What are the New Funding Areas?

Most of MFH’s future funding efforts can be grouped in five main areas:

Separate from the areas are MFH’s funding mechanisms to support activities such as Basic Support and Emergency Funding.

Applying Online for MFH Funding

Many MFH funding opportunities are now handled through an online application process.

To apply for funding, review the program's Request for Applications (RFA), then set-up an MFH online account to complete the online application. Instructions on setting up an online account will be posted on the funding program page along with the RFA. (Note: Basic Support funding does not have a RFA.)

Applicants must also submit online all required attachments listed in the RFA Application Checklist (included in the RFA). These can be submitted in Word, Excel, or Adobe PDF formats.

When scanning documents, MFH recommends a resolution of 200 dpi to keep the size of the document to a minimum. Other questions and tips for applying online are addressed in this FAQ.

If you have any questions about applying for funding, contact the MFH employee listed on the funding program's page.

For More Information

Contact Missouri Foundation for Health at:
314.345.5500 | 800.655.5560
info@mffh.org

2012 Funding Opportunities

Funding Programs

BASIC SUPPORT

This program supports ongoing expenses for organizations whose primary purpose is providing established health programs. View the 2012 Basic Support funding information.

Anticipated funding opportunities in 2012:

Cycle 1
Open: 11.11.11
Close: 1.5.12

Cycle 2:
Open: 3.19.12
Close: 5.3.12

Contact: Deena Lauver Scotti, grants manager, 314.345.5556, dlauverscotti@mffh.org.

COMMUNITY HEALTH & PREVENTION

View the Community Health & Prevention page

Community and Local Policy Change:

Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Initiative
Open: January 31, 2012
Close: September 5, 2012

Healthy and Active Communities
Open: January 31, 2012
Close: September 5, 2012

Community Policy Change – Cycle 1
Open: February 21, 2012
Close: September 5, 2012

Community Policy Change – Cycle 2
Open: June 1, 2012
Close: September 5, 2012

Community Health and Prevention Large Grants – Concept Paper
Open: February 1, 2012
Close: March 13, 2012

Mini-Grants Cycle 1
Open: March 1, 2012
Close: April 5, 2012

Cycle 2
Open: June 21, 2012
Close: August 2, 2012

Assessment and Planning Grants
Open: TBD
Close: TBD

Contact: Matt Kuhlenbeck, director, Community Health & Prevention, 314.345.5541, mkuhlenbeck@mffh.org

HEALTH POLICY

This area supports 501(c)(3) agencies wanting to address newly emerging health policy issues in a timely way. Funds are not earmarked for a specific project or activity. View the General Support for Advocacy page.

General Support for Advocacy:
Open: May 21, 2012
Close: June 28, 2012

Contact: Sarah Morrow, policy officer, 314.345.5536, smorrow@mffh.org.

SERVICES DELIVERY

This area focuses on developing funding programs that increase integration of services, while also building and sustaining community capacity to address determinants of health. This includes efforts to increase the coordination, integration, and quality of medical care provided to the underserved, underinsured and uninsured. View the Services Delivery page.

Clinical Integration
Open: January 17, 2012
Close: Feb. 21, 2012

Women’s Health Reducing Infant Mortality
Community Linkages
Open: February 27, 2012
Close: April 2, 2012

Community Partnerships
Open: March 26, 2012
Close: April 30, 3012

Mini-Grants
Open: March 1, 2012
Close: April 5, 2012

Contact: Web Brown, director, Services Delivery, 314.345.5579, wbrown@mffh.org

SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT

This area focuses on developing comprehensive approaches to create a more effective and coordinated health care delivery system that provides integrated, equitable, safe, timely and efficient care that meets the needs of diverse populations. This includes encouraging collaborative partnerships for health system infrastructure improvement; creating a diverse, sufficient, sustainable and competent workforce that promotes and protects health; increasing health literacy; and developing health information systems. View the Systems Development page.

Strategies to Advance Recruitment, Retention and Training (STARRT)
Open: January 10, 2012
Close: February 7, 2012

Health Literacy
Mini-Grants
Open: March 1, 2012
Close: April 5, 2012

Pilot Projects
Open: February 20, 2012
Close: March 19, 2012

Community Partnerships (addressing health care workforce shortages, transportation needs, health information systems and low health literacy)
Open: March 21, 2012
Close: April 16, 2012

Encouraging Pursuit of Careers in Healthcare (EPOCH)
Open: April 17, 2012
Close: May 7, 2012

Contact: Kathleen Holmes, director, Systems Development, 314.345.5572, kholmes@mffh.org

EMERGENCY GRANTS

Emergency grants are available to any health-focused nonprofit operating within the MFH service region. Type 1 emergencies include catastrophic events, either natural or man-made, that immediately affect the ability of an eligible nonprofit to deliver critical services to its clients and the community, and can’t be accommodated from resources available to the organization. Type 2 emergencies include unanticipated events, other than loss/reduction of funding, which is beyond the control of an organization’s ability to maintain its programs and can't be accommodated from resources available to the organization. Type 2 funding is limited to $25,000.

Emergency funding is available only for activities directly related to maintenance of health and delivery of medical care, which includes provision of food. Use of MFH funds for non-health expenses (such as housing and utilities) will be limited to situations in which a family member has special health needs that cannot be met in an emergency housing situation.

The destruction caused by tornadoes in southwest Missouri and the St. Louis metro area, and flooding in southeast Missouri, are considered Type 1 emergencies by MFH. Nonprofits in these areas are encouraged to contact MFH using any of the methods below:

Eligible nonprofits should submit a one-page emergency request with the following information:

- impact of emergency on the community;
- impact of emergency on organization (beyond normal services provided);
- amount of request;
- what the requested funds will buy; and
- number of people/families anticipated to be served.

Main telephone – 314.345.5500 or toll-free 800.655.5560

E-mail – info@mffh.org