The Alliance Healthcare Foundation’s Mission Support funding program provides multi-year (three-year), unrestricted, core operating support to nonprofit organizations located in San Diego and serving their San Diego community.
Donor Name: Alliance Healthcare Foundation
State: California
County:
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 09/15/2023
Size of the Grant: $25,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: 3 years
Details:
Alliance Healthcare Foundation (AHF) aims to:
- Advance health and wellness outcomes and reduce social and health disparities in marginalized communities.
- Provide flexible resources and autonomy to organizations that know what is best for the communities they serve.
- Prioritize systems-change and address root cause, social determinants of health.
- Set clear expectations upfront for applicants to better understand their priorities and limit unnecessary time and effort from applicants not directly aligned with those priorities.
- Be a relevant and trusted partner in the community.
- Fund a diverse set of organizations (i.e., geographically throughout San Diego County, organizational size, types of populations served, and services provided).
Priority will be given to organizations that:
- Are focused on communities with the greatest health and social inequities and whose efforts are led or informed by the communities they serve;
- Have an explicit commitment to racial equity;
- Can demonstrate evidence of measurable results, and
- Are working upstream to address social determinants of health and/or systems change focused on reducing social/health inequities
Focus Areas
- Access to Care
- Aging & Senior Support Services
- Behavioral Health (such as Substance Use Disorder and Mental Health)
- Community Advocacy & Organizing
- Early Childhood Development
- Education
- Environmental Health
- Economic Security & Re-Entry
- Food Insecurity & Economic Stability
- Homelessness
- LGBTQIA+ Services
- Primary Healthcare/Preventive Care
- Racial Equity Justice
- Refugee & Immigrant Services
- Veteran Services
- Violence Prevention
- Youth/Childhood Wellbeing
The Grant’s focus on communities served
- Communities of Color
- Families
- Unhoused/Homeless
- Individuals Living with Disabilities
- Individuals with Low Wages (commonly referred to as “low income”)
- LGBTQIA+
- Refugee/Immigrant
- Seniors
- Veterans
- Youth/Children
Funding Information
Funding ranges are from $25,000 to $100,000 per recipient annually for up to three years, with the average award ranging from $25,000 – $50,000 per year. Organizations may use the funds in a way that best meets the most pressing needs of the people they serve. The total Mission Support grant funding is $900,000 per year with a total of $2.7 million over three years.
Eligibility Criteria
To qualify for AHF’s 2024 San Diego Mission Support, your organization must:
- Be a 501(c)(3) or have a 501(c)(3) fiscal sponsor;
- Be located in San Diego County and serve communities in San Diego;
- Be aligned with AHF’s mission and clearly demonstrate impact, and
- Be focused on eliminating equity gaps and addressing social determinants of health, with an explicit focus on underserved and marginalized communities and specifically communities of color.
- Strong preference will be given to organizations who serve at least 60% or more BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) clients.
Who may apply?
- New grantees to AHF
- Current and past Mission Support grantees
- Organizations previously funded through other AHF grant programs
For more information, visit AHF.
