The Our Fund Foundation is seeking applications for its Health & Wellness Fund to support initiatives that address the unique issues affecting the health and wellness of LGBT people in South Florida and close the health and wellness disparities that LGBT people face resulting from social stigma and discrimination.
Donor Name: Our Fund Foundation
State: Florida
County: Miami-Dade County (FL) and Palm Beach County (FL)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 06/02/2023
Size of the Grant: $40,000
Grant Duration: 1 year
Details:
With health equity as a driving force, Our Fund strives for health and wellness outcomes that allow LGBT people in South Florida to live full, healthy and happy lives. To this end, Our Fund Foundation’s Health & Wellness Fund supports initiatives that address the unique issues affecting the health and wellness of LGBT people in South Florida and close the health and wellness disparities that LGBT people face resulting from social stigma and discrimination.
Applicants for support from Our Fund’s Health & Wellness Fund should indicate a health and wellness concern(s) and the affected population and provide an intervention program or service that improves the health and wellness of LGBT people in South Florida.
The Values that define Our Fund’s promise to stakeholders and to their community:
- Facilitating Philanthropy: Committing to having a top-notch, respected, full-service community foundation to support donors’ wishes.
- Celebrating Generosity: Bringing those who have done well and are doing good to the forefront for their spirit of enriching lives.
- Epitomizing Collaboration: Fulfilling the role of a supportive, objective focal point for LGBTQ organizations and concerns.
- Responding Creatively: Supporting the LGBTQ community’s unique and timely needs with fresh thinking and new ideas.
- Valuing Diversity: Understanding that LGBTQ people’s struggles for equality is inextricably linked to other disenfranchised communities.
- Serving the Underserved: Promoting that the privilege of having means comes with the responsibility to lift up those most in need.
- Operating Transparently: Knowing that a person’s trust is the key to becoming their partner in carrying out their philanthropic priorities.
Funding Information
The maximum Health & Wellness Fund grant award is $40,000 (1-year period).
Eligibility Criteria
- To be eligible for a 2023 Our Fund Foundation Health & Wellness Fund grant, your agency must:
- Be a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization or provide documentation that the organization is fiscally sponsored by an organization that has 501(c)(3) status.
- Be either:
- A LGBTQ-primary organization (defined as an organization whose mission includes the LGBTQ population as the primary focus of their work; whose staff and board predominantly reflect the LGBTQ community; and which primarily serves LGBTQ people); or
- A non-LGBTQ-primary organizations seeking funding for a LGBTQ-specific program/project.
- Request support for an organization or program/project in Broward, Miami-Dade or Palm Beach Counties.
- Request support for a program/project occurring between July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2024.
Special consideration will be given to:
- Organizations and projects that are organized by, and work on behalf of, underserved populations within the LGBTQ community (including ethnicity, race, age, gender, gender identity and physical and cognitive ability).
- Organizations that offer proof of pro-actively addressing gaps in representation of underserved populations in regard to board, staff, and project participant.
- Applications that leverage partnerships between similar-missioned agencies to reduce duplication of effort/resources and expand reach/services.
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