The CDC Foundation seeks to support CBO efforts to improve WASH conditions and/or awareness of poor WASH conditions in their respective communities.
Donor Name: CDC Foundation
State: Selected States
Counties: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 12/19/2022
Size of the Grant: $75,000–$90,000
Details:
The CDC Foundation intends to Increase awareness of WASH challenges and related illnesses within affected communities; Increase access to safe water and wastewater services in marginalized communities; and Strengthen relationships between health department, private sector, and CBOs in order to more effectively address systemic WASH challenges.
The CDC Foundation believes that community-based organizations (CBOs) are essential partners in the public health system and integral to ensuring meaningful impact on health outcomes. CBOs are a trusted resource within communities to improve economic, social, physical, and emotional wellbeing. CBOs, especially those led by people from racial and ethnicity minority groups with lived experience and an understanding of the communities in which they work, are vital to building local capacity, fostering collaboration, and creating feelings of ownership. Supporting these organizations also contributes to the development of local leaders and leaders of racial and ethnic minority groups who are better positioned to navigate through complex decision-making affecting their communities.
These domestic water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) challenges are not spread uniformly throughout the country, but rather, are concentrated in pockets throughout the country due to historical and ongoing marginalization and disenfranchisement.
Funded partners will be working towards the following overall project goals:
- Increased awareness of WASH challenges and related illnesses, particularly among local governments/municipalities and marginalized populations, within affected communities.
- Increased access to safe water and wastewater services which will in turn reduce the burden of diseases that results from poor water and wastewater service in marginalized communities.
- Expanded capacity of CBOs to address WASH challenges in their respective communities.
- Strengthened relationships between health department, private sector, and CBOs to more effectively address systemic WASH challenges.
Funding Information
The CDC Foundation intends to award up to 10 community-based organizations ranging from $75,000-$90,000 per funded project. The final award amounts will be contingent on the submission of a detailed and reasonable budget proposal to be approved by the CDC Foundation.
What will they fund
The CDC Foundation will fund a wide range of strategies and activities to address the need. Eligible project proposals are those that:
- Leverage citizen science2 or community base participatory research type approaches to collect and disseminate information on WASH quality and access issues within their community
- Promote awareness of WASH quality and access issues and their corresponding health effects within their community
- Address WASH quality and access issues within their community through interventions such as community water kiosks, renovation of wells or septic tanks, provision of filters to households with poor water quality, etc.
- Create pathways for meaningful participation for BIPOC and other marginalized populations to engage in community WASH improvement decision-making and building systems that serve everyone.
Geography
Recent research indicates that there are six areas in the United States that are most affected by limited access to water: California, because of drought and contamination from chemicals in farm run-off water; the Navajo Nation in the four corners where Utah, Arizona, New Mexico and Colorado meet; the Texas colonias (low-income, unincorporated residential areas with informal, substandard housing) along the border with Mexico; the rural South, particularly Black communities in Mississippi and Alabama; Appalachia; and Puerto Rico.
Criteria
To apply, an organization must:
- Be headquartered in the United States
- Be a nonprofit tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) or qualify for exemption under an IRS code other than 501(c)(3),
- Be in good financial standing and have sustainable operations,
- Be an equal opportunity employer with all-inclusive membership that does not discriminate on the basis of gender, race/ethnicity, color, sex, sexual orientation, country of national origin or nationality, age, religion, intellectual or physical disabilities and military or veteran status in its activities or operations
Examples of potential awardees include associations, faith-based groups, advocacy, and social organizations that have the capacity to educate and engage communities. The CDC Foundation reserves the right to conduct a pre-award risk assessment to assure applicants meet the eligibility criteria. Data available through third party sources such as Dun & Bradstreet may be consulted, along with information publicly available via Federal and State award, debarment, exclusion and sanction databases.
For more information, visit WASH Grant.
