Childhood Obesity Prevention Grants
More than $400,000 in grants will be awarded to cities that will support and expand childhood obesity prevention programs.
- Sponsor: American Beverage Association
- Award Categories: First place in small, medium and large city will be $100,000, $120,000, and $150,000, respectively. Second place awards of $25,000 will also be made in each category
- Application Period: August 2018
USCM Contact: Crystal Swann (202) 861-6707 cswann@usmayors.org
Leadership in the Arts
Honors elected officials and artists that have demonstrated outstanding leadership in the advancement of the arts.
- Sponsor: Americans for the Arts & The U.S. Conference of Mayors
- Award Categories: One large city mayor & one small city mayor
- Application Period: December 2018
USCM Contact: Tom McClimon (202) 861-6729 mcclimon@usmayors.org
DollarWise Innovation Grants
Through these grants, DollarWise seeks to recognize and fund local financial education efforts that are both innovative and replicable by other communities. For fiscal year 2017, DollarWise will award one Innovation Grant to a city that integrates financial education into an English as a Second Language (ESL) initiative; one grant to a city that incorporates financial education into its public housing program; and one grant to a prisoner re-entry program.
- Sponsor: Bank of America Charitable Foundation
- Award Categories: Three $10,000 awards
- Application Period: December 2017
Contact: James Kirby (202) 861-6759 jkirby@usmayors.org
DollarWise Summer Youth Grants
Each year, through its Summer Youth Campaign, Dollarwise encourages mayors to incorporate a financial education component into their cities’ summer youth employment and year-round youth programs. Cities may use these grants to provide incentives for youth to develop responsible financial habits, to establish evaluation techniques for the financial education component of their summer programming, or other innovative ideas. DollarWise will provide two Youth Campaign Grants; one to a summer job program; the other to a year-round youth program.
- Sponsor: Bank of America Charitable Foundation
- Award Categories: Two $10,000 awards
- Application Period: December 2017
Contact: James Kirby (202) 861-6759 jkirby@usmayors.org