Addressing the needs of our customers is a cornerstone of 180 Medical’s mission. In fact, 180 Medical began with the story of our founder, Todd Brown, after he sustained a spinal cord injury (SCI). We also like to offer helpful resources for others needing information, support, and education related to their condition. Look below for this helpful list of spinal cord injury grants, scholarships, and more.
Sports Grants for Athletes with a Spinal Cord Injury
The following spinal cord injury resources include several grants, which are specifically available to help those with SCI and other disabilities pursue an active lifestyle, including athletic endeavors and adaptive sports.
Challenged Athletes Foundation (CAF)
Challenged Athletes Foundation is dedicated to enabling those with physical challenges. It provides opportunities such as peer mentoring and grants to encourage athletic activity. Available grants include options to help with travel, training, and coaching, as well as equipment like wheelchairs and prosthetic devices.
Kelly Brush Foundation
The Kelly Brush Foundation offers grants to support its mission of helping those with spinal cord injuries lead active lives and purchase adaptive sports equipment.
IM Able Foundation – Adaptive Equipment Grants
The IM Able Foundation seeks to remove obstacles to physical activity for people with physical and/or cognitive disabilities. Grants are available for adaptive sports equipment through IM Able.
Spinal Cord Opportunities for Rehabilitation Endowment (SCORE)
SCORE provides grants to those who have been paralyzed while participating in sports or recreational activities for rehabilitation therapy. They offer grants related to sports equipment, home renovations for accessibility, and other quality-of-life improvements.
Vehicle and Adaptive Mobility Equipment Grants
The following listed grants offer help in financing adaptive vehicles as well as mobility equipment.
The Mobility Resource – State Grants for Wheelchair Accessible Vans
The Mobility Resource connects people with disabilities with financing grants for wheelchair-accessible vans, wheelchair lifts, scooters, adaptive driving equipment, and other mobility products.
Military Grants for Veterans With Spinal Cord Injuries
These grants offer financial assistance to service members with a spinal cord injury, paralysis, or other physical disabilities.
The Semper Fi Fund (SFF)
The Semper Fi Fund is a charity that provides resources for injured members of the U.S. Armed Forces and their families. They offer grants for general financial assistance.
Semper Fi & America’s Fund
The Semper Fi & America’s Fund seeks to support active service members, veterans of the United States military, and their families. They provide financial assistance and support to veterans and their families during all recovery levels.
High Fives Foundation
The High Fives Foundation is a non-profit that provides resources and inspiration to athletes and veterans with spinal cord injuries. It offers grants for veterans and those pursuing outdoor adventure sports.
US Department of Veterans Affairs Adaptive Sports Grant Program
The US Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) offers this grant to adaptive sports programs whose mission is to offer United States veterans rehabilitation, adaptive sports assistance, and therapeutic resources.
General Purpose Spinal Cord Injury Grants
Lastly, here are some additional grants and financial aid programs for people with spinal cord injuries.
Byron Riesch Paralysis Foundation
The Bryon Riesch Paralysis Foundation (BRPF) aims to find a cure for paralysis. It helps fund the latest medical research and assists those with neurological disorders. BRPF offers grants for financial assistance and research on cures.
Travis Roy Foundation
The Travis Roy Foundation is focused on empowering spinal cord-injured individuals through adaptive equipment grants, which enable independence. They also fund SCI research to benefit people with chronic injuries. Grants are available for durable medical equipment like wheelchairs or assistive devices and research regarding spinal cord injuries.
Be Perfect Paralysis Awareness Foundation
Be Perfect Foundation is a non-profit organization that provides direct financial aid to individuals living with spinal cord injuries and/or paralysis. It offers grants for financial assistance and scholarship opportunities.
Friends of Man
Friends of Man is a non-profit working with referring professionals to supply mobility equipment and additional supplies for those with qualifying disabilities. This non-profit offers grants for financial assistance and durable medical equipment like wheelchairs, walkers, canes, and other assistive devices.
Dream2Walk
The Dream2Walk Foundation is a non-profit organization offering financial assistance at approved recovery-based therapy facilities. Dream2Walk has available grants for financial assistance for approved physical therapy.
Triumph Foundation
The Triumph Foundation helps to cover the gap in insurance coverage for those with spinal cord injuries. In addition, they provide necessary equipment through various missions such as the Keep Moving Forward Grant program, the Employment Achievement Award, and the Equipment and Supply Exchange. They offer grants for financial assistance and assistive technology.
Michael Feger Paralysis Foundation
The Michael Feger Paralysis Foundation is a charity devoted to assisting individuals with spinal cord injuries. They do this by providing access to assistive technology products and educational materials.
Cindy Donald Dreams of Recovery Foundation
The Cindy Donald Dreams of Recovery Foundation is committed to creating positive change for people facing the challenges that often accompany spinal cord injuries or traumatic brain injuries (TBI). This grant helps those affected individuals receive therapy.
Spinal Cord Injury Scholarships
180 Medical offers annual scholarship opportunities for college students with spinal cord injuries and other specific medical conditions.
180 Medical College Scholarship Program
This scholarship is open to college students of all ages who plan to attend a 2 or 4-year college in the fall of each applicable year. Applying students must be under the care of a physician for one of the following medical conditions:
- Spinal cord injury
- Spina bifida
- Neurogenic bladder
- Transverse myelitis
- Ostomy (urostomy, colostomy, or ileostomy)
180 Medical Ron Howell Caregiver Scholarship
This scholarship is our way to give back to the primary unpaid caregivers who support their loved ones with disabilities such as spinal cord injuries.
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