Healthy Kids Grants

With support from the Chin Family Charitable Fund and the J.O.Y. Charitable Fund, donor established funds with the Community Foundation, Healthy Kids Grants are made each year to individual public schools in Northern Virginia that implement a program or strategy to encourage better nutrition or more activity among their student body during the school year.

Healthy Kids Grants are possible through support from The Permanent Fund for Northern Virginia, our endowment supporting critical need throughout the region.  Make a donation today.
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NEW OPPORTUNITY!

Healthy Kids Round Two Grants Focused on Mental Health are now available!  Applications will open on August 15th.

The Community Foundation's report, Finding our Way Back to Mental Health, revealed that 22 percent of parents reported overall worsened mental or emotional health for their school-age children. Globally, rates of depression and anxiety for children and youth have doubled from their pre-pandemic levels.

Therefore, in 2022 a second round of Healthy Kids Grants up to $2,000 each are available to individual public schools in Northern Virginia that implement a program or strategy to support students' mental health and well being during the school year. The grants are awarded in a competitive grant process.

The first round of funding to support more physical activity and encourage better nutrition has closed, and applications are under review.

Learn More & Apply

Grant Application Portal

To apply, update, or submit a grant application, access the grants portal here:
Grants Portal

You will be instructed to set up an organizational profile before applying. If your organization has applied in the past, check with other staff members to get access to the organization profile already established. It contains grant history and past applications. Please do not set up a new profile unless you are sure your organization has not applied previously.

Who can apply?

• Public elementary, middle and high schools located in Northern Virginia are all eligible to apply.
• Schools are limited to one application each year. Multiple applications will not be considered.
• Applications that are incomplete or late will not be considered.

Timeline for mental health grants process

August 15, 2022	Application period opens
October 3, 5 pm	Application period closed
November 1, 2022	Decisions made