES

Contact Krista Bistline at krista.bistline@verizon.com to see if you are eligible to apply. Applications are by invitation only. 

Good Works Program

The Kentucky Colonels 

Small Grant Application:  less than $2,499.00.
Medium Grant Application: between $2,500 and $9,999.00.
Full Grant Application: exceeds $10,000.00

DEADLINE: Varies. Typically Jan-Feb depending on size of grant request.

Link: https://www.kycolonels.org/grant-guidelines/

Since 1951, as an IRS-recognized 501 (c)(3) charity, the Kentucky Colonels has distributed over 8,000 grants to charitable and educational agencies all across Kentucky. For the last dozen years, the Kentucky Colonels’ Board of Trustees has distributed approximately 2.3 million dollars each year, impacting the lives of more than 3.9 million people in and around Kentucky.

NOTES

How to Apply​:
Step 1: Email your Letter of Intent to EPatterson@KyColonels.org.
Step 2: After your Letter of Intent is reviewed, and if approved, you will receive an email with an access code that will grant you access to the available applications.
Step 3: Login or create an account on our Grant Application Portal, click apply, and type in the access code provided.

Community Investment Grants

Marathon Petroleum Corporation 

TBD

DEADLINE: N/A

Link: https://www.marathonpetroleum.com/Sustainability/Community-Investment/

MPC and our employees provide support to 501(c)(3) non-profit and government-related organizations and agencies in the form of Community Investments, sponsorships, local giving grants and workplace giving and volunteerism. Preference is given to communities where the company has a significant operational and employee presence and we strategically focus on three core areas where it can make a positive, measurable impact: workforce development, sustainability and thriving communities.

NOTES

Grant proposals are accepted by invitation. If your organization is selected to apply, you will be contacted directly with steps for accessing the application. If you have not received an invitation and are interested in funding, you may submit an inquiry to your local community relations contact or email communityinvestment@marathonpetroleum.com. Please note,  only a small number of inquiries are invited to submit a proposal. 

Spark Good Local Grant 

Walmart

$250 - $5,000

DEADLINE: Rolling. Typically March 1 – July 15
Aug. 6 – Oct. 15
Nov. 1 – Dec. 31

Link: https://www.walmart.org/how-we-give/program-guidelines/spark-good-local-grants-guidelines

Walmart believes that strengthening local communities creates value for business as well as society. Each year, Walmart U.S. stores, Sam’s Clubs and Distribution Centers award local cash grants ranging from $250 to $5000. These local grants are designed to address the unique needs of the communities where we operate.

NOTES

Grant applications are accepted and reviewed during three submission periods this year. Adjusted deadlines Grant application timelines are as follows:
March 1 – July 15
Aug. 6 – Oct. 15
Nov. 1 – Dec. 31
Organizations may only have a combined total number of 25 submitted and/or approved applications at any given one time for the calendar year, regardless of quarterly submission.
Final decisions on applications submitted within each quarter are made prior to the next quarter’s application opening.
If approved, grant funds are distributed through electronic payment.

Amgen Foundation Grants 

Amgen Foundation 

$TBD

DEADLINE: See Notes 

Link: https://wwwext.amgen.com/responsibility/healthy-society/community-investment/amgen-foundation/amgen-foundation-grants

Amgen Foundation Community grants are offered for science education and community programs.
In the area of community life, the foundation supports programs that align with the overall mission and priority-giving areas in the communities where Amgen has a presence. The foundation's focus is to fund programs that enhance civic engagement by supporting science and education-based initiatives, environmental programs, social services, and culture and arts in an effort to strengthen and enrich communities.

NOTES

Please note that nearly all Amgen Foundation grants are made by invitation. Within the United States and Puerto Rico, we will, however, respectfully contemplate a small number of unsolicited requests for local programs whose work is fully aligned to our strategy to strengthen science education in the communities where Amgen has a presence. Unsolicited requests are only reviewed on a semiannual basis, in March and September. Organizations that choose to submit an Unsolicited Letter of Inquiry must first complete an eligibility quiz before submitting their request. On successful completion, these organizations may only submit one request per year for funding.  The only communities in Kentucky who qualify must be in or around Louisville, KY. 

