Assistance Listing 93.137
Community Programs to Improve Minority Health
Office of Assistant Secretary for Health · Department of Health and Human Services
The verdict for a small nonprofit
A realistic target for an established nonprofit. 59% of awards go to first-time applicants and nonprofits win 32%.
Based on 41 new awards in FY2022–24. Organizations under $1M in revenue won 0% of the awards that went to nonprofits. The median award is $1,200,000. Expect about 50 days between posting and deadline.
- First-time winners
- 59%
- of new awards, last 3 FYs
- Nonprofit share
- 32%
- 16% higher ed · 43% gov't
- Under-$1M orgs
- 0%
- of nonprofit awards
- Median award
- $1.2M
- $1.2M – $1.2M middle half
- New awards, FY2024
- 20
- $24M committed to them
- Usually posts
- Jun
- annual · 50-day window
Open right now under this program
1 opportunity · from Grants.gov, checked every 10 minutes
| Deadline | Opportunity | Expected awards |
|---|---|---|
| Forecastdeadline TBA | Innovative Approaches for Reducing Disparities in Kidney HealthMP-CPI-25-002 · up to $500K | 4 |
Who won in FY2024
Largest recipients by dollars. From USAspending.
| Recipient | Type | State | Awards | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Morehouse School of Medicine, INC. | Higher ed | GA | 3 | $42,161,909 |
| Boston Public Health Commission | Government | MA | 3 | $8,155,301 |
| American College of Rheumatology, INC | Nonprofit | GA | 3 | $3,082,691 |
| University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences | Higher ed | AR | 3 | $2,900,685 |
| University of Hawaii | Higher ed | HI | 2 | $9,953,130 |
| Oklahoma State University | Higher ed | OK | 2 | $9,819,658 |
| Washington, County of | Government | OR | 2 | $8,072,459 |
| Clayton County Health District | Government | GA | 2 | $6,076,742 |
| Bexar County Hospital District | Government | TX | 2 | $5,448,804 |
| University of California Irvine | Higher ed | CA | 2 | $4,762,725 |
New awards by fiscal year
Awards first made in each fiscal year; dollars are the total committed to that year's new awards over their life.
| FY | New awards | Committed | Median | Middle half |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 111 | $312M | $2.5M | $1.3M – $3.4M |
| 2022 | 30 | $36M | $1.1M | $1.1M – $1.5M |
| 2023 | 21 | $75M | $3.9M | $2.0M – $4.4M |
| 2024 | 20 | $24M | $1.2M | $1.2M – $1.2M |
Past rounds
Every announcement under this listing that Grants.gov still lists. Use it to plan next year.
| Posted | Closed | Window | Announcement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-15 | 2026-07-15 | 30 d | MP-CPI-26-002 · Center for Indigenous Innovation and Health |
| 2026-06-10 | 2026-07-10 | 30 d | MP-CPI-26-001 · National Lupus Outreach and Clinical Trial Education Program |
| 2024-08-01 | forecast | — | MP-CPI-25-001 · Making America Healthy Again by Addressing Dementia Disparities |
| 2024-08-01 | forecast | — | MP-CPI-25-003 · Coordinating Center for Language Access Services |
| 2024-08-01 | forecast | — | MP-CPI-25-004 · Promoting Access with a Language Services Assistance Symbol |
| 2024-08-01 | forecast | — | MP-CPI-25-002 · Innovative Approaches for Reducing Disparities in Kidney Health |
| 2024-03-05 | 2024-05-15 | 71 d | MP-CPI-24-001 · Community Level Innovations for Improving Health Outcomes |
| 2023-06-21 | 2023-08-01 | 41 d | MP-CPI-23-001 · Health Equity Leadership Development Initiative |
| 2023-06-16 | 2023-08-01 | 46 d | MP-CPI-23-003 · National Lupus Outreach and Clinical Trial Education Program |
| 2023-06-02 | 2023-08-01 | 60 d | MP-CPI-23-002 · Center for Indigenous Innovation and Health Equity |
| 2023-05-15 | 2023-07-18 | 64 d | MP-CPI-23-004 · Healthy Families Community-Based Perinatal Health Initiative |
| 2022-06-01 | 2022-07-15 | 44 d | MP-CPI-22-005 · Promoting Equitable Access to Language Services in Health and Human Services |
| 2022-05-23 | 2022-07-15 | 53 d | MP-CPI-22-003 · Community-Driven Approaches to Address Factors Contributing to Structural Racism in Public Health |
| 2022-04-19 | 2022-06-22 | 64 d | MP-CPI-22-001 · Demonstrating Effective Policies To Promote Black Youth Mental Health |
| 2021-11-05 | — | — | MP-CPI-22-004 · Promoting Equitable Language Access in Healthcare Utilization – Coordinating Center |
| 2021-07-29 | — | — | MP-CPI-22-002 · Improving Preventive Services Utilization Initiative |
