The Rita and Alex Hillman Foundation is inviting applicants for its Hillman Innovations in Care to provide grants to advance leading edge, nursing-driven models of care that will improve the health and healthcare of marginalized populations.
Donor Name: The Rita and Alex Hillman Foundation
State: All States
County: All Counties
U.S. Territories: America Samoa, Guam, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 02/28/2023
Size of the Grant: $600,000
Grant Duration: 3 years
Details:
This includes Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC), the economically disadvantaged, LGBTQ+ people, people experiencing homelessness, low-income rural populations, refugee and immigrant populations, and others.
The HIC program seeks proposals for innovative, nursing-driven models of care that:
- Challenge conventional strategies for delivering and improving care to marginalized populations
- Demonstrate potential as a best-in-class intervention
- Narrow gaps in health equity
- Present strong preliminary evidence
- Show potential for broad replicability
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
- Strong partnerships with community organizations
- Engagement of patients, caregivers, and communities in the design of the intervention
- Inter-sectoral, inter-agency, and multidisciplinary collaboration including investigators from different disciplines
- Investigators from diverse backgrounds or with diverse life experiences (e.g., race/ethnicity, gender, class origin/first generationcollege, LGBTQ+, disability, national origin)
- Methodologies and metrics for advancing health equity
- Measurable goals and outcomes
The Foundation will not consider:
- White papers, literature reviews, or support for publishing
- Basic science or research
- Capital projects or improvements
- Training programs
- Development of stand-alone technology including medical devices and mobile apps not integral to the overall design of the program
- Projects outside the United States and its territories
Funding Information
The program will award a $600,000 grant each to up to two (2) organizations. Project duration is three (3) years, with an expected start date of January 1, 2024. Grant payments will be made annually over the course of three years, with the first payment made by December 31, 2023.
Who Should Apply?
- Organizations believe that transformative ideas are as likely to come from community health clinics as they are from major academic research centers.
- Organizations welcome applications from institutions and care settings from across the spectrum of care, and from practitioners representing a diverse range of backgrounds.
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 within the United State
- 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 Hillman Innovations in Care.
