Mission Support Grants

The Alliance Healthcare Foundation offers Mission Support Grants to nonprofit organizations in San Diego, providing unrestricted funding between $25,000 and $100,000 annually for three years. This initiative aims to enhance health equity, focusing on marginalized communities and addressing social determinants of health. AHF prioritizes organizations that demonstrate measurable impact and serve a significant number of BIPOC clients, ensuring resources are allocated where they are most needed to combat health disparities.

Alliance Healthcare Foundation’s Mission Support funding program provides multi-year (three-year), unrestricted, core operating support to nonprofit organizations located in San Diego and serving our San Diego community.
Funding ranges are from $25,000 to $100,000 per recipient annually for up to three years, with the average award ranging from $25,000 – $50,000 per year. Organizations may use the funds in a way that best meets the most pressing needs of the people they serve. The total Mission Support grant funding is $2.7 million over three years.
We prioritize our Mission Support grant funding in communities with the greatest social and health inequities and with grantee partners who share this focus. With this intent, we will be grounded in racial disparity data through our grant and decision-making practices.
Alliance Healthcare Foundation (AHF) aims to:
Advance health and wellness outcomes and reduce social and health disparities in marginalized communities.Provide flexible resources and autonomy to organizations that know what is best for the communities they serve.Prioritize systems-change and address root cause, social determinants of health.Set clear expectations upfront for applicants to better understand our priorities and limit unnecessary time and effort from applicants not directly aligned with those priorities.Be a relevant and trusted partner in the community.Fund a diverse set of organizations (i.e., geographically throughout San Diego County, organizational size, types of populations served, and services provided).

Eligibility

To qualify for AHF’s 2024 San Diego Mission Support, your organization must:Be a 501(c)(3) or have a 501(c)(3) fiscal sponsor;Be located in San Diego County and serve communities in San Diego;Be aligned with AHF’s mission and clearly demonstrate impact, andBe focused on eliminating equity gaps and addressing social determinants of health, with an explicit focus on underserved and marginalized communities and specifically communities of color.

Ineligibility

If your organization only serves Imperial County or it is your primary service area, you will not be eligible for this grant.