Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Mini Grant

Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Mini Grant

Funder: The Rapides Foundation

Status: Grant proposal submission period is open

Geographic Scope: Nine-parish service area in Central Louisiana: Allen, Avoyelles, Catahoula, Grant, LaSalle, Natchitoches, Rapides, Vernon and Winn

Focus Areas: Healthy People - To improve access to healthcare and to promote healthy behaviors

Eligibility

• Organizations must be tax-exempt under IRS Section 501(c)(3)
• Organizations must not be a private foundation as described under Section 509(a)
• Specific RFP may include additional eligibility requirements

What the Foundation Does Not Fund

• Direct support to individuals
• Private foundations
• For-profit entities
• Conferences or symposia established prior to 1995
• Disease-specific organizations seeking support for national projects or programs
• Hospitals
• Projects or programs of religious, fraternal, athletic or veterans groups when the primary beneficiaries would be their members
• Social events or similar fundraising activities
• Telethons
• Operating expenses which are not used for significantly expanding services
• Grant awards for an indeterminate period of time
• Vans or other vehicles
• Building purchase or renovation not explicitly linked to enhanced programmatic implementation
• Equipment purchase not explicitly linked to enhanced programmatic implementation

Contact Information

• Phone: 318-443-3394 or 800-994-3394 (toll free)
• Address: The Rapides Foundation, 1101 4th Street, Suite 300, Alexandria, LA 71301