Capacity grants are designed to increase health-focused, community-based organizations’ effectiveness and sustainability across Michigan.
Donor Name: Michigan Health Endowment Fund
State: Michigan
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 07/28/2022
Size of the Grant: up to $50,000
Grant Duration: 2 years
Details:
The intent of this grant program is to assist health-focused, community-based organizations in becoming stronger, more effective institutions within their community by meeting basic organizational needs, allowing them to spend more time an energy focused on their mission and collaborative efforts. Capacity building grants will cover expenses to help an organization reach a specific operational goal. Requests should focus on internal organizational capacity rather than coalition, community, or program development. Applicants should consider what internal work would be most essential to ensuring the organization’s consistent, effective function within the community it serves.
Some examples include:
- Communications/marketing
- Evaluation and learning
- Financial management
- Staff or board leadership development
- Succession planning
- Merging of resources or administrative functions between nonprofits
- Creating processes and systems for stronger community engagement
Funding Information
- Requests cannot exceed 20% of your organization’s budget
- Administrative/indirect costs cannot exceed 10% of proposal budget
- Grants can be one or two years in duration, but the total request is limited to $50,000
- Grassroots organizations, small and medium size nonprofits are encouraged to apply.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicants must:
- Be recognized by the Internal Revenue Service as a nonprofit organization;
- Be based in Michigan;
- Have a current certified financial audit; and
- Have at least 1 FTE.
For more information, visit Capacity Building Grant.
