Funding Opportunities
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OVC FY 2026 Enhanced Collaborative Model (ECM) Task Force to Combat Human Trafficking
Application Deadline: October 20, 2026
This opportunity supports jurisdictions in developing and expanding a multidisciplinary, collaborative task force approach to better respond to human trafficking through increased victim identification, service provision, and case investigations.
OVC FY 2026 Improving Outcomes for Child and Youth Victims of Human Trafficking
Application Deadline: October 21, 2026
The purpose of this program is to improve outcomes for children and youth who are victims of human trafficking by integrating human trafficking policy and programming at the state or Tribal level and enhancing coordinated, multidisciplinary, and statewide approaches to all forms of trafficking as defined by 22 U.S.C. § 7102(11).
U.S. Department of Justice FY26 Coordinated Tribal Assistance Solicitation
Application Deadline: October 22, 2026
This funding opportunity will support federally recognized tribes and tribal consortia to develop a comprehensive and coordinated approach to improve public safety and victim services in tribal communities. Many of DOJ’s existing tribal government-specific programs are included in and available through this single coordinated funding opportunity.
OJJDP FY 2026 Missing and Exploited Children Training and Technical Assistance
Application Deadline: November 5, 2026
This opportunity will build the capacity of state, Tribal, and local agencies to effectively investigate and prosecute cases of missing and exploited children. The program provides assistance to multidisciplinary teams of prosecutors, state and local law enforcement, child protection personnel, medical providers, and other child-serving professionals to strengthen multidisciplinary responses to cases of missing and exploited children and improve the investigation and prosecution of perpetrators.
OJJDP FY 2026 Strengthening Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Technological Investigative Capacity
Application Deadline: November 5, 2026
This opportunity will increase the technological investigative capacity and associated training of ICAC task force personnel nationwide through the development, refinement, and advancement of widely used investigative tools, methods, and technologies that address child sexual abuse material (CSAM), exploitation, and sex trafficking.
OJJDP FY 2026 Victims of Child Abuse Act Training and Technical Assistance for Child Abuse Professionals
Application Deadline: November 5, 2026
This opportunity will support a national training and technical assistance program for child abuse professionals to enhance coordinated, multidisciplinary investigations and responses to child abuse and increase the quality of intervention and treatment services available to child abuse victims.
OJJDP FY 2026 Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force Program Support
Application Deadline: November 9, 2026
This opportunity supports a national network of 61 multiagency, multijurisdictional task forces engaged in investigations, forensic examinations, and prosecutions related to technology-facilitated child sexual exploitation. Funds will support activities that enhance training access, expand prevention and outreach capabilities, advance the National Strategy for Child Exploitation Prevention and Interdiction, and improve collaboration among ICAC task forces.
NIJ FY 2026 Research and Evaluation on Human Trafficking
Application Deadline: November 23, 2026
This opportunity supports proposals for rigorous research and evaluation projects to better understand, respond to, and reduce Human Trafficking in the United States in three areas: (1) prevention, including justice system and other initiatives to prevent trafficking in the first place or to prevent further harm after it has occurred, (2) evaluation of federal policies that may have the unintended consequence of perpetuating or increasing human trafficking, and (3) applied research and program evaluations that directly support effective services for American victims
NIJ FY 2026 Research and Evaluation on Justice System Responses to Illegal Immigration
Application Deadline: November 23, 2026
This opportunity supports proposals for rigorous, applied research and evaluations examining the adult criminal justice system (courts, law enforcement, jails, prisons, and community supervision) challenges and responses to illegal immigration and crimes committed by aliens while in the U.S. illegally at the state, local, and tribal levels.
OJJDP FY 2026 Expanding Youth Access to Community-Based Treatment
Application Deadline: November 23, 2026
This opportunity will fund community-based treatment programs serving youth with substance use disorders (SUD) and co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders (MHSUD). Selected community-based programs will develop or expand cross-system approaches to improve responses and outcomes for youth with SUDs and MHSUDs who are at risk of or have already been in the juvenile justice system by increasing access to community-based treatment, as appropriate, to address their substance use and mental health needs to prevent reoffending and recidivism.
OJJDP FY 2026 Internet Crimes Against Children On-Line Child Protection System (ICACCOPS)
Application Deadline: November 23, 2026
This opportunity supports maintenance of and enhancements to the Internet Crimes Against Children On-line Child Protection System (ICACCOPS) investigative tools. ICACCOPS is a system that provides a common information technology infrastructure for child exploitation and child sexual abuse material (CSAM) investigative tools and services.
OJJDP FY 2026 Strategies To Support Children Exposed to Violence
Application Deadline: November 23, 2026
This opportunity will support the implementation of violent crime reduction strategies focused on violent juvenile offenders and improving communities' ability to help children exposed to violence in their homes, schools, and communities.
Horowitz Foundation for Social Policy Awards
Application Deadline: December 1, 2026
Each year, 20 scholars receive a $10,000 award to advance their dissertation research. Special awards are also presented for the most innovative approach in theory or methodology and for the overall most outstanding project. Applicants must be current PhD candidates with an approved dissertation proposal.
OVC FY 2026 Specialized Human Trafficking Assistance: Task Forces and Legal Services
Application Deadline: December 8, 2026
This opportunity will assist OVC-funded multidisciplinary anti-trafficking task forces and teams (MDTs) and legal service providers by offering specialized training to ensure successful outcomes for victims of human trafficking, as defined by 22 U.S.C. § 7102(11).
Arise Foundation Anti-Slavery Prevention Grants
Rolling Deadline
Arise Foundation provides small and medium grants for locally led organizations preventing modern slavery and human trafficking in India, the Philippines, Albania, or Nigeria.
