Association for Utah Community Health

Rolling Deadlines

• John A. Hartford Geriatrics/Health Grants: The foundation supports a limited number of sustainable efforts to improve and integrate the system of services needed by elders and their effectiveness. The emphasis is on nationally replicable models.The foundation makes grants primarily by invitation. However, applicants are invited to familiarize themselves with the foundation's mission. If you feel a project falls within the foundation's focus, you should submit a brief letter of inquiry (1-2 pages), including a summary of the purpose and activities of the grant, the qualifications of the applicant and institution, and an estimated cost and time frame for the project. Those submitting proposals will be notified of the results in approximately six weeks. More information can be found at: www.jhartfound.org/grants.htm, 212/832-7788, or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . Application Deadline: Rolling.

• Aetna Foundation:  Through the Healthy Community Grants Program and the Healthy Community Outreach Program, Aetna and the Aetna Foundation will award up to $4 million for philanthropic initiatives focused on the following areas: Community-based initiatives that increase access to quality health care and improve overall wellness in the following areas; and Health professions training and support programs to address one or more of the following challenges within the U.S. health care delivery system. Program inquiries should be directed to the Community Grants Program information line at 860.273.6747 or the Aetna Foundation email at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . For additional information, please visit http://www.aetna-foundation.org/foundation/index.html.  Application Deadline: Rolling.

• Foundation Funding Bets for the Future: Health, children, and conservation:Trip Advisor Inc., during recent investment presentations, indicated it would continue funding the charitable foundation it operates with Expedia with 2% of the company's operating income. The foundation supports efforts to improve health, environmental and social conditions. In the past, it has also helped employees as well as others choose which nonprofits (usually national organizations involved in local projects, such as Save the Children) should receive donations.  Whole Foods Inc. indicates it will continue supporting its five-month old Whole Kids Foundation. The foundation supports children's nutrition through partnerships with schools, educators and other organizations. The foundation will continue providing funds through the Whole Kids School Garden Grant Project, a program that will enable schools to help build children's relationships with food through local gardening projects. In addition, the WKF plans to increase the number of school-based salad bars it helps support through the Let's Move Salad Bars to Schools program. The foundation now supports 1,000 school salad bars; that number will grow to more than 6,000 by 2013. Contributions usually range from $350,000-$1 million a year. For information, write Trip Advisor-Expedia Foundation, 333 108th Avenue, NE, Bellevue, WA. 98004.  For more information visit www.wholekidsfoundation.org.

• Stanley Black & Decker Grant Priorities: Stanley Black & Decker, the construction tool manufacturer and service provider, offers two types of funding. The first type relies on its employees to direct giving through a 100% matching gifts program. The other funding source includes support for hospitals and select healthcare-related charities, with programs having the support of employees receiving preference in funding. The Stanley Black & Decker Citizenship Program operates in two ways: A. We believe in our associates’ ability to direct their giving in the manner that is closest to their hearts, and we fully support their giving with a 100% matching gifts program. (To obtain a matching gifts form, read about the guidelines, or get in touch with someone regarding the program, please click here.)  B. We believe in directly supporting causes that adhere closely to our business operations and seek to better the world in which we live in the same or similar ways as Stanley Black & Decker itself: 1. Affordable housing construction, reconstruction, and rehabilitation, 2. Technical, vocational, mathematics, science, and engineering education, 3. Hospitals and select healthcare-related charities, 4. Organizations with particularly compelling impact in areas where Stanley Black & Decker maintains a significant population of employees.  If your organization falls in to one of these four categories, click here to request a grant.  For additional information, please visit http://www.stanleyblackanddecker.com/company/citizenship. For questions, please email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . Application Deadline: Rolling.

• Cigna Foundation Youth and Community Grants: The CIGNA Foundation is accepting applications for its community grants program. The purpose of this effort is to support innovative programs addressing the health and well-being of children and communities. Potential grantees will be expected to demonstrate how their activities:

  • Promote Wellness: Building awareness, helping people manage their health challenges and making health services available and affordable for all.
  • Expand Opportunities: Reaching across barriers – be they based on gender, ethnicity or physical condition – to tap the talents of every person.
  • Develop Leaders: Supporting the type of community service that gives talented individuals the experience to become future leaders.
  • Embrace Communities: Connecting neighbors to create networks that will address the complex social and environmental challenges we all face.

  For Information : 866/865-5277 or http://www.cigna.com/about_us/community/giving.html. Application Deadline: Rolling.

• Regional Community Health Grants Program: This Aetna and Aetna Foundation program provides funding focused on reducing disparities in health care among racial and ethnic populations in eligible geographic areas. Application Deadline: Rolling; applications are being accepted now.

• PepsiCo Foundation Grants: PepsiCo Foundation is committed to developing sustainable partnerships and programs in underserved regions that provide opportunities to improve health, the environment and inclusion. Foundation staff solicits proposals for all major grants (over $100,000). All requests for funding less than $100,000 must be submitted through PepsiCo Foundation’s Letter of Interest process. Requests are evaluated on a rolling basis. For information visit http://www.pepsico.com/Purpose/PepsiCo-Foundation.html.