Non-Best Starts for Kids Funding Opportunities List – March to May deadlines

Published March 9, 2026

Editor’s note 3/19/26: Two new funding opportunities have been added to the Upcoming Funding Opportunities document.

Best Starts is not involved in the applications or decisions of the following funding opportunities. 

Non-Best Starts Funding Opportunities 

Tips for using this list: 

  • Opportunities that are due sooner, will appear first in the “Upcoming Funding Opportunities” list. 
  • The first list includes funding opportunities with upcoming deadlines. The second list, further down the page, includes funding opportunities that accept applications on a rolling basis.  
  • Funding opportunities labeled with “NEW” were not included in the previous month’s list.

Upcoming Funding Opportunities

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Rolling Funding Opportunities

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Why we make this list

At Best Starts we work to build long-term sustainable supports for our community so that every baby born and child raised is happy, healthy, safe and thriving. And we recognize we can’t do it all on our own.   

We will always promote our Best Starts funding opportunities here on the blog and website. But we’re also posting this monthly blog series, to highlight funding opportunities from other agencies and organizations that promote the health and well-being of babies, kids, and young people.  

If you know of other grant opportunities that serve babies, kids and young people in King County, please email us at Best.Starts@kingcounty.gov and we will include them in the next posting. 

These opportunities are not intended to be a recommendation from King County to apply for these opportunities. These opportunities will not be right for every organization. Organizations must do their own research to make sure an opportunity is the right thing for their organization. This list is intended to be a service to our community and service organizations. 

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