The Rhode Island Foundation has partnered with the Executive Office of Health and Human Services, is seeking applications to support evidence-based or evidence-informed community-based opioid prevention services targeted towards children and youth (up to age 21).
Donor Name: Rhode Island Foundation
State: Rhode Island
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 03/10/2023
Size of the Grant: up to $500,000
Grant Duration: 2 years
Details:
Priorities
- Effective and evidence-based
- Projects that are evidence-based or evidence-informed and that can impact a significant number of individuals, with a particular focus on reducing racial and ethnic disparities and reaching other high-need populations, including members of the LGBTQ+ community.
- Identifies and implements innovative models
- New promising models and partnerships that have been piloted both within and beyond Rhode Island.
- Focused on “hot spots”
- Activities can be in one or more municipalities, with a focus on the most affected hot spots.
- Aligned with other settlement-related funds
- Projects that are aligned with activities happening in cities and towns that are also receiving settlement dollars.
- Prioritizing evaluation
- Projects that include specific metrics to evaluate how they reach outcomes and eliminate disparities.
- Considers sustainability
- Proposals that include plans for long term sustainability.
Funding Information
Proposals may be for projects that are up to two years in duration and up to $500,000 for two years.
Eligibility Criteria
- Individual nonprofit or collaborations of 501(c) organizations located in and serving the state of Rhode Island are eligible to apply.
- This program does not fund individuals, scholarships or research, capital or endowment efforts, or fundraising events.
- Grants may support faith-based organizations for secular programs or projects.
- The Rhode Island Foundation believes that their community can best be served by charitable organizations that both reflect and serve the diversity of their community. They do not award grants to applicants or for programs that have a policy that discriminates against any person or group in any way that is either unlawful or inconsistent with the mission or values of the Foundation.
For more information, visit Community Prevention Services.
