The Pacific Hospital Preservation & Development Authority (PHPDA) is now accepting applications for its 2024 Major Grants.
Donor Name: Pacific Hospital Preservation & Development Authority (PHPDA)
State: Washington
County: King County (WA), Kitsap County (WA), Pierce County (WA), Snohomish County (WA)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 01/12/2024
Size of the Grant: $100,000 to $500,000
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
The Health Equity Fund, a program of the PHPDA, is offering interested non-profit or public organizations an opportunity to apply for funds to support efforts to eliminate disparities in access to health resources and/or improve health outcomes for underserved communities/populations in the Puget Sound region (King, Snohomish, Pierce, and Kitsap counties). Services provided under this grant must be delivered in King County; advocacy grants may have statewide reach with evidence of significant impact in King County.
Purpose of Funds: maintain and/or expand currently funded programs or develop new programs whose goals are to eliminate disparities in access to health resources and/or improve health outcomes for underserved communities/populations in King County.
Goals
The Health Equity Fund accomplishes its grantmaking mission through these strategic goals:
- Access to health resources: The Health Equity Fund focuses its grantmaking on improving access to a broad range of health resources, not limited to medical care access alone, and including primary and specialty care, preventive health care, behavioral health (such as mental health and substance use treatment) and oral health care.
- Improvement in health outcomes: The Health Equity Fund focuses on improving the capability of the healthcare system by supporting resources that link and coordinate health services for underserved communities/populations.
Funding Priorities
The Health Equity Fund Major Grant program funds programs focused on: (1) direct health-related service delivery; or (2) advocacy efforts to implement institutional change related to health.
The Health Equity Fund has established the following funding priorities, for projects that focus on:
- Improving health outcomes and access for communities of color, particularly focused on programs for African American, Latinx, American Indian/Alaska Native, and Pacific Islander communities.
- Improving health outcomes and access for geographically-underserved areas of King County, such as South King County and rural King County.
- Addressing cultural, linguistic, economic, technological, and other access barriers to successful utilization of medical and other health services, including barriers faced by refugee and new immigrant communities.
- Actively addressing the issues of systemic, structural, and institutional racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, income inequality, and other forms of oppression or discrimination that negatively impact healthcare delivery and health outcomes.
- Enhancing the impact of addressing health disparities by partnering or collaborating with other organizations.
- Building capacity and empowerment for communities addressing health disparities.
The PHPDA reviews focus areas every year. Although applications are not limited to the following focus areas, strong consideration will be given to projects that address one or more of the following, providing health-related services and improve health access and outcomes for:
- Immigrant and Refugees
- Women’s and Reproductive Health
- Substance Use Disorder and Harm Reduction Services
The Health Equity Fund does not fund capital projects. However, smaller, necessary capital items (i.e. computer equipment) will be considered as part of a larger project budget on a case-by-case basis.
Funding Information
Award amounts will range from a minimum of $50,000 to a maximum of $200,000. Organizations that are interested in applying for funds below $30,000 should consider applying for the Health Equity Fund Nimble Grant Program. The Health Equity Fund anticipates funding $1,700,000 total in this Major Grant process, but reserves the right to increase or decrease the funding pool based on the quality of applications received. As they will be inviting proposals in the range of $50,000-$200,000, the final number of projects funded in 2024 could vary widely depending on the average size of the funded projects.
Grant Period
This application is for one-year funding for the budget period of July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025.
Eligibility Criteria
- Nonprofit, government, and public organizations may apply. If you do not have nonprofit status, you may be eligible to apply under a fiscal sponsor.
- Funding for service delivery is limited to King County. There are no geographic restrictions on the residence of clients served or advocacy efforts, as long as the program can demonstrate the use of funds addressing disparities in health among residents of the Puget Sound region (King, Snohomish, Pierce, and Kitsap counties).
- Organizations may not receive two PHPDA grants in the same year for the same project. If a program is currently funded by the PHPDA’s Nimble Grants, these funds cannot be used to augment that funding. Applicants can request Major Grant funds for a different project or for a project that received a Nimble Grant award in the past as long as the time period covered by funding ends by the new contract period.
For more information, visit PHPDA.
