The Rita & Alex Hillman Foundation is currently seeking proposals for its Hillman Emergent Innovation Program 2022 to accelerate the development of bold, nursing-driven interventions targeting the needs of vulnerable populations, including the economically disadvantaged, racial and ethnic minorities, LGBTQ people, people experiencing homelessness, rural populations, and other groups that encounter barriers to accessing quality health care services.
Donor Name: The Rita and Alex Hillman Foundation
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 03/08/2022
Grant Size: $50,000
Grant Duration: 18 months
Details:
This year the HEI program is issuing a special call for submissions that address racism and its impact on health.
HEI program seeks proposals for creative, early stage nursing-driven interventions that:
- Seek to mitigate the effects of racism on health and/or narrow gaps in health equity
- Identify and address sources of racism that affect health
- Challenge conventional strategies for delivering and improving care to populations affected by racism
- Build trust and credibility in programs or systems of care
- Are informed by anti-racism practices
- Show potential for scalability
Priority Areas
- Engagement of patients, families, caregivers, and/or community organizations in the design of the intervention
- Inter-sectoral, inter-agency, and multidisciplinary collaboration including investigators from different disciplines
- Investigators from diverse backgrounds or with diverse life experiences (e.g., race/ethnicity, gender, class origin/first generation college, LGBTQ+, disability, national origin)
- Strong Institutional and community partnerships
- Provision of care in non-hospital settings
- Methodologies and metrics for advancing anti-racism models of care
- Measurable goals and outcomes
Funding Information
The program will award a $50,000 grant each to up to five (5) organizations. Project duration is 12–18 months, with an expected start date of January 1, 2023. Grant payment will be made in full by December 31, 2022.
Eligibility Criteria
- U.S. 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations that are not classified as private foundations. (The Foundation will consider only organizations that can provide proof of qualifying non-profit status, including a tax-exempt determination letter from the Internal Revenue Service.)
- International organizations that are the equivalent of U.S. 501(c)(3) organizations that are submitting a project that focuses within the United States
- Government entities
- Faith-based organizations that welcome and serve all members of the community regardless of religious belief
For more information, visit Rita & Alex Hillman Foundation.
