Open Grant Opportunities

Open Grant Programs

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  Building Connections Initiative: Pre-application phase

  Building Connections Initiative (pre-application phase):

  We’re excited to announce the upcoming launch of the Building Connections Initiative.  We are seeking community feedback in late August and early-September and anticipate opening the application period in mid-September. This program marks a major shift in our grant funding that will see us focusing most of our resources on by and for grassroots nonprofits serving BIPOC, 2SLGBTQIA+, disabled, low-income and rural communities. Our dedication to these organizations, and health equity in historically marginalized communities, necessarily means that we will not be funding the same breadth of community organizations as we have in the past.

  
  This program is also intended to extend beyond grant funding and create space for community partners to share knowledge, training opportunities, healing experiences, and more. We believe the space created by this program can have a transformative effect on our community that reverberates across the region for years to come.

  
  We have designed this program based on the feedback you, our community partners, have shared with us over the last several years. That feedback is embedded in our Equity Healing Framework and our newly adopted 10-year strategic direction, which gave this initiative its shape.

  
  While we’ve done our best to incorporate our learnings, we want to continue to provide opportunities for community input, as we are at an important inflection point as an organization and partner to our nonprofit organizations. We will have two feedback sessions where we welcome community input.

   

  In-person listening session on Building Connections Initiative:

  
  Where: Shadle Park Library Event Space: 2111 W Wellesley Ave, Spokane, WA 99205

  Date: Monday, September 9

  Time: 4-6 pm.

  
  We will have light refreshments.

  
  Please RSVP: https://www.zeffy.com/ticketing/01b2bbd7-04bf-4a51-b044-200044e9f559

  
  Webinar listening session on Building Connections Initiative:

  
  Meeting Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/s/82975536344

  Date: Wednesday, September 11

  Time: 1-3 pm

  Please RSVP: https://www.zeffy.com/ticketing/4e27da5e-8d74-4e72-90cd-c995a67af0ce

   

  If you can’t make either of these events, or would prefer to share with us through this anonymous survey, we’d really appreciate your feedback: https://forms.gle/8fcaHEGYQ7trnVv48

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  Initial Timeline*:

  August 20- September 12: Community feedback, pre-application phase
  

  Mid-September: Application opens 
  

  *This timeline is subject to change and will be updated based on community input.
  

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  Program Materials:

  DRAFT INVITATION TO APPLY

  DEFINITIONS 

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  Technical Assistance: Closed

  Technical Assistance:

  Through the Technical Assistance Program (TA Program) Empire Health Foundation (EHF) will prioritize grants to grassroots and by-and-for nonprofit organizations representing BIPOC, 2SLGBTQIA+, disability and low-income communities to support technical assistance needs that empower partner organizations to build the capacity to grow, sustain and thrive.

  Examples of eligible technical assistance include but are not limited to grant writing, strategic/business planning, human resources support, staff development, knowledge building and financial management supports.

   

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  Anticipated Timeline:

  August 19-30: Review Period

  September 16-20: Final funding decisions announced