Throughout fiscal year 2022, the Healthcare Initiative Foundation (HIF) invested $75,000 in small grants to #17 Montgomery County, MD nonprofits to improve and build equitable access to high-quality and comprehensive health and wellness services and programs.
Through the Foundation’s Small Grant cycle, HIF is partnering with #17 nonprofits to serve members of our community on programming for: children in the foster care system; young adults seeking careers in healthcare; pediatric care for Upcounty youth and families; mentorship programs offering haven for youth; and peer support and trainings for the LGBT+ community.
Over the course of the next year, more than #3,000 members of our community will be served with 61% percent of the awards being invested in youth and family services and 41% supporting behavioral health programming.
Two of the nonprofits, Guru Gobind Singh Foundation and A Place of Hope, Inc., were selected for the Brooks Saltsman’s Award for their dedication to volunteer service and healthcare access.
We look forward to partnering with these amazing nonprofits!
If you were unable to join the two-part virtual workshop series hosted June 14 and 16 or wanted to re-watch the sessions to recapture the information shared, the recordings are now available.
To view the June 14th session featuring Maryland Nonprofits and Nonprofit Montgomery, click here. Maryland Nonprofits has also made available their PowerPoint Presentation here.
The June 16th session featuring Institute for Public Health Innovation, Montgomery County Food Council, and Montgomery County Volunteer Center will be posted shortly.
Healthcare Initiative Foundation (HIF) is honored to announce our recent investment of $1.02M to #34 nonprofits serving Montgomery County residents through the FY22 Nonprofit Capacity Building Grant Cycle. These community investments will continue to lift-up the work of our nonprofit partners who remain vigilant in their response to the ongoing health, social, and economic crises wrought by the pandemic, as well as promote recovery efforts focused on community health and wellness and the healthcare workforce.
Congratulations to this year’s HIF grantees! Through our collaborative efforts this year’s recipients are projecting to serve more than #121,800 Montgomery County residents through: Healthcare Access and Behavioral Health Services, Food Security and Hub Distribution Centers, Healthcare Workforce and Education, and Nonprofit Capacity Building.
Our FY22 Capacity Building Cycle prioritized projects that:
Advance High-quality health and wellness services that are culturally and linguistically accessible: $404K;
Address the social determinants of health and the root causes impacting our community’s disparate health outcomes: $545K; and
Support nonprofit infrastructure to respond to the community and advance organizational leadership to build a healthier Montgomery County: $70K.
Accessibility to the Foundation’s investments is paramount and HIF is committed to ensuring that nonprofits whose work aligns with our mission can successfully navigate the grant process. The number of new profits successfully accessing grants, along with number of BIPOC-led organizations, are some of the metrics HIF is monitoring.
HIF is pleased to announce that 29% of the nonprofits awarded are receiving HIF’s Capacity Building grant for the first time and 38% are BIPOC-led organizations.
HIF strives to apply an equity lens in all aspects of our grant-making process by:
Offering opportunities for our nonprofit partners to provide input on our grant application and processes.
Incorporating diversity, inclusion, and equity in our grant review matrix along with analysis of how community voice will be engaged with the delivery of services in the application; and
Assessing with who, in what, and where the Foundation is making its investments.
We are elated to report that 99% of the capacity building investments are going to our priority zip code areas; reaching communities with the lowest life expectancy in the County that have historically been under-invested in and served.
We look forward to partnering with each of these nonprofit organizations for a stronger and healthier Montgomery County.
If you were not able to attend HIF’s October 4 Nonprofit Forum, the recording is now available. If you have questions about the forum, please reach out to an HIF Team Member.
To view the recording of the October 4 forum, click here.
A sincere thank you to the community and grant partners who attended and offered candid feedback. Thank you to MCAEL, Crittenton Services, CaringMatters, and Manna Food Center for taking time to help HIF facilitate the breakout sessions during the forum!
To view the PDF of the PowerPoint presentation, click here.
Registration is now open for HIF’s annual grantee training on October 26th from 10-11am. To register, click here.
In an effort to respond to feedback from our grant and community partners, we wanted to offer an additional training on October 29th, to provide an informal walkthrough of our grant portal, Foundant. Anyone is welcome — current, former, or interested grant partners! Jessica Fuchs, HIF’s Director of Grants and Community Impact, will discuss how to create an account, access a user’s dashboard, where and how to access open applications, and answer any questions partners might have. The link to register for this training is here. This opportunity is NOT a requirement of interested grant partners, but rather a supplement to the training with additional insight into our online grant portal.
If you have any questions regarding either the October 26 Annual Grantee Training or the October 29 Grant Portal Walkthrough, email Jessica Fuchs!
