Community-led Learning Event Support provides funding for Wisconsin-based learning events that build knowledge, skills, and networks among Wisconsin’s current and future health workforce.
Donor Name: Advancing a Healthier Wisconsin Endowment
State: Wisconsin
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 12/31/2023
Size of the Grant: $5,000
Details:
Learning events that convene current health workforce professionals to advance collective understanding of and ability to address Wisconsin’s leading health challenges or engage the next generation of leaders to learn and grow towards their future profession are important opportunities to build Wisconsin’s health workforce to advance health and health equity now, and in the future.
Successful applications will describe a key learning gap that the event aims to address, a targeted group of learning event participants consisting primarily of Wisconsin-based health workforce professionals, and how the skills and knowledge gained may be put into action by event participants to contribute to advanced health and/or health equity in Wisconsin.
Funding Information
A total of $100,000 is available to support meritorious Wisconsin-based learning events hosted by eligible community organizations in Wisconsin. Each learning event may request up to $5,000 maximum for direct, non-personnel, event-specific expenses.
Criteria
Learning events must be hosted by an eligible Wisconsin-based 501c3 nonprofit, IRS tax exempt or governmental organization with an EIN number who will be responsible for the fiduciary and reporting requirements of the AHW project and project budget.
Financial support is available for learning events that meet the following eligibility criteria:
- Learning Event Host: Hosted by an eligible Wisconsin-based 501c3 nonprofit, IRS tax exempt or governmental organization with an EIN number who will be responsible for the fiduciary and reporting requirements of the project and project budget.
- Duration: Support is available for one-time learning events or series of events that includes a specific number of events over a pre-set duration in the application.
- Location: Events must incorporate an in-person learning component with participants and be held in the state of Wisconsin. Funds may not be used to support events that are virtual-only, unless otherwise approved by AHW.
- Participants: A majority of event participants must be current professionals, early career professionals, and/or the next generation of leaders working to improve Wisconsin’s health.
- Objectives: The event must aim to build participant capacity, such as knowledge, skills, or networks, through defined learning objectives and employing best practices in adult learning.
- Content: Event content must be new or innovative compared to other events or prior iterations of existing events.
- Event Collaborators: Applicants are encouraged to engage the target audience and/or additional collaborators to inform the planning and implementation of the learning event.
For more information, visit Community-led Learning Event Support Grant.
