Deadline: 16-Sep-21
Applications are now open for the VNA Foundation Grant Program to support home– and community-based healthcare and health services for the medically underserved in Cook, Lake, McHenry, DuPage, Kane and Will counties — with a focus on Chicago.
The Foundation will consider funding program, operating, and capital grants, including salaries that support core staff. In deference to their roots as the Visiting Nurse Association of Chicago, priority consideration will be given to programs in which care is provided by nurses.
VNA Foundation requires its grants to have measurable outcomes, or objective measures of the grant’s effect. By doing so, they believe they maximize the impact of their grant dollars. It also enables them to share with other nonprofits and foundations data-driven information about successful — or not so successful – approaches to assisting the medically underserved.
Priority Areas
- Primary / Chronic Care: Offered via home- or community-based settings including mobile and outpatient services (e.g. free clinics, Federally Qualified Health Centers, school-based health centers, home health nursing care, etc.).
- Mental Health: Offered via home- or community-based settings including mobile and outpatient services (e.g. free clinics, Federally Qualified Health Centers, school-based health centers, home health nursing care, etc.).
- Health Education or Promotion: Often combined with primary care provision, or as part of violence prevention programs, home visiting services or reproductive health efforts.
- Technical Assistance: Healthcare-related technical assistance services (e.g. assistance with care provision, program development or sector support) offered to other nonprofits.
- Violence Prevention: Often related to domestic violence and sexual assault services, and occasionally other interpersonal violence prevention or early intervention services.
- Maternal Child Health: Offered via home- or community-based settings including outpatient services (e.g. free clinics, school-based health centers, home care doula and nursing services, etc.).
- Dental & Vision: Offered in home- or community-based settings including mobile and outpatient services (e.g. free clinics, Federally Qualified Health Centers, school-based health centers, home health care, etc.).
Funding Information
Each request is considered on an individual basis, but their average grant is in the $35,000 to $50,000 range, and their maximum is generally $65,000 to $80,000.
Eligibility Criteria
VNA Foundation funds agencies in the metropolitan Chicago area, including Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, and Will Counties.
For more information, visit https://vnafoundation.net/how-to-apply/