Grants for the Disabled
Support and accommodations for people with disabilities has changed dramatically over the past few decades. Having a disability doesn't mean you have to be out of the mainstream of life. In fact, many persons with disabilities create companies, get advanced degrees, compete in athletic contests, and, of course, get grants!
Government agencies and private foundations provide a wide range of grants and funding for people with disabilities, so be sure to comb through these listings to find the information that best meets your needs.
All States
American Council of the Blind
1155 15th Street, NW, Suite 720
Washington DC 20005
Web Site: http://www.parentsinc.org/finaid/aid7306.html
Phone: (202) 467-5081
Toll Free: (800) 424-8666
Email: hfults@erols.com
Contact: Holly Fults, Scholarship Coordinator
Description: Twenty-six awards, ranging from $500-$3,000, are offered to visually impaired students in any field of study at any college or university in the United States.
Stanley E. Jackson Scholarship for the Handicapped
Foundation for Exceptional Children
1920 Association Drive
Reston VA 22091
Web Site: http://www.free-4u.com/stanley_e__jackson_scholarship_for_handicapped-gifted.htm
Description: Three $1,000 scholarships are awarded annually to college freshmen.
Prevent Blindness Northern California
Web Site: http://www.eyeinfo.org/financial.html
Description: Provides information about a variety of financial assistance programs for people who are legally blind.
Medicare Assistance for Nursing Home Costs
Web Site: http://www.medicare.gov/Nursing/Payment.asp
Description: This is the official U.S. government website for people with Medicare, providing people with helpful information about health care programs and benefits.
Veteran's Health Administration Nursing Home Care Program
Web Site: http://www1.va.gov/GeriatricsSHG/page.cfm?pg=12
Phone: (800) 827-1000
Description: Provides information about health care issues, including nursing home care programs, for veterans.
Children's Wish Foundation, Inc. Grants
Children's Wish Foundation International
P.O. Box 28785
Atlanta GA 30358
Web Site: http://www.childrenswish.org
Phone: (770) 393-9474
Toll Free: (800) 393-WISH
Fax: (770) 393-0683
Description: Children's Wish Foundation, Inc. tries to fulfill the wishes of terminally ill children. This program is aimed at children in the United States or Europe, up to the age of 18, who are facing life-threatening illnesses. The amount varies, depending upon the cost of filling the child's dream. Applications may be submitted at any time.
National Association for the Craniofacially Handicapped
P.O. Box 11082
Chattanooga TN 37401
Web Site: http://www.faces-cranio.org/
Phone: (800) 332-2373
Email: faces@faces-cranio.org
FACES: The National Craniofacial Association
Description: To provide travel expenses for persons with severe facial deformities who travel to comprehensive medical centers for reconstructive facial surgery. Persons with craniofacial deformities resulting from birth defects, injury, or disease are eligible to apply for these grants in aid if they need to travel to comprehensive medical centers to undergo reconstructive facial surgery. Funds are available for transportation, food, lodging, parking, and tolls related to securing or undergoing treatment. No medical costs are covered. Grants also provide for 1 accompanying person for each trip. Application may be submitted at any time.
Nurse's House Financial Assistance
2113 Western Avenue, Suite 2
Guilderland NY 12084
Web Site: http://www.nurseshouse.org
Phone: (518) 456-7858
Fax: (518) 452-3760
Email: mail@NursesHouse.org
Description: Nurse's House provides short term assistance to registered nurses facing financial hardship as the result of an injury, illness, or disability.
Chrysler Corporation Automobility Program
P.O. Box 5080
Troy MI 48007
Web Site: http://www.automobility.daimlerchrysler.com
Toll Free: (800) 255-9877
Description: To provide a reimbursement for the cost of installing adaptive driving aids on new purchases of new Chrysler Motors cars, trucks, or vans that required adaptive driving aids or conversion equipment for disabled users. Contact corporation for further guidelines.
The Steeplechase Fund
400 Fair Hill Drive
Elkton MD 21921
Description: Financial assistance and medical expenses only to former steeplechase jockeys and their widows and families. Application by letter including information about when applicant was disabled and medical bills. Contact: Charles Colgan.
Department of Veterans Affairs
810 Vermont Avenue NW
Washington DC 20001
Web Site: http://www.va.gov
Phone: (202) 273-5400
Description: Grant funding for certain disabled veterans and current service personnel who require specially adapted automobiles. Write for guidelines. Applications must be submitted.
