The Methodist Hospital: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Grant

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Grant

Through the Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Grant, Houston Methodist focuses on addressing social determinants impacting social minority groups such as women, people experiencing homelessness, older adults, the LGBTQ+ community, immigrants and more. The unique challenges faced by the various social minority groups requires a unique approach to removing the barriers experienced which can lead to poorer health outcomes. The Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Grant accepts operating requests and program requests.

Overview

Through the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Grant, nonprofit organizations can apply for support focused on Educational Empowerment and/or Building Healthy Neighborhoods initiatives targeting social minorities including racial and ethnic minority groups. Applicants can request funding for programs and/or for general operations. Similar to program support requests, agencies requesting general operating support will need to clearly be able to describe how the funding will impact the audience and will need to be able to provide quantitative data on those served by the award.

Eligibility

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• Those seeking support through the Houston Methodist DEI Grant must meet the following requirements to be eligible for consideration:
• The nonprofit charitable organizations must be tax exempt under Section 501(c) (3), Section 170 (c) or Section 509 (a) of the Internal Revenue Code.
• The organization must request support for an Educational Empowerment or Building Healthy Neighborhoods initiative that seeks to address a social determinant of health (SDOH) that directly aligns with these pillars.
• The organization must support an audience that can be classified as a racial and/or ethnic minority or social minority with emphasis on social minority status which includes religion, sexual orientation, sexual identity, disability status, veteran status, etc.
• The organization must indicate that funds will be used in the Greater Houston area only.
• Applicants may apply for operational/overhead support including initiatives that allow the organization to expand.
• Program support requests are also allowed via this grant

Ineligibility

• Houston Methodist will not consider capital campaign requests.
• Houston Methodist will not consider financial requests that exceed 20% of organization’s operating budget.
• HM will not accept multi-year requests.