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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 February 5, 2026

We are happy to announce that NCA Grant Award Letters have been sent. The email address associated with each applicant account should have received the notification late on Thursday, February 5th. To check your application status use the link below or check back on this page soon, as the Grants Map at the bottom of the page will be updated to reflect our 2026 Awardees. https://bbgm-apply.yourcausegr...

Congratulations to all of our new and returning awardees! We look forward to working with you. 

Released February 2, 2026

NCA Grant Award notifications for 2026 have not yet been released. We expect them to be issued soon. In the meantime, we encourage you to monitor your application status in the grant portal, where updates will appear in real time: https://bbgm-apply.yourcausegr...

Once award notifications are issued, we will post an announcement at the top of this page.

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.

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2025 NCA Grants Map

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