The Hillman Emergent Innovation: Serious Illness and End of Life (HSEI) program provides grants to accelerate the development of bold, nursing-driven interventions that improve the health and healthcare of marginalized populations.
Donor Name: The Rita and Alex Hillman Foundation
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 02/18/2025
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: 2 Years
Details:
These populations include the economically disadvantaged, racial and ethnic minorities, LGBTQ+ people, people experiencing homelessness, low-income rural populations, and other groups that encounter obstacles to accessing quality healthcare services.
The HSEI program seeks proposals for innovative, early stage nursing-driven interventions that:
- Challenge conventional strategies for delivering and improving care to marginalized populations in the United States
- Demonstrate potential as a best-in-class intervention
- Narrow gaps in health equity
- Show potential for scalability.
Additional priority consideration will be given to proposals that include one or more of the following:
- Build trust and credibility in programs or systems of care
- Engagement of patients, families, caregivers, and/or community organizations
- Inter-professional or multidisciplinary collaboration
- Institutional and community partnerships
- Provision of care in non-hospital settings
- Measurable goals and outcomes.
Funding Information
$50,000.
Grant Period
Project duration is 12–18 months, with a start date of January 1, 2026.
Allowable Costs
Grant funds may be used for the following cost categories:
- Personnel
- Travel
- Consultants
- Direct Supplies
- Equipment (Please note, partial or full support for equipment may be requested. Funding for infrastructure will be limited.)
- Other research costs
- Sub-grants/ subcontracts
- Indirect costs (Please note, The Rita and Alex Hillman Foundation will provide a limited amount of funding for indirect costs, based on the nature of the applicant organization, to a maximum of 15% of direct costs (above outlined items) of the project’s administered grant value. The sum of direct and indirect costs must equal the total grant amount awarded ($50,000).)
Who is eligible?
- U.S. 501(c)(3) non-profit organizations that are not classified as private foundations (proof of qualifying non-profit status, such as a tax-exempt determination letter from the Internal Revenue Service, is required)
- International organizations that are the equivalent of U.S. 501(c)(3) organizations that are submitting a project that focuses on serving marginalized populations within the United States
- Government entities
- Faith-based organizations that welcome and serve all members of the community regardless of religious belief.
Who is not eligible?
- Individuals
- Organizations that discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, citizenship status, age, disability, sexual orientation, or veteran status.
For more information, visit TRAHF.
