Applications Open for 2020 Mt. Sinai Health Care Foundation Grant Program

Deadline: 01-Jul-20

Applications are now open for the 2020 Mt. Sinai Health Care Foundation Grant program.

The Mt. Sinai Health Care Foundation seeks to assist Greater Cleveland’s organizations and leaders to improve the health and well-being of the Jewish and general communities now and for generations to come.

Review Criteria

The Foundation receives many more deserving requests than it can possibly fund. Funding priority will be given to those proposals that fit the Foundation’s guidelines and demonstrate the most potential according to the following criteria:

Evidence of sound design, appropriate budget, well-qualified staff, and a strong implementation plan.
Clear articulation of plans for continued support of the project beyond the term of a Mt. Sinai Health Care Foundation grant, e.g., earned income, long-term philanthropic support (endowment), support from an organization’s core budget, or other means, when applicable.
Clear description of measurable outcomes and how they will be achieved.
Potential opportunities for working with other organizations to address issues of common concern specific to the proposed project, when applicable.
Potential for the Foundation’s investment to leverage additional resources for support of the project, when applicable.
Demonstration of solid fiscal and management practices and governing board oversight.
Demonstrated board commitment, leadership, engagement, and financial support.

Examples: Outputs and Outcomes

Proposal preparation requires grantee-partners to describe the outputs and outcomes they hope to accomplish over the term of the proposal grant. The examples below are for reference purposes only and do not necessarily indicate the Foundation’s funding priorities.

Example 1: Health Program to Reduce Smoking
- If a project aimed to prevent teen smoking, outputs might include:
  - 10 educational sessions conducted with teens and/or parents
  - 15 student peer health educators trained
  - 25 of social media posts with anti-smoking messages
- Short-term outcomes might include:
  - Increased web traffic on anti-smoking resources by 30%
  - Increased perceived confidence in students’ ability to refuse smoking by 90%
  - Potential long-term impact might include a decline in rates of smoking initiation among teens in the community served.
Example 2: Policy Efforts to Address Asthma
- If a health policy campaign sought to increase state funding for childhood asthma prevention and control, outputs might include:
  - 25 meetings to educate state lawmakers on asthma prevention
  - 4 issue briefs created and shared, each shared with at least 100 stakeholders
  - 9 parents trained as asthma ambassadors
- Short-term outcomes might include:
  - Increased mentions of childhood asthma prevention in newspapers, radio, and TV highlighting work or the work of policy change allies by 25%
  - At least 1 legislative hearing on the issue of childhood asthma
  - Potential long-term impact might include passage of a state budget with increased funding for asthma prevention programs, or declines in rates of childhood asthma attacks as a result of policy changes.