Bennie & Martha Benjamin Foundation: Medical/Health Equipment Grant

The Bennie & Martha Benjamin Foundation offers a Medical/Health Equipment Grant aimed at supporting hospitals, public health clinics, and non-profit service providers in the Virgin Islands. Established in 1991, the Foundation seeks to fulfill unmet health equipment needs through grants. Eligible organizations must demonstrate financial solvency and provide a history of successful health service delivery. The Foundation encourages partnerships with NGOs and aims to improve health care services in the Territory.

The Will charged the Foundation with providing medical scholarships to Virgin Islands residents who would commit to practicing their specialty in the Virgin Islands and to otherwise promote health care in the Territories through grants for equipment, programs, educational services and related activities. The first grants were awarded in 1992 and grants for equipment, scholarships and other programs have been made every year since.
Hospitals, Public Health Clinics and Not-for-Profit Service Providers are eligible to apply for grants for medical/health equipment and supplies where there is a demonstrated need that is not currently being met by the applicant’s usual source of funding.
The Foundation will entertain Grant Proposals for equipment provided that the institution making the request can furnish documentation of its solvency, history of successful provision of health services or plan for same that is supported by respected agencies and is a recognized entity by the government of the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Eligibility

The organization applying for the grant must be a 501(c)(3) or, if it is a government agency, must provide official documentation and use the Grant Proposal Application.We are seeking agencies which are embarking on new initiatives that are designed to improve the delivery of health care services.All proposals must show a demonstrable need and a methodology of tracking the benefit to the Territory.