Fred Hutch Cancer Center invites applications for innovative projects to address and improve cancer related health and well-being by addressing barriers to care and promoting opportunities for healthier lives.
Donor Name: Fred Hutch Cancer Center
State: Washington
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 02/27/2026
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
Projects must align with one or more of the following 2025 – 2028 Community Benefit Implementation Plan priorities:
- Access to Care – improving pathways, reducing barriers, and making health services more reachable.
- Socio-economic Drivers of Health – addressing root social and economic factors that affect health outcomes like housing, income, transportation, and education.
- Prevention and Screening – enhancing early detection and health education around cancer prevention through culturally appropriate outreach.
Focus Areas
- Advancing Health Equity: Address social determinants of health (non-medical factors affecting health, such as the conditions in which people are born, grow, work, live and age), to create opportunities for everyone to achieve their full health potential.
- Culturally Relevant Prevention, Education, and Screening: Promote awareness of healthy lifestyles and the importance of regular cancer screenings, with a focus on underserved people, such as rural communities, and marginalized communities, particularly Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC).
- Accessible, High-Quality Comprehensive Care: Improve access to affordable, high-quality cancer care and related support services, especially for communities facing systemic barriers to care.
Additional consideration will be given to projects focused on the following priority populations whose cancer rates, outcomes, or barriers to care significantly vary compared with regional averages:
- American Indian/Alaska Native populations.
- Black/African descent populations.
- Rural communities and counties.
At least one project will be funded with the following area of focus:
- K-12 or undergraduate students and/or their teachers/faculty.
Funding Information
Up to $15,000 total costs per one-year award.
Grants Period
April 1, 2026 – March 31, 2027.
Eligibility Criteria
Community-based organizations, non-profits, local health departments, community clinics, and Tribes in Washington State (WA). One application per organization. Awardees that have been funded through this grant mechanism two years in a row (2024 and 2025) are not eligible to apply in 2026
For more information, visit Fred Hutch Cancer Center.
