The Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana Foundation is seeking applications for its Community Crisis & Disaster Response grants to help non-profits and other community partners address the immediate community needs after a disaster or crisis.
Donor Name: Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana Foundation
State: Louisiana
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 09/01/2023
Size of the Grant: Up to $50,000
Details:
The Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana Foundation is committed to improving the health and wellbeing of Louisianans with a specific emphasis on kids of high need and community level efforts to improve wellness and wellbeing. In times of disaster and crisis, they recognize the importance of front-line organizations who meet immediate needs and help communities and families recover.
The Foundation does not normally offer general operating support through its grant programs. However, they know that disaster and crisis response call for more flexibility to meet community needs. They are interested in both immediate needs (food security, housing, etc.) and medium-term needs (family economic recovery) being addressed for those in need across the state of Louisiana as these directly tie to the health, wellness, and wellbeing of communities in the short and long term.
The funds may be used for specific programs or as general operating support to continue supporting vulnerable communities after a disaster. The Blue Cross Foundation has allocated funding under this grant program to respond to the impacts of Hurricane Ida, Hurricane Laura, Hurricane Delta, other recent natural disasters, and the ongoing impacts of COVID-19 on the state of Louisiana.
The ideal proposal will also help us clearly understand what you are doing to mitigate community concerns and how you will define success.
Funding Information
- Up to $50,000. In all cases grants can be used to support general operating costs. The Foundation allocated $15,000,000 related to these efforts.
Eligibility Criteria
- Louisiana-based, 501(c)(3) organizations working to support those directly impacted by a recent, declared disaster or crisis may apply. Louisiana-based 501(c) 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 19 organizations may apply provided that their efforts are related to the Foundation’s mission, are similarly supporting those directly impacted by a recent, declared disaster or crisis and if they can demonstrate clearly how this work being supported is otherwise the same as community and charitable work being done by a 501(c)(3) organization.
To be considered for any Foundation Grant, your organization must:
- Be designated a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization by the IRS.
- The Foundation only gives to nonprofit organizations working for charitable, religious, scientific, literary and other organizations under Internal Revenue Code section 501(c)(3).
- Be registered and in good standing with the Louisiana Secretary of State.
- All organizations must be up-to-date on their filings with the Louisiana Secretary of State.
- Be domiciled in Louisiana
- The Foundation only makes gifts to organizations who are based in Louisiana and working for the welfare of Louisianians.
The Foundation does not make grants to the following under any circumstances:
- Providers on contract with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana
- Programs or events outside of Louisiana
- Organizations that are not tax-exempt
- Political campaigns, candidates, parties or partisan activities
- Sectarian, denominational or religious organizations for support of theological functions
- Athletes or athletic teams
- Beauty pageants
- Direct funding of labor, fraternal or veterans’ organizations
- Students raising funds for travel to an out-of-state competition
- Parent-teacher organizations
- Capital projects or campaigns
- Organizations or causes that do not complement the Foundation’s mission
For more information, visit Community Crisis.
