The 2022 Innovation Initiative (i2) Challenge Grant is a $1 million milestone-based grant awarded once a year to one entity through a rigorous evaluation process. Their overarching goal is to support the winner of the i2 Challenge Grant as they go on to secure additional funding; scale their solution for maximum benefit for their focus population, and become self-sustainable.
Donor Name: Alliance Healthcare Foundation
State: California
County: Imperial County (CA)
City: San Diego
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 01/28/2022
Size of the Grant: $20,000
Grant Duration:
Details:
With their Innovation Initiative (i2) Alliance Healthcare Foundation seeks market-based and/or transformational systems-change solutions with the potential to
- improve access, quality and health outcomes
- increase capacity
- reduce costs
For the most systemically marginalized and under-resourced populations in San Diego and/or Imperial counties.
One of the most efficient ways they can support population health and wellness improvement is by helping innovations succeed, scale, and achieve sustainability.
They believe that your zip code, race, socioeconomic status, gender or ability should not determine your life expectancy.
To activate on that belief, they are seeking sustainable market-based innovations and/or systems-change transformations aimed at closing gaps in health equity and wellness, which have been dramatically exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Examples of Closing Gaps (purely for illustration; not an exhaustive list):
- Chronic condition prevention and/or management (diabetes, obesity, cardiovascular, cancer)
- Access to health and wellness for those without broadband connectivity, transportation, health literacy, language fluency
- Opportunity for wealth building at lowest income levels
- Access to mental and behavioral health care for the under- and uninsured
Funding Information
They recognize the time commitment that i2 applicants will be making to participate in the i2 Journey culminating in the final pitch in December 2022. To compensate each applicant for this time, AHF will be providing stipend funding at each formal phase of the Journey as follows:
- Phase 1 (up to 25 applicants) – $1,000
- Phase 2 (up to 10 applicants) – $5,000
- Phase 3 (up to 5 finalists) – $20,000
In the case where no applicant receives a score of at least 75/100 or higher, Alliance Healthcare Foundation reserves the right not to select any applicant to receive the i2 Challenge Grant.
Eligibility Criteria
Eligible i2 Challenge Grant lead applicants include:
- Section 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations.
- Social Enterprises
- A social enterprise can be a nonprofit, certified B Corp or for-profit organization that advances health equity and wellness of those in need.
- Collaborations
- Collaborations can be community-based programs or initiatives that are “housed” in an academic institution; a public-private team with an established tax identification, or a public-private-nonprofit team with an established tax identification. In the case of a collaboration among entities, there needs to be a lead applicant who will be authorized to bind all participant organizations, and who will receive any applicable milestone-contingent grant funds. Alliance Healthcare Foundation shall have no responsibility to allocate or apportion any grant monies among participant organizations or entities. Solving complex healthcare and social problems requires new and cross-sector thinking, including community voices. Preference will be given to innovations that include defined multi-sector partner(s) as co-applicant(s).
- All applicants will be considered under the same criteria without regard to their type of entity. If a for-profit organization is the winner of the i2 Challenge Grant, that for-profit organization must issue to AHF a purchase right (a “Warrant”) that enables AHF to purchase a number of the most senior equity securities of the for-profit organization. The Warrant will be a condition of the grant and will remain in effect for a pre-determined period following the effective date of the Warrant.
Eligible proposals must:
- Focus on root cause solutions rather than simply addressing symptoms
- Have a clear market-based or systems-change sustainability plan that is not reliant on ongoing grants or philanthropic fundraising when scaled
- Involve those closest to the social problem in determining the solution
- Demonstrate clear and measurable improved health outcomes and reduced disparities for constituents
- Directly address health disparities through an explicit equity lens
For more information, visit 2022 Innovation Initiative(I2) $1 Million Challenge Grant.
