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New RFPs Support the Arts and Mental Health

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by Alex Dunn
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Implementing Zero Suicide in Health Systems

  • Funder: SAMHSA
  • Expected number of awards: 31
  • Cost sharing required? No
  • Closing date: April 20, 2026
  • Award range: up to $700,000
  • Eligible applicants: Nonprofits, Indian Tribes, and institutions of higher education.
  • Summary: Eligibility is statutorily limited to community-based primary care or behavioral health care settings, emergency departments, State mental health agencies, public health agencies, United States territories, and Indian Tribes/tribal organizations.

Link to full RFP: https://www.samhsa.gov/grants/grant-announcements/sm-26-008

NEA Jazz Masters Tribute Concert and Related Events, FY 2027

  • Funder: National Endowment for the Arts
  • Expected number of awards: 1
  • Cost sharing required? No
  • Closing date: April 9, 2026
  • Award range: $475,000
  • Eligibility: Nonprofits, institutions of higher education, independent school districts, and city, state, tribal, and special district governments
  • Summary: The purpose of this Program Solicitation is to select an organization (“Cooperator”) to support the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) with the 2027 NEA Jazz Masters Tribute Concert and related events. The Cooperator is expected to coordinate a range of activities, including a live concert, webcast, video tributes, and other associated activities. This award will be made as a cooperative agreement. A cooperative agreement is a funding mechanism in which the federal agency (NEA) maintains substantial involvement in carrying out the supported project in partnership with the award recipient (known as a Cooperator). Eligible applicants include nonprofit, tax-exempt 501(c)(3), U.S. organizations; units of state or local government; federally-recognized tribal communities or tribes; and the six Regional Arts Organizations (RAOs).

Link to full RFP: https://www.arts.gov/program-solicitation-2027-nea-jazz-masters-tribute-concert-and-related-events

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Alex Dunn

Alex Dunn is the Millionaire Grant Lady and a social worker. Alex is passionate about behavioral health, education, family and social services and helping organizations to help others. With 15 years of experience in grants and $103 million in grant funding, Alex wants your organization to be able to use grants to meet your mission.

She is the creator of the Area of Focus™ and Core Cultivation™ strategies and the Attractiveness Quotient™ survey for nonprofits. Alex has used these strategies to multiply grant funding for organizations, with a total of $103 million in grant funding to date.

Alex is the author of numerous reports, including “Three Ways Mental Health Organizations Can Increase Their Grant Funding” and “Three Mistakes Well Meaning Organizations Make in Grant Funding”. She is a long-time board member and current president of the Grant Professionals Association North Texas chapter.

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