Student Success Grant 

The NEA Foundation 

up to $5,000

DEADLINE: 2-17-2025

Link: https://www.neafoundation.org/educator-grants-and-fellowships/student-success-grants/

Student Success Grants are available to public school educators, specialized instructional support personnel, and education support professionals who are interested in enhancing students’ learning experiences. We invite applications from educators, specialized instructional support personnel, and education support professionals to:
develop and implement a project that will enhance students’ critical thinking and problem-solving skills; develop and implement a project supporting personalized and experiential learning; support students’ mastery of essential academic content.

NOTES

To receive an application, you must apply on their website. Any questions can be sent to GrantsAndPrograms@nea.org

Hearst Foundations: Education - FY 2024

The Hearst Foundation

$100,000

DEADLINE: Rolling

Link: https://www.hearstfdn.org/education

The Hearst Foundations fund educational institutions demonstrating uncommon success in preparing students to thrive in a global society. The Foundations’ focus is largely on higher education, but they also fund innovative models of early childhood and K-12 education, as well as professional development.  Preference will be given to:

  • Higher education programs and scholarships and, on a limited basis, scholarships for post-graduate education
  • College access and college success programming
    Professional development for educators
  • Science education programs that focus on developing career pathways in science, technology, engineering, environment and math
    Programs educating the next generation of health professionals, such as nursing and mental health

NOTES

Funding Priorities in Education
The Hearst Foundations are only able to fund approximately 25% of all grant requests, of which about 80% is directed to prior grantees and about 20% is targeted for new grantees.

In the recent past, 30% of total funding has been allocated to Education. Organizations with budgets over $10 million have received 80% of the funding in Education.

FY25 Equipment Assistance Grant 

Kentucky Department of Education 

Up to $25,000

DEADLINE: 1/31/25

Link: RFA FY25 Equipment Assistance Grant

The Division of School and Community Nutrition is making available the FY24 Equipment Assistance grant.  The competition is open to School Food Authorities (public schools/districts, private schools, residential childcare institutions) that participate in the National School Lunch Program that are at least 50% or above F/R.  Funds may be used to purchase new equipment, renovation of equipment, or replacement of equipment.
Previously awarded districts may apply.  

NOTES

No grant will be awarded for greater than $25,000 per school. The SFA must have the ability to complete its procurement and expenditure activities by the end of FFY26 (September 30, 2026).

The Kentucky Century Community Learning Centers Grant Awards (CCLC)

Kentucky Department of Education 

For current information check: https://www.education.ky.gov/districts/fin/Pages/State-Grants.aspx

The grants support the creation of community learning centers that:

  • Provide Academic Enrichment: Help students meet state and local academic standards, particularly in reading, math, and science.
  • Offer Enrichment Activities: Provide activities such as arts, STEM, sports, and cultural programs to enhance overall student engagement.
  • Support Family Engagement: Offer literacy and educational services to families of participating students to foster a supportive home environment for learning.

The Kentucky Stronger Connections Grant 

Kentucky Department of Education 

$14m allocated, individual amounts vary. 

DEADLINE: Applications accepted until September 30, 2026

Link: https://www.education.ky.gov/school/Pages/Stronger-Connections-Grant.aspx?

The Kentucky Stronger Connections Grant (SCG) is a program administered by the Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) aimed at fostering safe, healthy, and supportive learning environments in schools across the state. Funded through the federal Bipartisan Safer Communities Act (BSCA), the SCG provides financial resources to high-need local educational agencies (LEAs) for implementing evidence-based strategies that enhance school safety and climate.

NOTES

For questions related to the application process please contact Jennifer.bryant@education.ky.gov.

FY25 Kentucky AED Grant 

Kentucky Department of Education 

$2,000

DEADLINE: 2/28/2025

Link: RFA FY25 AED Grant

Finance and Operations is issuing a Request for Application (RFA) for Kentucky public school districts, to include the Kentucky School for the Blind and the Kentucky School for the Deaf. In 2024, Kentucky’s General Assembly allocated funding to be used for the purchase of Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) as found in HB 1(page 22). This funding will assist to increase the quantity of functional devices across the Commonwealth in the event of a cardiac arrest emergencies on school property.

