Con Alma Health Foundation: Multi-Year Grant

Priority Areas

Con Alma Health Foundation’s Multi-Year grants support long-term systemic change to address health inequities, encompassing all social determinants of health.

• Six Priority Areas:
  • Con Alma prioritizes efforts that will impact many individuals within a network, community, or communities – rather than focusing on 1:1 direct service to individuals.
  • Access – Con Alma supports proposals that focus on access to health and healthcare as well as improving the health status and quality of life for the uninsured and medically underserved in New Mexico.
  • Culturally Appropriate Services – Con Alma supports efforts that aim to reduce health disparities, particularly for rural and tribal communities, immigrant families, and people of color.
  • Evaluation/Research – Con Alma supports data analysis, policy and advocacy, and/or the creation of new knowledge.
  • Health Promotion – Con Alma supports efforts that define health broadly and emphasize education, prevention, and personal empowerment.
  • Policy – Con Alma supports consumer participation in health policy formation and advocacy efforts to improve the health and well-being of people who live in New Mexico.
  • Workforce Development – Con Alma supports the development of professionals who reflect the cultural and linguistic diversity of communities in New Mexico. This includes individuals who are participating in traditional as well as non-traditional training and educational opportunities.

Funding

Applicants may request $30,000, $40,000 or $50,000 for each year of support for up to 3 years. Grant will total up to $150,000 over a 3-year time period.

Con Alma anticipates funding up to $300,000 total in multi-year grants this year.

Eligibility

_You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website._

• Eligibility Criteria:
  • Grants are awarded to tax-exempt, nonprofit organizations under Section 501(c)(3) Code of the Internal Revenue Service or to Fiscal Sponsors with a 501(c)(3) designation.
  • Organizations applying for a multi-year grant must demonstrate at least 3 years of successful programming to submit an LOI.
  • This opportunity is open to all eligible applicants (based on the guidelines outlined), including current and past grant recipients of CAHF.
  • Work funded by the grant must benefit people living in New Mexico.
  • Priority communities in New Mexico:
  • Communities historically marginalized because of race, language, disabilities, gender, sexual orientation, or spiritual beliefs
  • Immigrant, rural, and border communities
  • Low-income and economically under-resourced communities
  • People suffering from chronic health conditions and trauma-related health inequities
  • People who are uninsured, underinsured, and/or medically underserved
  • CAHF funds proposals that have the potential to benefit many members in a system, network, or community (vs. individual needs).
• Applying With a Fiscal Sponsor:
  • Projects, non-profits, public or a governmental agency or a federally recognized tribe in the state of New Mexico without IRS 501(c)(3) designation may apply through a fiscal sponsor.
  • If using a fiscal sponsor, the organization serving as fiscal sponsor must have verifiable 501(c)(3) status from the IRS and an organization profile in Con Alma’s grant portal.
  • Organizations applying must still be able to demonstrate 3 years of successful programming.
• Geographic Focus:
  • Con Alma Annual Grants must benefit people living in New Mexico including all 33 counties, rural, tribal and frontier communities.
• Use of Funds / Allowable Costs:
  • CAHF will award grants of up to $50,000 each year for up to 3 years.
  • Funds may be used for personnel (staffing/benefits), professional services (contractors, evaluators), operational expenses (supplies, printing, postage, copying, communications), meetings and travel (venue rental, training costs), and other direct and indirect expenses.
  • Purchases of property or equipment are limited to $5,000 per item.

Ineligibility

• Exclusions/Restrictions:
  • Political campaigns, political lobbying, or other partisan activities prohibited by section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code
  • Support to individuals, scholarships, or fellowships
  • Capital or endowment campaigns, annual fundraising campaigns, event sponsorships, debt liquidation, or clinical research
  • Grants to organizations that discriminate based on race, ancestry, national or ethnic origin, disability, sex, age, religion, sexual orientation, or gender identity
  • Grants made for religious purposes
  • Grants for construction, renovation, or repairs