Children's Dream Factory Grants
The Dream Factory, Inc.
National Headquarters
1218 South Third Street
Louisville KY 40203
Web Site: http://www.dreamfactoryinc.com
Phone: (502) 637-8700
Toll Free: (800) 456-7556
Fax: (502) 637-8744
Description: To grant the wishes of children who are critically and chronically ill. This program is aimed at children between the ages of 3 and 13 who are facing a life-threatening illness. One-time gift.
The Geoffrey Foundation
P.O. Box 1112
Ocean Avenue
Kennebunkport ME 04046
Phone: (207) 967-5798
Description: Grants to severely to profoundly hearing impaired individuals using auditory verbal as their primary mode of communication. Recipients must be residents of the U.S. and attending school Initial approach by letter.
Ethel Louise Armstrong Foundation, Inc.
ELA Foundation
2460 North Lake Ave., PMB #128
Altadena CA 91001
Web Site: http://www.ela.org
Email: executivedirector@ela.org
Description: The mission of The Ethel Louise Armstrong Foundation, Inc. (ELA) is to "Change the Face of Disability on the Planet." Having been disabled by a spinal cord tumor at the age of two, she has first hand knowledge of the needs and opportunities that are available to a woman with a disability. Through ELA, we have the opportunity to offer scholarships to women with disabilities who are currently pursuing graduate degrees.
Hidden Villa Camp Scholarship Program
26870 Moody Road
Los Altos Hills CA 94022
Web Site: http://www.hiddenvilla.org/Assets/Scholar.htm
Phone: (650) 949-8641
Email: camp@hiddenvilla.org
Description: This scholarship program provides financial aid for campers.
National Federation for the Blind Scholarship
805 Fifth Avenue
Grinnell IA 50112
Web Site: http://www.nfb.org
Phone: (641) 236-3366
Application: http://www.nfb.org/services/schlprg02.htm
Description: Find information about educational scholarships for financially needy students who are blind. Students must also meet other requirements, including strong academic ability.
Disabled Veteran's Home Accessibility Grants
Web Site: http://www.homeloans.va.gov/sah.htm
Toll Free: (800) 827-1000
Description: Grants to provide home improvement funds to make homes handicapped accessible. For more information, please contact your local Veterans Affairs Office.
Specially Adapted Homes for Disabled Veterans
Department of Veterans Affairs
Washington DC 20011
Web Site: http://www.va.gov
Phone: (800) 827-1000
Description: To provide financial assistance to certain disabled veterans for a home specially adapted to their needs. Veterans must be entitled to compensation for permanent and total service-connected disability.
High Hopes Foundation Grants
High Hopes Foundation of New Hampshire
416 Daniel Webster Highway, Unit K
Merrimack NH 03054
Web Site: http://www.milfordnh.com/highhopes
Phone: (603) 429-1010
Description: To grant the wishes of chronically ill children and children with life threatening diseases. Children between the ages of 3 and 18 are eligible for assistance if they live in New Hampshire.
The Bothin Foundation
Presidio Building 1016, Suite 300
P.O. Box 29906
San Francisco CA 94129-0906
Phone: (415) 561-6540
Description: "The Bothin Foundation has traditionally chosen to support organizations providing direct services to low-income, at-risk children, youth and families, the elderly and disabled. To a limited extent, grants may also be made to environmental agencies, arts organizations which serve youth predominately, and community-based capital campaigns." They also offer grants for organizations to purchase vehicles.
The Carr Fund, Kristen Ann
Web Site: http://www.sarcoma.com/programs.cfm
Description: "The Kristen Ann Carr Fund provides grants for cancer research and seeks to improve all aspects of cancer patient life with an emphasis on adolescents and young adults" It also grants wishes for individuals with cancer.
Sierra Health Foundation-Grizzly Creek Ranch
1321 Garden Highway
Sacramento CA 95833
Web Site: http://www.sierrahealth.org/programs/gcr.htm
Phone: (916) 922-4755
Fax: (916) 922-4024
Email: info@sierrahealth.org
Description: "Grizzly Creek Ranch works in partnership with nonprofit organizations serving kids with medical, physical, developmental and behavioral challenges, as well as children who are considered at-risk for a variety of social and economic reasons. Campers must be associated with a nonprofit service organization to come to Grizzly Creek Ranch."
