The Capacity Building grant program assists health-focused, community-based organizations in becoming stronger, more effective institutions within their community, allowing them to spend more time and energy focused on their mission.
Donor Name: Michigan Health Endowment Fund
State: Michigan
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 06/10/2025
Size of the Grant: $100,000 to $500,000
Grant Duration: 2 Years
Details:
The Capacity Building grant supports collaborative efforts among providers, service agencies, and community-based organizations to cooperatively address health issues in a sustainable way.
The intent of this grant program is:
- To assist health-focused, community-based organizations in becoming stronger, more effective institutions within their community, 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.
Types of Grant
- Organizational capacity grants are designed to increase health-focused, community-based organizations’ effectiveness and sustainability across Michigan. They will prioritize funding for organizations that have an explicit focus on a health issue that aligns with the Health Fund’s priorities.
- Some examples include:
- Organizational Infrastructure
- Evaluation and Learning
- Organizational Development
- Technology Enhancements
- 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. These grants are intended to assist with startup costs for new cross-sector, collaborative efforts or to expand the scope and health impact of an existing collaborative.
Funding Information
Grants can be up to 2 years in duration, but the total request is limited to $200,000.
Eligibility Criteria
Nonprofits, federally recognized Tribes, local units of government, and the State of Michigan are eligible for grants. To be eligible to apply for a grant under this initiative, applicants must:
- Be recognized by the Internal Revenue Service as a tax-exempt organization;
- Serve Michigan residents;
- Have a current certified financial audit or independently reviewed financial statements; and
- Have at least 1 FTE.
For more information, visit Michigan Health Endowment Fund.
