The Telligen Community Initiative (TCI) has launched a Request for Proposals 2021 to fund programs and nonprofits that address social determinants that impact health and enhance equity, that are making healthcare education more accessible, and that are fostering innovation.

Deadlines:

• Iowa or Oklahoma-based applications ($50,000 per grant request ceiling):  1 March 2021
• Colorado or Illinois-based applications ($50,000 per grant request ceiling): 15 June 2021

TCI funding for 2021 will continue to focus on improving the health of communities within the context of specific funding priority areas. These priority areas were identified to define TCI’s community responsive grant programming more specifically, to produce more defined themes within priority areas, and to enhance the portability and replication potential of similarly themed projects across Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, and Oklahoma communities. 

Focus Areas

• Health Innovation: This funding area is encouraged to think creatively and differently regarding issues and opportunities that can bring innovation to the way they all envision to achieve and advance health.
• Social Determinants of Health / Health Equity: This funding area believes in advancing health equity through novel approaches to positively address the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work, and age.
• Healthcare Workforce Development: This funding area understands that the health workforce shortages and aging population will require progressive and fundamental reshaping of health roles and the way in which patient care is delivered.

Funding Information

Applications from all four (4) states will function with a per grant request maximum of $50,000.

Eligibility Criteria

• To request a grant, your organization must be a recognized as a federally tax-exempt section 501(c) (3) charitable organization, an accredited school, or a public/ governmental agency located in the states of Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, or Oklahoma.
• Note: a public agency is an organization established and primarily funded by a unit of government. Examples could include a public school, public library, local public health department, or state governmental agency. Note that TCI does not fund organizations with a pending 501(c)(3) status

For more information, visit Telligen Community Initiative.