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Foundation prioritizes eight issues
for funding and responds to timely issues
or special projects outside the funding
priorities. We encourage requests for
core operating support, but requests for
project funding are also welcome. Core operating
support can be used to help underwrite the regular,
ongoing health promotion and disease prevention
activities of your organization. Such funds can also be
used to strengthen organizational infrastructure
through activities such as providing salaries for key
administrative staff, covering operating expenses,
engaging in strategic planning or facilitating board
development. Each issue is described below.
Grants that address the issue of diversity in
the health professions are commonly given to
organizations that provide pipeline programs,
scholarships, mentoring programs, internships
and fellowships that support and advance career
opportunities for people of color in the health
professions, including allied health and public
health professions. Organizations that support
people of color in the health professions through
strategic partnerships, leadership development,
continuing education and networking activities
are also eligible for funding. In addition, the
Foundation funds organizations that educate
policymakers about public and institutional policies
that promote diversity in the health professions.
Grants that address the issue of environmental
health are commonly given to organizations that
provide environmental health education and awareness
activities, community organizing to promote
environmental health, screening and testing for
environmental health exposure, leadership
development, and partnerships between public health
departments and community-based health programs
to improve environmental health. The Foundation
also funds efforts to inform policymakers and advocate
for policies that could improve environmental health
among underserved populations.
Grants that address the issue of healthy aging are
commonly given to organizations that provide
clinical preventive services, leadership development,
recreation programs, food and nutrition services,
consumer education, adult immunizations, family
caregiving and chronic disease management. Also
funded are organizations that support relationships
between youth and older adults through activities such
as intergenerational volunteering and mentoring. In
addition, the Foundation funds agencies that educate
policymakers about issues such as prescription drugs,
family caregiving, employment, elder abuse and
appropriate and affordable housing for the elderly.
Grants that address the issue of mental health
are commonly given to organizations that provide
primary and secondary prevention services for older
teens transitioning to adulthood, with a focus on
those in foster care, the juvenile justice system and
runaway/homeless youth. Services for other
underserved populations, such as homeless adults
and immigrants, are funded as well. In addition,
the Foundation funds organizations that provide
leadership development programs for mental health
professionals, increase public awareness of mental
health issues and advocate for policies that promote
mental health.
Grants that address the issue of teenage
pregnancy prevention are commonly given to
organizations that provide outreach activities for
reproductive health care, comprehensive sexuality
education, access to contraception, education and
counseling about contraception, comprehensive
programs for pregnant teens, peer counseling
programs and male involvement programs. An
emphasis is placed on funding organizations that
work with high-risk, sexually active, underserved teen
populations. The Foundation also provides grants to
organizations that provide leadership development
activities for reproductive health care workers and to
organizations that inform policymakers and opinion
leaders about effective policies and programs to
prevent teen pregnancy. At this time, no letters of
interest addressing this issue will be accepted.
Grants that address the issue of violence prevention
are commonly made to organizations that provide
mentoring programs for youth, community-based
conflict resolution programs, peer mediation,
after-school programs, school-based violence
prevention programs and domestic violence prevention
among vulnerable groups. Grants are also made to
organizations that provide leadership development
activities to strengthen the field of violence prevention.
In addition, the Foundation funds organizations that
inform policymakers and advocate for public policies
that increase resources for programs that prevent
violence against youth and that reduce injury and death
by firearms.
Grants that address the issue of women’s health
are commonly given to organizations that provide
clinical services, screenings, prenatal care, mobile
health care, self-help groups, community health
education and related services. Priority is given to
organizations that create welcoming environments
for women and girls in underserved communities.
The Foundation also funds organizations that involve
women in leadership development, policy advocacy
and community mobilization around women’s
health issues.
Grants that address the issue of work and health
are commonly given to organizations that increase
workers’ access to preventive health care, help prevent
workplace injuries and illnesses and provide worksite
health promotion programs. Organizations that
provide technology training to help low-income youth
obtain employment and its corresponding health
benefits are also funded. In addition, the Foundation
funds organizations that provide leadership
development programs focused on the health of
workers. Organizations that educate policymakers
about the connections between work and health and
promote policies that would improve the health of
low-income workers are funded as well.
Each year, the Foundation sets aside a pool of dollars
to respond in a timely fashion to opportunities that fit
our mission but are outside the eight funding priorities.
Of particular interest are proposals to help California
communities deal effectively with the health impact of
the shift of federal responsibilities for health and human
services to state and local levels. The Foundation has
made grants to support and strengthen safety net
providers of preventive care, to help low-income
consumers understand and navigate changes in the
health care system, and to inform public decisionmaking
through policy analysis and advocacy.
To present The California Wellness Foundation
with a grant request, an organization should first write a
one- to two-page letter of interest that describes the
organization’s mission and activities, the region and
population(s) served, how the funds will be used and
the total funds requested from the Foundation. If
requesting project funding, please include project goals,
leadership and duration. Your letter will be processed
most accurately if you clearly designate the TCWF
health issue funding priority through which you want
your request considered. No application form is
needed, and formal proposals are not accepted at this
preliminary stage.
Foundation staff will review letters of interest on an
ongoing basis and notify prospective applicants of the
results normally within three to four months. Those
encouraged to submit a proposal will receive further
guidance at that time.
With rare exception, the Foundation funds
nonprofit organizations that are exempt under Section
501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and are deemed
as “not a private foundation” under Section 509(a).
The Foundation also funds government agencies.
Grants are not generally awarded for annual
fund drives, building campaigns, major equipment or
biomedical research. Activities that exclusively benefit
the members of sectarian or religious organizations are
not considered. We do not provide international
funding or fund organizations that are located outside
the United States.
Letters of interest should be directed to: Director of Grants
Management, The California Wellness Foundation, 6320 Canoga Avenue, Suite
1700, Woodland Hills, CA 91367
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