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Parkinson's Foundation Community Grants

Parkinson's Foundation

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A $1 million annual pool for locally operated programs serving people with Parkinson's disease and their care partners. Two of the three published focus areas are squarely social-work territory: mental health and emotional wellbeing (anxiety, depression, social isolation) and care partner support, training and resources. The Foundation asks that funded programs be impactful, sustainable, scalable and measurable, which is the opening for an evaluation component designed with a researcher. Since 2011 the program has put more than $13.9 million into 1,065 community-based programs.

Indicative award
$10k–$25k (total award)$10,000 minimum to $25,000 maximum per organization, from a $1 million total pool for the 2026 cycle, as stated on the Foundation's own 2026 community grants announcement.
Timing
Annual cycleAnnual cycle · JanNo specific published date recorded. This funder publishes a cycle rather than a date, and this database does not invent one.Annual cycle. The 2026 round closed January 30, 2026, with awards announced in mid-2026 and a grant period of July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2027. The next cycle's dates were not yet posted at the time of checking; the page directs enquiries to Programs@Parkinson.org.
Who can apply
Community organisation, Practitioner
Eligibility
The applicant must be an independent, locally operating organization: a nonprofit, a healthcare facility, or another tax-exempt organization. For-profit organizations may apply if the program is offered at no cost to participants. 501(c)(3) status is explicitly not required. Chapters of national organizations are not eligible. This is a community-program fund rather than an academic research grant, so a university researcher's route is to partner with an eligible local organization that holds the award and to build the measurement and evaluation work into that organization's program.
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Topics
parkinson's disease · caregiver support · mental health programming · community programs
Apply at
https://www.parkinson.org/resources-support/community-grants
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Curated by the working group. Written 2026-08-07. The funder link has not yet been machine-checked.

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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