Resources for Nonprofits

Greater Rochester Health Foundation funding opportunities, including our RAPID RESPONSE FUND are posted on our How to Apply page. Visit our Other Funding page to find a curated list and other grant databases that may have funding opportunities that align with your organization’s mission.

If your organization is dealing with a loss of federal funds, the following national grant opportunities may be helpful: 

• Emergent Fund grants
  The Emergent Fund is a participatory grant-making group that provides rolling, no-strings-attached rapid response grants to organizations for urgent and unanticipated crises, particularly for grassroots groups led by Black, Indigenous, and people of color. Late last year, the group joined with the Transgender Law Center to launch a separate Action for Transformation Fund with the goal of providing $1 million in rapid response grants to trans-led organizations amid a growing backlash to efforts to advance transgender rights. The Action for Transformation Fund is a pilot that will provide one-time grants of $5,000 to $20,000.

• The Fortitude Fund at the Pride Foundation
  The fund aims to provide flexible grants of $10,000 to $50,000 to LGBTQ organizations affected by the policies of the administration, state-level legislation, and the “broader cultural realities these factors are creating,” according to the Pride Foundation website.

• Four Freedoms Fund’s Immigration Frontlines Fund
  Four Freedoms is a funder collaborative launched more than 20 years ago by NEO Philanthropy, which aims to raise $10 million this year to advocate for and protect immigrant communities.

• Impact Fund rapid response grants
  These grants of up to $10,000 are specifically for “sudden out-of-pocket” litigation expenses related to public interest impact lawsuits in the areas of economic, environmental, racial, and social justice.
• The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Rapid Response: Reinvesting in Racial and Indigenous Health Equity Research is a call for proposals offering up to $5 million in funding to sustain impactful racial and Indigenous health equity research disrupted by federal funding shifts. Individual grants range from $50,000 to $200,000 over a maximum of 24 months, providing a critical bridge for community-centered, action-oriented investigations. Application Deadline: October 1, 2025, by 3 p.m. EDT; apply through the RWJF online portal here: Rapid Response: Reinvesting in Racial and Indigenous Health Equity Research.