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 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.

Call By Deadline: July 20, 2022
Application Deadline: August 10, 2022 | Closed

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.

Call By Deadline: July 20, 2023
Application Deadline: August 10, 2023 | Closed

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.

Call By Deadline: September 20, 2022
Application Deadline: October 13, 2022 | Closed

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.

Call By Deadline: January 26, 2022
Application Deadline: February 9, 2022 | Closed

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.

Call By Deadline: October 5, 2021
Application Deadline: October 26, 2021 | Closed

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.

Application Deadline: Closed