Grants that support nutrition and physical activity in schools

• General Mills Champions for Healthy Kids Program
  Funds creative ideas which help youth adopt a balanced diet and physically active lifestyle; 50 awards/yr nationwide up to $10,000. (Application due: January - annually)

• Dairy MAX School Wellness Through Expanding Breakfast Grant Program
  Available to schools participating in the National School Breakfast Program to help establishment of an alternative breakfast service method (Breakfast in the Classroom, Grab 'n Go Breakfast, or Breakfast after 1st Period) designed to increase breakfast participation.
  
  
• got breakfast? Silent Hero Grant Program
  Awards grants to school districts around the country that are interested in implementing a Breakfast in Classroom or Alternate Site Breakfast Program to expand their breakfast programs and increase their reach in feeding at risk children. Also provides grants for summer feeding programs.
  
  
• Love Your Veggies Grant Program
  Grants to elementary schools to support programs that help provide students with increased access to, and consumption of fresh vegetables.

• Charlotte Martin Foundation
  Provides funding for sports programs, facilities and equipment for intramural and after-school programs in the Pacific Northwest that introduce underserved youth populations to the value of sports for lifelong participation.
  
  
• Saucony Run for Good
  10 grants/year awarded to organizations that initiate a running program for children 18 years and younger who would not otherwise be exposed to running or have the available resources (i.e., safe routes) to run.
  
  
• Keep Gym in School National School Adoption Grant
  One award/year to a middle school to improve its physical education program.
  
  
• The Physical Education for Progress (PEP) Grant
  93 annual grants and contracts (ranging from $150,000 to $500,000) to initiate, expand, and improve physical education programs for K-12 students.
  
  
• Lowe's Charitable & Educational Foundation
  Supports K-12 public school projects including playground enhancements and outdoor learning environments such as educational gardening programs

• Charlotte Martin Foundation
  Provides funding for sports programs, facilities and equipment for intramural and after-school programs in the Pacific Northwest that introduce underserved youth populations to the value of sports for lifelong participation.

• 2009 Healthy Sprouts Awards
  20 awards available to schools or organizations that support school and youth garden programs that teach about nutrition and the issue of hunger in the United States.
  
  
• Lowe's Charitable & Educational Foundation
  Supports K-12 public school projects including playground enhancements and outdoor learning environments such as educational gardening programs
  
  
• More grants for school and youth gardens
  The National Gardening Association works with sponsoring companies and organizations to provide in-kind grants to projects that actively engage kids in the garden and improve the quality of life for their communities.

• Center for Health and Health Care in Schools - Grant Alerts
  Searchable grant database
  
  
• Government and Private Grants
  Funding opportunities for weight and health-related activities
  
  
• Build-A-Bear Workshop Foundation
  Awards grants between $1,000 and $10,000 on a rolling basis for organizations that help children and families (schools included).