SVCF: Smoky Valley Healthy Living Fund Grant

The Smoky Valley Healthy Living Fund, established by the Greater Salina Community Foundation, aims to enhance public health in the Smoky Valley area. This fund supports projects that promote healthy lifestyles and well-being. Non-profit organizations, groups, and individuals are encouraged to apply for funding to initiate community-focused projects. Grants can cover seed money, capacity building, and capital improvements, fostering sustainable health initiatives within the community.

Greater Salina Community Foundation
The Foundation achieves its mission by:

• Enabling donors to fulfill their charitable desires
• Increasing the capacity of nonprofit organizations to fulfill their individual missions
• Facilitating prudent management and care of funds
• Promoting community philanthropy through education
• Providing affiliate services to neighboring communities
• Meeting needs through grants, scholarships, and pass-through funds
• Smoky Valley Healthy Living Fund

The Smoky Valley Healthy Living Fund was established in response to the Kansas Health Foundation’s second chapter of the Giving Resources to our World (GROW II) match grant challenge. Grants from this fund support the public health of the Smoky Valley area. Public health is defined as the protection and promotion of the health and well-being of individuals and their communities through encouragement of healthy lifestyles, behaviors and environments.
All non-profit organizations are encouraged to apply as well as groups and individuals working on a charitable community project. For-profit organizations will not be considered unless the request is for a charitable project. Grants will be limited to projects within the Smoky Valley area.
Funding for this grant is also supported by the Kansas Health Foundation Fund for Smoky Valley.
What type of support is funded?
Seed money to establish or initiate a new project, program, or organization, including operating expenses
Capacity building or activities that strengthen an organization to increase its ability to fulfill its mission, including technology & equipment, professional development & training, additional staff to implement a new program, etc.
Capital improvements including new construction or renovation of a facility
Endowment funds to provide permanent and long-term support for an organization or program
Note: The grants committee will consider requests for endowment funds, but it is unlikely to receive funding unless it supports a specific initiative.

Eligibility

The community foundation can make grants to the following entities:

• 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizationsEducationGovernmentReligious
• Individuals or organizations that do NOT fall into one of the above entities are encouraged to partner with a fiscal agent in one of those categories.
• If that is not possible, please contact the community foundation to see if your project still qualifies and if there are any additional reporting requirements
• Grants are typically restricted to the geographic areas served by the community foundation

Ineligibility

The following grant requests will NOT be considered:
Incomplete, incorrect or late applicationsPolitical projects of any kindOrganizations or projects that practice discrimination of any kindOperating deficits or retirement of debt (if the project has already happened or been paid for, this is considered funding debt).