Deadline: 13-Oct-20
Applicants are now invited to submit applications for the Healing Trust 2020 Grant Program.
Types of Grants
- Operating Grants
- Operating Grants provide unrestricted funds for nonprofits, based on the budgeted operating expenses of the agency.
- Multi-year Advocacy Grants
- Multi-year Advocacy Grants provide unrestricted funds for nonprofits with a well-developed advocacy plan. Recipients of these funds are committed to advocacy and to solving problems that affect many people because of a broken system. These grants are $100,000 or less per year. This grant program is closed until the first quarter of 2022.
- Staff Support Funds
- They believe that the best care is delivered with compassion and empathy. Staff Support Funds are for nonprofits that want to improve their staff’s ability to serve with compassion by creating a program to address the staff’s needs. The maximum amount that can be requested is $20,000.
- Sabbatical Grants
- Sabbatical Grants are for the nonprofit CEOs/EDs renewal. We give up to $20,000 for salary, travel, housing, and learning opportunities. Learning opportunities can include personal/professional coaching, spiritual direction, management programs, retreats, and conferences.The CEO/ED must have worked in a nonprofit for at least 7 years, with a at least 5 of those years as the CEO/ED
The Trust does not fund:
- Capital projects: purchase, construction, or renovation of facilities
- Individuals and fraternal organizations
- Other grant-making organizations
- Organizations that have discriminatory policies or practices
- Partisan politics, political lobbying, or electoral campaigns
- Single disease, research-oriented organizations
- Startup organizations
- Organizations whose purpose is to raise money for another nonprofit
Eligibility Criteria
- Grants are only made to non-profit organizations with locations in Middle Tennessee that have been in operation as a 501(c)(3) for at least one year and that operate health-related programs that produce measurable health outcomes or advocate for healthcare access. Applying organizations must also have operating expenses of less than $20 million and the majority of the organization’s programs must be health-focused. Additionally, the organization must serve clients that have limited access to resources. National organizations must have a Tennessee-based board, separate financial statements (including a 990 or an audit), and a location in Middle Tennessee in order to be eligible to apply.
- All grant proposals should display and emphasize respect for the dignity of all persons. Applying organizations must have sustainable programs that fit into one or more of our areas of interest and provide direct clinical services:
- Physical Health (Must provide direct clinical services, caregiver support, or health system navigation through the Get Covered TN initiative to apply under physical health)
- Mental Health
- Recovery from Substance Abuse
- Healing from Abuse, Neglect, or Violence
- Applicants must also have their own statement of inclusiveness or non-discrimination.
For more information, visit https://www.healingtrust.org/our-grant-programs/apply/