Missouri Foundation for Health (MFH) invites organizations to submit concept papers for systems change projects that will positively impact the health of Missourians.
Donor Name: Missouri Foundation for Health (MFH)
State: Missouri
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 04/30/2024
Size of the Grant: Not Available
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
The goal of this systems change work is to improve health equity in the state. Health equity means that everyone has a fair and just opportunity to be as healthy as possible. To achieve health equity, obstacles to health such as poverty, discrimination, and their consequences, including a lack of access to good jobs with fair pay, quality education and housing, safe environments, and health care must be removed.
Reviewers evaluate concept papers based on the following criteria. Successful projects often include at least two of these elements:
- Far-reaching
- Focuses on broad impact that extends beyond one organization’s client base
- Community-informed
- Generates solutions that engage those negatively impacted by the issue (Work that moves beyond engagement toward being led or driven by community is preferred)
- Timely
- Addresses an issue that has recently surfaced in the environment (or exists in a recently changed context) with a systems approach
- Connected
- Creates or builds on existing collaborative networks and fits within the broader landscape of what other organizations are doing to address the issue
- Strategic
- Develops internal or sector-wide planning and preparation efforts focused on systems change
- Innovative
- Tests unconventional and creative approaches to disrupt systems
Eligibility Criteria
MFH uses three funding mechanisms to implement the strategy and accomplish the mission:
- Grants, which primarily benefit the grantee by furthering their own exempt purposes and programs. The project must primarily benefit the MFH service area and the organization must be in good standing with the State of Missouri and abide by MFH’s Non-Discrimination Policy. The following types of organizations are eligible to seek grant funding from MFH:
- Organizations granted tax-exempt status under provisions of Sections 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Service Code
- State or local government agencies, including educational institutions, and branches of the federal government serving Missouri
- Coalitions, collaboratives, or groups using a fiscal sponsor
- Contracted services, which primarily benefit MFH’s grantees or strategy directly. Common examples of contracts for services involve hiring consultants to provide technical assistance to grantees or evaluation of a MFH programmatic strategy. Individuals, nonprofit organizations, and corporations are eligible to respond to a Request for Contracted Service Proposals.
- Program Related Investments, which consist primarily of low-interest rate loans to seed formation or growth of an organization or program which demonstrates mission and values alignment with MFH. Nonprofit organizations and for-profit organizations are eligible.
For more information, visit MFH.
