Healthcare Grants
NASHOBA VALLEY COMMUNITY HEALTHCARE FUND
GRANT GUIDELINES AND PROCEDURES
To download the following guidelines in Word, please click hereThe Community Foundation of North Central Massachusetts and the Greater Lowell Community Foundation (Community Foundations) are accepting applications for grant funding from the Nashoba Valley Community Healthcare Fund. The Fund’s purpose is to advance the community health of residents in thirteen communities: Ashby, Ayer, Bolton, Dunstable, Groton, Harvard, Lancaster, Littleton, Lunenburg, Pepperell, Shirley, Townsend and Westford.
About the Grants
Grant awards will range from $5,000 up to $20,000 and should be appropriate to the scale of the project and demonstrate a wise and prudent use of funds. Priority will be given to, but not limited to, proposals pertaining to:
- • Prevention of health problems
- • Access to healthcare
- • Elder health
- • Youth and adolescent health, and
- • Mental health
- • Use of technology
Collaboration with other organizations is encouraged. Proposals should address efforts to build capacity and include a plan for sustainability, which may be supported with a continuation grant. Use of technology to magnify the capacity of the grant to reach out and effectively address needs are encouraged, as well as proposals that leverage other resources. All proposals funded must demonstrate a clear impact on the community.
What We Do Not Fund
Funding requests that will not be considered include loans, attempts to influence legislation, and support where the Community Foundations may become the predominant long term source of revenue. These grants are not intended to replace budget deficits due to government cuts or reductions in insurance reimbursements. Proposals for grants that do not directly benefit the geographic service area of the Fund will not be considered. Only one submission per applicant will be considered. Funding awards are made on a year to year basis.
What We Look For
The grant review committee will review the proposed project in terms of it’s:
- • Anticipated impact on the health of community residents;
- • Meeting well-defined community health needs;
- • Cooperation and/or collaboration among providers and residents
- • The sustainability of the project once the grant period has ended:
- • Promoting the use of technology.
Who May Apply
Public agencies and nonprofit 501(c)3 organizations, coalitions, community associations and healthcare organizations are eligible whose projects advance the community health and show a direct impact on the residents in the identified communities. Applicants that do not have a tax-exempt status under IRS 501 (c)3 must secure a commitment from a financial sponsor/fiscal agent that is a 501 (c)3 organization, to take on the fiduciary responsibilities in connection with this grant.
How to apply
There are two tiers to the application process, both utilizing the Associated Grant Makers’ (AGM) Common Proposal Forms. www.agmconnect.org/cpf
Tier one is open to all applicants.
For tier one, please submit two originals and four copies of:
- • Concept Paper and Cover Sheet. The completion of the concept paper should follow the guidelines of AGM. However, in responding to the guidelines for the third item on the Concept Paper, the applicant must identify the intended outcomes that will be produced as a result of the funding.
- • Proof of nonprofit status: public agency certification or IRS 501(c)(3) tax determination letter
The deadline for the submission of the Concept Paper, Cover Sheet and Checklist is 4:00 pm, February 21, 2008
Concept Papers will then be reviewed by the grant review committee and a limited number of applicants will be invited to tier two. On March 20, 2008 these selected applicants will then be invited to submit a full RFP.
Deadline for submission of the full RFP is 4:00p.m., April 23, 2008.
If you are invited to tier two, please submit two originals and four copies of Associated Grant Makers’ Common Proposal Forms (again using Associate Grant Makers forms at www.cfncm.org/grants ): • Full Proposal and Budget utilizing AGM’s guidelines. • The organization’s most recent financial statements as required by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and IRS Form 990/990EZ. • Certification that your organization endorses the attached policy of non-discrimination
Staff interviews may take place depending on the appropriateness of the Full Proposal or the need for additional information. The Grant Review Committee will then present recommendations by the end of May 2008 to the respective Foundations Board of Trustees. Grant notification and agreement form will be sent within one week of board approvals. Funds awarded are restricted for use to the proposal submitted and so are required to be identified as such in the subsequent annual financial statements. A copy of the subsequent financial statement is the final reporting requirement.
Where to send the Proposals
Please mail one original and two copies to BOTH:
Community Foundation of North Central Massachusetts, Attn: NVCHF Grant Request, 285 John Fitch Hwy, Suite 1, Fitchburg, MA 01420-5998.
Greater Lowell Community Foundation, Attn: NVCHF Grant Request, 169 Merrimack Street 5th floor, Lowell, Ma 01852
Ways to contact us
For organizations whose name begins with A – K, please contact Suzanne Frechette at the Greater Lowell Community Foundation at suzanne.glcf@verizon.net or by telephone at 978-970-1600
For organizations whose name begins with L-Z, please contact Nancy Daigle, at the Community Foundation of North Central Massachusetts at nancy@cfncm.org or by telephone 978-345-8383 x11