The Kentucky AED Grant will assist districts with the purchase of new devices when none are presently available; replace AEDs which are more than 8 years old; and to increase the inventory of such devices all for the purpose of improving survival rates in the event of a cardiac event.

NOTES

Email questions to kderfp@education.ky.gov

The Les Paul Foundation Grants

The Les Paul Foundation

$1500-$2000

DEADLINE: 04/01/2025 and 09/15/2025

Link: https://www.les-paul.com/the-foundation/#grants

The purpose of this program is to inspire innovative and creative thinking by sharing the legacy of Les Paul through support of music education, recording, innovation, and medical research related to hearing. Funds will be provided to nonprofit organizations and schools for the following:

  • Projects that encourage innovation in music production and/or performance
    Innovative science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) and science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics (STEAM) programming for students and others in challenging situations
  • Medical research related to curing tinnitus and hearing impairment issues
    Public exhibits presenting Les Paul's life and achievements

NOTES

Email questions to info@lespaulfoundation.org

Large Federal Grants

Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Directorate for STEM Education (IUSE: EDU) - FY 2025

U.S. National Science Foundation

$Varies

01/15/2025 (Multiple)*

https://grants.gov/search-results-detail/344124

The purpose of this program is to bring recent advances in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) knowledge into undergraduate education, that adapt, improve, and incorporate evidence-based practices into STEM teaching and learning, and that lay the groundwork for institutional improvement in STEM education. Funding will support projects that implement evidence-based and knowledge-generating approaches to understand and improve STEM learning and learning environments, improve the diversity of STEM students and majors, and prepare STEM majors for the workforce.


Discovery Research PreK-12

National Science Foundation

$Varies - see notes

Deadline: 11/12/25

Link: https://new.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/drk-12-discovery-research-prek-12

The goal of the Discovery Research PreK-12 program (DRK-12) is to catalyze research and development that enhances all preK-12 teachers' and students' opportunities to engage in high-quality learning experiences related to STEM. The program's objectives are to: 

1) Build knowledge about how to develop preK-12 students' and teachers' STEM content knowledge, practices and skills; 

2) support collaborative partnerships among STEM education researchers, STEM education practitioners and school leaders with the goals of extending relevant scientific literatures while developing more effective practice; and 

3)build the field of STEM education by supporting knowledge syntheses, interdisciplinary interactions across fields and stakeholders, and the development of novel and robust ways of assesing teacher and student learning engagement and skills.

Notes

1) Level 1 projects up to $450,000   2) Level 2 projects up to $3,000,000   3) Level 3 projects up to $5,000,000   

Partnerships for Opportunity and Workforce and Economic Revitalization (POWER)

Appalachian Regional Commission

Planning Grant- up to $50k. Implementation Grant- up to $1.5M over 3 years.

Deadline: anticipated Spring each year

https://www.arc.gov/arcs-power-initiative/

The Partnerships for Opportunity and Workforce and Economic Revitalization (POWER)  Initiative makes available federal resources to help communities and regions affected by job  losses in coal mining, coal power plant operations, and coal-related supply chain or logistics  industries due to the changing economics of America’s energy production and the coal  economy. POWER supports efforts to create a more vibrant economic future for coal impacted communities by cultivating economic diversity, enhancing job training and reemployment opportunities, creating jobs in existing or new industries, and attracting new  sources of investment. One of the priorities is: Fostering Entrepreneurial Activities, which includes: (a) access to capital, (b) creation, support, and growth of entrepreneurial ecosystems, (c) Development and deployment of entrepreneurship education programs.

Notes

Requires a match based on the level of distress in the counties served. Most KY counties require an 80/20 cost share. This grant is for projects affecting multiple Appalachian counties, so would need to be part of a larger regional project.

