Teen Pregnancy Prevention Grants 2026: Funders

Federal source review, Grantsights, November 1, 2026: Grantsights checked the Office of Population Affairs (OPA) Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program page (opens in a new tab), its list of past grant recipients for 2023 to 2026 (opens in a new tab) and its July 1, 2025 program policy notice (opens in a new tab), the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) adolescent pregnancy prevention page (opens in a new tab), the statutes at 42 U.S.C. 713 (opens in a new tab) and 42 U.S.C. 710 (opens in a new tab), and the 2026 competitive notices for Competitive PREP (opens in a new tab) and Title V Competitive SRAE (opens in a new tab), then compared them against foundation filings. Where official sources stop: none of them tells you which approach your community, school board or funders will support. That's a local decision.

How Grants for Teen Pregnancy Prevention Programs Are Split

Of the 82 grants in the November 1, 2026 pull, the median was $10,000, the middle half ran from $5,000 to $50,000, and 34 were under $5,000. The average, about $148,700, means little here: the Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation's two gifts to Power to Decide, $2,408,865 in 2024 and $2,400,244 in 2023, add up to 39.4% of the whole total. The money a local program actually works with comes in layers:

Grantsights' honest view: federal streams in this field are politically contested and change with each administration, so a local program that depends on one of them alone is fragile. The local programs that keep going for years tend to sit inside a youth agency or health department with several funders.

Who Funds Teen Pregnancy Prevention: What 990-PF Filings Show

Grantsights analysis of 990-PF filings pulled November 1, 2026 found 48 foundations that made 82 grants to 17 named recipients, totaling $12,195,412. Only 3 states had 3 or more funders: Missouri with 19 foundations, 36 grants and $2,102,093, the District of Columbia with 16 foundations, 24 grants and $9,824,819, and Connecticut with 6 foundations, 11 grants and $50,500. According to IRS guidance about Form 990-PF (opens in a new tab), private foundations use that return to report their grants each year, which is why every gift in this table can be checked.

Reading the state table

The District of Columbia's $9,824,819 is almost all Power to Decide, the national group once called the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy, whose office files in Washington. That one state holds 80.6% of the dollars. Missouri's 19 funders are a different story: every one of them gave to a single youth agency, the Wyman Center in Eureka near St. Louis, from Pershing Charitable Trust's $5,000 to the Skip Viragh Foundation's 3 gifts, including $122,770 and $112,580 in 2023. Connecticut's 6 funders, mostly local bank foundations, all backed one group, Greater New Britain Teen Pregnancy Prevention, with gifts from $1,000 to $12,000.

That Connecticut pattern is the realistic model for a small program. For example, Greater New Britain Teen Pregnancy Prevention received $12,000 from the Farmington Bank Community Foundation in 2023 and $10,000 in both 2024 and 2025 for its Pathways to Success in Higher Education program, plus smaller gifts from the Liberty Bank Foundation, the Thomaston Savings Bank Foundation, the Northwest Community Bank Foundation and the ION Bank Foundation for after-school learning, a teen support network and mental health access.

Why the Youth List Suits Local Prevention Programs

Youth led the tagged gifts in the November 1, 2026 pull, and the youth-tagged gifts that named teen pregnancy prevention in the recipient or the purpose came from 19 foundations with a median of $15,000. Many of those went to youth agencies running prevention inside broader programs:

• The Temple Hoyne Buell Foundation gave Boys and Girls Clubs of Pueblo County $25,000 in 2023 for teen pregnancy prevention, and gave the Children's Hospital Colorado Foundation $55,000 in 2023 and $60,000 in 2024 for the Aurora Teen Pregnancy Prevention collaborative.
• The Nissan Foundation gave Oasis Center in Nashville $25,000 in 2024 for its Teen Outreach Program.
• The Rapha Foundation gave the Lonesome Pine Office on Youth in Big Stone Gap, Virginia $15,000 in 2024 for the Teen Outreach Program.
• The Rauch Family Foundation gave Bethany for Children and Families in Moline, Illinois $3,500 in 2023 for Rock Island County teen pregnancy prevention.
• The Meadows Foundation gave Healthy Futures of Texas in San Antonio $150,000 in 2023 toward a merger of three agencies working on teen pregnancy prevention.

These 6 rows count every youth grant on 990-PF returns in Grantsights analysis of filings pulled October 29, 2026, not only prevention grants. The free preview on the Grantsights youth funder list shows youth funders across your state, not ones chosen for teen pregnancy prevention, so read each funder's past gifts before you reach out. You can buy one state's full list for $29 or a year of every cause for $99, and both lists come with a 30-day refund window.

