Discover disaster relief, recovery, and emergency assistance grants for crises such as floods, hurricanes, tornadoes, fires, and transportation accidents. Funding supports response efforts and rebuilding after a disaster. Additional grants fund preparedness programs and services for affected individuals, communities, and organizations.
Filter this list of disaster relief grants above by recipient type, location, and funding source to find opportunities for response, recovery, or preparedness projects. GrantWatch helps organizations manage the entire funding process, from grant prospecting to post-award reporting, with tools such as the Grant Prospecting Dashboard, Grant Funding Pipeline, GrantWatch Intelligence™, and the AI Grant Writing Tool - built for time-sensitive disaster relief applications.
Grants to Minnesota organizations for projects that benefit communities within the funder's service territory. Focus areas include youth, educational scholarship programs, cultural programs, environmental education, hardship relief, and activities to improve the l...
Cooperative agreements to USA nonprofit organizations, government entities, and IHEs to develop local capacity to mitigate the risk of wildfires. Funding is intended for initiatives to reduce hazardous fuels, increase training and education, complete assessments, ...
Grants to USA and territories government agencies for projects to restore and improve hazardous dams. Applicants are advised that required registrations may take several weeks to complete. Grant funds may be requested either for projects that are construction-read...
Grants to USA, Canada, and International charities for programs that align with the funding source's focus areas. Projects and programs may focus on one of the following areas: disaster response, health and longevity, financial protection, opportunity pipeline, an...
Grants to Minnesota nonprofit organizations for projects and programs to benefit local communities in eligible regions. Projects should fit in one or more of the focus areas of community service, economic development, education, youth, environment, and disaster re...
Cooperative Agreements to USA hospitals and health systems to develop children's disaster care centers. Applicants must complete registrations before applying. Funding is intended to enhance the ability and capacity to care for pediatric patients requiring disaste...
Cooperative agreements to USA and territories tribal organizations and state agencies to support elderly populations impacted by natural disasters. Applicants are advised that required registrations may take several weeks to complete. Funding is intended for purpo...
Grants to Minnesota organizations to address urgent and unexpected needs. Funding is intended to respond to environmental concerns that pose a threat to residents or national resources. Proposals must describe the issue that affects or threatens to affect the stat...
Grants to Iowa and Minnesota nonprofit organizations for projects and programs to benefit local communities in eligible regions. Funding is intended for activities in the focus areas of community service, economic development, education and youth, the environment,...
Grants of $500 to USA, Canada, and International fantasy and science fiction writers for assistance in times of crisis. Funding is intended to provide emergency support to speculative story writers. The goal of the funding program is to help creators of fantasy, s...
Grants to USA and territories faith-based organizations, government agencies, and tribes to improve safety and prevent hate crimes at religious facilities. Applicants are advised that required registrations may take several weeks to complete. Funding is intended f...
Grants to Minnesota nonprofit organizations, government organizations, and schools for projects to benefit the community in eligible locations. Projects should align with the following areas of focus: disaster relief, economic development, community service, envir...
Grants to USA, Canada, and UK nonprofit organizations for programs that help local communities. Funding is intended for a variety of activities that expand equitable access to STEM learning, enhance community green spaces and nature, and support efforts to reduce ...
Grants to USA city, township, county, and state government agencies to install bollards. Applicants are advised that the required registrations must be completed before applying. The purpose of the grant program is to mitigate acts of terrorism and injuries in are...
Grants of up to $2,500 to Minnesota nonprofit organizations for community programs and services in eligible regions. Funding is intended for the priority focus areas of education, environment, community service, and youth. Programmatic expenses and capital project...
Grants of $500 to Minnesota artists for urgent financial needs as a result of a natural disaster or professional or personal emergency. Funding is intended to mitigate the loss of income or cover unexpected expenses. Eligible applicants are located in the seven me...
Grants to Minnesota nonprofit organizations for community programs and projects in eligible regions. Funding is intended for activities to enhance the local quality of life. Previous grants include support for emergency services, food shelves, shelters, disaster r...
Grants of up to $10,000 to Minnesota and Wisconsin nonprofit organizations to enhance the local quality of life in eligible locations. Funding is intended to support projects in the areas of economic development, community service, environment, education and youth...
Grants of $500 to Minnesota artists, arts educators, culture bearers and other individuals engaged in creative practices in eligible regions to mitigate losses due to unexpected circumstances. Funding is intended to help meet urgent needs and offer relief during c...
In-kind grants of volunteer services to USA nonprofit and faith-based organizations, government entities, tribal governments, public schools, and universities in multiple states to benefit local communities. Applicants must contact staff before applying. The purpo...
Cooperative agreements to USA government agencies, IHEs, nonprofit organizations, and tribal entities for research projects to understand wildfire risk factors and the impacts of smoke from prescribed fire. Applicants are advised that required registrations may ta...
Grants to USA nonprofit organizations in multiple states and locations for programs that benefit local residents. Funding is intended for projects and activities that focus on nutrition and food security; military service members, veterans, and first responders; c...
Grants to Minnesota nonprofit organizations for community service projects and programs in eligible locations. Funding is intended for programs related to economic development, education and youth, the environment, disaster relief, emergency energy assistance, and...
Cooperative agreements to USA and territories nonprofit organizations, government agencies, qualifying tribes, and redevelopment agencies for programs that train unemployed residents to work in the environmental field. Applicants are advised that required registra...
