Mt. Sinai Health Care Foundation Grants

The Mt. Sinai Health Care Foundation aims to enhance the health and well-being of both the Jewish and general communities in Greater Cleveland. The foundation funds initiatives focused on improving mental and physical health, promoting health education, and supporting vulnerable populations. By collaborating with local organizations and prioritizing projects that demonstrate sustainability and measurable outcomes, it seeks to create lasting impacts in health promotion and disease prevention. Grants are available to eligible 501(c)(3) organizations within the region.

NOTE: We welcome and encourage conversation with program staff prior to the submission of a grant request. This helps to focus requests and can help avoid time and effort expended on ideas and projects that might be outside our grantmaking guidelines. When deadlines occur on a weekend or holiday, grant proposals will be due on the first business day following the actual deadline.
Health of the Jewish Community
The Mt. Sinai Health Care Foundation seeks to support efforts to improve the physical and mental health of Mt. Sinai's founding constituency. The Foundation will collaborate with the Jewish Federation of Cleveland and with other Jewish agencies and organizations on health issues of concern to the Jewish community.The Foundation will support projects that build organizational capacity in those Jewish organizations that address these needs. Foundation-initiated special projects in this area may also be developed.
Health of the Urban Community
In the tradition of The Mt. Sinai Medical Center, the Foundation is committed to improving the health of Greater Cleveland's most vulnerable individuals and families. To achieve impact in this area, scale is a significant factor.The Foundation seeks to support especially those projects focusing on health promotion and disease prevention that have the potential to access large populations through existing community infrastructure. To optimize impact in large populations, partnering with both public and private funding sources may be appropriate and necessary.Of particular interest are proposals focusing on primary prevention and early intervention.
Academic Medicine & Bioscience
The Foundation seeks to strengthen Cleveland's prominence as a national leader in medical education and biomedical science, perpetuating Mt. Sinai's leadership role in these areas. Emerging collaborations among Cleveland's academic medical centers present opportunities to build organizational capacity and advance progress. The Foundation will work with Cleveland's academic medical community to accomplish these goals.
Health Policy
Notwithstanding significant support from the private sector and philanthropy, government at all levels remains the single greatest financial contributor to the health of at-risk populations, including children, seniors, and the poor. Through strategic initiatives in the area of health policy, the Foundation seeks to support projects that maximize the effectiveness of government in meeting its safety-net obligations and the obligations of the Affordable Care Act.
Proposal Review Criteria
The Foundation receives many more deserving requests than it can possibly fund. Funding priority will be given to those proposals that fit the Foundation's guidelines and demonstrate the most potential according to the following criteria:
Evidence of sound design, appropriate budget, well-qualified staff, and a strong implementation plan.Clear articulation of plans for continued support of the project beyond the term of a Mt. Sinai Health Care Foundation grant, e.g., earned income, long-term philanthropic support (endowment), support from an organization's core budget, or other means, when applicable.Clear description of measurable outcomes and how they will be achieved.Potential opportunities for working with other organizations to address issues of common concern specific to the proposed project, when applicable.Potential for the Foundation's investment to leverage additional resources for support of the project, when applicable.Demonstration of solid fiscal and management practices and governing board oversight.Demonstrated board commitment, leadership, engagement, and financial support.

Ineligibility

In general, the Foundation will not make grants for the following purposes:General operating expensesDirect provision of health servicesBuilding or equipment expenses or capital campaignsFund-raising eventsProjects outside of Greater ClevelandEndowment fundsLobbyingProgram advertisingScholarshipsNo grants will be made to the following:Organizations not classified as 501(c)(3) tax-exempt by the Internal Revenue ServiceIndividuals