Wellness Mini Grant Opportunities 2026

Photo: C-Fit Community 2025 Mini-Grant Recipients

Small grants. Local ideas. Healthier communities.

Do you have an idea that could help people in Chesterfield live healthier, more connected lives?

C-Fit Community’s Wellness Mini-Grant program helps local organizations bring practical wellness projects to life. These grants are designed for community-based ideas that can make a positive difference close to home — in neighborhoods, schools, parks, gardens, congregations, civic groups, and other local gathering places.

Past C-Fit Community mini-grant opportunities have awarded up to $3,000 to qualified local organizations serving the Chesterfield community.

Apply Now: https://www.chesterfield.gov/CFitCommunityMiniGrantApplication
Ask a Question: admin@cfitcommunity.org

What kinds of projects fit?

Wellness is bigger than one program, one class, or one definition of health.

C-Fit Community recognizes the many dimensions of wellness, including physical, emotional, social, environmental, financial, intellectual, occupational, and spiritual well-being. A strong mini-grant project might help people move more, eat better, connect with neighbors, reduce stress, learn useful skills, spend time outdoors, support families, or build a stronger sense of belonging.

Possible project ideas could include:

A walking group or movement program
A community garden or healthy food project
A family wellness night
A youth enrichment or mentoring activity
A senior social connection project
A mental wellness or stress-reduction workshop
A neighborhood event that connects residents with resources
A school, PTA, civic, or faith-based wellness initiative
A small pilot project that helps your organization test a larger idea

Your project does not have to be complicated. Some of the best community wellness ideas are simple, local, and deeply human.

Who should apply?

This opportunity is intended for local nonprofit organizations and groups serving the Chesterfield community. For-profit organizations are not eligible.

Eligible applicants may include organizations such as nonprofits, civic groups, PTAs, faith-based organizations, school/community groups, and other local partners working to improve health, wellness, and quality of life in Chesterfield.

Individuals are encouraged to partner with an eligible organization if they have a promising idea.

What makes a strong application?

A strong mini-grant proposal should answer a few simple questions:

What need do you see in the community?

Who will your project serve?

What will you do?

How will the grant help make it happen?

How will you know whether it worked?

You do not need to write like a professional grant writer. Clear, practical, community-centered ideas are welcome.

Why C-Fit Community offers mini-grants

C-Fit Community exists to help connect people, programs, partners, and opportunities that improve wellness across Chesterfield.

We know that many good ideas begin close to the ground — with a teacher who sees a need, a civic group that knows its neighborhood, a faith community that wants to serve, a PTA that wants to support families, or a small nonprofit ready to try something new.

Mini-grants help turn those ideas into action.

By supporting local organizations, C-Fit Community helps strengthen the network of people already working to make Chesterfield healthier, more connected, and more vibrant.

Application details

Grant amount: Up to $3,000 per award
Who may apply: Qualified local organizations serving Chesterfield
Application window open: May 11 – July 10, 2026
Award notification: August, 2026
Questions: admin@cfitcommunity.org

Apply for a Wellness Mini-Grant: https://www.chesterfield.gov/CFitCommunityMiniGrantApplication

Not sure whether your idea fits?

That’s okay. If your project supports health, wellness, connection, learning, access, belonging, or quality of life in Chesterfield, it may be worth exploring.

Send us a note, and we’ll help you think it through.