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Creating Opportunity & Independence (COI)

Craig H. Neilsen Foundation

TraditionalFoundation grant

One- and two-year grants to nonprofits serving people with spinal cord injury, in three categories: Community Activities (peer engagement), Life Transitions (post-injury community integration) and Accessibility For All (barrier removal).

Indicative award
Amount not published (varies by call)No award range is published on the programme page. Grants are for one- or two-year periods.
Timing
Annual cycleAnnual cycle · Jan, AprNo specific published date recorded. This funder publishes a cycle rather than a date, and this database does not invent one.Annual cycle. 2026 cycle as published: LOI opened 2 January 2026, LOI deadline 26 January 2026, LOI results 31 March 2026, full applications 20 April 2026, awards announced 30 September 2026. The 2026 application dates have passed; 2027 dates were not yet posted.
Who can apply
Community organisation, Practitioner
Eligibility
Open to nonprofit organisations serving people with spinal cord injury; applications run through a Letter of Intent gate before invitation to a full proposal. The page does not itself state a 501(c)(3) requirement or a geographic limit — those are in the Application Guide.
SSWR clusters
Topics
spinal cord injury · peer support · community integration · accessibility
Apply at
https://chnfoundation.org/creating-opportunity-independence/
This entry
Curated by the working group. Written 2026-08-07. Funder link last confirmed to resolve on 2026-09-25.

Amounts and dates on this page are indicative and are maintained by people rather than scraped. Funders change ceilings, windows and eligibility without notice; confirm all details at the source above before applying.

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