What the OPA Teen Pregnancy Prevention Page Doesn't Tell You

According to the OPA program overview, the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program serves young people ages 10 to 24 and has an annual budget of about $101 million. The July 1, 2025 policy notice quotes the appropriations language behind that number: $101,000,000 for competitive contracts and grants for medically accurate and age appropriate programs that reduce teen pregnancy, with up to 10% for training, evaluation and support, then 75% of the rest for replicating programs proven effective through rigorous evaluation and 25% for research and demonstration grants.

Here's what the program pages show that the overview doesn't spell out:

1. The 2023 replication grantees are now listed as past. OPA's past-recipient page says the 2023 cohort was funded from July 2023 to July 2026, covering fiscal years 2023 to 2025. Grants there ranged from $532,415 to $1,972,000 a year and went to health departments, universities, Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Milwaukee and community groups such as Better Family Life in St. Louis and Healthy Futures of Texas.
2. The current list is short. As of November 1, 2026, OPA's current-recipient page lists one replication grantee plus evaluation and Innovation Hub awards, labeled 2023 to 2028.
3. The 2025 policy notice changed the rules for grantees. Released July 1, 2025, it tells grantees, subrecipients and service sites when OPA considers materials not medically accurate, not age appropriate or outside the program's scope, sets out obligations on parents' rights tied to the Supreme Court's 2025 decision in Mahmoud v. Taylor, and says continuation awards had to align with current executive orders.
4. No new notice was open. When Grantsights searched the Grants.gov search API (opens in a new tab) for this guide, the most recent TPP program competitions were the 2023 notices, and no new TPP program competition was posted or forecast for 2026.
5. OPA's overview page and its recipient lists don't match. The overview still describes 73 funded organizations, while the recipient pages show most of the 2023 cohort as past. Trust the dated recipient pages over the overview.

A red flag for any program is a budget that assumes a TPP renewal. If you were a 2023 grantee or subrecipient, plan for foundation and state money to replace it, and watch the OPA site for any new competition.

PREP and SRAE: The State-Run Federal Streams

Both of these streams sit in Title V of the Social Security Act and are run by ACF's Family and Youth Services Bureau (FYSB), mostly as formula money to states. The statutes describe them in different terms, and a program should match its approach to the stream it seeks.

PREP. Under 42 U.S.C. 713 (opens in a new tab), a personal responsibility education program educates adolescents on both abstinence and contraception to prevent pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections, and on at least 3 of 6 adulthood preparation subjects: healthy relationships, adolescent development, financial literacy, parent-child communication, educational and career success, and healthy life skills. The statute requires programs to be evidence-based, medically accurate and complete, and age-appropriate. According to the ACF adolescent pregnancy prevention program page, PREP serves youth who are homeless, in the child welfare system, living in rural areas or areas with high teen birth rates, or from minority groups, along with pregnant youth and mothers under 21.

SRAE. Under 42 U.S.C. 710 (opens in a new tab), state allotments pay for education exclusively on sexual risk avoidance, which the statute defines as voluntarily refraining from sexual activity. The law requires that the primary message normalize avoiding nonmarital sexual activity and that content be medically accurate and complete and age-appropriate. ACF also runs a separately funded General Departmental SRAE program built on a positive youth development framework.

The competitive versions are narrow. The FY2026 Competitive PREP notice (opens in a new tab) was posted August 5, 2026, closed August 31, 2026, listed $10,000,000 in estimated funding and awards of $250,000 to $450,000, and was open only to local organizations in states that didn't accept their FY2026 State PREP allocation. The FY2026 Title V Competitive SRAE notice (opens in a new tab) was posted July 16, 2026, closed August 17, 2026, listed $8,358,870 and awards of $13,501 to $450,000, and was limited to local groups in states that hadn't accepted their Title V State SRAE allotment. In most states, the way in is a subgrant from the state agency that holds PREP or SRAE, so find that agency and ask when its next provider round opens. The ACF grants guide explains how FYSB money moves through states.

Costing a Prevention Program for a Grant Request

Programs often underestimate what it costs to deliver an evidence-based model as written. Most models need a set number of sessions, trained facilitators and fidelity checks, and funders that ask for evidence will want to see those lines. This table is illustrative, not data: costs depend on the model, setting and number of youth.

Conferences and training also draw money. The Annie E. Casey Foundation gave Healthy Teen Network $15,000 in both 2023 and 2024 for its national conference, the Saint Susie Charitable Foundation gave the Texas Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy $5,000 in 2023 for its annual symposium, and the Skillman Foundation gave the Michigan Organization on Adolescent Sexual Health $10,000 in 2023 for its BOOM Summit.

