Funding Amount

Up to US $25,000

Deadline

Rolling / Open

Grant Type

Foundation

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Other requirements

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Overview

The Innovation Grant Program by the Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana Foundation aims to enhance the health and wellbeing of Louisianians through innovative projects. Grants, typically under $25,000, support new ideas and interventions that can potentially disrupt negative trends in health and education. This initiative promotes a research-based approach to philanthropy, encouraging applicants to challenge the status quo with fresh, impactful solutions. Projects are expected to be completed within a year.

Purpose
Innovation grants are made to innovative, new projects to improve the health and wellbeing of Louisianians.
The Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana Foundation (Louisiana Blue Foundation) recognizes the need to foster innovation as a means of improving health and wellbeing in Louisiana. Through this program, we hope to encourage a research based and scientific approach to philanthropy through testing ideas and seeing what works. The first step in that process is challenging the status quo with new ideas.
A successful Innovation grant project may be a new pilot intervention, plan or approach.
Amount
Grants are generally less than $25,000 in support of projects that take less than one year to complete.

Eligibility

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What Blue Cross & Blue Shield actually gave

Source: IRS Form 990-PF, 2024

Grants in 2024
62
Total given
$3.05M
Median grant
$33K
Range
$1,000–$360K
  • By dollars: Louisiana 98%, New York 2%. Top recipient cities: Baton Rouge, LA; New Orleans, LA; Lake Charles, LA.
  • 0% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
  • 41% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.

Example grants

  • Northwestern State University · Natchitoches, LA

    Collective impact grant

    $360K

  • Together Louisiana · New Orleans, LA

    Community crisis & disaster response grant

    $250K

  • McNeese State University Foundation · Lake Charles, LA

    Collective impact grant

    $121K

  • Launch · Denham Spring, LA

    Special project grant

    $100K

  • Operation Restoration · New Orleans, LA

    Special project grant

    $100K

IRS Form 990-PF, 2024. Amounts as reported by the funder. Full 990 history →

Focus Areas & Funding Uses

Fields of Work

  • Nonprofits
  • Healthcare
  • Quality of life

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