Connecticut Health Foundation Program Grants

The Connecticut Health Foundation Program Grants support projects aimed at improving health equity for people of color. The foundation focuses on initiatives that influence health systems, funding innovative approaches that can lead to sustainable change. Eligible applicants include organizations with 501(c)(3) status and public agencies. Grants typically exceed $25,000 and prioritize projects that address racial and ethnic health disparities, ensuring community voices are included in policy discussions.

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For example, the systems that determine who qualifies for different types of health care coverage or how health care is paid for and delivered. If you can change the rules for how these systems operate, you can have a huge effect and benefit many people.
Here are some examples of types of projects that we fund:
Developing or piloting a better way to deliver care.
Researching sustainable funding options for programs or services that will lead to more equitable outcomes.
Elevating community voices to encourage engagement in the policy process.
Piloting innovative or new approaches to health equity that can be scaled.
Evaluating a program, policy, or process to determine its effectiveness and ingredients for success.
Finding a new way to solve a problem or health disparity.
Supporting news coverage of issues related to health equity in Connecticut.
Each quarter, CT Health awards grants for projects with the potential for broader, systems-level change that will advance health equity for people of color. These projects must align with at least one of the foundation’s strategic objectives. Typically, program grants are greater than $25,000.

Eligibility

We award grants to: Organizations with IRS 501(c)(3) tax-exempt statusCoalitions, advocacy groups or collaboratives with a responsible fiscal sponsor that has 501(c)(3) statusState and municipal public agenciesPublic and private university institutionsHowever, we do consider grants to organizations testing out how to deliver a service in a different way or evaluating whether a certain type of service is effective in addressing health disparities.

Ineligibility

We do not fund the following kinds of projects: Grants to individualsDirect services (projects that focus on service delivery only and not on a larger policy or practice change)Clinical laboratory researchCapital projects, endowments, or chairs associated with academic institutionsProjects that do not benefit Connecticut residentsLobbying or influencing the outcomes of proposed legislation or an election