6 Prevention Projects Foundations Have Paid For

All 6 of these trace to a named grant in the Grantsights pull of November 1, 2026, or to the youth-tagged gifts described above.

1. Youth leadership programs. The Harold W. Siebens Charitable Foundation gave the Wyman Center $100,000 in 2023 and $115,000 in 2024 for the Wyman Leaders Program.
2. Youth voice in program design. The Chiron Community Giving Foundation gave the Wyman Center $15,000 in both 2023 and 2024 to center youth experience in improving its Teen Connection Project.
3. Statewide campaigns. The Daniel Foundation of Alabama gave the Alabama Campaign for Adolescent Sexual Health $7,500 in 2023 and $10,000 in 2024.
4. School programs. One organization in New Jersey, the Salem Health and Wellness Foundation, gave Salem County High School $3,000 in 2023 for a teen pregnancy prevention program.
5. Supplies in rural areas. The Burning Foundation gave the Foundation for Youth Resiliency and Engagement in Omak, Washington $20,000 in 2024 for low-barrier teen pregnancy prevention services and supplies.
6. Clinic-run school programs. The Grable Foundation gave Planned Parenthood of Western Pennsylvania $80,000 in both 2023 and 2024 for programming to reduce teen pregnancy and prevent dropout in local middle schools.

If your program runs as part of an after-school day, grants for after-school programs covers funders that pay for staff and space.

Common Mistakes in Teen Pregnancy Prevention Grant Requests

These 5 mistakes come up when a prevention program writes for a federal reviewer and then sends the same text to a local foundation.

• Leading with the national total. A common mistake is quoting the field's big numbers. A local family foundation wants to know about your teens, your school district and your results.
• Not naming your model. Say which program you deliver and what evidence stands behind it. Funders that care about evidence will check.
• Hiding the approach. Funders differ on abstinence-only and contraception-inclusive education. State your approach plainly so you reach funders who share it.
• One federal source. A budget built on one federal stream can lose most of its money in a single policy change, as 2025 showed. List your other funders.
• Asking too much. Check a funder's past gifts first; how to read a 990-PF shows you how. A bank foundation that gives $1,000 to $12,000 won't fund a full-time educator.

A Prevention Program's Funding Calendar

This 12-month plan pairs state and federal steps with foundation asks. Your state agency's subgrant calendar sets the real dates, so confirm them first.

The Grantsights grant database tracks open federal and state notices, including youth and adolescent health programs.

Related Guides for Prevention Programs

Many prevention programs run inside larger youth organizations, so grants for youth centers and grants for after-school programs cover the operating funders behind them. Programs built around adult mentors will find related money in grants for mentoring programs, and programs serving young women in particular should read grants for programs for girls.

When prevention work also supports teens who are already pregnant or parenting, grants for maternity homes covers housing and support funders. For the federal side, the ACF grants guide explains how Family and Youth Services Bureau money reaches local providers. If your agency also supports teens who are already pregnant, community birth workers are a natural referral partner, and grants for doula programs shows who pays for them.

FAQ: Common Questions

How many foundations fund teen pregnancy prevention programs? 48 in Grantsights' search of 990-PF filings pulled November 1, 2026.

Is the federal Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program still funding new grants? No new notice was open as of November 1, 2026; check OPA's site.

What's the difference between PREP and SRAE? PREP covers abstinence and contraception; SRAE covers sexual risk avoidance only.

How big is a typical foundation grant for teen pregnancy prevention? The median was $10,000 in the November 1, 2026 pull.

Why does Grantsights point these programs to the youth list? Youth led the tagged gifts, and most programs sit in youth agencies.

Can a local group apply for Competitive PREP or Title V Competitive SRAE? Only in states that didn't take their allotment; both 2026 notices closed in August.

Sources

• HHS Office of Population Affairs: Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program (opens in a new tab)
• OPA: About the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program (opens in a new tab)
• OPA: Current TPP Grant Recipients (opens in a new tab)
• OPA: Past TPP Grant Recipients 2023 to 2026 (opens in a new tab)
• OASH TPP Program Policy Notice 2025-01 (PDF) (opens in a new tab)
• ACF Family and Youth Services Bureau: Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention (opens in a new tab)
• govinfo: 42 U.S.C. 713, Personal responsibility education (opens in a new tab)
• govinfo: 42 U.S.C. 710, Sexual risk avoidance education (opens in a new tab)
• Grants.gov: Competitive PREP, HHS-2026-ACF-ACYF-AK-0014 (opens in a new tab)
• Grants.gov: Title V Competitive SRAE, HHS-2026-ACF-ACYF-TS-0013 (opens in a new tab)
• IRS: About Form 990-PF (opens in a new tab)