The Tremaine Foundation-Learning Disabilities
290 Pratt Street
Meriden CT 06450
Web Site: http://www.tremainefoundation.org/ld/default.asp
Phone: (203) 639-5544
Fax: (203) 639-5545
Email: chevalier@tremainefoundation.org
Description: They fund organizations that "Provide for effective teaching, and the use of assistive technology, so that all classrooms can provide an environment in which LD children, in fact all children, can learn and prosper, and to begin the process of identifying and addressing the needs of children who may be at risk for having learning disabilities earlier than we do now, and facilitate the integration of LD concerns into the growing national movement in support of early childhood education."
Stanley E. Jackson Minority Scholarship
Scholarship Committee
Foundation for Exceptional children
1920 Association drive
Reston VA 22091
Description: They offer scholarships to disabled minorities for college.
Disabled American Veterans Charities of Los Angeles
13550 E. Ramona Blvd.
Baldwin Park CA 91706-3903
Phone: (626) 960-5429
Description: "Medical, educational, and welfare assistance to disabled American veterans, as well as rehabilitation assistance and grants for these individuals."
Department of Veterans Affairs
Web Site: http://www.homeloans.va.gov/sah.htm
Description: "There are two types of grants administered by VA which are available to assist severely disabled veterans in adapting housing to their special needs." They will grant money to rehab your home, or buy you or build you a new home that meets your needs.
Department of Veterans Affairs
Web Site: http://www1.va.gov/geriatricsshg/
Description: They offer long term healthcare for senior veterans to have the best possible home healthcare and end of life care. They have a facility locator on their website so you can find a location nearest to you.
DisabilityInfo.gov
Web Site: http://www.disabilityinfo.gov
Description: They have many different programs for disabled people, like housing assistance, transportation, education, employment, and more. They have a location finder on their website so you can find the office nearest to you.
The Rural Housing Service
Web Site: http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/rhs/common/indiv_intro.htm
Description: "The Rural Housing Service provides a number of homeownership opportunities to rural Americans, as well as programs for home renovation and repair. RHS also makes financing available to elderly, disabled, or low-income rural residents of multi-unit housing buildings to ensure they are able to make rent payments." Check out their website for a location near you.
The Disability Business Technical Assistance Center
Web Site: http://www.adata.org
Toll Free: (800) 949-4232
Description: They help you to find more small business resources for people with disabilities. Call or check out their website for a location near you.
National Foundation of Dentistry for the Handicapped
1800 15th Street, Unit 100
Denver CO 80202
Web Site: http://www.nfdh.org/
Phone: (303) 534-5360
Fax: (303) 534-5290
Description: The Donated Dental Services Program matches low income and disabled individuals with dentists who volunteer their time and services to help. Volunteer dentists have agreed to treat one or two people a year with dental issues; dental laboratories that make dentures and crowns also volunteer their services, so there is no fee for the individuals. Homeless people and the mentally ill are also eligible.
American Cancer Society, Inc.
1599 Clifton Road, NE
Atlanta GA 30329
Web Site: http://www.cancer.org
Toll Free: 800-345 ACS
Description: The American Cancer Society provides free wheelchairs and other medical equipment for individuals in need on a short or long term basis. Other services that they might cover include: crutches, scooters, walkers, bathtub rails, and transfer benches. A refundable deposit may be required.
Easter Seals
230 West Monroe Street, Suite 1800
Chicago IL 60606
Web Site: http://www.easterseals.com/site/PageServer
Description: The Easter Seals provides free wheelchairs and other medical equipment for individuals in need on a short or long term basis. Other services that they might cover include: crutches, scooters, walkers, bathtub rails, and transfer benches. A refundable deposit may be required.
Jim Mullen Foundation
350 West Ontario, Suite 4E
Chicago IL 60610
Web Site: http://www.jimmullen.com/ZoomSeq.asp?id=7948
Description: The Jim Mullen foundation offers free computers to those with disabilities. Check out their website for more information.
American Health Assistance Foundation
22512 Gateway Center Dr.
Clarksburg MD 20871
Web Site: http://www.ahaf.org
Phone: (301) 948-3244
Description: The American Health Assistance Foundation gives grants to Alzheimer's patients and caregivers to help with expenses.
Association of Blind Citizens
PO Box 246
Holbrook MA 02343
Web Site: http://www.blindcitizens.org/assistive.html
Phone: (781) 961-1023
Fax: (781) 961-0004
Email: mailto:president@blindcitizens.org
Description: "The Association of Blind Citizens has established the Assistive Technology Fund. The Assistive Technology Fund (ATF) will provide funds to cover 50% of the retail price of adaptive devices or software. The ABC board of directors believes that this program will allow blind and visually impaired individuals access to technology products that will have a significant impact on improving employment opportunities, increase the level of independence and enhance their overall quality of life."
Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind, Inc
371 East Jericho Tpke.
Smithtown NJ 11787
Web Site: http://www.guidedog.org
Phone: (631) 265-2121
Toll Free: (800) 548-4337
Description: The Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind, Inc. provides trained guide dogs to the blind at absolutely no charge. They also include training in using the dog and will pay for room and board, all equipment, and round trip transportation.
DRAW
c/o Johnson, Adomo, & McCall Chartered
9165 Park Dr.
Miami Shores FL 33138
Phone: (954) 792-7223
Description: The Drag Racing Association of Women, also known as DRAW, provides grants and services to economically disadvantaged and distressed professional race car drivers, their crew and their family members. The funds are given in the case of disability or injury suffered by the crew or race car drivers in the course of racing activities.
SCI Special Fund
30398 Esperanza
Rancho Santa Margarita CA 92688
Description: The SCI Special Fund will give you a grant for supporting apparatuses, free rehabilitative care, and equipment to qualified patients with spinal cord injuries residing in CA. Write for more information.
Federal Benefits for Veterans and Dependents
Web Site: http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov/cic_text/fed_prog/va_benefits/
Description: "This foundation provides a comprehensive summary of federal government benefits available to veterans and their dependents, including information on alcoholism treatment programs, aid for the blind, burial assistance, clothing allowances, compensation for service-connected disabilities, death payments, dental treatment, dependents' education, education and training loans, etc." See their website for information in your area.
Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf
3417 Volta Place NW
Washington DC 20007
Web Site: http://www.agbell.org/DesktopDefault.aspx?p=Awards
Phone: (202) 337-5220
Description: "The Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf can help you if your child is under 6 and has a moderate to profound hearing loss, you can apply for money to pay for intervention, educational and/or rehabilitation services. There is also money available for children with hearing loss between the ages of 5 and 19 to attend art or science courses during the summer, weekends, or even after school."
American Association of People with Disabilities
1629 K St., N.W., Ste. 503
Washington DC 20006-3603
Web Site: http://www.aapd-dc.org
Phone: (202) 457-0046
Toll Free: (800) 840-8844
Fax: (202) 457-0473
Email: aapd@aol.com
Description: A number of awards and fellowships are granted to disabled individuals to offset the costs associated with completing an internship. Candidates are eligible by nomination only.
Alabama
Alabama Ad Valorem Tax Exemption for the Blind
Alabama Department of Revenue
50 North Ripley
Montgomery AL 36132
Application: http://www.licensemobile.com/forms/TG026.PDF
Attn: Ad Valorem Tax Division
Description: To exempt residents who are legally blind from a portion of ad valorem property.
Alaska
The Alaska Property Tax Equivalency
Alaska Department of Military and Veterans Affairs
P.O. 5800
Fort Richardson AK 99505
Web Site: http://www.ak-prepared.com/dmva
Phone: (907) 428-6016
Fax: (907) 428-6019
Email: dmvawebmaster@ak-prepared.com
Description: To provide disabled veterans in Alaska an equivalency payment if they rent their primary residence.
Arizona
Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS)
801 East Jefferson
Phoenix AZ 85034
Web Site: http://www.ahcccs.state.az.us/site/
Phone: (602) 417-4000
Description: Provides people in need who reside in Arizona with health care through a variety of programs.
Arizona Kidney Foundation
4203 E. Indian School Rd., Suite 140
Phoenix AZ 85018
Web Site: http://www.azkidney.org
Phone: (602) 840-1644
Description: The Arizona Kidney Foundation gives financial assistance for food, transportation, dental and medical needs for kidney patients living in Arizona.
California
Amateur Athletic Foundation of Los Angeles
2141 W. Adams Blvd.
Los Angeles CA 90018
Web Site: http://www.aafla.com/
Phone: (323) 730-4600
Email: info@aafla.org
Application: http://www.aafla.com/1gm/grant_frmst.htm
Description: "The Foundation seeks to serve the entire community, but gives special attention to groups and communities underserved by traditional sports programs, including girls, ethnic minorities, and the physically challenged and developmentally disabled. AAF funds are primarily intended for the development of youth sports below the elite level."