Dynamic Language Infrastructure-NEH, DLI_DEL

National Science Foundation

Up to $450,000

2/18/2025

https://new.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/dli-del-nsf-dynamic-language-infrastructure-neh-documenting

The purpose of this program is to support projects that will develop and advance knowledge concerning dynamic language infrastructure in the context of endangered human languages that are both understudied and at risk of falling out of use. This program is intended not only to acquire scientific data that will soon be unobtainable by the imminent loss of roughly half of the approximately 7,000 currently used languages in the world, but also to integrate, systematize, and make the resulting linguistic findings widely available by exploiting advances in information technology.

This program will support projects that contribute to data management and archiving, and to the development of the next generation of researchers. Funding may support fieldwork and other activities relevant to the digital recording, documenting, analyzing, and archiving of endangered languages, including the preparation of lexicons, grammars, text samples, and databases. Funding will be provided as senior research awards and conference awards.

Eddie Bernice Johnson-Inclusion across the Nation of Communities of Learners of Underrepresented Discoverers in Engineering and Science, Includes Initiative FY2025

National Science Foundation

Up to $2 million

05/13/2025 and 10/28/2025

https://new.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/nsfs-eddie-bernice-johnson-inclusion-across-nation

The purpose of this program is to enhance U.S. leadership in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) discovery and innovation, and focus on the funding agency's commitment to ensuring accessibility and inclusivity in STEM fields. The vision of this program is to catalyze the STEM enterprise to work collaboratively for inclusive change, resulting in a STEM workforce that reflects the diversity of the nation's population. More specifically, this program is intended to motivate and accelerate collaborative infrastructure building to advance equity and sustain systemic change to broaden participation in STEM fields at scale.

Smart & Connected Communities

National Science Foundation

An estimated $23.26 million is expected to be available to support approximately 20 to 40 awards through this program. 

Deadline: Multiple beginning 2/20/2025

https://new.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/scc-smart-connected-communities/nsf25-527/solicitation

The purpose of this program is to accelerate the creation of novel intelligent technologies and concepts through high-risk/high-reward research that addresses major challenges and issues faced by communities across the United States in their efforts to synergistically integrate intelligent technologies with the natural and built environments and with the functions of civic institutions and organizations. Proposed projects should be designed to advance economic opportunity and growth; safety and security; human and environmental health and wellness; accessibility of critical services and resources; and/or the overall quality of life for those who live, work, learn, or travel with each community. The funding agency expects researchers to work with community stakeholders to identify and define challenges communities face, using that interaction and input to generate high-impact, use-inspired, basic research that advances science and engineering.

Racial Equity in STEM Education

National Science Foundation

Up to $5,000,000

Deadline: 10/14/2025

https://new.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/edu-racial-equity-racial-equity-stem-education/506103/nsf22-634/solicitation

The purpose of this program is to support bold, groundbreaking, and potentially transformative projects that contribute to advancing racial equity in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education and workforce development through practice and/or fundamental or applied research. All proposed projects must conceptualize systemic racism within the context of their proposal and describe how the proposed work will advance scholarship of racial equity and address systemic racism. All projects must have a knowledge-generation component.

Projects must be led by or in authentic partnership with those who experience inequities caused by systemic racism. Projects must center the voices, knowledge, and experiences of those who experience inequities caused by systemic racism.

Hispanic-Serving Institutions: Equitable Transformation in STEM Education (ETSE)

National Science Foundation

An estimated $20 million is expected to be available to support an estimated 11 to 17 awards through this program
Deadline: 8/27/2025

https://new.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/hispanic-serving-institutions-equitable-transformation-stem

The purpose of this program is to accelerate improvements in the quality and effectiveness of undergraduate education in all science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields, including the learning, social, behavioral, and economic sciences. The program supports initiatives to enhance the quality of undergraduate STEM education and increase the recruitment, retention, and graduation rates of students pursuing associate's or baccalaureate degrees in STEM at colleges that have been designated as Hispanic-serving institutions (HSIs). Funding is intended to build capacity at HSIs. Building capacity should involve developing structures that foster student and/or faculty growth while meeting the students where they are in their college careers academically, financially, and socially. Institutional structures may also include sociocultural supports and collaborative processes that promote effective learning environments and inclusiveness, as well as mechanisms to support students' personal development and professional learning.

