Community Grant

Wisconsin Medical Society Foundation Community Grant

Mission: To advance the health of the people of Wisconsin by supporting medical education and health initiatives.

Geographic Scope: Wisconsin

Program Focus: Physician-led, community-based or statewide programs to improve health through education and outreach. High-impact, high visibility programs are prioritized.

Funding Preferences

Primary Focus Areas:

• Health literacy
• Health access and equity
• Health awareness
• Adverse childhood experiences reduction or mitigation
• Mental, behavioral and addiction health access and prevention services
• Disease prevention (including school or community gardens)
• Medical outcomes research and/or interpretation and dissemination of research
• Other evidence-based health topics or innovative pilot projects

Limited Funding Available For:

• Physician education
• Medical outcomes research and/or interpretation and dissemination of research
• Other evidence-based health topics or innovative pilot projects

Initiative Preferences:

• Promote changes to modifiable factors affecting health
• New or innovative projects
• Focus on prevention
• Well-defined and reasonable to accomplish within grant period
• Plan to become self-sustaining (if multi-year)
• Promote collaborations/partnerships
• Involve or are supported by a physician member of the Wisconsin Medical Society

Overarching Goal: Improve health equity in Wisconsin

Eligibility

• Must be physician-championed or physician-supported
• Projects must be evidence-based or new/innovative pilots
• Must have measurable outcomes

What the Foundation Does NOT Fund

• Unrestricted general operating expenses
• Use and payment for services of a fiscal agent
• Endowment funds
• Religious organizations for religious purposes
• Fundraising activities or events (annual fund drives, benefit tickets)
• Umbrella funding organizations that intend to distribute funds at their own discretion
• Political lobbying or legislative activities
• Individuals
• Capital expenditures (building repairs, etc.)

Contact Information

Program Coordinator: Jaime Craig

Address: Wisconsin Medical Society Foundation, PO Box 1109, Madison, WI 53701-1109

Application Timeline

• August 1: Foundation staff send application invitations to organizations recommended by physicians; application opens
• October 15: Grant applications due
• November: Grant recommendations made
• December: Funding decisions approved by Board; notifications sent second week of December

How to Apply

1. Application Opens: August 1 annually
2. Submit Application: Complete the online grant application after August 1
3. Deadline: Submit before October 15
4. Contact: For information on applying, contact Jaime Craig, Program Coordinator

Required Application Materials

• Online grant application form
• Budget document (downloadable)
• Certification document (downloadable)
• Identification and role of any subcontractors with associated budget
• Hourly rates for all subcontractors
• Disclosure of all funding sources for the project

Post-Award Requirements

Upon Grant Award:

Sign a letter of agreement/memorandum of agreement

Acknowledge "Wisconsin Medical Society Foundation" in printed materials, press releases, and published materials as appropriate; provide copies to Foundation

Grant Agreement Stipulations:

Communicate significant changes in scope, time, or budget to Grants Committee through Program Coordinator as soon as known

Disclose all funding sources for the project fully

Return any funding not specifically used for this project to the Foundation at end of grant timeline

File a final report noting precise outcomes and costs (submit via online final report form)

Important Notes

• Foundation Board of Trustees or designees are only agents who may legally commit Foundation to expenditures
• No costs may be reimbursed before receipt of fully executed letter of agreement
• Applicant may subcontract with other entities but must deal directly with them and be responsible for performance and payment