Armstrong Foundation, Ethel Louise
2460 North Lake Ave. PMB #128
Altadena CA 91001
Web Site: http://www.ela.org/
Email: info@ela.org
Application: http://www.ela.org/grants/grants.html
Description: "The Foundation offers grants to programs of nonprofit organizations, which are led by or support adults with disabilities. We fund programs in the areas of education, advocacy, and the arts."
Avery Fuller Welch Children's Center
500 Sutter Street, Room 401
San Francisco CA 94102
Phone: (415) 986-1687
Description: Funds are to pay for medical services, physical and occupational therapy, psychotherapy, special school or remedial education, prosthetics, appliances, prescriptions, and related services for disabled children. The application must be submitted by the professional who has the primary case responsibility ( a social worker, teacher, physician, or therapist). Both the professional and the child must reside within the geographic specifications. Specific forms are required.
The Archstone Foundation
401 E. Ocean Blvd., Suite 1000
Long Beach CA 90802
Web Site: http://www.archstone.org/
Phone: (562) 590-8655
Email: archstone@archstone.org
Application: http://www.archstone.org/info-url_nocat2293/info-url_nocat_show.htm?doc_id=34504
Description: The Archstone Foundation offers grants to individuals and organizations for the purpose of helping the elderly with medical care, elderly abuse prevention, fall prevention, and end of life issues.
The California State Government Disability Center
Web Site: http://www.edd.ca.gov/eddpwd.htm
Description: They offer many types of support and can assist you in different areas, such as opening your business and travel needs. Check out their website for a location near you.
Colorado
Boettcher Foundation
600 17th Street, Suite 2210 South
Denver CO 80202
Phone: (303) 534-1937
Description: Building and equipment grants. Grants issued throughout Colorado for the following fields of interest: low income housing, disabled, elderly, child welfare, hospitals, community development, all levels of education, youth organizations, health organizations, social welfare.
Delaware
Delaware Health and Social Services
1901 North Du Pont Highway, Main Building
New Castle DE 19720
Web Site: http://www.state.de.us/dhss
Phone: (302) 255-9040
Fax: (302) 744-4700
Description: Delaware's Health and Human Services includes specific programs for babies, children, the disabled, and the elderly.
Division of Public Health
Health and Social Services Department
Jesse Cooper Building
Federal and Water Streets
P.O. Box 637
Dover DE 19903
Web Site: http://www.state.de.us/dhss/dph
Phone: (302) 744-4700
Fax: (302) 739-6659
Description: Health care for pregnancy and for children with special health-care needs.
Florida
Chatos Foundation Inc.
P.O. Box 915048
Longwood FL 32791
Description: Building and equipment grants for the following fields of interest: social welfare, cultural organization, colleges and universities, hospitals, religious org., child welfare, homeless, recreation, disabled, renovation grants.
High Technology Fund
1302 Dunmire Street
Pensacola FL 32504
Phone: (850) 477-2663
Fax: (850) 479-4025
Description: To provide an opportunity for the multi-handicapped blind in Florida to have access to assistive devices. The rental period can last as long as 5 years. Applications may be submitted at any time.
The Able Trust
106 East College Avenue, Suite 820
Tallahassee FL 32301
Web Site: http://www.abletrust.org/
Toll Free: (888) 838-ABLE
Email: info@abletrust.org
Application: http://www.abletrust.org/grant/booklet.shtml
Description: "This program takes a proactive approach to grant making by appealing to not-for-profit agencies to respond to Requests for Proposals (RFP) issued throughout the year. At least two RFP's are issued each year with attempts to focus on under-served areas within the State of Florida or new concepts and innovative approaches in service delivery." They also offer grants to individuals with disabilities.
William G. Selby and Marie Selby Foundation
1800 2nd Street, Suite 905
Sarasota FL 34236
Phone: (941) 957-0442
Description: Building and equipment grants for the following fields of interest: all levels of education, elderly, disabled, social welfare, health organization, public television, performing arts, YMCA, renovation grants. Grants to communities that provide money and help to small business incubators.
Georgia
Field Office of Small Business Administration
233 Peachtree Street NE
Harris Tower, Suite 1800
Atlanta GA 30303
Phone: (404) 331-4999
Description: Building and equipment grants for the following fields of interest: community development, hospitals, health organizations, physically disabled, churches, elderly, higher education, social welfare.
