Responsive Grants to Promote Health and Wellness in Clark & Champaign Counties

The Community Health Foundation (CHF) is seeking applications for its Responsive Grants to preserve reproductive services, to promote health and wellness, and to advocate for quality healthcare through grant making and education in Clark and Champaign Counties, Ohio. Grants to area non-profit organizations help fulfill this mission.

Donor Name: Community Health Foundation

State: Ohio

Counties: Champaign County (OH), Clark County (OH)

Type of Grant: Grant

Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 01/28/2022

Details:

Responsive grants are awarded annually for programs that support health and wellbeing in the region.

Health Priorities

Children’s Health: Early life is a critical time to ensure healthy development, address health risks and prevent future problems.
Chronic Disease Prevention & Management: Many existing programs promote health and wellness, providing support for all people to receive the full range of health services. The outcome of such programs will ultimately lead to reduced cancer incidence; improved oral health; reduced rates of heart disease; reduced rates of diabetes; reduction in lower respiratory disease; and reduction in rates of addiction.
Maternal/Infant Health: Inclusive and comprehensive approaches help people prepare for healthy births and parenting. The community benefits from such programs that contribute to long-term outcomes such as: fewer preterm births; more patients receiving prenatal care; reduced rates of sexually transmitted infections; and reduced rates of teen pregnancies.
Mental Health and Substance Abuse: When people in their community struggle with mental health and substance use disorders, the overall wellbeing of the area suffers. Programs that provide services in these areas will ultimately result in reduced rates of suicide; and reduction in overall overdoses.
Sexual Health: Reduce rates of sexually transmitted infections and reduce rates of teen pregnancies.

Cross-Cutting Factors

Cross-cutting factors impact all priority areas and move their community closer to health equity. Cross-cutting factors include the following:

Social Determinants of Health include access to affordable, safe and healthy housing; high-quality education; and improved economic structures such as income equality, employment opportunities and reduced poverty.
Access to Care helps people get needed health services through transportation that is reliable and available to all; and sufficient health resources including dental care, mental health and primary care.
Health Behaviors and Prevention includes promotion of physical activity; availability and knowledge of healthy food; reduction in tobacco use; and reducing health risks through prevention of injuries and addressing unsafe environments.

Types of Funding

Program grants support new programs, continuing programs, or expansion of successful ongoing programs.
Project grants are for short-term activities, usually lasting less than one year.
Operating support contributes to an organization’s day-to-day, ongoing expenses such as salaries, utilities, office supplies, etc.
Capital support is related to building improvements, infrastructure (i.e., wiring), fixtures or equipment for a specific program or project.

Grant-Seeker Eligibility

To be eligible for a grant from the Community Health Foundation, you must meet all the following criteria.

Be a nonprofit organization exempt from Federal income taxes under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code or a government unit, including public schools and municipalities. If you do not have 501(c)(3) status, you may enter into an agreement with a qualified nonprofit that will act as your fiscal sponsor.
Have a governing board and conduct business without discrimination based on race, religion, gender, age, disability, or national origin.
Programs and projects must serve residents of Clark and/or Champaign Counties in Ohio.

They Do Not Fund

Awards to individuals, including fellowships, scholarships, travel, study, research and camp fees;
Support for individual political candidates and/or lobbying efforts;
Annual campaigns or dues;
Sectarian worship, instruction, or proselytizing;
Fraternal, political, labor and athletic organizations;
School bands and school choral groups, drill teams, or color guards;
Debt retirements, deficit financing, annual fund drives or fundraising activities;
Returning applicants who did not complete their previous grant reporting requirements.