Our Mission
We fund organizations that provide healthcare and improve accessibility to health services for underinsured, uninsured and low-income Montgomery County residents to advance a healthy community.
Grant Guidelines
The Healthcare Initiative Foundation considers grants to 501(c)(3) healthcare nonprofits that are based in Montgomery County, Maryland, or to nonprofits that have county-based health programs activities. To access HIF’s online grant portal, click here.
We generally consider new grants only after we make a site visit.
To be considered for a possible site visit, send a brief, informal email (2 paragraphs or less) about your organization, its mission, programs, and clientele to: Communication@hifmc.org.
We make grants that:
- Start or grow well-conceived programs/organizations;
- Offer innovative solutions to improve the quality, accessibility and/or delivery of health and wellness services;
- Replicate and scale successful programs and services from our own or other jurisdictions;
- Serve HIF’s strategic priority areas and historically under-invested communities and populations (e.g,. youth of opportunity, senior communities, and Black, Indigenous, People of Color [BIPOC]);
- Build organizational capacity to enhance sustainability and/or improve service delivery (e.g., commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion); and
- Leverage resources, whether human or financial (e.g., revenue, partnerships, matching, or aligned funds).
We do not:
- Give to endowment funds or annual campaigns;
- Fund lobbying or political activities;
- Make grants to individuals;
- Provide funds to private foundations unless for a particular grant purpose;
- Fund a nonprofit system or organization, including its affiliate(s) that owns or operates an acute care hospital in Montgomery County, Maryland;
- Provide funds to cover bricks and mortar capital expenses;
- Replace government funding; or
- Fund religious activities, although secular health programs provided by a religious institution or its affiliate(s) may qualify.
We take a comprehensive view of each application:
- Full compliance and in good standing with relevant state, federal, and county regulations;
- Financial sustainability of the organization (i.e., regular independent audits, Directors and Officers [D&O] insurance);
- The quality, completeness, and comprehensiveness of the application;
- Compliance with grant guidelines and agreement in current and previous cycles;
- Feasibility of planned program, project, and organization to implement the request;
- Attended a HIF grantee training and hosted a HIF site visit;
- Amount requested and allocation of funds aligns with HIF guidelines; and
- Geographic area of the county to be served (i.e., historically under-invested communities).