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Deadline: 18-Apr-22
The Daniel Foundation of Alabama is pleased to announce a grant program to strengthen communities within Alabama and improve the quality of life for citizens from all regions of Alabama.
They believe this can be achieved through support of effective organizations that are focused on building a healthy and well-educated population, living in a vibrant community.
Priority Areas
In a state ranked 49th in obesity and 48th in overall healthiness, preventive health measures are an important part of health promotion efforts. These efforts have been recognized as a cost-effective way to identify and treat preventable health problems like diabetes, hypertension, cancer, and heart disease before they develop or worsen. Access to mental health resources and counseling are equally important to an individual’s overall health and well being.
The priorities:
- Efforts to promote healthy eating and active communities (these efforts go beyond simple access and focus more on in depth programming).
- Preventive health measures.
- Programs that provide mental health and counseling services, especially to the underserved.
Grant Policies
Beginning in 2020 there will be four grant cycles during the year, focused as follows:
Priority Areas for details about the focus in each of these cycles.
- Priority is given to organizations that have at least one full-time employee and a broad base of supporters and have been in operation providing programs and services for a minimum of two years. Grants to start-up operations are considered by invitation only.
- Multi-year grants are considered, with preference given to organizations having a long history with the Foundation. Organizations receiving a multi-year grant, may not reapply until the multi-year period has expired, even if the funding has been accelerated.
- After three consecutive years of funding organizations must sit out one year before re-applying Organizations may only receive one grant during the calendar year.
They do not fund:
- Individuals
- Scholarships
- Sponsorships for fundraising events
- Organizations outside of Alabama
For more information, visit http://danielfoundationofalabama.com/