Deadline: 19-Dec-22
The CDC Foundation is seeking applications for its to support CBO efforts to improve WASH conditions and/or awareness of poor WASH conditions in their respective communities.
CBOs should be based in one of the priority geographic areas and/or be able to clearly demonstrate poor WASH conditions within the community in which they work.
Funding Information
- The CDC Foundation intends to award up to 10 community-based organizations ranging from $75,000-$90,000 per funded project. The final award amounts will be contingent on the submission of a detailed and reasonable budget proposal to be approved by the CDC Foundation.
What they will Fund?
- The CDC Foundation will fund a wide range of strategies and activities to address the need described in section 2 (BACKGROUND AND NEED) of this RFP. Eligible project proposals are those that:
- Leverage citizen science or community base participatory research type approaches to collect and disseminate information on WASH quality and access issues within their community
- Promote awareness of WASH quality and access issues and their corresponding health effects within their community
- Address WASH quality and access issues within their community through interventions such as community water kiosks, renovation of wells or septic tanks, provision of filters to households with poor water quality, etc.
- Create pathways for meaningful participation for BIPOC and other marginalized populations to engage in community WASH improvement decision-making and building systems that serve everyone
What they will not Fund?
- General, ongoing operating costs, unrelated to funding opportunity objectives
- Capital improvements, unrelated to funding opportunity objectives
- Political/lobbying activities
Activities
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Activities should be community-based but could have reach across multiple cities, counties, and states. Proposals do not need to have a multi-community, regional or national reach, but may. Applicants may propose subcontracting to private, public, or for-profit organizations to execute activities. Examples of potential activities include, but are not limited to:
- Implement projects to address poor WASH conditions at the community or household level including but not limited to community water kiosks, connection to piped water systems, point of use filters, sustainable environmentally-friendly solutions, etc.
- Develop or adapt and implement social media campaign strategies to raise awareness of WASH conditions and available solutions.
- Develop and tailor education and outreach materials on the importance of safe water, sanitation and hygiene in communities and risk factors.
- Build knowledge- and resource-sharing partnerships to improve safe water, sanitation and hygiene in communities experiencing disparities.
Outcomes
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Funded partners will be working towards the following overall project goals:
- Increased awareness of WASH challenges and related illnesses, particularly among local governments/municipalities and marginalized populations, within affected communities.
- Increased access to safe water and wastewater services which will in turn reduce the burden of diseases that results from poor water and wastewater service in marginalized communities.
- Expanded capacity of CBOs to address WASH challenges in their respective communities.
- Strengthened relationships between health department, private sector, and CBOs to more effectively address systemic WASH challenges.
Eligibility Criteria
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To apply, an organization must:
- Be headquartered in the United States
- Be a nonprofit tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) or qualify for exemption under an IRS code other than 501(c)(3),
- Be in good financial standing and have sustainable operations,
- Be an equal opportunity employer with all-inclusive membership that does not discriminate on the basis of gender, race/ethnicity, color, sex, sexual orientation, country of national origin or nationality, age, religion, intellectual or physical disabilities and military or veteran status in its activities or operations
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