The program allows grant awards of up to $10,000 to improve the accessibility of an owner-occupied home in which an individual with disability resides.

Challenged America offers funding to disadvantaged, physically or developmentally challenged children (or their parents). You can submit requests for medical attention, rehabilitative therapy, and/or assistive devices they would otherwise be unable to obtain. The benefits to the children go far beyond the physical. Assistance from Challenged America can improve their quality of life, help them gain confidence and self-esteem, and ease their reentry into the community.

The First Hand Foundation is a public 501(c)(3) organization that provides funding for individual children both domestically and globally who need assistance with clinical necessities (such as surgery, medication and therapy), medical equipment and travel related to care. They provide both domestic and global funding. 

The mission of the Foundation is to assist special needs children with a physical disability or illness aged 21 or younger throughout the United States. The Foundation awards grants to lower income families to enhance the everyday life of the child. Funds are awarded on a case by case basis. Families who wish to receive assistance must complete an application and demonstrate financial need. Applications are accepted throughout the year. Grants are only to be awarded once per child (for clarification, families who have multiple children who qualify are eligible to be awarded once per child).

A non-profit organization committed to help improve the lives of children with special needs. They help provide funding for therapies such as, but not limited to, PT, OT, Speech, Chelation, and Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy. They also help provide needed equipment and assist families in finding respite care, and other needed services.

The Kiddie Pool program is an online fundraiser. Your family joins the program and a custom webpage is created for your child with special needs. Included on the webpage is a photograph of your child, your child's story, products desired for your child and fun facts about your child. This webpage is designed to be shared with friends and family through an email campaign. Once friends and family members visit your child's webpage, they can read about your child and learn about the products he/she needs. They can then make a donation for your child that will be put into an account on Adaptivemall.com. You will receive an email each time someone has donated to your child's fund so that you can keep track of where you are with your goal. Once your child has received enough donations, you can redeem them for the products desired.

Kiddos' Clubhouse Foundation provides therapy scholarships to help families pay for critical therapies.

Offers grants for children and families that have a financial need for a particular purpose. Grants may extend to children and families in need of help with bills, athletic opportunities, medical needs, or an opportunity that a child would not otherwise have. All grants are awarded to the family, but are paid directly to the specific purpose for which the grant was applied.

UnitedHealthcare Children's Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit charity dedicated to facilitating access to medical-related services that have the potential to significantly enhance either the clinical condition or the quality of life of the child and that are not fully covered by the available commercial health benefit plan. This "support" is in the form of a medical grant to be used for medical services not covered or not completely covered by commercial health benefit plans.

Variety's Freedom Program delivers vital life-changing equipment and services for mobility, independence and social inclusion to individual children and children's organizations. Together through the Freedom program, we change children's lives by granting items and services that provide independence, mobility and freedom. Grants under the Freedom program are made to individual children and children's organizations.

Established in 1982 under the Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act/TEFRA (P.L. 97-248), the Katie Beckett Medicaid Program (KB), permits the state to ignore family income for certain children who are disabled. It provides benefits to certain children 18 years of age or less who qualify as disabled individuals under §1614 of the Social Security Act and who live at home rather than in an institution. These children must meet specific criteria to be covered.

Qualification is not based on medical diagnosis; instead it is based on the institutional level of care the child requires. Title 42 Code of Federal Regulations outlines the criteria used to determine eligibility.

The Foundation’s funding emphases are education, advocacy, and the arts, which are led by or support adults with disabilities.

Co-sponsored by John’s Crazy Socks and Doug Flutie Jr Foundation for Autism, the program provides one scholarship to someone on the autism spectrum

Kerry Magro has made it his mission to help others with autism via this scholarship program. The winning applicant will receive a $500 scholarship to pay for their postsecondary education.

The Lisa Higgins Hussman Scholarship supports students attending 2-year colleges; life skills or postsecondary programs; or vocational, technical, or trade schools. Hussman applicants typically make up the pool of talented students who face daily challenges related to autism and attend programs that assist in skill-building, job-readiness, and other transition-related skills.

The mission of the O’Neill Tabani Enrichment Fund is to offer financial assistance to adults with Down syndrome who are continuing to enrich their lives by taking classes or enrolling in postsecondary educational programs.

Ruby’s Rainbow provides college scholarships for students with Down syndrome, spreading awareness of their capabilities and supporting their dreams of higher education and independence

The Katie MacDonald Memorial Scholarship will be awarded to an individual with Down syndrome who is pursuing educational or job training opportunities beyond high school. Personal connection and/or family involvement in support of UPS for Down syndrome activities or programs is a requirement.

Varghese Summersett offers an annual scholarship for students with Down syndrome to honor two of their attorneys who have children with disabilities. This scholarship is intended for a child who needs financial aid to support educational or recreational opportunities. Recipients may use the scholarship toward a camp, tutoring, education, or any tool to help the child prosper

The Down Syndrome Association of Central Ohio offers college scholarships to assist Ohio residents with Down syndrome or those who are siblings, parents, cousins, or other relatives of individuals with Down syndrome. Specifically, recipients must pursue careers that will positively impact the lives of individuals with Down syndrome. People with Down syndrome who are enrolled in a college program are eligible and strongly encouraged to apply