Grantmaking
Funding Opportunities
What We Fund
We invest to improve health and quality of life for communities in Forsyth County and across North Carolina. We focus on outcomes, rather than issues, because we believe this is the most effective way to achieve long-term, sustainable change. We always start by listening to the communities we serve.
Below, you will find our current funding opportunities based on specific, outcome-focused strategies. The timing of our cycle is rolling. Check back soon for additional opportunities in our areas of investment.
How to Apply
Review
Explore the funding opportunities below to understand the goals, imagine solutions, and see if your idea or organization is a fit. You can search by category, geographic area, or look at past opportunities.
Assess
If you think you’re a fit, review the eligibility requirements for that opportunity.
Consult and Apply
If you believe you are eligible, contact our program coordinator to arrange a phone consultation to determine if your idea is a fit.
Current Funding Opportunities
Explore our current funding opportunities below. You can search by region or body of work. You can also look at opportunities we’ve funded in the past.
If there are no results, that means our next funding opportunities have not been announced yet. Please check back soon!
Addressing Adverse Childhood Experiences
This funding opportunity supports evidence-based approaches to prevent adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) in Forsyth County.
Addressing Childhood Trauma in Forsyth County
This funding opportunity supports mapping, planning and education related to building trauma-informed early childhood systems in Forsyth County.
Addressing Childhood Trauma in Nash/Edgecombe and the Southeast
Evidence continues to emerge about the negative social-emotional and health impacts of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and toxic stress. Young children who have experienced significant trauma and toxic stress are more likely than their peers to have developmental delays and difficulty with self-regulation, which impacts their health and well-being. The Trust plans to support community engagement, awareness, and system change efforts that directly engage the communities most impacted by trauma and toxic stress in Nash, Edgecombe, Robeson, Columbus, and Bladen counties.
Addressing the COVID-19 Pandemic
This is a funding opportunity to support public health departments in Healthy Places NC counties to build capacity and conduct communications and advocacy efforts to address the spread of COVID-19 and assist areas with low-incomes.
Building Organizational Capacity
This Local Impact opportunity aims to provide general operating support grants to groups with strong networks among racial and ethnic minorities or in low-income neighborhoods.
Building Partnerships and Organizational Capacity to Address Social Drivers of Poor Health
Achieving greater equity in health outcomes will require genuine partnership between hospitals and health systems and the community organizations that are embedded in underserved areas or led by residents with low incomes. The Trust is interested in hearing from organizations and collaboratives working to build these partnerships to address a specific social driver of poor health.
Building Support for Family, Friend, and Neighbor Care
This funding opportunity is for the Family, Friend, and Neighbor Care Design Team members to develop and implement strategies and programs that build awareness of and support for informal childcare, often provided by family members or friends—in Forsyth County.
Closing the Medicaid Coverage Gap
The Trust is interested in efforts to educate the public about the opportunity to close the Medicaid coverage gap. We will support communications campaigns to educate people who would benefit most from expansion, as well as key stakeholders such as providers, first responders, and local business leaders.
Decreasing Health Disparities: Consumer Education and Feedback
The shift to Medicaid managed care and new value-based care arrangements in the state could improve health outcomes for financially vulnerable residents or widen already steep racial and geographic disparities. To ensure that low-income families are not harmed as payment models change, the Trust will support efforts to educate and protect consumers and promote patient feedback and information sharing among stakeholders.
Decreasing Health Disparities: Data Collection and Analysis
The shift to Medicaid managed care and new value-based care arrangements in the state could improve health outcomes for financially vulnerable residents or widen already steep racial and geographic disparities. To better understand the impact of these initiatives, the Trust will support data collection and analysis efforts that shed light on how patients with low incomes, especially Black individuals, immigrants, and people of color are faring as health care payment models change.