Funding Amount

$110,000 (total pool for 2022)

Deadline

Rolling / Open

Grant Type

foundation

Overview

Misinformation Challenge Grant

Funder: ABIM Foundation

Overview: This grant program supports practices designed to enhance or expand existing practices to build trust in the health care system by identifying and countering misinformation in health care and public health. The program experienced a resurgence during the COVID-19 pandemic, especially among Black and Latino populations.

Award Year: 2022

Total Funding Available: $110,000

Focus Areas:

  • Identifying and countering medical misinformation

  • Health care and public health misinformation

  • Spanish-language misinformation

  • Community health education

  • Culturally and linguistically appropriate materials

  • Building trust in underserved communities

  • Journalist training on misinformation

  • Digital outreach and communications
  • 2022 Winners:

  • First Place: Factchequeado (combating Spanish-language health misinformation with focus on WhatsApp)

  • Second Place: Cuidate/Take Care Annapolis (community health education and chronic disease management)
  • Honorable Mentions:

  • PIRG

  • Migrant Clinicians Network

  • NYC Health & Hospitals Columbia

  • Curious
  • Eligible Applicants:

  • Community health organizations

  • Fact-checking organizations

  • Media organizations

  • Health educators

  • Community outreach programs
  • Geographic Scope: United States and international (Spanish-speaking communities)

    Status: Current/Ongoing (described as current grant program on main grants page)

    Contact: ABIM Foundation, 510 Walnut Street, Suite 1700, Philadelphia, PA 19106

    Focus Areas & Funding Uses

    Fields of Work

    healthcarehealth-educationcommunity-healthmental-healthbipochispanic

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