Deadline: 26-Feb-21
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:
- COVID-19 Emotional Resilience
- COVID-19 Social Isolation Among Older Adults
- Health Equity
- Responsive
Outcomes
COVID-19 Emotional Resilience
The foundation seeks to support nonprofit and municipal agencies in improving the emotional resilience of those they serve. Specifically, the foundation seeks grant proposals for the following new activities:
- Evidence- and research-based trauma/stress reduction programs such as Psychological First Aid and Emotional CPR
- Resilience promotion and stress reduction programs
- Grief support for first responders and others disproportionately impacted by COVID-19
- Relapse prevention efforts for individuals with substance use disorders
- Enhanced screening for substance use disorders
- Mental health promotion programs, particularly for people of color and those who do not speak English as their primary language
COVID-19 Social Isolation among Older Adults
The foundation is seeking grant proposals from organizations who serve predominantly older adults that address the following objectives:
- Create or enhance virtual or socially distanced programming for older adults that provides an opportunity to engage with others in a safe way
- Improve access to technology so that older adults can engage in available programming from their homes.
- Develop and implement plans for re-opening in-person programming when it is safe
Health Equity
The foundation is seeking grant proposals from qualified organizations that address the following objectives:
- Development and implementation of organizational Health Equity Plans
- Development and implementation of health equity training and education programs
- Outreach and engagement of people of color for the purpose of increasing vaccination rates within communities
- Capacity building grants to support agencies led by people of color working on issues of health equity in their communities
Responsive
The foundation is seeking grant proposals from qualified organizations that address the following objectives:
- Support an organization’s or community’s plans for safely re-opening services to clients and residents.
- Respond to new and emerging health issues
Funding Information
- COVID-19 Emotional Resilience: The maximum grant amount is $30,000. Grants are for one year.
- COVID-19 Social Isolation among Older Adults: Grants are for a maximum of $25,000 and will be funded for one year.
- Health Equity: Grants are for a maximum of $30,000. Grants are made for one year.
- Responsive: The foundation will fund a limited number of proposals through its responsive grantmaking. The maximum grant amount is $20,000. Grants are for one year only and are not eligible for continuation funding.
General Restrictions
- 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