Deadline: 31-Jul-22
The Lewis-Clark Valley Healthcare Foundation is seeking applications for the Large Impact Grant Program to support projects and initiatives that promote the health, wellness, or disease prevention of persons within the Foundation Service Area in a manner that respects the religious, ethical, and more principles of the Roman Catholic Church and adheres to the Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services.
The Foundation Service Area includes nine counties: Clearwater, Idaho, Latah, Lewis and Nez Perce Counties in Idaho; Asotin, Garfield and Whitman Counties in Washington; and, Wallowa County in Oregon.
Funding Information
The Large Impact Grant is intended for requests from $25,000 to $100,000. Priority will be given to applications that demonstrate a commitment to a long-term vision, and projects that address the root causes that affect health, wellness, and help prevent disease.
The Foundation does not fund?
- Funding for endowment funds, scholarships, fundraising events (including “sponsorships”), to cover operation deficits or the retirement of debt; ongoing expenses beyond a single grant award, per grant cycle; redistribution of their funds through sub-grants.
- Funding for organizations that will discriminate in the operation of their proposed project on the basis of race, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, or political affiliation.
- Funding of multi-year grants.
Eligibility Criteria
- Funds will support efforts and entities that promote the health, wellness, or disease prevention of persons within the Foundation Service Area.
- The Foundation is restricted to making grants to Qualified Organizations. These organizations are defined as: (a) A charitable organization exempt under IRC§501(c)(3); or (b) a governmental or public organization described in IRC § 170(c)(1) (political subdivisions of a state or federal government) or IRC § 511(a)(2)(B) (state colleges and universities), even if it is not described in IRC § 501(c)(3), provided that any grant to such governmental or public organization must be made exclusively for charitable purposes as described in IRC § 170(c)(2)(B), subject to any additional limitations under 26 CFR § 53.4945-5(a)(4), or corresponding provisions of any subsequent Federal tax laws.
- Funding for capital expenditures or operating expenses.
- Funding for existing programs or new programs to be created that promote the health, wellness or disease prevention of persons within the Foundation Service Area.
For more information, visit https://lewisclarkhealth.org/
