Process and Schedule
Program Opens:
July 17, 2024
Project Brief due by 5 p.m. PST
August 16, 2024
Applicants notified; invitations extended for proposals
August 26, 2024
Applications due by 5 p.m. PST:
Sept. 30, 2024
Applicants notified of decision:
Nov. 13, 2024
Transformation Grants: Advancing Housing for People Experiencing Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
Program Focus:
The lack of quality, affordable housing options for adults who experience intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) has reached a crisis in the United States. The Transformation Grants for IDD Housing program reflects our commitment to investing in person-focused housing solutions for individuals who experience IDD. The program also provides funding for the exploration of new, inclusive, and community-based approaches that are affordable, scalable, and sustainable.
Transformation Grants for Research on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: Advancing Innovation
Program Focus:
The number of American children diagnosed with a developmental disability continues to increase, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and more than one in 10 children have an intellectual disability, autism spectrum disorder, or another developmental delay.
The need for earlier diagnosis and impactful therapies persists, and longstanding socioeconomic and political conditions produce obstacles for people with IDD to receive equitable, appropriate, and effective physical and mental health care, further contributing to poor outcomes.
While the exploration and advancement of therapies and treatments is a key component of this program, we also invite efforts that remove barriers to care, prioritizing equitable and informed access to IDD screenings, diagnosis and therapies.
Who Can Apply
Organizations must have a primary focus of serving people with intellectual or developmental disabilities. Programs eligible for funding include education, advocacy, employment, the arts and supportive, inclusive or independent housing.
Our geographic focus is Oregon and Washington and grants are limited to organizations located in, and directly serving residents of these two states.
Organizations must be a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit. Organizations using a fiscal sponsor must have an agreement with the fiscal sponsor in place at least six months prior to the grant application date and the fiscal sponsor must demonstrate a five-year history of successful operation.
We will not consider requests for:
- Grants to individuals
- Fundraising events
- Reserve funds or debt elimination
- Capital campaigns
- Organizations that discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran or disability statuses in the delivery of services and in their employment practices.
Size and Duration of Grant
Transformation Grants: Advancing Housing for People Experiencing Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
Grant period: One-year grants or multi-year grants up to three years.
Funding range: Up to $300,000 per year.
Maximum funding request: $900,000 over a three-year period.
Transformation Grants for IDD Research: Advancing Innovation
Grant period: One or two-year grants
Maximum funding request: Up to $150,000 per year or $300,000 over two-years.
Types of Support
Transformation Grants for IDD Housing
- Housing with a demonstrated history of success that continues to evolve and innovate to meet residents’ preferences and needs.
- Housing with a demonstrated commitment to and expertise in the development and implementation of inclusive programs and opportunities that enrich the lives of residents.
- Housing that is accessible to a socio-economic range of individuals.
- Housing that is diverse, inclusive and embraces a range of abilities, ages, and socio-economic circumstances.
- Housing that demonstrates successful collaboration with a diverse range of stakeholders to advance innovation, inclusion, scalability, affordability, and a community-based approach.
- New housing solutions that have reached a tipping point in terms of community and financial support and can demonstrate capacity for the next stage of funding.
Transformation Grants for IDD Housing
- Research the leads to new therapies or improves current therapies.
- Efforts that improve early detection.
- Autism spectrum disorder research.
- Efforts that advance health care equity by reducing disparities in access to screenings, diagnosis and therapies for people with IDD.
We appreciate your time and interest in applying for a grant from the Kuni Foundation.
If you have any questions about our grant program or application process, please contact Robyn Shuey via e-mail at robyn@kunifoundation.org