Hawaii
Hawaii Community Foundation
1164 Bishop Street, Suite 800
Honolulu HI 96813
Web Site: http://www.hawaiicommunityfoundation.org
Phone: (808) 537-6333
Fax: (808) 521-6286
Email: info@hcf-hawaii.org
Alternate Phone: (888) 731-3863
Description: Funds for families in crises, youth problems, environmental concerns, historic preservation, community-based economic development and family services. Grants for operating budgets, seed money, equipment, technical assistance, research, special projects, renovations, student aid, scholarship funds, consulting services and seminars. Provides educational scholarships and a range of charitable grants, including ones dispersed after natural or human disaster.
Teresa F. Hughes Trust
c/o Bank of Hawaii
P.O. Box 3170
Honolulu HI 96802-3170
Phone: (808) 566-5570
Description: "Grants to financially needy HI residents who are orphans, half-orphans, social orphans (neglected or abused), children born out-of-wedlock, or indigent or infirmed adults age 50 or over."
Illinois
Easter Seals
230 West Monroe Street, Suite 1800
Chicago IL 60606
Web Site: http://www.easterseals.com/site/PageServer
Description: The Easter Seal Society offers computers and in some places computer skills training for people with disabilities.
Energy Assistance Foundation
P.O. Box 1758
Decatur IL 62525
Web Site: http://www.illinoispower.com
Toll Free: (800) 755-5000
Email: Phil_Beach@illinoispower.com
Description: "Grants to elderly and disabled individuals for home weatherization and heating bill payment assistance to individuals who reside within Illinois Power's service territory."
Indiana
Smock Foundation
Frank and Laura Smock Foundation
c/o Wells Fargo Bank, Indiana, N.A.
111 East Wayne Street
Fort Wayne IN 46802
Phone: (260) 461-6444
Fax: (260) 461-6678
Description: To provide financial assistance to disabled elderly, and ill individuals of the Presbyterian faith who reside in Indiana. Applications may be submitted at any time.
Iowa
Easter Seal Society of Iowa, Inc.
Nancy Bobo, CFRE
401 NE 66th Avenue
P.O. Box 4002
Des Moines IA 50333
Web Site: http://ia.easterseals.com/site/PageServer?pagename=IADR_services
Phone: (515) 289-1933
Fax: (515) 280-1281
TTY: (515) 289-1281
Description: "Children and adults with disabilities and special needs find highest-quality services designed to meet their individual needs when they come to Easter Seals Iowa. Easter Seals staff with varied professional expertise help each person overcome obstacles to independence and reach his or her personal goals."
Kansas
Walter S. and Evan C. Jones Foundation
527 Commercial, Suite 501
Emporia KS 66801
Web Site: http://www.jonesfdn.org
Phone: (620) 342-1714
Fax: (620) 342-4701
Description: Established in 1974, the Jones Foundation financially assists eligible families with medical care for children under twenty-one who have resided in Coffey, Lyon, or Osage Counties in Kansas for at least one year immediately prior to their application. The foundation also assists with post-secondary education to individuals residing in these counties, regardless of age.
Maine
Alice G. Gadd Charitable Foundation
c/o F. Frederick Romanow, Jr.
11 Market St.
Belfast ME 04915-1712
Description: The Alice G. Gadd Charitable Foundation offers grants to individuals with diabetes in Maine."
Operation Liftoff of Maine
P.O. Box 201
Bangor ME 04402
Description: This program is open to the residents of Maine between the ages of 3 and 18 who are seriously or chronically ill. To fill the wishes of children in Maine who have life threatening illnesses. The amount involved, varies, depending upon the cost of filling the recipients dream. Applications may be submitted any time.
Massachusetts
Butterworth Foundation, Inc.
75 Butterworth Road
RFD No. 2
Orange MA 01364
Description: Grants to fulfill the wishes of residents of Worcester and Franklin counties, MA who are diagnosed with AIDS. As funds are available, applications will also be considered from residents of Hampshire County, MA (Amherst Northampton area), Cheshire County, NH (Keene area), and Windham County, VT (Brattleboro area). Application by letter outlining wish, including documentation from a health care provider or other qualified individual, indicating the applicant has not been an active drug abuser for the past six months or longer.
Michigan
Gilmore Foundation
c/o Fifth Third Bank
136 E. Michigan Ave.
Kalamazoo MI 49007
Description: "Financial assistance to extremely low-income residents of the Kalamazoo, MI, area who are unable to care for themselves due to physical limitations or advanced age."
