Healthy Kids Initiative Call for Letters of Intent

Overview

The Paso del Norte Health Foundation (Foundation) seeks Letters of Intent (LOIs) from eligible organizations to promote healthy eating behaviors, including fruit and vegetable consumption.
A high-quality diet that includes fruits and vegetables and appropriate daily caloric intake can combat the onset of chronic diseases such as obesity and type 2 diabetes. Healthy eating patterns contribute to children’s healthy growth and development. Adults can reduce their risk of chronic illnesses or manage chronic conditions through a healthy diet.

What We Will Fund

The Foundation is interested in individual, family, and environmental strategies that address barriers to healthy eating. Specifically, evidence-based programs to increase the knowledge and skills of individuals and families to choose, prepare, and consume healthy meals and fruits and vegetables are of interest. Environmental strategies, such as organizational practices that promote or increase opportunities for healthy eating will also be considered.
School Approaches: Proposals for programs offered during the school day at schools should be submitted by schools or school districts. Proposals containing official agreements between non-profits and schools will be considered when the school has a significant financial stake in the program and strong administrative support.

Eligibility

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

* Proposals are considered from the Paso del Norte region: west Texas - El Paso and Hudspeth Counties, southern New Mexico - Doña Ana, Luna, and Otero Counties, and northern Mexico - Ciudad Juárez and Puerto Palomas, Chihuahua.
* Eligible applicants include nonprofit, tax-exempt organizations, including churches and units of government, located in the Paso del Norte Region.
* Funding is principally for direct project costs and not for general operating and overhead expenses. A 10% indirect cost (IDC) is allowed on most budgets. The IDC generally is not applicable to pass-through contracts.

Ineligibility

* Funding is not provided to individuals.

* The following are generally not funded unless they are part of a more comprehensive and coordinated Health Foundation initiative or otherwise significantly contribute and strategically connected to a Health Foundation Priority Area.

* Biomedical, bench, or basic research
* For-profit organizations
* Capital campaigns; brick and mortar; Construction
* Indirect costs on pass-through expenses
* Debt retirement or operating deficits
* Grants to individuals
* Endowments
* Make up for government funding shortfalls or supplant other funding sources
* Fundraising events
* Political campaigns or voter registration drives
* Medical bills, medical services/devices or medication
* Religious purposes
* Lobbying
* Work not impacting the service region
* Programs not matching a Priority Area
* Unsolicited proposals
* Scholarships or fellowships
* Drives for or provision of supplies, such as: blankets, food, fans, school supplies, and the like.