Superior Health Foundation: Care Access Grants

The Superior Health Foundation's Care Access Grants aim to address the medical needs of uninsured and underinsured residents in the Upper Peninsula. This fund supports organizations providing essential healthcare services, including cancer care, hospice support, and behavioral health treatment. By focusing on vulnerable populations, the foundation ensures that financial barriers do not prevent individuals from accessing necessary medical care. Tax-exempt organizations in the region are encouraged to apply, though private foundations are excluded.

Purpose
The intent of the Care Access Fund (formerly Indigent Care Fund) is to provide for otherwise unmet medical needs of uninsured, underinsured, and medically vulnerable residents of the Upper Peninsula.
Some examples include, but are not limited to:
A cancer care services organization that provides funding to patients who are otherwise unable to afford their treatment or supplemental healthcare.A hospice that provides funding to families who can otherwise not afford to admit a loved one.A hospital that provides financial assistance to patients who cannot otherwise afford care.A behavioral health center that helps clients with the cost of residential or outpatient treatment.

Eligibility

Tax-exempt organizations based in or working in the Upper Peninsula that provide, arrange, or pay for medical or healthcare services or supports.

Ineligibility

Private foundations are not eligible to apply.