The Pallottine Foundation of Huntington is seeking applications for its Healthy Communities Initiative that provides support to nonprofit organizations operating health-related programming.

The Healthy Communities Initiative is focused on supporting regular programming needs of nonprofit organizations for the continuation or enhancement of existing projects, the development of new project offerings, and projects that improve the organization’s internal capacity to work effectively.

Focus Areas

The Healthy Communities Initiative is open to the following categories of projects:

• Health and wellness projects directed at an organization’s clients or communities served.
• Capacity building projects that enhance the effectiveness of an organization’s internal operations.

Funding Information

• An organization may request funding at any level between $3,500 and $50,000.
• The maximum request from a single organization is $50,000, regardless of whether it requests funding for one or multiple projects.
• In formulating the request, please keep in mind that the Foundation anticipates that most funding awards will be less than $50,000.

Project Activities

• Health and Wellness: Health and Wellness grants are designed to support health programs and services in communities provided by eligible nonprofits. These grants address the behavioral, emotional, physical, social, and spiritual health of our communities.
• Capacity Building: Capacity Building grants are designed to strengthen the organizational infrastructure, management, and governance of eligible nonprofits. These grants are not about expanding an organization’s services, adding a new program, or renovating a building.

Eligibility Criteria

• This funding opportunity is only available to organizations that provide services in the Foundation’s twenty-county Tri-State region in Kentucky, Ohio, and West Virginia. An eligible organization does not have to be physically located in one of these counties, but it must submit a proposal requesting funding for a project in one or more of the Foundation’s counties.
• Organizations with service areas exceeding the Foundation’s region should contact a Foundation Program Officer to ensure the proposed project meets the geographic criteria before applying for funding.
• The 20 counties in the Foundation’s Tri-State region are:
  • Kentucky (Boyd, Carter, Floyd, Greenup, Johnson, Lawrence, Martin, and Pike)
  • Ohio (Gallia, Lawrence, and Scioto)
  • West Virginia (Boone, Cabell, Kanawha, Lincoln, Logan, Mason, Mingo, western Putnam, and Wayne)
• An eligible organization must have recognized federal tax status under Section 501(c)(3). The organization must principally administer programs providing health-related services. Eligible organizations must operate programs that are compatible with the Mission, Vision, Values, and Focus Areas of the Foundation.
• Organizations that have an open grant with the Foundation are eligible to apply for this Initiative. Additionally, organizations that previously applied for funding from the Foundation, but were not successful, may apply again. These organizations are encouraged to discuss any proposed project with a Foundation Program Officer before applying again.

For more information, visit The Foundation.