CCME Grant Program

The CCME Grant Program, administered by the Constellation Quality Health Foundation, aims to enhance health care access and quality in the Carolinas. With grants ranging from $5,000 to $50,000, the program prioritizes nonprofit organizations that focus on measurable health outcomes, especially for underserved populations. Projects funded may include educational initiatives, clinical programs, and services that demonstrate significant improvements in health care delivery. Eligible applicants must have 501(c)(3) status and operate within North and South Carolina.

We provide charitable grants to nonprofit organizations to build upon or undertake new projects that improve access to health care and health-related services for our neighbors in the Carolinas. Funding is prioritized in accordance with the Foundation’s recently adopted Promising Practices Framework. We welcome all eligible applicants, especially community-based organizations in earlier stages of development.
Introduction
Our funding organization, The Carolinas Center for Medical Excellence, was founded in 1984 to improve the quality of health care for Carolinians. That important work continues today. CCME has remained focused on reinvesting in our people and communities we serve to better support our mission. Thus, CCME Foundation was created in 2019 as a separate non-profit organization to provide grants to qualified entities in the Carolinas.
Grants and funding
The CCME Foundation provides charitable grants to nonprofit organizations in North Carolina and South Carolina seeking to improve health quality and equity. Grants range from $5,000 to 50,000 per organization. We prioritize projects that focus on measurable outcome improvements and have a high impact on health care improvements and access, particularly for uninsured and underserved populations.
The type of projects we fund:
CCME Foundation awards grants to eligible non-profit organizations that work to improve healthcare for individuals and communities through measurable outcome improvement projects. These projects include service, demonstration, education and clinical programs producing high-impact results on healthcare outcomes. Funding is prioritized based on a project's potential impact on healthcare improvements and access for individuals and communities, particularly the uninsured and under-served population.
Funding Priorities
Our focus is on a program that demonstrates improved health care quality with clear goals and measurable outcomes. Priority areas include programs that:
Improve access to health care services to the unserved and under-servedHospital/provider/clinicImprove understanding of health issuesDemonstrate improvement through measurable outcomes of stated goals
Types of programs the CCME Foundation might fund include those that:
Improve healthy lifestyles and quality of lifeIncrease access to culturally and linguistically appropriate careImplement consumer centered care and decision makingImprove dissemination of education and health related informationImprove patient safety

Eligibility

Applicant organizations must operate within North Carolina and South Carolina. All organizations with current 501(c)(3) status focused on improving the health of individuals through measurable outcome goals at the community level are encouraged to apply. Examples of organizations that may apply for funding are:Faith-basedHospital/provider/clinicEducational institutionCommunity service

Ineligibility

CCME Foundation will not fund:Reimbursable direct patient care servicesFacility construction/remodeling of facilitiesLobbyingFundraising activities