The Michigan Health Endowment Fund is accepting concept papers for Capacity Building Grants 2023.
Donor Name: Michigan Health Endowment Fund
State: Michigan
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 01/26/2023
Size of the Grant: Up to $150,000
Grant Duration: 2 Years
Details:
The intent of this grant program is:
- To assist health-focused, community-based organizations in becoming stronger, more effective institutions within their community by meeting basic organizational needs, allowing them to spend more time and energy focused on their mission and collaborative efforts.
- To increase or improve collaboration among providers, service agencies, the business community, and community-based organizations within a community to address health issues in a sustainable way.
Grant Categories
Applicants must apply within one of two grant categories available through the Capacity Building program. Please review the descriptions and select the appropriate application for your project within the grant portal.
- Organizational Capacity
- Organizational capacity grants are designed to increase health-focused, community-based organization’s effectiveness and sustainability across Michigan. Organization will prioritize funding for organizations that have an explicit focus on a health issue that aligns with the Health Fund’s priorities.
- Capacity building grants will cover expenses to help an organization reach a specific operational goal.
- Requests should focus on internal organizational capacity rather than coalition, community, or program development.
- Applicants should consider what internal work would be most essential to ensuring the organization’s consistent, effective function within the community it serves.
- Collaborative Capacity
- Collaborative capacity building grants will support community-based and community-led work that creates a sustainable foundation for cross-sectoral collaboration and coordination designed to spur progress on a key health issue(s). Projects should target a specific place such as a neighborhood, school(s), city, county, or region and/or a specific group within a defined geography.
Funding Information
Grant requests may not exceed a maximum budget of $150,000. Grants can be 1 or 2 years in duration, but the total request is limited to $150,000.
Eligibility Criteria
- Nonprofits, local units of government, tribal governments, and the State of Michigan are eligible for grants.
- Applicants must:
- Be recognized by the Internal Revenue Service as a nonprofit organization.
- Be based in or providing services in Michigan.
- Have a current certified financial audit or independently reviewed financial statements.
- Have at least 1 FTE.
For more information, visit Michigan Health Endowment Fund.