Costco Wholesale Charitable Contributions Grant
Rolling Deadline
Costco Wholesale’s primary charitable efforts specifically focus on programs supporting children, education, and health and human services in the communities where we do business. Throughout the year we receive a large number of requests from nonprofit organizations striving to make a positive impact, and we are thankful to be able to provide support to a variety of organizations and causes.
Creag Foundation Grant
Rolling Deadline
The Creag Foundation is focused on innovation in the industry. We will consider proposals from 501(c)(3) organizations that are finding new ways to address societal issues facing the nonprofit community. Applications to the Creag Foundation are by invitation only. If you believe that your organization fits our funding criteria, you are welcome to submit a letter of inquiry.
Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation
Rolling Deadline
DRK Foundation funds early-stage social impact organizations solving the world’s biggest social and environmental problems using bold, scalable approaches. Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation accepts applications for funding year round. Completing an application is the first step of our process and allows us to get to know you and your social enterprise so we can begin assessing your organization’s alignment with our funding thesis.
Edge Fund
Rolling Deadline
Edge Fund began from the ground up as a participatory grantmaking fund in 2012. The people who set it up had experience as activists or funders, and many as both. If community organising and community development could involve the people affected by decisions, then why couldn’t funding happen the same way? The capitalist system and the culture surrounding it creates winners and losers. It’s time for the voices of those who have been oppressed and marginalised. If we continue to leave decisions about funding to those who hold the wealth and power, real system change will not occur.
Hearst Foundation: Social Service Grant
Rolling Deadline
The Hearst Foundations fund direct-service organizations that tackle the roots of chronic poverty by applying effective solutions to the most challenging social and economic problems. The Foundations prioritize supporting programs that have proven successful in facilitating economic independence and in strengthening families. Preference is also given to programs with the potential to scale productive practices in order to reach more people in need.
National Lottery Heritage Grants
Rolling Deadline
National Lottery Heritage Grants is our funding programme for all types of heritage projects in the UK. They fund projects that value, care for and sustain heritage for everyone across the UK, now and in the future. Heritage can mean different things to different people. It can be anything from the past that you value and want to pass on to future generations. This could include nature and habitats, historic buildings and environments, or cultures, traditions and people’s memories.
Oak Foundation
Rolling Deadline
The Oak Foundation provides grants to not-for-profit organisations across the globe that aim to make the world a safer, fairer, and more sustainable place to live.
Redeeming Love Foundation Grants
Rolling Deadline (January 30, April 24, July 31, and October 30)
The Redeeming Love Foundation financially supports non-profit organizations who work to prevent trafficking and help survivors of sex trafficking and abuse.
Rotary Club to End Human Trafficking (RCEHT) Foundation Grant
Rolling Deadline
The Rotary Club to End Human Trafficking (RCEHT) Foundation provides financial support to non-profit organizations and projects that are making a difference in the fight against human trafficking. Our Foundation funds projects that have the greatest reach, impact the greatest number of people, can be replicated and offer collaborative opportunities. Our priority order for funding is: Economic development, advocacy, education, and then awareness initiatives. Applications are reviewed by the Programs & Projects committee with recommendations going to the Club and Foundation Boards.
Slave 2 Nothing Foundation Grants
Rolling Deadline
One of the primary ways the Slave 2 Nothing Foundation advances its mission is through grantmaking. We prioritize nonprofit organizations that demonstrate a strong commitment to addressing substance abuse and human trafficking through direct service and impactful outcomes. Our grant program is competitive and operates on an invitation-only basis. Following an initial vetting process, selected organizations are invited to submit formal funding proposals. We focus on building trusted partnerships with organizations whose work aligns with our mission, goals, and approach.
The Cowles Charitable Trust Grants
Rolling Deadline (March 1, June 1, September 1, December 1)
This mission of the The Cowles Charitable Trust is to continue and further the philanthropic legacy of Gardner Cowles, Jr. and the Cowles family, which includes promotion of education, social justice, health, and the arts. The Trust Board of Trustees meets four times a year in January, April, July and October to consider grant requests.
TJX Foundation Grants
Rolling Deadline
Our mission is to provide great value to our communities by helping vulnerable families and children access the resources and opportunities they need to build a better future. Accepting letters of inquiry from nonprofits seeking grant support in the following areas only: 1) basic needs (food, clothing, and shelter), 2) access to opportunities outside of school that enable school success for at-risk youth (pre-kindergarten to grade 12), 3) workforce readiness training for at-risk youth (ages 16-24), and 4) safety from domestic violence (shelter, prevention, and services).
Tony Robbins Foundation Grants
Rolling Deadline
Dedicated to meeting challenges within the global community, creating solutions and taking action, The Tony Robbins Foundation provides monetary donations to various organizations around the world. Funding requests are evaluated on an ongoing basis. We look for organizations that align with our mission to empower individuals and organizations to make a significant difference in the quality of life of those often forgotten.
W.K. Kellogg Foundation
Rolling Deadline
We accept applications at any time. There are no deadlines or specific grantmaking cycles.
To help you get to know us better, we recommend our Who We Are and Priorities pages to give you sense of our mission, history and grantmaking priorities. We also encourage you to visit our DNA page, which details how the foundation’s commitments to advancing racial equity and racial healing, to developing leaders and to authentically engaging communities are part of everything we do, and everything we fund.
The information on the tabs that follow will help you know what to expect as you apply for a grant. We are always looking for creative ideas from organizations seeking to create lasting, transformational change for children.