Deadline: 15-Jul-20
The Colorado Health Foundation is seeking proposals for Advocacy Rapid Response Funding with an aim to fund short-term advocacy initiatives (three-to-nine months in length) that ensure Coloradans’ interests and priorities are front and center in shaping policy decisions that will have long-term impacts on creating health equity in Colorado.
The Rapid Response funding focuses on advocacy work that reflects the following priorities:
- Creating equity in access to and use of high-quality, comprehensive primary care
- Supporting children to move their bodies safely and conveniently on a daily basis
- Enhancing services and supports that foster social-emotional development and resiliency of young children
- Ensuring teens and young adults have access to the resources they need to support healthy minds
- Ensuring adults have access to local recovery resources that promote healthy minds and productive lives
- Ensuring Coloradans have enough affordable, nutritious food
- Supporting access to affordable, safe and high-quality housing options
Funding Information
Grants typically range from $15,000 to $75,000. All applications will undergo due diligence with a program officer assigned to the application. Rapid Response funding decisions will generally be made within 30 days of a proposal being submitted.
Eligibility Criteria
The Foundation may provide Advocacy Rapid Response Funding to eligible organizations who are conducting time-sensitive advocacy projects, such as:
- Coalition building, management and facilitation
- Grassroots organizing
- Litigation and legal advocacy
- Media relations and media advocacy
- Policy and legal analysis
- Policymaker education
- Public education
- Influencer education
- Public opinion research
- Messaging development and testing
- Regulatory advocacy
- Advocacy Rapid Response Funding may not be used for the following:
- Bridge funding (to fill a funding gap)
- Long-term projects
- Previously planned initiatives
- Partisan political activities
The Foundation will not fund advocacy tactics that involve partisan political activities or any activities that are prohibited for 501(c)(3) organizations.
For more information, visit https://coloradohealth.org/funding-opportunities/rapid-response-funding-advocacy
