What We Fund
The Intermountain Healthcare Foundation furthers the mission of Intermountain Healthcare by providing grants to fund (these are weighted in order of priority):
- Direct Healthcare Services: This category includes the provision of direct medical, dental, and mental health services to low-income, uninsured or medically-underserved populations.
- Healthcare Support Services: This category includes activities that facilitate access to healthcare services or reduce disease for low-income, uninsured or medically-underserved populations. Such programs may include, but are not limited to, disease prevention, case management and insurance enrollment efforts.
What We’d Really Like To See
- Innovative projects with measurable results
- Projects that promote significant and lasting change
- Projects that are specific, well-defined and cost-effective
How Much Should You Ask For?
If the program for which you seek funding falls into one of the above four categories, you are invited to make application for funding. To honor your time and energy in preparing the grant application and to honor the time and energy of the Board in reviewing it, please don't apply unless your program or project fits into one of the categories listed above. If you have any questions as to whether or not your project qualifies, please contact us and we'll be happy to discuss it with you. The majority of our grants are in the $5,000 to $50,000 range. Over two-thirds are at or under $15,000.
What We DO NOT Fund
Please be aware that we will say NO to the following:
- Political campaigns, political action committees, lobbyists or organizations with a political agenda
- Individuals
- Fraternal organizations, clubs, school organizations and school athletic funds
- General operating budgets of organizations which receive more than 40 percent of their budget from United Way
- Religious organizations (unless the request is specifically for a program offered to the public on a nondiscriminatory basis and without regard to the recipient’s religious affiliation and does not require worship as a prerequisite for treatment or care)
- Debt retirement or operational deficits
- Trips, tours or travel expenses
- Other foundations or endowments that provide loans, scholarships or donate money they raise to other agencies
- Construction, remodeling or purchase of property, vehicles, or equipment
- Multi-year funding projects
- Studies, media or advocacy campaigns, research or surveys or events, such as fairs, tournaments, etc.
- Services for which third party reimbursement or pharmacy assistance programs are available
- Government entities (local, state or federal, including state-owned schools, public, private or charter schools and universities)
Program Areas
The Foundation is focused on two areas of healthcare for low-income families and individuals. These categories are listed below in order of importance:
1. Direct Healthcare Services.
We define direct healthcare services as care utilizing a healthcare provider for medical, dental or mental health services, or in other words, the preservation of mental and physical health by preventing or treating illness through services offered by the health profession. These activities include clinics where medical, dental or mental health services are provided. We find that low-income, uninsured patients seek their healthcare in emergency rooms and often do not have a ‘healthcare home’ simply because of their income or lack of insurance. Many independent agencies and clinics provide this necessary healthcare home. These clinics and other agencies in this category are given first priority for funding from the Foundation because they decrease the overall cost of healthcare by providing care at a reduced fee, and reduce the overuse of hospital emergency rooms.
2. Healthcare Support Services
We want to assist in healthcare activities that facilitate access to healthcare services or that reduce disease. Access to healthcare can be facilitated by the individual or can be aided through a case manager or non-profit agency that provides care, counseling and treatment, thus fill a valuable need in our community. Programs that work to reduce disease benefit the overall health of the community and reduce the cost of providing care in our hospitals.
How to Apply
Deadlines
Grant applications need to be postmarked as follows:
To have your application considered at the Board meeting in May:
- Application needs to be postmarked by March 1
To have your application considered at the Board meeting in November:
- Application needs to be postmarked by September 1
Application Packet
An Intermountain Healthcare Foundation grant application packet has several required pieces. Your application will not be considered if any one of the following parts is missing from your application:
- One-page Cover Letter: Includes a brief introduction of your organization, the program for which you are requesting funding, and how it meets the funding criteria. Please limit this cover letter to one page.
- Application Form: Completed and signed. Please keep the application to two pages by being brief in your descriptions. DO NOT use additional sheets of paper. DO NOT print off the application form on colored paper.
- Logic Model: Limited to one page in length in 10-point font.
- Audited Financial Statement: An audited financial statement is required and must be current within two years. Tax filings and financial statements that have not been audited will disqualify your application.
- Letter designating 501(c)(3) status from IRS: Legible photocopy of current letter.
- Itemized Budget for Organization: Overall budget for your organization
- Itemized Budget for Program: Budget for the specific program for which you are requesting funds
- List of Board of Directors: Current list including occupations, addresses and contact information
- List of Key Staff: Current list, including names and positions
The grant application you submit will be copied and distributed to the Foundation Board for review, so it is important that it be clear and easy-to-read!
Sending Your Application to Us
When you send us your application, there are two things you need to do:
1. Submit only ONE original, hard copy of the entire application packet via regular mail, postmarked by the deadline date, to:
Debbie Hardy
Manager, Corporate Giving Programs
Intermountain Healthcare Foundation
36 South State Street, Suite 2200
Salt Lake City, UT 84111
2. E-mail a copy of your logic model and the application form to: debbie.hardy@imail.org
What Happens after We Get Your Application
Site Visit
Applying agencies should be prepared to receive a site visit from a Board or staff member following receipt of the application but prior to the Board meeting.
Eligibility
Organizations that receive a grant will not be eligible to apply again for 18 months.
Board Responsibility
The Intermountain Healthcare Foundation staff determines if the proposed funding satisfies the grant criteria. Every grant request that meets the criteria is examined and evaluated by the Foundation Board. As soon as the Board decision has been finalized, the applying agency will be notified in writing.
The Foundation Board is not required to fund every project that satisfies the criteria, nor is it required to fund the full amount requested. The Board will use its discretion in granting funding requests. Lack of approval should not be considered a reflection on the merits of a proposal. There is a limited amount of money each year to be distributed, and the Foundation cannot fund all requests.
Info for Grantees
Payment
Payment of grant funds will be made in full after the Board meetings (May & November), usually in June and December. Generally, the checks are mailed to the grantee. You may, however, be contacted to arrange for the check to be personally delivered by a member of the Board or staff.
Terms
Grants are made only for the purposes stated in the application, and it is understood that these grant funds will be used for such purposes. No substantial variances should be made without prior approval.
Evaluation
Grantees must be prepared to track and report program outcomes, as well as specific results that demonstrate measurable human impact. Outcome measures reports are due at six-months and 12-months following the payment of the grant. The logic model that is filled out as part of the application packet is the basis to indicate what outcomes are targeted and what results the grantee will measure. Forms will be provided via e-mail to grantees, along with the original e-mailed logic model, to help the grantee complete the form.
Reviews
The Board or staff may monitor and conduct a review of operation under your grant, which may include a personal visit to observe your program.
If you have ANY questions about the application process, forms or the program for which you would like to request funding, feel free to contact:
Debbie Hardy
Manager, Corporate Giving Programs
Intermountain Community Benefit Department
(801) 442-2863