Partnership for a HealthierJC Mini Grants – New Jersey

The Partnership for a HealthierJC offers Mini Grants to the partners in order to promote innovation and kick-start worthy initiatives.

Donor Name: Partnership for a HealthierJC

State: New Jersey

City: Jersey City

Type of Grant: Grant

Deadline: 04/10/2024

Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000

Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned

Details:

These Mini Grants are for local non-profit organizations that demonstrate the capacity to build coalitions and use best practices to achieve equity across the various social determinants of health.

This grant funding to Enhance Local Public Health Infrastructure (ELPHI) in partnership with organizations like yours is made possible through funding from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), grant administrators from the New Jersey Department of Health (NJDOH) and the New Jersey Association of County & City Health Officials (NJACCHO). This program is meant to support Local Health Department grantees in increasing health equity for underserved Jersey City populations. The focus areas mentioned above, and outlined in the following pages, were selected after an extensive analysis of Jersey City’s health and population data. While HealthierJC will lead the effort to create awareness and coordinate implementation of the selected action steps the community partner organizations will lead the efforts on the ground.

Focus Areas

The six focus areas are:

• Health Care Access and Integration
• Community Safety and Open Spaces
• Health Education
• Management of Chronic Illnesses
• Sexual Activity
• Maternal and Child Health.

Funding Information

$500,000 in total, will be awarded in this 2024 grant period. You may apply for a Mini Grant in the following denominations: $5,000, $10,000 & $15,000.

Eligibility Criteria 

Applicants must be a not-for-profit serving majority of Jersey City residents.

The following nonprofit organizations are eligible for the mini-grant program:

• 501©3 Public Charity Organization
• 501©4 Social Welfare Agency
• 501©5 Labor, Agricultural, and Horticultural Organizations
• 501©6 Business Assoication
• 501©7 Social and Recreation Clubs
• 501©10 Fraternal societies
• 501©13 Cemeteries
• 501©19 Veterans’ Organizations
• All requests for funding must be made using the Mini Grant Application found on the “Apply” tab of this website, under “Grants,” and submitted electronically.
• All funding allocations will start at $5,000 with additional funding available with proper justification.
• The vast majority of this grant funding will be awarded to organizations serving underserved populations and Jersey City neighborhoods.
• Grants will be awarded to local organizations that demonstrate the capacity to build coalitions and use best practices to achieve equity across the various social determinants of health.
• All approved requests must be clearly aligned with the HealthierJC mission and vision.
• The Steering Committee reserves the right to make adjustments to the request and/or request amendments based on the discussion generated during grant application review.
• Final decisions for funding will be made by a consensus vote by all active Steering Committee members. (Steering Committee members will be recused from the vote if their organization is the one requesting funding or if there is a perceived conflict of interest.)
• Any funding request that includes staff time must clearly justify how the time will be used and why that particular staff person is needed (e.g. it should not be for something that could be reasonably done by volunteers).
• Organizations who acquire funding via the HealthierJC Partnership must complete funded programs by August 30th, 2024.
• All Mini Grantees, will be required to submit a Final Grant Report due no later than September 16th, 2024.

For more information, visit Partnership for a HealthierJC.