The Live Well Grants Program provides grassroots, community, and faith-based organizations with funding, capacity-building resources, and technical support to implement chronic disease prevention initiatives, programs, and access to care.
Donor Name: Mecklenburg County
State: North Carolina
County: Mecklenburg County (NC)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 10/03/2025
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: Less than 1 Year
Details:
The Live Well Grant Program directly supports the implementation of work aligned with the Mecklenburg County Community Health Assessment (CHA) priorities helping to improve health outcomes in historically under-resourced communities, and the Community Health Improvement Plan (CHIP), a strategic plan to address health inequities and priorities identified in the CHA report.
The Live Well grant program will only fund the following programs and activities:
- Tobacco Prevention and Cessation (e.g. tobacco education, tobacco prevention policies and signage, cessation resources and education)
- Healthy Eating and Nutrition (e.g. healthy food distribution, healthy cooking demos, nutrition education, community gardens)
- Type 2 Diabetes Prevention and Management (e.g. Prevent T2 Diabetes prevention curriculum; diabetes management and education programs)
- Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention and Management (e.g. blood pressure management, heart health education, screenings)
- Cancer Prevention (e.g., breast, cervical, colorectal, and prostate screenings; screening recommendations, education, etc.)
- Active Living, Obesity Prevention (e.g. physical activity programs, policies to support active living in communities, infrastructure such as walking trails and exercise equipment available to the public, etc.)
- Preventive Health Screenings (e.g. know your numbers programs, weight, blood pressure, A1c, etc.)
Grant Types
- Live Well Community Grants
- Live Well Faith-Based Grants.
Funding Information
This year’s Live Well funding amount is $125,000.00, with each grant award equaling up to $15,000.00.
Grant Period
October 2025 – June 30, 2026.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicant conducts local work in Mecklenburg County.
- Applicant must provide monthly reports including activities, the number of residents reached, and program outcomes.
- Applicant is volunteer-driven or has no more than 10 full-time paid staff.
- Applicant has a tax ID, and non-profit, 501c organizations
- Applicant must be an active vendor with Mecklenburg County.
- Grant funds MUST focus on the following: (Chronic disease prevention & education, and food security).
- Grant funds must target the underserved population or Public Health priority area Zip Codes: 28205, 28206, 28208, 28212, 28216, 28217.
Ineligibility Criteria
The Live Well grant program will not fund the following:
- Full-time staff
- Statewide, regional, national, or international work
- Research studies
- Travel
- Gas
- Publication of books or reports
- Micro-, mini-, sub- or re-granting programs
- Retroactive expenses (pre-dating funding award)
- Cash incentives, gift cards, gas cards.
For more information, visit Mecklenburg County.
