Deadline: 16-Mar-21
The Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation is pleased to launch the Quality of Life Grant Program.
The Quality of Life Grant Program to impact and empower people living with paralysis, their families and caregivers by providing grants to nonprofit organizations whose projects and initiatives foster inclusion, involvement and community engagement, while promoting health and wellness for those affected by paralysis in all 50 states and U.S. territories.
Tiers
- Direct Effect Quality of Life (Tier 1) is open-focused and awards grants of up to $25,000 to support the wide range of projects and activities of the traditional Quality of Life grants. Grants fund specific budget items that will clearly impact individuals living with paralysis and their families.
- High Impact Priority Quality of Life Grant Tiers offer three increasing levels of grant funding. Each tier is targeted to focus on a High Priority issue for the community of individuals living with paralysis and their families, as follows:
- Tier 2 — Grants of $30,000 for the following Priority Areas:
- Transportation
- Respite/Caregiving
- Disaster Preparedness
- Tier 3 — Grants of $40,000
- Nursing Home Transition
- Tier 4 — Grants of $50,000
- Tier 2 — Grants of $30,000 for the following Priority Areas:
- Expanded Impact Quality of Life (Tier 5). In 2019, they began piloting a new grant program for previously awarded Quality of Life grantees whose programs and/or projects have achieved demonstrable, successful impact. The Expanded Impact Quality of Life grants program will award approximately six (6) grants of up to $100,000 each and will support significant expansion of strategies and programs that are evidence-based, show innovate promising practices, and/or best practices in the field they serve to improve quality of life for people with paralysis, their families, and caregivers.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applications are welcome from nonprofit organizations with IRS 501(c)(3) status, municipal and state governments, school districts, recognized tribal entities, and other institutions such as community or veterans hospitals.
- The Reeve Foundation aids local grassroots nonprofit organizations that have an immediate and practical impact on individual lives, as well as established nonprofit agencies, municipalities, schools, parks and recreation departments, tribal entities, and large national nonprofit organizations within the United States of America.
For more information, visit https://www.christopherreeve.org/get-support/grants-for-non-profits/application-process