Peace Development Fund
The Peace Development Fund (PDF) is inviting applications for its Community Organizing Grants program. Through the program, grants of up to $10,000 will be awarded to grassroots organizations working for social justice.
PDF funds organizations directly engaged in community organizing activities, include organizing to shift power, to build a movement, to dismantle oppression, and/or create new structures. Funding priorities include: new or emerging organizations; efforts that have difficulty securing funds from other sources; community organizations working on climate change issues at the local policy level; groups that have a genesis in Occupy, MeToo, or the Movement for Black Lives; collaborative peace initiatives led by women; or issues that are not yet recognized by progressive funders. PDF tries to fund organizations with the potential to have a significant impact in their geographic and social justice focus area, or that are working on issues not yet recognized by progressive funders.
To be eligible, applicants must have a budget no larger than $250,000 and be located in the United States, Haiti, or Mexico.
See the Peace Development Fund website for complete program guidelines and application instructions.
Applications Due December 30, 2019
Virginia Healthcare Foundation
A public/private partnership, the Virginia Health Care Foundation helps uninsured Virginians and those who live in underserved communities access quality medical, dental, and mental health care. VHCF is inviting applications for its Health Safety Net Grants. Through the program, grants are awarded in support of local collaborations designed to create or enhance a community’s healthcare safety net. Local safety net providers typically include hospitals, free clinics, community health centers, health departments, and other organizations that provide primary care to the uninsured or medically underserved. Funding priorities include the development or expansion of safety net provider’s patient capacity; an expansion of services; the creation of a local system of care; and/or strengthening the safety net infrastructure in a community.
To be eligible, applicants must be a public agency or private nonprofit with 501(c)(3) status under the Internal Revenue Code, an organization with a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) fiscal sponsor, or an organization currently applying for 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status.
See the Virginia Health Care Foundation website for complete program guidelines and application instructions.
Massachusetts Medical Society and Alliance
The Massachusetts Medical Society and Alliance Charitable Foundation's Organizational Grants focus on programs that directly promote health in the community.
Eligible programs must be either 1) nonprofit organizations that provide direct care services or target public health issues which impact the healthcare system and the health of the community; or 2) physician-led volunteer initiatives that provide free care to uninsured/underinsured patients and increase access to care for the medically underserved. Specifically, the Foundation aims to provide grants to organizations committed to providing the following: quality healthcare services for the un- and underinsured; behavioral health services when not available; improved access to healthcare by overcoming barriers to healthcare delivery; health promotion through proactive prevention, education, and outreach; and programs aimed at addressing the social determinants of health.
Letters of intent must be submitted by January 15, 2020. Selected organizations will be invited to submit full proposals, which will be due March 1, 2020.
Visit the Foundation’s website to review the application guidelines.
Sister's Health Foundation
The Sisters Health Foundation is accepting Letters of Inquiry for its Responsive Grants Program, which supports community health projects, capacity-building initiatives, purchases of equipment or technology, small capital projects, or general operating support for nonprofit organizations located in the foundation’s service areas in West Virginia and Ohio.
Individual grant amounts will range between $500 and $50,000, with the average grant award being $15,000.
To be eligible, applicants must be recognized as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, or be a public institution. In addition, projects must positively impact residents in one or more counties of the foundation's service area in West Virginia (Calhoun, Jackson, Pleasants, Ritchie, Roane, Tyler, Wirt, and Wood) or Ohio (Athens, Meigs, and Washington)
Letters of Inquiry must be received no later than January 15, 2020. Upon review, selected applicants will be invited to submit a full proposal by February 26, 2020.
For complete program guidelines, an FAQ, information about previous grant recipients, and application guidelines, see the Sisters Health Foundation website.
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
The Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Foundation is inviting applications for its Community Health Matching Grant Program. Through the program, grants of up to $25,000 per year for two years will be awarded to nonprofit organizations in Michigan working to develop, implement, and evaluate new approaches to healthcare issues. Proposals will be reviewed according to the following criteria: project sustainability, potential for replication, significance and risk-level of the target population, and level of impact on health and health care in Michigan. Matching funds are required based on the size of the organization’s budget as well as the percent of Medicaid and uninsured patients served. To be eligible for a grant, applicants must be a nonprofit organization based in Michigan.
See the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Foundation website for complete program guidelines and application instructions.
Applications accepted at any time. However, applications are only reviewed 3 times per year at board meetings: April 15, 2020; July 22, 2020; and November 18, 2020.
Thank you to Sarah Callender for providing the information.
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