Community Health Options Wellness Grants 2025 Application

Community Health Options Wellness Grants

2025 Application

Each spring, Community Health Options awards $10,000 grants to community organizations across Maine. Five grants are administered by the Maine Community Foundation and focus on fostering good nutrition, physical activity and healthy habits that reduce the risk of developing Type 2 diabetes and associated complications like heart disease, stroke, vision problems and kidney disease.

Before applying, please ensure that you meet the following eligibility criteria:

Proposed initiative must serve individuals under 64 years of age
Must have a 501c(3) nonprofit status or fiscal sponsor
Annual operating budget must be under $1 million dollars
Did not receive a Community Health Options wellness grant in 2024 (if so, you must wait 12 months from your grant award date to apply for another grant)

To apply, please complete the application in the spaces below. Your application must be completed in one online session. Once you begin, you may not save a draft and continue later. We suggest typing your answers in a document and cutting and pasting them in the application when you are ready.

Please be prepared to include the following required documents:

501c(3) determination or fiscal sponsorship letter
Annual operating budget
Proposed grant program/project budget

The 2025 grant cycle application deadline is 5:00 p.m., Friday April 11, 2025. Grant recipients will be contacted in mid-May 2025.

About the Organization

1. What is the name of your organization?

2. What is the full mailing address of your organization?

3. What year was your organization founded?

4. Name of person submitting this application:

5. Job title of person submitting this application:

6. Phone number for contacting you:

7. Email address for contacting you:

8. Please provide a short description of your organization’s mission.

Annual operating budget under $1M?*

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If no, please provide details

Project/Program Funding Request:

9. Which Maine region will your program/project primarily serve?

Select the region(s) that your project/program will serve.

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10. Please explain the program/project using the prompts below:

What do you want to do (key activities and timeframe)?

Why do you want to do it (opportunity or challenge and information to support the issue/need)?

Who will be impacted and how (estimated number of people, target population, including age, gender, ethnicity and other relevant characteristics)?

11. What outcomes do you aim to achieve?

12. Measure success - How will you track?

13. Is this a one-time project or an ongoing program?

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Project/Program Budget:

14. Will you need additional sources of funding in order to implement this project/program?

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If yes, please explain

15. Dollar amount requested:

16. Please include the project/program budget and highlight specifically how the grant funds will be used.*

For example, will the funds be used for: contracted services or specified materials and supplies.

Marketing:

Note, the responses to these questions will not impact the grant scoring process.

17. How do you plan to promote your project/program should you receive a grant?

18. Would your organization place the Community Health Options logo on promotional materials for your project/program?

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Other:

19. Is there anything else you would like to add?

20. 501c(3) or Fiscal Sponsor Tax Exempt Status*

After checking the box below, you will be prompted to attach the IRS determination indicating qualified 501c(3) or fiscal sponsor tax-exempt status.

File Upload*

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*Note: All projects/programs must be fully operational within 12 months of the grant award. A grant report measuring the progress and impact of your project/program is required and will be due 12 months from the date of the award.

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