The City of Boulder has released the 2025 Health Equity Fund (HEF) Request for Proposals, for community-based health equity programs benefitting Boulder community members experiencing health disparities.
Donor Name: City of Boulder
State: Colorado
City: Boulder
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 08/12/2024
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: 3 Years
Details:
The Health Equity Fund aims to reduce disparities and to improve health equity for people experiencing systemic socio-economic and health barriers. Examples of HEF-supported programs include health services that help prevent obesity, diabetes, heart disease and oral diseases; increased access to healthy food and clean water; wellness programs; physical fitness; and more.
The City of Boulder defines health equity as the absence of systematic health disparities based on socio-economic factors, and the ability of all residents to reach their full health potential, regardless of their life circumstances.
Through the HEF, the City of Boulder funds health and wellness programs that benefit City of Boulder residents experiencing health disparities, including:
- Residents disproportionately impacted by diseases linked to sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) consumption or disproportionately targeted by SSB marketing;
- Residents who lack access to healthy food, safe water, quality health care, wellness information and health care services and systems; and
- Populations systemically disenfranchised due to race, ethnicity, income, age, ability, sexual orientation or gender identification.
Funding Information
Proposals must request a minimum of $10,000 with at least $8,000 in eligible expenses.
Grant Period
The RFP is for program services performed from January 1, 2025, to December 31, 2027.
Eligibility Criteria
Through the HEF, the city will fund programs rather than entire organizations, institutions, or agencies. Eligible programs may be implemented in nonprofit organizations, government agencies, or public or private educational institutions (i.e., preK-12 school or college/university). Businesses and for-profit agencies should not apply. Eligible program activities may include direct services, research or collaborative approaches.
Proposal Criteria
Proposals will be evaluated based on whether the proposed program:
- Benefits people most affected by, or at increased risk from chronic disease linked to sugary drink consumption, or who generally experience health disparities.
- Has leadership (agency board, staff and volunteers) that reflects the demographic diversity of clients served.
- Aligns with a selected program priority.
- Demonstrates sound research, evidence-based best practices.
- Values lived experience, cultural knowledge and wisdom.
- Demonstrates strong and long-term evaluation of outcomes, or potential for such evaluation.
- Meaningfully engages community members experiencing health disparities in the design, implementation and/or evaluation of the proposed program.
- Demonstrates strong collaboration and transformative, equitable partnerships that move beyond informal relationships.
- Demonstrates a cost-effective approach that benefits program participants, target populations or the community.
- Demonstrates that the agency currently has, or demonstrates a plan for achieving sustained financial stability and organizational leadership.
- Exhibits diverse funding sources or a plan to achieve diverse funding.
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