Fanny Holt Ames and Edna Louise Holt Fund: Traditional Grant

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Fanny Holt Ames and Edna Louise Holt Fund

The Fanny Holt Ames and Edna Louise Holt Fund (the Holt Fund) was created at Edna Louise Holt’s instructions, and established in 2000, with Bank of America as the Trustee. Miss Holt and her sister were longtime residents of Grafton, Vermont; they held a deep and abiding concern for the health and well-being of the residents in the communities where they lived. The Fund’s objective is to meet the health and medical needs of Grafton, Vermont and surrounding towns with primary consideration given to Grace Cottage Hospital. The Trustee has contracted with Health Resources in Action to support the charitable purpose of the Holt Fund.

To date, the Holt Fund has invested more than $18.7 million in programs to improve community health outcomes in Grafton, Vermont and surrounding towns.

Grant Categories

Traditional:

• Small Grants – Applicants may apply for single-year grants of up to $15,000 for discrete projects or programmatic expenses. Applicants must complete the parts of the online application required for small grants.
• Large Grants – Applicants may apply for single- or multi-year requests (up to three years) of over $15,000 for program or project support, operating expenses (for organizations with annual budgets less than $1 million), or capital support.

Program Overview

For the purpose of the Holt Fund, the term “medical needs” encompasses a broad range of activities including but not limited to: the social determinants of health (i.e., housing, education, food access, etc.); the provision of chronic, acute and long-term care services; diagnostic screening; emergency medical services; community-based prevention and health promotion activities; treatment; and health education efforts.

The Holt Fund makes grants on an annual basis to support programs and organizations that: seek to address health inequities within the Holt service area; improve access to care, particularly for vulnerable populations; and focus on prevention, health education, intervention, treatment, evaluation, and a personalized approach to care. In addition, the Holt Fund supports grants to build the organizational capacity of individual organizations or partnerships that provide health and medical services within the Holt catchment area.

Selection Critera

Applications to the Fanny Holt Ames and Edna Louise Holt Fund will be reviewed based on the following criteria for all grant categories:

• Significance of need
• Demonstration of how approach addresses health inequities for population(s) served
• Evidence that approach is feasible and appropriate to the proposal’s aims
• Ability of applicant to measure impact of grant funds on proposed need
• Evidence that the outcomes are well-conceived, realistic and measurable
• Ability of applicant to demonstrate sufficient experience and capacity to conduct program/project
• Use of collaborative approach(es) where appropriate

In addition, Large Grant requests will also be reviewed on the following criteria:

• Likelihood that the proposed program/project will have a lasting impact on the need
• Ability of the applicant to sustain the program/project once Holt funding ends

Eligibility

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• As guiding principles, the Holt Fund:
  • Awards grants on a competitive basis to nonprofit 501(c)3 public charities as defined by the Internal Revenue Service Code
  • Makes grant decisions based upon the needs of the communities, recognizing that needs evolve over time
  • Focuses its resources on programs and organizations that will have a positive and lasting impact on the largest number of people
• The Holt Fund will consider applications from nonprofit organizations that are either a) located in or b) provide the majority of services for which they are seeking support in one or more towns in the catchment area.
• Applicants may include community-based organizations, healthcare providers, local governments, school systems, faith communities, and other nonprofit 501(c)3 public charities.
• The Holt Fund’s objective is to meet the medical needs of Grafton, Vermont and surrounding towns, including:
  • Andover
  • Athens
  • Brookline
  • Chester
  • Grafton
  • Jamaica
  • Londonderry
  • Rockingham
  • Springfield
  • Townshend
  • Westminster
  • Weston
  • Windham
• Applicants may submit one application per funding cycle.
  • Exceptions may be made for organizations acting in the role of fiscal agent.
  • Please contact the Holt Fund for more details.
• As a condition for accepting grant monies, grantees must provide annual programmatic and financial reports detailing the use of the funds and over impact in the community; participate in a site visit at the request of the Trustee; and participate in periodic meetings of grantees.
  • Receipt of second- and third-year funding for multi-year grants will be dependent on the submission of annual programmatic and financial reports.

Ineligibility

• Funds may not be used to build endowments, fund operating deficits, or initiate or influence legislation.
• Requests greater than 25% of an organization's operating budget will typically not be considered.
• No grants will be made to individuals.