Highmark BluePrints - Standard Grant

From Delaware Community Foundation

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Type of Support

Overview

The DCF awards grants, including Community Impact Grants, to nonprofits working toward building opportunity and advancing equity in Delaware. These grants are designed to meet the state’s most pressing needs. Highmark’s BluePrints for the Community fund, also administered by DCF, offers quarterly grants focusing on health-related projects and priorities like increasing healthcare access for underinsured populations, reducing health disparities, supporting child and youth health initiatives, recruiting/training healthcare professionals, and tackling social determinants of health. Organizations can request funding ranging from $51,000 to $250,000 for specific programs or projects within a funding cycle, with a separate Small Grants program for requests of $50,000 and under.

Eligibility

Organization's Location

USA

Program Location

Organization Type

Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status

Government agencies providing community services

Other

Located and operates in the state of Delaware
Majority of the program/initiative administered in Delaware
Organizations with an active BluePrints for the Community small or special grant may apply if the request is for a different program/project
Request for funding must be between $51,000 - $250,000
Projects must be health-related and can involve partnership with community-based and/or minority-led organizations
Allowable Costs: Salary (with restrictions), Consultant fees, Materials and supplies, Printing, Travel expenses, Indirect costs (not exceeding 10% of total costs)

Ineligibility

Organizations seeking salary costs for existing full-time staff (with exceptions)

Entities planning construction, alteration, or maintenance of facilities not essential to the project

Those applying for dues for organizational membership in professional societies

Applicants proposing awards for individuals

Providers requesting payment for billable services by physicians or other professionals

Requests for permanent equipment not essential or available elsewhere

Applicants wanting to purchase educational materials from non-BCBSD sources when comparable materials are available from BCBSD.

51k – 250k

Application deadlines

Sep 27

Jan 6, 2025

Apr 5, 2025

Submission

Review Criteria

Priority consideration will be granted to initiatives focusing on the specified priority areas outlined in the BluePrints, aimed at addressing challenges within Delaware's communities.