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, 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 and seek community-led solutions, grounded in racial equity and systems change.
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 grants assistant 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!
Building Organizational Capacity in Eastern North Carolina
The Trust is interested in hearing from technical assistance partners to support the capacity of grassroots organizations and networks working on health improvement efforts in Eastern North Carolina, especially organizations based in Healthy Places NC counties or regions or groups participating in the Healthy Opportunities pilots in Medicaid. Technical assistance partners must have existing relationships and an on-the-ground presence in Eastern North Carolina to be considered for funding.
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 to extend the Family, Friend, and Neighbor Care pilot program to implement strategies and programs that build awareness of and support for family, friend, and neighbor (FFN) care—informal childcare often provided by family members or friends—in Forsyth County. This work should be informed by the 2022 report on FFN care in the community and align with previous pilot efforts.
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 Racial Disparities in Birth Outcomes
Every expectant family in Forsyth County deserves a healthy birth outcome for their newborn– regardless of their race or economic status. That’s how children begin to thrive, right from the start. But too often, there are disparities in birth and maternal outcomes. At the state level, Black children are more than twice as likely as white children to die in their first year of life. In Forsyth County, Black and Hispanic infant mortality rates are higher than infant mortality rates for whites. This funding opportunity is intended to help address disparities and ensure healthy birth outcomes for all families.
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 communication campaigns to educate people who would benefit most from expansion, as well as key stakeholders such as providers, first responders, and local business leaders.
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 communication campaigns to educate people who would benefit most from expansion, as well as key stakeholders such as providers, first responders, and local business leaders.
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.
Creating Equitable Food Systems in Eastern North Carolina
Like many parts of the state, rural Healthy Places NC communities are working to address high food insecurity and obesity rates. To assist stakeholders in Nash, Edgecombe, Halifax, Robeson, Bladen and Columbus counties in building a more equitable food system, the Trust will support efforts aimed at collecting data and mapping systems or implementing local action plans.
Creating Equitable Food Systems in Eastern North Carolina
Like many parts of the state, rural Healthy Places NC communities are working to address high food insecurity and obesity rates. To assist stakeholders in Nash, Edgecombe, Halifax, Robeson, Bladen and Columbus counties in building a more equitable food system, the Trust will support efforts aimed at collecting data and mapping systems or implementing local action plans.