Deadline: 9-Dec-22
The WITH Foundation is inviting applications for the Open Cycle Funding.
Areas of Support
- All projects/programs must complement the mission of WITH Foundation.
- Programs that improve delivery of healthcare to adult consumers with developmental disabilities and include at least one of the following:
- Improve health practitioner competency through education and/or training programs
- Address the current inadequate reimbursement system
- Advance innovations in formal care coordination
- Enhance advocacy regarding the inadequacies of developmentally disabled care in order to advance systemic change
- Increase understanding of supported decision-making in healthcare settings
- National efforts in digital health that support designers and developers to include the perspectives/experiences of the IDD community within the design process, in order to create better technology for all
- Social policy research
- Identify and overcome barriers to high-quality healthcare access
- General operating support is only considered for grantees that have previously utilized their project funding
Funding Information
- Grants typically provide one year of support (usually between $30,000 and $50,000).
Eligibility Criteria
- Only 501(c)(3) organizations are eligible for funding at this time.
- These are nonprofits classified by the IRS as a type of support organization. Recent legislation requires additional due diligence that they are unable to provide at this time. They recommend that you refer the group you support to their website and encourage them to apply directly.
Areas of Exclusion
- Although WITH understands that many factors impact healthcare service delivery for adults with developmental disabilities, the following areas are excluded from consideration for funding:
- Specific therapies that are provided outside of a formal healthcare setting, i.e. physical fitness and/or nutritional programs (“healthy lifestyle programs”);
- Targeted therapeutic interventions including, but not limited to, occupational, physical, and speech therapies, and equestrian therapy;
- Projects that do not address healthcare delivery;
- Programs that are solely focused on direct support professionals;
- Funding for political campaigns, candidates, or legislation;
- Individuals and/or equipment for individuals;
- Funding for transportation vehicles;
- Organizations or programs that are based and/or provide services to populations outside the United States;
- Endowments and organizational debt reduction;
- Capital campaigns and building related requests;
- Direct medical service and filling funding gaps between service costs and insurance reimbursement; and
- Administrative expenses exceeding 28% of the total funding request. (WITH’s administrative/indirect cost cap was increased from 20% to 28% in order to provide organizations additional support in responding to COVID-19 )
For more information, visit https://withfoundation.org/current-grant-cycle/