Women and Minorities in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Fields Program (WAMS)

USDA

$25,000min/$200,000max

Deadline: 2/27/2025

https://www.nifa.usda.gov/grants/funding-opportunities/women-minorities-science-technology-engineering-mathematics-fields

The purpose of this program is to increase the number of women and under-represented minorities from rural areas who will pursue and complete a postsecondary degree in the STEM disciplines. Funding will be provided to support integrated education/teaching and extension/outreach projects to address educational needs within the broadly defined areas of food and agricultural sciences and their allied disciplines.

Foundations and Corporations

Kloiber Foundation

Geographic Location: Lexington, KY

$7.6k - $150k

Deadline: N/A

The Kloiber Foundation is committed to providing students and educators with technology and programs that enhance learning outcomes. With a focus on science, our strategic grants strive to engage and empower students while preparing them for a promising and exciting future.

Contact

Telephone: 859-334-0338
E-mail: deborah.slone@kloiberfoundation.org

Marksbury Family Foundation 

Geographic Location: Kentucky

$75,000

Deadline:9/15/2025

https://marksburyfamilyfoundation.org/

Currently we are interested in innovative projects that result in sustainable and measurable growth for individuals, communities, and local economies. While traditionally focused on Central Kentucky, we are broadening our search to also include Eastern Kentucky and Charleston, SC. We are seeking to partner and collaborate with leading non-profit organizations to either design new, financially self-sustaining projects or expand proven, high-quality programs into new geographical territories.

Contact

marksburyfoundation@gmail.com

Foundation for Appalachian Kentucky

Geographic Location: Eastern Kentucky

https://www.appalachianky.org/communities/

The Foundation for Appalachian Kentucky strengthens leadership by eliminating barriers to growth. Our supported communities are called affiliates.  Affiliates include Breathitt • Clinton • Floyd • Jackson • Johnson • Knott • Leslie • Letcher • Perry • Pikeville • Red River Gorge • Upper Cumberland

Contact

Contact varies depending on county you live in. 

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If you’re an organization in Appalachia looking for resources to build your capacity, the READY Nonprofits program offers training, technical assistance, funding, and more.
February 14, 2024
3
min read
Funding , Technical Assistance

USDA Resource Guide for Rural Workforce Development

The USDA Resource Guide for Rural Workforce Development is a great tool for planning workforce development projects. The guide covers 4 major assistance areas and includes recommended practices, sample success stories, and a list of USDA resources, including grants, for each. Additionally, the guide includes a list of resources in other federal agency programs and contact information for the USDA departments.
December 4, 2023
1
min read
Reusable resource

SAM Registration - Dealing with Entity Validation Hurdles

Organization wishing to pursue federal grant funding must first complete SAM Registration. We've found that some rural organizations run into challenges with the registration process regarding their entity validation. Here is a guide to dealing with some of the most frequent issues.
June 13, 2023
5
min read
How To

Finding Supporting Statistics for Grant Proposals: KY STATS Webinar

Trouble finding data to support your grant application? Watch this demonstration webinar and learn how to access Kentucky-specific data from the Kentucky Center for Statistics (KYSTATS). In this special webinar, Jessica Fletcher, MPA, shares how KYSTATS data and research can be useful in developing grant applications.
February 28, 2024
5
min read
Webinar Recording

Problem Properties: Funding and TA for Blighted and Underutilized Sites (Brownfields)

If your organization is working to address a brownfield site in your community, the federal government has an unprecedented amount of grant funding available for brownfield related projects through the EPA. Additionally, the state of Kentucky has a wealth of training and technical assistance as well as funding available to brownfield projects.
October 9, 2023
7
min read
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The Energy Communities Clearinghouse

Your Coal and Power Plant Community Funding Resource
The Energy Communities Clearinghouse is a database of federal funding relevant to coal, oil and gas, and power plant communities across the country. Learn how to use this tool to tap into $Billions of federal funding.
January 23, 2025
3
min read
Finding Funding