Limited submission: Cultivating Healthy Communities Grant Program: Final day
New internal competition due today, April 5 – Cultivating Healthy Communities Grant Program
Through this RFP, the Aetna Foundation seeks to support communities’ efforts to become healthier places to live, work, learn, play, and pray. Through this Request for Proposals, the Foundation invites proposals that address the social determinants of health and participants’ physical, mental, social, and emotional well-being. This lens for understanding community health shaped the selection of the following five domains:
- Built Environment
- Community safety
- Environmental Exposures
- Healthy Behaviors
- Social/Economic Factors
The Foundation seeks grantees committed to improving the health of their participants by focusing on activities that align to one or two of these domains. Applicants also must use at least one indicator in their selected domain(s) to measure their program’s impact. Throughout the life of their project, grantees will be held responsible for demonstrating progress along the indicator(s) of their choosing.
The Foundation is especially interested in projects that advance resident- or youth-led initiatives and approaches that foster participants’ social engagement and reduce isolation. You can find more information about the types of projects the Foundation seeks in the Frequently Asked Questions section of the RFP.
The Foundation expects to award up to $2 million in grants through this RFP. Applicants can request a total grant amount between $50,000 and $100,000 for the entire project period. Projects can last between 18 and 24 months and must start between Aug. 15 and Oct. 15. The Foundation is unable to accept applications from organizations with active Aetna Foundation grants as of June 30.
Only one proposal is allowed per institution. If you are interested in submitting for this program, please view the full announcement.