Minnesota
Minnesota State Soldiers Fund
Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs
Veterans Service Building, 2nd Floor
20 West 12th Street
St. Paul MN 55155
Web Site: http://mdva.state.mn.us/PublicWebSite/index.htm
Phone: (651) 296-2562
Fax: (651) 296-3954
Description: Provides emergency financial assistance to disabled veterans and their families in Minnesota. To be eligible for assistance, the veteran must be disabled and prevented from working, the disability must be temporary in nature and the veteran must be able to resume his or her normal occupation once returned to health.
Nebraska
Maternal and Child Health
Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services
Division of Family Health
Paula Eurek, Administrator
P.O. Box 95044
Lincoln NE 68509
Web Site: http://www.hhs.state.ne.us/svc/svcindex.htm
Phone: (402) 471-0196
Fax: (402) 471-7099
Description: Health care for pregnancy and for children with special needs.
New Hampshire
High Hopes Foundation Grants
High Hopes Foundation of New Hampshire, Inc.
416 Daniel Webster Highway, Unit K
Merrimack NH 03054
Web Site: http://www.milfordnh.com/highhopes/
Phone: (603) 429-1010
Description: High Hopes is a nonprofit volunteer organization that grants wishes to children between the ages of three and eighteen residing in New Hampshire who suffer from a chronic illness or have a life-threatening disease.
The Gregg Foundation, Harry
One Verney Drive
Greenfield NH 03047
Web Site: http://www.crotchedmountain.org/crotchedmountain/text/hgreggdescription.htm
Phone: (603) 547-3311 ext 401
Email: hgf@crotchedmountain.org
Description: "New Hampshire residents of any age who have physical, intellectual, or emotional disabilities (and/or their families) are eligible to apply for funding through the Harry Gregg Foundation."
New Mexico
All Indian Pueblo Council Speech, Language, and Hearing Program
3938 San Pedro NE, Suite D
Albuquerque NM 87190
Description: Grants to provide hearing aids and other assistive devices to Pueblo Indian children and adults. All hearing aids and their related services are provided at no cost to children. Adults are charged on a sliding fee scale with the total cost not exceeding the manufacturer's actual cost of the aid. Write or call for further guidelines.
New Mexico State Housing Authority
Region VI Housing Authority
226 North Main, Suite 301
P.O. Drawer 2057
Roswell NM 88202
Web Site: http://www.r6ha.org
Phone: (505) 622-0881
Fax: (505) 622-7507
Description: Rehabilitation grants for low-income elderly, handicapped, and disabled homeowners. Write for guidelines.
North Carolina
Foundation for the Carolinas
217 South Tryon Street
Charlotte NC 28024
Web Site: http://www.fftc.org
Phone: (704) 973-4500
Fax: (704) 973-4599
Description: Medical expense assistance to financially needy children who are residents of NC and SC. The Foundation administers the following funds for children: a) Children's Medical Fund Provides asst. for the medical needs of children, age 17 and under that are beyond the means of the family income. b) E. F. Hutton Fund provides assistance to children under age 18 of NC who are disabled and in need of braces, corrective shoes, wheelchairs, and other orthopedic appliances. Contact foundation for current application deadline. Initial approach by letter. Completion of formal application required.
Ohio
The James R. Nicholl Memorial Foundation
Trust Department
The Central Trust Company of Northern Ohio
1949 Broadway
Lorain OH 44052
Web Site: http://som.georgetown.edu/scholarship/nicholl.html
Phone: (440) 244-1965 , ext 302
Description: Grants for medical expenses to physically disabled children who are residents of Erie and Eastern Ottawa Counties, OH. Completion of formal application required, including a letter from the doctor proving need.
The S. N. Ford and Ada Ford Fund
c/o KeyBank N.A
P.O. Box 10099
Toledo OH 43699-0099
Phone: (419) 525-7665
Description: "Relief and medical expense assistance to aged and incurably ill residents of Richland County, OH."
Virginia Gay Fund
c/o National City Bank, Columbus
P.O. Box 94651
Cleveland OH 44101-4651
Description: "Relief assistance to retired women who have been school teachers in OH for at least 20 years, and who are aged 55 or over or who have been permanently disabled."
Oklahoma
The Dexter G. Johnson Educational and Benevolent Trust
P.O. Box 26663
Oklahoma City OK 73125
Phone: (405) 350-1247
Description: Medical expenses to physically disabled children and young men and women in OK. Assistance includes corrective surgery and hospitalization and the necessities of life while in convalescence. Past grants have been for ear and eye surgery and prosthesis, and skin surgery.
