The Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust Healthy Incentive Grant for Communities is designed to help municipalities adopt and implement best and promising practices for tobacco-free environments, access to healthy foods and physical activity opportunities in an effort to improve the health and quality of life for residents.
Donor Name: Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust (TSET)
State: Oklahoma
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 03/28/2025
Size of the Grant: $100,000 to $500,000
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
Funding Information
- Rural – up to 4,299
- Bronze Class: $10,000
- Silver Class: $12,000
- Gold Class: $14,000
- Maximum Combined: $36,000
- Small – 4,300 to 9,999
- Bronze Class: $10,000
- Silver Class: $15,000
- Gold Class: $25,000
- Maximum Combined: $50,000
- Medium – 10,000 to 29,999
- Bronze Class: $24,000
- Silver Class: $36,000
- Gold Class: $60,000
- Maximum Combined: $120,000
- Large – 30,000+
- Bronze Class: $30,000
- Silver Class: $45,000
- Gold Class: $75,000
- Maximum Combined: $150,000
- OKC/Tulsa
- Bronze Class: $40,000
- Silver Class: $60,000
- Gold Class: $100,000
- Maximum Combined: $200,000.
Grant Period
The grant period shall be for one year from the date of approval by the TSET Board of Directors. All project work and TSET-required reporting must be completed during the grant period.
Uses of Fund
Cities awarded grant funding will apply the funds to advancing any health criteria they believe best address the needs and opportunities in their communities. Cities are encouraged to utilize the funding for projects that enhance wellness activities in their geographic areas of poorest health. TSET reserves the right to approve, deny, or-with the awarded grantee-modify any proposed uses of TSET funds.
Examples for use of funds:
- Walking trails
- Lighting for parks and trails
- Farmers market venues
- Community gardens
- Basketball and tennis courts
- Bicycle lanes/bike racks
- Outdoor physical activity equipment
- Splash pads/improvements to community pools
- Engineer or architects’ services to develop walkability plans.
Criteria
Criteria for the grant have been developed using evidence-based practices for tobacco control, access to healthy and nutritious foods, and active living, with emphasis on higher impact policies and actions to improve community health. Documentation of having met each criterion is required from the city. Each application is reviewed based on specific criteria in the areas:
- City’s tobacco-free city-owned property ordinance
- Promotion of Oklahoma Tobacco Helpline
- Promotion of Shape Your Future website
- City has workplace wellness champion(s)
- City’s workplace wellness
- Decreasing youth access to tobacco
- Increasing access to healthy foods
- Increasing access to active living
- Any incorporated city/town/municipality in the state of Oklahoma may apply.
For more information, visit TSET.
