National Children's Alliance funds CACs, Multidisciplinary Teams, and State Chapters through its grants program to build capacity to serve children at the state and local levels. To learn more about our programs, to apply for funding when available, or to find resources to help you manage your existing grant, please see below.

2026 Grant Award Notifications

Released December 18, 2025

Don’t worry—you haven’t missed anything! NCA Grant Award notifications for 2026 have not yet been sent out. Historically these have been sent in late December or early January. At this time, we are still anticipating this same timeline.

Over the next couple of weeks, we encourage you to check your grant status in the application portal, as each applications' status will be updated in real time: https://bbgm-apply.yourcausegrants.com/apply/applications

When award notifications have sent, you will find an update at the top of this page.

2026 RFPs

NCA's 2026 Requests for Proposals (RFPs) are now closed, with the exception of our Equipment and Technology Support (ETS) grant type. If you have a project or idea ready to make an impact, now's the time to apply. Click the Apply Now button below to get started! 

All ETS application packages will be accepted on a rolling basis until June 30, 2026, at 11:59pm Eastern, or until funding is exhausted.

2025 Award Notifications

Notifications for all award types have been sent out. These notifications were sent from our application portal to the email address associated with the submission account. If you did not receive a notification or have any questions, please contact us at grantsadvisor@nca-online.org.

Equipment and Technology Support Grants: 

• Closed - Thank you for your interest in our grant program. We are no longer accepting applications at this time. Please check back for future opportunities.
• We have recently made awards. If you have not received a notification, your application is still under review. Pending applications will remain in this status until June 30, 2025. If you do not receive a notification by the end of June, please feel free to check back with us.

2025 NCA Grants Map

View a larger version of 2025 NCA Active Grants created with eSpatial mapping software.