The Community Health Improvement Grant Program helps improve community health and health equity, and enhances local service systems via restricted charitable contributions for defined projects.
Donor Name: CommonSpirit Health
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 09/12/2025
Size of the Grant: $100,000 to $500,000
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
The Community Health Improvement Grants program is one way they are working with others to improve the health and well-being of vulnerable and underserved populations in the communities they serve.
Collaborating 501(c)3 non-profit organizations apply to receive grant funds from their hospitals to address significant issues in community health needs assessments.
Funding Information
- Grant award ranges have minimum and maximum amounts that vary by hospital, within the categories of small grants (up to $19,500) and standard grants (from $20,000 to as much as $150,000).
- Project activity over a period of between 9 and 12 months.
Eligibility Criteria
The program overview document contains additional important details.
- Applicants must be IRS 501(c)3 non-profit organizations, or have a fiscal agent that is a 501(c)3 organization and capable of administering grant funds.
- Proposals are for projects that address one or more significant health needs in the hospital’s most recent community health needs assessment (CHNA) or implementation strategy.
- The program is intended both to support the delivery of services and to strengthen collaborative service systems. Consistent with this aim, proposals for grant projects of $20,000 or more must include collaborating partner organizations other than the granting hospital with distinct, complementary and substantive project roles.
- People and communities to be served are within the hospital’s service area and include identified underserved or vulnerable populations, to help address health inequities. People to be served can include members of the community at-large, patients of CommonSpirit Health entities or both.
- Proposals are for one year periods only. Applicants can apply in subsequent years for similar scopes of work or to conduct different projects, but projects will not be funded for more than four consecutive years.
- Ineligible proposals include those for unrestricted general operating support, event sponsorships and activities less than 9 months in duration.
- The grant program has limits on funding for equipment purchases, including computer equipment.
- The grant program does not fund capital projects (e.g., buildings, renovations), lobbying or political campaigns.
For more information, visit CommonSpirit Health.
