HCF: Responsive Funding - Community Event Sponsorships

From Healthy Communities Foundation

Access to quality, affordable healthcare is vital for leading a fulfilling, healthier life. Yet, social and systemic factors have a significant impact on our overall health. As a community-led and engaged foundation operating in a specific region of Chicago and the western Cook County suburbs, our mission is to center community context in our grantmaking, meet immediate and emergent health and wellness needs, especially for the underserved and underinsured, and catalyze long-term systems change to address the root causes of health inequities.

Type of Support

Overview

The grant program is designed to be community-informed and agile, addressing the immediate and evolving health and wellness needs of the region it serves. It supports:

Responsive funding to community partners for time-sensitive crises, special activities promoting health and wellness, and community events fostering innovation.
Community Event Sponsorships for various types of gatherings, including fundraisers, health fairs, and educational events focused on social determinants of health. These grants and sponsorships are guided by the foundation's mission, vision, and core values, emphasizing trust-based philanthropy and the importance of local partnerships in improving health outcomes. Requests for responsive funding are accepted on a rolling basis, prioritizing those most aligned with the foundation’s goals and the benefits to the region’s residents.

Eligibility

Organization's Location

USA

Program Location

IL (Cook County)

Organization Type

Organizations with IRS 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status

Organizations with a fiscal sponsor

Other

Must benefit residents or staff in the Healthy Communities Foundation service region
Funding requests must align with Healthy Communities Foundation’s funding priorities
Philanthropy-Serving Organizations (PSOs) eligible if the request supports HCF’s learning goals
Must not discriminate by race, ethnicity, color, creed, gender, sexual orientation, religion, or national origin
Not required to be a current grantee partner of Healthy Communities Foundation

Ineligibility

Requests submitted less than 6 weeks before start date of the event, project, or initiative

Initiatives already receiving general operating support from Healthy Communities Foundation

Businesses

Capital campaigns*

Government entities

Individuals

Operating foundations not directly connected to community-based efforts in the service region

Partisan political events or individuals

Religious activities and programs of religious teachings or training

Scholarships

School districts & individual schools (including parent/teacher associations, charter schools and nonprofits with more than 80% of expenses for school-based operations.) *Only capital expenses for materials will be considered for funding

not specified

Application deadline

Rolling

Submission

Review Criteria

We give precedence to sponsorships that align closely with our foundational mission, vision, and core values, favoring events and gatherings that provide advantages to the residents of our region.