The New York Health Foundation is accepting Letters of intent for its Special Projects Fund.
Donor Name: New York Health Foundation
State: New York
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 03/05/2024
Size of the Grant: $100,000 to $500,000
Grant Duration: 3 Years
Details:
The Special Projects Fund allows the Foundation to support projects that address important and emerging health care and public health issues that fall outside three priority areas- Primary Care, Healthy Food, Healthy Lives, and Veterans’ Health.
Special Projects Fund awards are one-time, nonrenewable funding opportunities. Funding will support an organization’s efforts to replicate and expand successful project models, broaden the scope of its work at a local, regional, or statewide level; deepen knowledge in the health field; improve health care practices; and/or address a timely health-related issue affecting a significant number of individuals living in New York State.
Funding Information
- Special Projects Fund grants are typically in the $250,000 range or below. Funding requests can range from $50,000 to a maximum of $300,000.
- Project durations vary, but typically are 12 to 36 months.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicant is a nonprofit organization with a 501(c)(3) IRS designation or a for-profit organization with a significant ability to have impact in New York State.
- Project directly aligns with NYHealth’s mission, including improving the health of people of color and others who have been historically marginalized
- Applicant clearly articulates a pressing community need, an opportunity to address a gap, and a focus on historically marginalized populations.
- Applicant clearly articulates goals, timelines, objectives, and measurable outcomes.
- Project has an effective evaluation plan, including measures for local, regional, or statewide impact.
- Applicant has experience, potential, and readiness to complete the project successfully.
- Project builds collaboration among organizations and demonstrates meaningful community input and participation in the design and implementation.
- Project has a strong potential for replication elsewhere in New York State or nationally.
- Applicant articulates how the project will be financially and programmatically sustainable after onetime grant support from NYHealth (particularly relevant for projects that start new services).
- Applicant demonstrates how and why the initiative represents a special opportunity for NYHealth funding.
- Applicant demonstrates a degree of creativity or innovation.
For more information, visit New York Health Foundation.