Grants to Minnesota nonprofit, community, and civic organizations for projects to improve the quality of life in eligible counties. Funding is intended for the focus areas of education and youth, community service, environment, disaster relief, emergency energy as...
Grants to USA and Puerto Rico nonprofit organizations and government agencies to support entities that shelter animals and perform adoptions of companion animals. Applicants must show a high level of organizational performance and significant impact to be consider...
Grants of up to $5,000, grants of up to $15,000, and grants of up to $25,000 to North Dakota, Minnesota, and Wisconsin nonprofit organizations for programs to benefit rural communities in the funding source's service area. Funding is intended to support projects a...
Grants to USA food producers in multiple states to mitigate the financial damage caused by natural disasters in 2023 and 2024. Funding is intended to provide disaster relief funds to producers who suffered a decline in revenue, production, or quality of their tree...
Grants to USA nonprofit organizations to address critical needs in eligible communities. Funding is intended for health and wellness, hunger, education, and disaster relief programs. Requests may also be made in the areas of environmental causes, critical communit...
Grants to USA, Canada, and International eligible districts for capital projects that address health, human services, and other critical needs in local communities. Funding is intended to support infrastructure and equipment for projects that improve the well-bein...
Grants to Minnesota nonprofit organizations, schools, and emergency services to address the educational, charitable, and emergency needs of residents in eligible counties. Occasionally, support is also given to individuals experiencing personal hardship, medical e...
Grants to Minnesota nonprofit organizations for charitable projects that support communities in the funder's service area. Funding is intended for a wide range of worthwhile projects, including youth programs, educational scholarships, food shelves, hospice, medic...
Grants of up to $3,000 to USA and territories professional dancers for support in facing financial challenges caused by circumstances beyond their control. Eligible uses of funding include expenses related to food, housing, medical, transportation, and other essen...
Grants to USA nonprofit organizations for programs and projects in the areas of disease research, wounded veterans, disaster relief, and support for the public broadcasting system. In the focus area of disease research, funding is intended to support activities to...
Grants of $500 to Minnesota artists and creative practitioners in eligible regions to address sudden urgent needs. Funding is intended to provide relief from financial challenges due to unexpected circumstances related to healthcare, housing, transportation, incom...
Grants to central Minnesota nonprofit and for-profit organizations for a broad range of activities to benefit residents in the funding source's service area. Past grants have supported organizations serving the community in the areas of nutrition, seniors, youth, ...
In-kind donations of gift cards valued at up to $10,000 to USA nonprofit organizations and Title I schools in multiple states to meet the basic needs of individuals. Applicants must specify how and when gift cards will be distributed directly to needy individuals ...
Grants to USA and territories nonprofits, Tribes, IHEs, and state and local governments to create and implement community-based projects that utilize volunteer workers. Applicants must complete required registrations before applying. Funding is intended for progra...
Grants of up to $50,000 and grants of up to $65,000 to USA early-career researchers to conduct research focusing on the social sciences. Applicants must register in the grant portal prior to applying. The purpose of the program is to support research that identifi...
Grants to Minnesota nonprofit organizations for community service programs in eligible locations. Funding is intended for programs in the focus areas of community service, education and youth, community economic assistance, environment, emergency energy assistanc...
Grants of up to $10,000 to USA nonprofit organizations, public schools, and libraries to support charitable causes. Funding is intended for, but not limited to the focus areas of human services, disaster relief, and the environment. The Foundation accepts both pro...
Grants to Minnesota nonprofit organizations to benefit communities in eligible locations. Funding is intended for projects and activities in the focus areas of economic development, community service, education, youth, environment, and disaster relief. Eligible pr...
Grants of $500 to Minnesota artists in eligible regions to provide relief from emergency-related loss. Funding is intended to provide short-term assistance to individual artists who face urgent situations related to healthcare, housing, transportation, income, pro...
Grants to Minnesota nonprofit organizations, including schools, fire departments, and agricultural societies, for projects and programs to address community needs in eligible regions. Priority areas of focus include disaster relief, environment, economic developme...
Grants of up to $10,000 and grants of up to $5,000 to Minnesota nonprofit organizations in eligible locations to strengthen organizational capacity and respond to urgent needs. Funding is intended to meet emerging needs and offer short-term support. Capacity build...
Grants of up to $10,000 to Minnesota nonprofit, civic, and community-based organizations for projects that enhance the quality of life for residents in eligible locations. Funding is intended for activities that fall into the following categories: disaster relief,...
Grants to USA and Canada nonprofit organizations, emergency services, government agencies, and Indigenous groups for programs to benefit residents in communities where the funding source operates. Eligible programs are those that fall into one of the following foc...
Grants to USA, Canada, and International agencies, NGO’s, and emergency relief organizations in eligible regions for initiatives to address worldwide concerns. Eligible organizations align themselves with one of the following areas of interest: resource manageme...
Grants to USA, Canada, and Mexico nonprofit organizations, municipalities, social enterprises, and Indigenous groups for activities to benefit communities where the funding source has a business presence. Funding is intended to support programs and projects in the...
Grants of up to $5,000 to Minnesota fire departments to enhance firefighting capacity in rural communities. Funding is intended to improve fire protection and help fire departments comply with existing state and county rural fire protection plans. Grants provide b...