The Anthem Foundation is emphasizing programs that specifically address health-related social needs, promote equity by reducing the number of food-insecure individuals, and create access to nutritious foods that help combat chronic conditions.
Donor Name: Anthem Foundation
State: California, Georgia, Indiana, New York, Ohio, and Virginia
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 05/31/2022
Details:
Goals
- Reduce the number of food-insecure individuals
- Reduce the prevalence of chronic conditions among the food insecure
- Create more access to nutritious food by increasing affordable, healthy food options for food-insecure populations
- Prevent the onset of diet-related health conditions
Type of Programs Anthem Foundation will be considering:
- National programs promoting scalable and sustainable systemic change
- Local programs in California, Georgia, Indiana, New York, Ohio, and Virginia that support socially vulnerable populations with relevant interventions
Successful grant applications should include
- Critical milestones for tracking to specific metrics such as:
- Percentage of individuals with one of the following diagnoses enrolled in FAM programming:
- Diabetes (Type 2)
- Heart Disease
- Cancer
- Childhood and Adult Obesity
- Hypertension
- Percentage of individuals with specified condition who demonstrate improved metrics and health outcomes:
- Diabetes: improved HbA1c (<9) levels, decreased ER utilization, reduced BP
- Heart Disease: reduced/managed BP (<140/90 mm), lowered cholesterol, decreased ER utilization improved medication compliance
- Cancer: improved treatment outcomes
- Percentage reduction in hospitalizations/readmissions
- Percentage reduction of participants who report being food insecure/ not having access to healthy food (i.e. enrollment in SNAP/WIC)
- Process and outcome measures in one or more of the areas below:
- Health Equity
- Support communities of color
- Support socially vulnerable individuals
- Provide culturally relevant interventions
- Whole-person Care
- Mental health
- Interventions that are relevant to population being served
- Builds trust through programming that considers unique needs of the individuals served by the program
- Collaborations that focus on meeting the needs of the local community
- Community Health Centers/FQHCs
- Community/Faith-based organizations
- Health Equity
Eligibility Criteria
Applicants must meet all of the following eligibility criteria for consideration:
- Show proof of status as a registered 501(c)3 charitable organization within one of the following subsections of the Internal Revenue Code:
- 170(B)(1)(a)(vi) — Organization which receives a substantial part of its support from a governmental unit or the general public
- 509(A)(2) — Organization that normally receives no more than one-third of its support from gross investment income and unrelated business income and at the same time more than one-third of its support from contributions, fees, and gross receipts related to exempt purposes.
- 509(A)(3) — Organizations operated solely for the benefit of and in conjunction with other exempt organizations, typically other public charities.
- 509(a)(3) — Type I
- 509(a)(3) — Type II
- 509(a)(3) — Type III functionally integrated
- Clearly define key measures and accountability standard, including key milestones; and
- Track and record long-term outcomes of program effectiveness and sustainable change.
For more information, visit Anthem Foundation.
