Bikes Belong Coalition: Community Partnership Grants
These grants are designed to foster and support partnerships between city or county governments, non-profit organizations, and local businesses and to improve the environment for bicycling in the community. Grants will primarily fund the construction or expansion of bicycle facilities such as bike lanes, trails, and paths as well as advocacy projects that promote bicycling as a safe and accessible mode of transportation.
Amount: $2,000 - $10,000
Deadline: May 24, 2013

Fuel Up to Play 60 Grants
The National Dairy Council and the National Football League are offering schools grants to jumpstart and sustain healthy nutrition and physical activity improvements. Applicants must show how their school will increase: student awareness of the importance of healthy eating and increased physical activity; student access to nutrient-rich foods, (including low-fat and fat-free dairy, fruits, vegetables and whole grains); and student opportunities for in-school physical activity.
Amount: Up to $4,000
Deadline: June 4, 2013

Saucony Run for Good Program
The Saucony Run for Good Program is accepting applications from community nonprofit organizations that initiate and support running programs for kids. These grants aim to promote running and fitness programs for children.
Amount: Up to $10,000
Deadline: June 13, 2013

Celebrity Foundation Offers Skatepark Grants
The Tony Hawk Foundation is providing grants for public skate parks and recreational programs that serve low-income populations. Successful applicants will include strong partnerships that involve skaters in the planning and design of the skatepark and local groups.
Amount: $1,000-$25,000
Deadline: July 1, 2013

NIH: Time-Sensitive Obesity Policy & Program Evaluation (R01)
This funding opportunity announcement supports time-sensitive research to evaluate a new policy or program expected to influence obesity related behaviors and/or weight outcomes in an effort to prevent or reduce obesity. It is intended to support research where opportunities for study are only available through expedited review and funding.
Deadline: Monthly
Amount: Varies

Healthy Eating Research: Building Evidence to Prevent Childhood Obesity
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is calling for proposals to research environmental and policy strategies with strong potential to promote healthy eating among children to prevent childhood obesity, especially among lower-income and racial and ethnic populations at highest risk for obesity. Two types of awards are available: Round 8 grants and RWJF New Connections grants awarded through the Healthy Eating Research program.
Amount: Up to $170,000 (Round 8); Up to $100,000 (RWJF New Connections)
Deadline: Varies

Changes in Health Care Financing and Organization: Large and Small Grants
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is calling for proposals that 1) examine issues and interventions related to health care financing and organization and their effects on health care costs, quality and access; and 2) explore or test new ways to finance and organize health care to improve access to more affordable and higher quality health services.
Amount: More than $100,000 (Large); $100,000 or less (Small)
Deadline: Open

Childhood Obesity Rapid Response Grants (American Heart Association)
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the American Heart Association are accepting applications for childhood obesity prevention activities such as grassroots organizing, coalition building, and public opinion research or media relations. Both state and local-level efforts are eligible.
Amount: $5,000-75,000

KaBOOM! Playspace Opportunities
KaBOOM! is currently doing outreach to locate potential Community Partners in cities and towns across North America to create playgrounds with them and their corporate partners in 2011. Ideal Community Partners are usually child-serving non-profit organizations, but can be community development organizations, neighborhood coalitions, schools or any organization that can mobilize a volunteer force and is in need of a new playground!
Amount: No money awarded, playground equipment provided, small match required

Calendar for Grants Available for School Gardens

Neighborhood Excellence Initiative
The Neighborhood Excellence Initiative recognizes, nurtures and rewards community-based organizations, local heroes and student leaders working to improve their communities. The grants focus on areas such as: education, community development/neighborhood preservation, arts and culture, and health and human services.

State Farm Youth Advisory Board Grant Application Available
State Farm's Youth Advisory Board (YAB) grants are designed to create sustainable change in local communities across the United States. Applicants must be a public K-12, charter, higher education institution, or non-profit organizations who are able to demonstrate how they plan to impact student achievement within the public K-12 curriculum. All applicants need to have a youth contact and adult administrator, as the programs must be youth-driven and youth-led. Grant requests must fall under one of these issue areas: Driver Safety, Environmental Responsibility, Financial Literacy, Access to Higher Education, or Natural & Societal Disasters.
Amount: $25,000-$100,000

USDA Team Nutrition Grants to Improve the Health of America's Children
The USDA will be investing $5.5 million in grants for Team Nutrition Training for Healthy Meals that will help children develop healthy eating and physical activity habits for healthier lifestyles. Approximately $2.5 million is set aside to provide non-competitive grants (up to $50,000) to each State Agency that commits to specific strategies to increase the number of HealthierUS School Challenge (HUSSC) applications submitted for approval.   
Amount: Up to $350,000