Oregon
Blanche Fischer Foundation
1511 SW Sunset Boulevard, Suite 1-B
Portland OR 97239
Web Site: http://www.bff.org
Phone: (503) 819-8205
Fax: (503) 246-4941
Description: Grants for physically disabled residents of Oregon who can demonstrate financial need. Formal application required. Write for guidelines.
Pennsylvania
James T. Hambay Foundation
Allfirst
21 East Market Street, MC 402-130
York PA 17401
Description: Medical expense assistance to blind, physically disabled, and indigent children under the age of 18, who reside in Harrisburg, PA and vicinity. Application accepted throughout the year. Initial approach by letter stating medical expenses and current income.
Pennsylvania Blind Veterans Pension
Bureau of Veterans Affairs
Pennsylvania Department of Military and Veterans Affairs
Annville PA 17003
Web Site: http://www.fumo.com/State_Services/veterans%20benefits.htm
Phone: (717) 865-8911
Description: To provide financial assistance to blind residents of Pennsylvania who lost their sight while serving in the U.S. armed forces.
The Addison H. Gibson Foundation
One PPG Place, Suite 2230
Pittsburgh PA 15222
Web Site: http://www.gibson-fnd.org/
Phone: (412) 261-1611
Fax: (412) 261-5733
Description: Funds to cover hospital and medical costs for individuals with "correctable physical difficulties". Limited to residents of Western Pennsylvania, with emphasis on Allegheny County. A medical professional must refer applicants.
South Carolina
South Carolina Homestead Exemption Program
South Carolina Comptroller General
Local Government Division
P.O. Box 11228
Columbia SC 28211
Web Site: http://www.co.beaufort.sc.us/auditor/homestead.asp
Description: South Carolinians who own a house or mobile home are eligible for this exemption if they are aged 65 or older, totally and permanently disabled or legally blind. Spouses of deceased persons who were eligible also qualify to receive the exemption if they were at least 50 years of age when their spouse died. The exemption continues as long as the homeowners live in their primary residence in South Carolina.
South Carolina Specialty Adapted Housing
Tax Exemption
South Carolina Division of Veterans Affairs
Brown State Office Building
1205 Pendleton Street, Suite 226
Columbia SC 29201
Web Site: http://www.govoepp.state.sc.us/vabenef.htm#top
Phone: (803) 734-0200
Fax: (803) 734-0197
Description: To provide for the exemption of taxes on specially adapted housing in South Carolina that was acquired from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Available to veterans having service-connected disabilities.
Texas
Texas Home of Your Own Program
Toll Free: (800) 988-HOYO
Description: They provide down payment assistance and help with making housing accessible for people with disabilities. Call or go to their website for a location near you.
Vermont
Vermont Emergency Assistance for Disabled and Needy Veterans
State of Vermont Office of Veterans Affairs
118 State Street, Drawer 20
Montpelier VT 05620
Phone: (802) 828-3379
Description: To provide emergency financial assistance to disabled needy Vermont veterans or their dependents. Eligible to apply for this assistance are veterans and their dependents, if the veteran is both disabled and poor, served for at least 90 days (unless discharged earlier because of disability or the convenience of the government), has been a resident of Vermont for at least 1 year prior to application, and was discharged under conditions other than dishonorable. Applications may be submitted at any time.
Virginia
Real Estate Tax Relief Program
City of Alexandria
301 King Street
Alexandria VA 22314
Web Site: http://ci.alexandria.va.us/finance/rea_tax_relief.html
Description: They offer anywhere from 25% to 100% discount on property taxes for seniors and disabled people who qualify.
West Virginia Homestead Exemption
Department of Tax and Revenue
1206 Quarrier Street
Charleston WV 25301
Web Site: http://www.apbook.com/west_virginia.htm
Phone: (304) 558-2051
Attn: Taxpayer Services Division
Description: To provide a partial exemption of property taxes on residences owned by disabled or elderly persons and retired veterans in West Virginia. Eligible for this exemption are single-family residences owned and occupied by any person who is permanently and totally disabled or at least 65 years old. Applicants must have been West Virginia residents for 2 consecutive calendar years prior to the tax year to which the exemption relates. Members of the U.S. military forces who maintain West Virginia as state of residence throughout military service and return to the state to purchase a homestead upon retirement or separation from the military because of permanent and total disability are considered to meet the residency requirement and also qualify for this exemption.
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