The Elevance Health Foundation has launched the Patient Safety Prize.
Donor Name: Elevance Health Foundation
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Awards and Prizes
Deadline: 03/17/2026
Size of the Grant: More than $1 million
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
Building on its long-standing commitment to improve lives and communities, the Elevance Health Foundation recently launched a new initiative: Community Action Leadership. This initiative brings together external thought leaders from across a range of disciplines. Through their collective expertise and resources, the Foundation is addressing large-scale community health needs and incentivizing action for change. The inaugural Community Action Leadership challenge focuses on patient safety.
The Patient Safety Prize invites pioneering solutions in three key areas:
- Empowering Health Literacy for Safer Patient Care
- Innovating to Eliminate Medication Errors
- Promoting Fall-Free Futures
Funding Information
Award from the Competition Sponsor of up to $1.5 million each for up to three (3) Winners and up to $250,000 each for up to two (2) Honorable Mentions.
Eligibility Criteria
The Patient Safety Prize welcomes applications from nonprofit and for-profit entities located within the United States and U.S. territories. Each Competitor must identify a Lead Organization as the recognized agency in the execution of any proposed project contained in an Entry. The Lead Organization will assume responsibility for the receipt and management of any Award funds from the Competition Sponsor and will maintain those fiduciary duties in close coordination with any partner organization(s). The purpose of including a Lead Organization is to ensure that there is sufficient administrative support and management for the use of any Award funds and not to disintermediate the role of any partner(s) who are essential to the implementation of any proposed project contained in any Entry.
Eligibility related to any Lead Organization by type are as follows:
- An entity based in the United States and/or US territories under section 501(c)(3) and 509(a)(1) or (2) of the Internal Revenue Code (“IRC”) that has received a tax determination letter from the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”).
- A private foundation based in the United States and/or US territories under section 501(c)(3) of the IRC that has received a tax determination letter from the IRS.
- A fiscally-sponsored nonprofit organization.
- A tribal government or tribal-owned enterprise.
- A public college, junior college, or university under section 501(c)(3) of the IRC that has received a tax determination letter from the IRS.
- A PreK-12 public, private, or charter school.
- A for-profit corporation organized under the laws of a State (or territory) in the United States.
- A benefit corporation, flexible purpose entity, or similar “hybrid” entity organized under the laws of a State (or territory) in the United States.
- A limited liability company or partnership organized under the laws of a State (or territory) in the United States.
An organization can submit only one application as the Lead Organization. Eligible organizations are welcome to collaborate with nonprofit organizations, companies, foundations, schools, colleges and universities, government agencies, individuals, and other entities (either U.S.-based or non-U.S.-based) to develop the solution. An organization can also serve as a partner on a team for multiple applications provided that each application proposes a separate, distinct solution.
For more information, visit Elevance Health Foundation.