| 2021-07-13 | 2021-07-28 | 15 d | MP-CPI-21-002 · Accessing Social Determinants of Health Data through Local Data Intermediaries Initiative |
| 2021-07-09 | 2021-08-23 | 45 d | MP-CPI-21-003 · Framework to Address Health Disparities through Collaborative Policy Efforts: Coordinating Center |
| 2021-07-09 | 2021-08-23 | 45 d | MP-CPI-21-004 · Framework to Address Health Disparities through Collaborative Policy Efforts: Demonstration Projects |
| 2021-07-02 | 2021-08-16 | 45 d | MP-CPI-21-007 · Center for Indigenous Innovation and Health Equity |
| 2021-06-17 | 2021-08-17 | 61 d | MP-CPI-21-008 · Minority Leaders Development Program |
| 2021-05-12 | 2021-07-13 | 62 d | MP-CPI-21-001 · Family-Centered Approaches to Improving Type 2 Diabetes Control and Prevention |
| 2021-04-26 | 2021-06-29 | 64 d | MP-CPI-21-005 · National Lupus Outreach and Clinical Trial Education Program |
| 2021-03-08 | 2021-04-20 | 43 d | MP-CPI-21-006 · Advancing Health Literacy to Enhance Equitable Community Responses to COVID-19 |
| 2020-07-28 | 2020-08-27 | 30 d | MP-CPI-20-002 · Demonstration to Increase Hydroxyurea Prescribing for Children with Sickle Cell Disease Through Provider Incentives |
| 2020-07-24 | 2020-08-26 | 33 d | MP-CPI-20-001 · State/Tribal/Territorial Partnership Initiative to Document and Sustain Disparity-Reducing Interventions |
| 2020-07-16 | 2020-08-18 | 33 d | MP-CPI-20-004 · Sickle Cell Disease Clinical Data Collection Platform |
| 2020-07-15 | 2020-08-17 | 33 d | MP-CPI-20-003 · Reducing Cardiac Arrest Disparities Through Data Registries Initiative |
| 2020-07-15 | 2020-08-17 | 33 d | MP-CPI-20-005 · Community-based Approaches to Strengthening Economic Supports for Working Families |
| 2020-05-01 | 2020-05-13 | 12 d | MP-CPI-20-006 · National Infrastructure for Mitigating the Impact of COVID-19 within Racial and Ethnic Minority Communities |
| 2019-03-28 | 2019-05-31 | 64 d | MP-CPI-19-002 · Youth Engagement in Sports: Collaboration to Improve Adolescent Physical Activity and Nutrition (YES Initiative) |
| 2019-02-13 | 2019-04-13 | 59 d | MP-CPI-19-001 · OMH Hepatitis B Demonstration Grant Program |
| 2018-01-08 | 2018-03-30 | 81 d | MP-CPI-18-001 · FY18 The National Lupus Training, Outreach, and Clinical Trial Education Program (Lupus Program) |
| 2017-06-02 | 2017-08-01 | 60 d | MP-CPI-17-004 · Empowered Communities for a Healthier Nation Initiative |
| 2017-05-23 | — | — | MP-CPI-17-003 · Empowered Communities for a Healthier Nation |
| 2017-01-06 | 2017-04-03 | 87 d | MP-AIA-17-001 · FY17 American Indian/Alaska Native Health Equity Initiative |
| 2016-12-30 | 2017-03-31 | 91 d | MP-CPI-17-001 · FY17 Partnerships to Achieve Health Equity |
| 2016-12-30 | 2017-03-31 | 91 d | MP-CPI-17-002 · FY17National Lupus Outreach and Clinical Trial Education Program |
| 2016-02-18 | 2016-04-21 | 63 d | MP-CPI-16-003 · Re-Entry Community Linkages (RE-LINK) |
| 2016-02-03 | 2016-04-18 | 75 d | MP-CPI-16-002 · Communities Addressing Childhood Trauma (ACT) |
Common questions
How hard is it to win a grant under 93.137?
A realistic target for an established nonprofit. 59% of awards go to first-time applicants and nonprofits win 32%. Based on 41 new awards in FY2022–24. Organizations under $1M in revenue won 0% of the awards that went to nonprofits. The median award is $1,200,000. Expect about 50 days between posting and deadline.
How much does Community Programs to Improve Minority Health award?
In FY2024 the median new award was $1.2M; the middle half ran from $1.2M to $1.2M. 20 new awards were made, with $24M committed to them.
When does 93.137 usually post?
Over the last several years, new rounds most often posted in Jun with about 50 days to apply. The most recent round posted Jun 15, 2026.
Who runs this program?
Department of Health and Human Services (Office of Assistant Secretary for Health). Assistance Listing 93.137 on SAM.gov describes the authorizing statute and standard terms.
Sources: USAspending FY2021–25 award archive (2026-10-06); Grants.gov Search2 (fetched 2026-10-28); IRS EO BMF (fetched 2026-10-28). Award counts are new awards by fiscal year of first action. Shares are computed from award counts, not dollars; the under-$1M share covers the 77% of nonprofit awards that matched an IRS revenue record. Recipient type comes from the award record's business-type codes. Always confirm details in the official announcement.