Deadline: 31-Mar-22
Applications are now open for the MetroWest Health Foundation Grant Program to support the region’s efforts to address the coronavirus pandemic.
They have been in regular communication with grantees to assess their needs and the ways the foundation can be responsive. Early on they converted many existing grants to operating support, reduced reporting requirements accelerated grant payments, and provided emergency COVID-19 funding.
The MetroWest Health Foundation’s mission is to improve the health status of the community, its individuals and families through informed and innovative leadership. The foundation serves the following communities: Ashland, Bellingham, Dover, Framingham, Franklin, Holliston, Hopedale, Hopkinton, Hudson, Marlborough, Medfield, Medway, Mendon, Milford, Millis, Natick, Needham, Norfolk, Northborough, Sherborn, Southborough, Sudbury, Wayland, Wellesley and Westborough.
The foundation is pleased to solicit proposals from eligible nonprofit and government organizations for the following grantmaking initiatives:
- Youth Mental Health
- Community Engagement
- Capacity Building
- Responsive
Priority Areas
- Children and Youth Mental Health Grants: The foundation’s Youth Mental Health Grants are designed to address mental health challenges among children and adolescents.
- Behavioral Health Workforce Recruitment and Retention Grants: The foundation is seeking to address the mental health and substance use workforce shortage by supporting the expansion of behavioral health career opportunities and efforts to support and retain behavioral health staff.
- Community Engagement Grants: The foundation’s Community Engagement Grants are designed to catalyze the voice and energy of the community to address health issues and needs.
- Health and Housing Stability Grants: The foundation’s Health and Housing Stability Grants are designed to address systemic barriers to self-sufficiency among those experiencing housing instability.
- Organizational Capacity Building Grants: The foundation is offering Organizational Capacity Building Grants designed to enhance and improve service delivery.
- Responsive Grants: The foundation provides limited and short-term funding to respond to new and emerging health issues.
Funding Information
- Children and Youth Mental Health Grants: The maximum grant amount is $50,000 a year for two years.
- Behavioral Health Workforce Recruitment and Retention: The maximum grant amount is $50,000.
- Organizational Capacity Building: The maximum grant amount is $25,000 a year for two years.
- Community Engagement: The maximum grant amount is $25,000 a year for two years
- Health & Housing Stability: The maximum grant amount is $25,000 a year for two years.
- Responsive Grants: The maximum grant amount is $20,000
Eligibility Criteria
- The foundation supports programs that directly benefit the health of those who live and work in one of the 25 communities served by the foundation. Such support is limited to organizations that qualify as tax-exempt under Section 501(c)3 of the IRS Code, or organizations that are recognized as instrumentalities of state or local government.
- The foundation does not provide grants to individuals, nor does it provide funds for endowments, fundraising drives and events, retirement of debt, operating deficits, projects that directly influence legislation, political activities or candidates for public office or programs that are customarily operated by hospitals in Massachusetts.
- The foundation does not award grants to organizations that discriminate in the provision of services on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, age, ethnicity, marital status, disability, citizenship, sexual orientation or veteran status.
For more information, visit https://mwhealth.org/funding/apply-for-a-grant