Through the Veterans Health Initiative, foundation will provide grants to support veterans’ organizations to address the unique challenges veterans face and to help provide the support they need and deserve.
Donor Name: Horizon Foundation for New Jersey
State: New Jersey
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 05/07/2025
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
The Veterans Health Initiative is a new grants program with a specific focus on supporting programs within one of the following key areas:
- Behavioral Health: Supporting veterans’ mental health needs, including for post-traumatic stress, military sexual trauma, suicide prevention, anxiety, depression, substance use disorder and other behavioral health concerns.
- Housing & Food Security: Helping veterans and their families access safe, affordable and stable housing, and essential food resources.
- Economic Opportunity: Providing veterans with the tools, resources and business connections to help them thrive professionally, including training, mentorship and networking.
Funding Information
The Foundation will award grants up to $20,000 for veterans’ organizations, serving veterans and their families.
Grant Period
The one-year grant period will commence October 1, 2025, and run through September 30, 2026.
Eligibility Criteria
- Must be a New Jersey-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit veterans’ organization that serves veterans and/or their families in New Jersey.
- Experience developing and running effective grant programs with a record of meeting veterans’ needs and delivering positive result.
- In select cases, veterans’ organizations may partner with other organizations to design and/or deliver programming; applicants should describe the nature of the relationship and their role in their proposal. For example, working with a health center to collaborate on program services that are provided.
- The Foundation does not fund endowments; hospitals or hospital foundations; individuals; political causes, candidates, organizations, and campaigns; one-day events; or fundraising events (e.g. galas, dinners, golf outings, walks, runs, races). Existing grantee organizations are not eligible to apply for this initiative.
- Applications must include the organization’s:
- Most current audited financial statement
- 990 Tax Return
- Current listing of Board of Directors
- Organizational budget
- Geography served [towns, cities, counties]
- Project description
- Project budget.
For more information, visit HFNJ.
