NCHF’s Social Impact Program is seeking proposals for projects within Robeson County, North Carolina that support the advancement of healthcare without barriers and social impact. Funds will be used to promote systems and community-level changes that offer proactive solutions for addressing social drivers of health.

NCHF understands and aims to confront the extensive linkage between transportation and health outcomes driven by accessibility of healthcare, childcare, employment, healthy food, safety, social services, and resources that promote improved wellbeing. Applications will propose activities in one or both of the following areas:

• Addressing transportation as a social driver of health. Projects and initiatives that leverage existing resources for cross-sector collaboration including, but not limited to transportation to deploy multi-layered, systems-level approaches to improve health outcomes.

• Building community trust and collaboration around transportation models: Projects and initiatives aimed at building collaboration across organizations or otherwise fostering trust within the community at organizational or individual levels, which will result, in part, in decreasing the impact of transportation as a barrier to health.

AWARD DETAILS

• Eligible Robeson County Applicants:
• 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations
• Groups fiscally sponsored by a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization
• Public sector agencies serving Robeson County, NC
• Religious organizations with or without a non-profit designation
• For profit businesses serving Robeson County, NC
• Expected # of awards:   6-10
• Award Amount : $20,000 - $50,000 per organization
• Grant Term*:  12 months
• Application Deadline: 11:59pm on May 16, 2025
• Expected Award Announcement Date: End of June 2025

*Awards will be paid out in a lump sum at the start of the project period and may be renewed at end of project period contingent upon outcomes.

Proposals will be evaluated using the scoring criteria linked within Project Narratives. Please complete all required application fields below and upload your completed project narrative and budget using the appropriate downloadable templates before submitting.

**Please Note: If you are a 2024 grant recipient, please be sure to indicate that within your application and upload the correct project narrative and budget.

IMPLEMENTATION ASSISTANCE OPPORTUNITIES:

Selected grantees will benefit from:

• Opportunities to update the Community Development Team regularly on the scope and progress of your work at key points throughout the grant period.
• 1:1 data and evaluation implementation support, building capacities to report metrics sharing progress, impact, and ROI resulting from the grant project.
• Engagement with NCHF’s implementation assistance team and peer grantees to share stories, lessons learned and identify opportunities for alignment and collective action.
• Opportunities to provide feedback to NCHF’s implementation assistance team to enhance technical assistance and overall program support.
• Assistance in implementing data-driven strategies to track transportation access and health outcomes, ensuring continuous impact measurement.
• Support developing strategies to engage the community through participatory planning to ensure transportation models reflect local needs and priorities, prioritizing underserved populations.
• Opportunities to build and sustain cross-sector partnerships with transportation agencies, health organizations, and community groups to enhance transportation initiatives and improve community health.

Questions? Contact our team at social.impact@ncha.org