Connecticut Health Foundation: Event Sponsorship Grant

The Connecticut Health Foundation offers sponsorship for health-related events that reflect its mission. Funding supports various events like conferences, forums, and community gatherings, with a focus on partnerships that provide recognition and promotional opportunities. Eligibility is limited to 501(c)(3) organizations or public entities, ensuring the events benefit Connecticut residents. Applications are evaluated based on alignment with foundation priorities and potential to enhance visibility for CT Health.

Supports health-related events that align with CT Health’s mission and priorities
About Event Sponsorship
We have a limited amount of funding each year to support special events such as:

• ConferencesForumsTrainingsAnnual meetingsFundraising galasCommunity events

CT Health defines a sponsorship as a mutually beneficial arrangement or partnership whereby CT Health contributes funds in return for recognition, acknowledgement, other promotional consideration, and/or presentation opportunity.Sponsorships come in different forms such as:
A package (established by event organizer or customized between organizer and CT Health)A table for an eventIndividual registrations/tickets/scholarships to enable CT Health staff, board members, leadership fellows, and/or grantees to participate. In some cases, CT Health may donate this type of sponsorship back to the organizer with the purpose of enabling the organizer to extend participation to community members and organizations for whom the cost of attendance is a barrier.Purchase of ad space in an event brochure/booklet
Limitations
Sponsorships are limited to one per organization, per 12 month period.All requests for CT Health sponsorships are subject to the availability of resources, with a concerted effort made to spread support across a range of events across the state throughout the four quarters of the calendar year.Requests for event sponsorship will be considered on a case-by-case basis as sponsorships enable CT Heath to support organizations that may not be good candidates for grant funding.Requests will not be considered for: Event planning/development costs, capital campaigns, political campaigns.

Eligibility

Are you eligible?Are you a 501 3(c) organization or public entity?Will the event be held in Connecticut or will a CT Health sponsorship enable people from Connecticut to benefit?Is the ultimate beneficiary of the event a priority group for the foundation? In other words, if it’s a fundraising event, who benefits from the organization’s programs and services? If it’s a conference, who are target participants and what will they learn?Does the event organizer’s mission and/or the event’s theme/program align with CT Heath’s strategic objectives or theory of change?Can your event increase CT Health’s visibility and name recognition?