The Children’s Funding Desk: a live, sourced view of the field.

The numbers, with their sources.

• 1,295NICHD awards noticed, last 90 daysNIH RePORTER (opens the source in a new tab) · as of Oct 29, 2026, 7:45 PM PDT
  How it’s counted

  Award notices 2026-08-01 to 2026-10-30, all NICHD-administered projects incl. supplements, as listed in NIH RePORTER.

• $726.3M$726,341,403NICHD dollars in those awardsNIH RePORTER (opens the source in a new tab) · as of Oct 29, 2026, 7:45 PM PDT
  How it’s counted

  Sum of the published award amounts for the 1295 NICHD awards noticed 2026-08-01 to 2026-10-30 (total cost; sub-projects without an amount count as $0).

• 1,157NIH awards with child terms in the title, last 90 daysNIH RePORTER (opens the source in a new tab) · as of Oct 29, 2026, 7:45 PM PDT
  How it’s counted

  All NIH institutes; project title contains child, children, pediatric, adolescent, youth, infant, newborn or similar; notices 2026-08-01 to 2026-10-30.

• $602.1M$602,115,310NIH dollars in those awardsNIH RePORTER (opens the source in a new tab) · as of Oct 29, 2026, 7:45 PM PDT
  How it’s counted

  Sum of published award amounts for the 1157 child-titled NIH awards noticed 2026-08-01 to 2026-10-30.

• 39Open federal funding calls on children and youthGrants.gov (opens the source in a new tab) · as of Oct 29, 2026, 7:45 PM PDT
  How it’s counted

  Grants.gov opportunities with status "posted" whose title or synopsis is about children, youth, adolescents, infants or early childhood (28 in the title). 114 keyword matches were checked; ones that only mention children elsewhere are left out.

• 10Of those, closing in the next 30 daysGrants.gov (opens the source in a new tab) · as of Oct 29, 2026, 7:45 PM PDT
  How it’s counted

  Posted calls with a close date from 2026-10-30 to 2026-11-29.

• 75Forecasted federal calls on children and youthGrants.gov (opens the source in a new tab) · as of Oct 29, 2026, 7:45 PM PDT
  How it’s counted

  Opportunities agencies have announced as coming but not yet posted.

• 220Recent UK charitable grants for children and young people360Giving Datastore (opens the source in a new tab) · as of Oct 29, 2026, 7:45 PM PDT
  How it’s counted

  Latest grants published to 360Giving by Wellcome, Nuffield Foundation, Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, Paul Hamlyn Foundation, BBC Children in Need, kept when the grant title or description mentions children or young people. Per funder: Wellcome 49, Nuffield Foundation 52, Esmée Fairbairn Foundation 30, Paul Hamlyn Foundation 108, BBC Children in Need 281.

• 45Newest UKRI projects with child terms in the titleUKRI Gateway to Research (opens the source in a new tab) · as of Oct 29, 2026, 7:45 PM PDT
  How it’s counted

  Gateway to Research title search (children, child, young people, adolescents, infant, youth, childhood), newest by fund start date.

• 23NSF awards on children, youth or families, last 12 monthsNSF Award Search (opens the source in a new tab) · as of Oct 29, 2026, 7:45 PM PDT
  How it’s counted

  NSF Award API keyword search since 2025-10-30, kept only when the award title names children, youth, adolescents, infants or early childhood.

• 107New papers, last 30 days: resilience in children and youthEurope PMC (opens the source in a new tab) · as of Oct 29, 2026, 7:45 PM PDT
  How it’s counted

  Europe PMC first-publication date 2026-09-30 to 2026-10-30.

• 100New papers, last 30 days: adversity, poverty, displacementEurope PMC (opens the source in a new tab) · as of Oct 29, 2026, 7:45 PM PDT
  How it’s counted

  Europe PMC first-publication date 2026-09-30 to 2026-10-30.

• 87Recruiting studies that include children, first posted last 90 daysClinicalTrials.gov (opens the source in a new tab) · as of Oct 29, 2026, 7:45 PM PDT
  How it’s counted

  ClinicalTrials.gov, status recruiting, age group child, first posted since 2026-08-01, conditions on mental health, trauma, autism, ADHD, development or resilience. Health information, not medical advice.

• 99Live children’s arts fundraisers listedChildren’s arts fundraisers (curated) (opens the source in a new tab) · as of Oct 29, 2026, 5:31 PM PDT
  How it’s counted

  Public campaign pages on GlobalGiving, Givebutter and Classy, checked 2026-10-30. Link-out only.

• $2.7M$2,686,019Raised so far across those campaignsChildren’s arts fundraisers (curated) (opens the source in a new tab) · as of Oct 29, 2026, 5:31 PM PDT
  How it’s counted

  Sum of the amounts each campaign page showed when checked (as of 2026-10-30 00:31 UTC).

• 37.4Under-5 mortality, world, 2024World Bank Open Data (opens the source in a new tab) · as of Oct 29, 2026, 7:45 PM PDT
  How it’s counted

  UN IGME estimate via World Bank Open Data; 93.5 in 1990.

Counts and sums are computed from the records each source published for the stated window; nothing is estimated. Times are shown in Pacific time (your browser shows your own time zone once the page loads).