Glen Miller Grants for Emergency Health Care Costs

Rochester Area Community Foundation

Rochester Area Community Foundation, in partnership with generous philanthropists and community partners, works to improve the quality of life for people who live and work in the eight-county region through its leadership and strategic grantmaking.

• Encouraging generosity and civic unity;
• Addressing urgent and persistent challenges;
• Engaging donors, nonprofits, and other advocates;
• Escalating strategic responses and resources;
• Elevating broad community voice; and
• Inspiring positive, enduring community change

Purpose

To benefit financially needy individuals faced with unanticipated and/or emergency health care expenses for which there is no or inadequate health insurance or other reimbursement. Grants will be paid through a nonprofit organization that is working with the family and will report on the use of the grant.

Eligibility

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

• Grants may be used for equipment, therapy, rehab, necessary capital improvements, or other similar expenses.
• Applicants must be 501(c)(3) organizations within the eight-county region around Rochester (Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Orleans, Seneca, Wayne, and Yates counties).

Ineligibility

• Grants are limited to one per family.
• Grants may not be used for preventive or routine treatment, for reimbursable costs, or to support administration costs.
• The Community Foundation’s competitive grants program generally does not fund special events, fundraising campaigns, religious activities, endowments, buildings (except for historical assets), or debt retirement.