Funding Opportunities

Federal Funding RFP’s

Written by Alex Dunn

Hi, I’m Alex Dunn, the Millionaire Grant Lady. I have 15 years of grant writing experience and over $103 million in awards under my belt. I’m excited to share with the DFW501c.news audience some tips, tricks and opportunities in Federal Funding.

Here are two of the latest Federal RFP’s:

Up to $500k for youth mentoring

  • FUNDER: Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention
  • AWARD AMOUNT: Up to $500,000
  • Anticipated # of awards: 5
  • DEADLINE TO APPLY: May 28, 2024
  • Who is eligible: Nonprofit organizations, for profit organizations, and tribal organizations
  • Match required? No

SUMMARY: This RFP is to support the implementation and delivery of mentoring services to youth involved in the juvenile justice system (including youth currently placed in a juvenile correctional facility, and those who have recently been released). This program supports mentoring programs to reduce juvenile delinquency, truancy, drug abuse, victimization and other problem and high-risk behavior.

For more information and full eligibility and submission requirements, read the full RFP here.

Multi-Year funding for Workforce development

  • FUNDER: Department of Education
  • AWARD AMOUNT: Up to $2M per year for 5 years
  • Anticipated # of awards: 29
  • DEADLINE TO APPLY: May 28, 2024
  • Who is eligible: Nonprofit organizations, school districts, state agencies
  • Match required? No

SUMMARY: The purpose of the Disability Innovation Fund (DIF) Program is to support innovative activities aimed at increasing competitive integrated employment for youth and other individuals with disabilities. The goal of this RFP is to create a 21st-century workforce of youth and adults with disabilities through the transformation of education, career, and competitive integrated employment.

For more information and full eligibility and submission requirements, read the full RFP here.

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About the author

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.