FCH: Responsive Grant Program: Rapid Response Grant

The FCH Rapid Response Grant Program offers support for emergency and time-sensitive needs of 501(c)(3) organizations within its 17-town community in northwest Connecticut. With a funding limit of under $5,000, the program aims to address critical health and equity challenges. Eligible applicants include local organizations and municipal agencies that align with FCH's mission. The program does not fund projects that do not directly benefit community residents or those that discriminate based on various factors.

NOTE: Requests are typically approved within 2 weeks.
Our Focus Areas
It takes many strategies to address the living conditions affecting health, well-being, and equity.
Our Rapid Response Grant Program supports the emergency and/or time-sensitive needs of organizations whose work aligns with the Foundation for Community Health’s mission and funding priorities.
Please note, the Rapid Response Grant Program was created to respond to Emergency and Time-sensitive opportunities aligned with the funding interests of FCH.

• Emergency: the unexpected and unplanned event or situation that requires an immediate and time-limited response
• Time Sensitive: an opportunity that is short-term in duration
• Funding
• From this past year, the total amount of funds available to this program is less than $5,000.

Eligibility

We fund:Eligible organizations must be 501(c)3 organizations OR initiatives with a 501(c)3 fiscal sponsor who serve one or multiple towns within FCH’s community that have alignment with the foundation’s funding interests. State and municipal agencies are also eligible to apply.Organizations or initiatives consistent with the mission, vision, values, and funding priorities of the foundation.Foundation for Community Health serves a rural 17-town region where northwest Connecticut and the Greater Harlem Valley meet.Organizations or projects need to benefit residents in our geographic area

Ineligibility

We do not fund:Organizations or projects that do not benefit residents in our geographic area
Individuals, Endowments, Private Foundations, Service Clubs or Membership Organizations
Fundraising events, including direct mail campaigns
Debt retirement, operating deficits, or after-the-fact support
Programs by faith-based institutions that have a spiritual and/or theological component
Organizations or projects that unlawfully discriminate with regard to employees, volunteers, delivery of programs or services, or clients served based on age, sex, religion/creed, race, color, national or ethnic origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, marital status, military or veterans’ status, pregnancy, genetic information or any other basis