Innovative Project Support funds organizations and projects that seek to develop or expand the scope of models that improve the delivery of health care or respond to social factors that influence the health and quality of life of older adults residing in Philadelphia.
Donor Name: The Sarah Ralston Foundation
State: Pennsylvania
County: Philadelphia County (PA)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 09/01/2023
Size of the Grant: $25,000 – $125,000
Grant Duration: 3 years
Details:
Innovative project support develops, extends, tests, and evaluates approaches to what sometimes seem to be intractable challenges. Innovative initiatives should be more effective than, and should ultimately displace, prevailing approaches.
Examples include but are not limited to:
- Projects intended to discover new and better ways of solving pervasive problems that impact older adults.
- Seemingly small interventions that that when scaled, can have significant impact to addressing a big problem.
- Organizations and projects led by entrepreneurial leadership teams who are skilled at testing new ideas.
Funding Information
- The Innovative Project Support Committee considers requests for innovative project support grants typically between $25,000 and $125,000 annually.
- The Foundation recognizes that innovative projects take time to develop and therefore provides multiyear support up to 3 years.
Eligibility Criteria
- Organizations and programs that align with the Foundation’s mission to support and enhance the quality of life of vulnerable and underserved older adults residing in Philadelphia County.
- Organizations that are based outside of Philadelphia County but provide services in Philadelphia County. In this case, grants would be restricted to the organization’s Philadelphia County-based program/s.
- Organizations and programs that reflect the guiding principles of the Foundation.
- Organizations, including newly established organizations, of the following types: 501(c) 3 public charities, fiscally sponsored organizations or programs, supporting organizations, other 501(c) organizations (within legal limits).
- Organizations where older adults can go to receive services and socialization (examples: Senior Centers, Adult Day), organizations that provide in-home services (examples: Home Maintenance Programs, Food Programs, but excluding those services paid for by insurance), and organizations that provide programs that support those older adults living in the community (examples: Information & Resources, Transportation, Food Programs, Companionship Services, and Virtual Programs).
- There is no operating budget limit for innovative project funding.
- If an organization requests innovative project funding, the project focus must be serving older adults residing in Philadelphia County. Innovative project funding can be directed towards materials that are necessary for the project’s success.
Criteria
- The strengths and accomplishments of the applicant organization
- The relationship between the programming of the applicant organization and the needs of the community(ies) served
- The applicant organization’s history and stability, as well as its long-term impact on the community
- How a commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and access is reflected in the applicant organization
- The value and feasibility of the applicant organization’s programs
- The contribution of the applicant organization to the overall aging community.
For more information, visit Sarah Ralston Foundation.