Deadline: 31-May-22
The Forward Community Investments (FCI) is seeking applications for its 2022 Health Equity Grant Fund.
Purposes
- With the help of the Otto Bremer Trust (OBT), FCI will be offering $500,000 in grants to Wisconsin-based nonprofit organizations and initiatives that are addressing issues of health equity in 2022.
- They envision these grant funds will address and support your work in ways other grants deem unallowable.
- These much-needed funds must be deployed in providing services to Wisconsin residents in the project areas of:
Funding Information
- All funds will be awarded in 2022
- FCI will award 20 organizations or initiatives grants of $25,000
- FCI aims to split grant funding to urban and rural communities 50/50
- FCI aims to hold two funding rounds, one in May and the other in September
- Each round will award 10 organizations or initiatives a $25,000 grant
Scope of Funding
- They know that there are many grants currently available that restrict the way you use them, for this opportunity they trust your judgment in using these funds that will help you and your organization advance health equity in the project.
- It is the hope that grantees can build sustainability with these funds and continue to address the issues of health equity long after these grant funds are deployed.
- Grant funds can be used to support new and existing work that links to ongoing sustained efforts of racial and health equity.
- Funds can be program-specific or organization-wide.
- Examples include, but not limited to:
- Events that align health promotion and civic engagement.
- Work intended to change the narrative and/or policies/systems around health, and factors that drive health.
- Events or initiatives that support the development or advancement of collaborations between organizations looking to partner to address root causes of health disparities.
- Support for campaigns that relate to advancing racial and equity, e.g. communications campaigns (Please note that no lobbying or political activity is allowed)
- Supports funding for items that may be unallowable expenses to leverage restricted funding sources.
Eligibility Criteria
- Be a 501c3 organization or a project sponsored by another 501c3.
- Serves people of color, low to moderate-income individuals, and/or other marginalized groups.
- Not be an affiliate of a national organization.
- Actively work to improve the health and livelihood of Wisconsin residents and provide services related to the project areas.
- Applicants can be involved in, but are not limited to direct service, and community organizing.
- FCI will not fund the following
- Individuals
- Capital campaigns
- Endowments
- For-Profit entities
- Partisan political efforts
For more information, visit https://www.forwardci.org/2022-health-equity-grants
