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!
Increasing Health Insurance Enrollment
Our goal is to increase insurance enrollment rates in underserved areas or among groups that have been marginalized to improve access and promote the sustainability of critical health services. The Trust will support communications, outreach and enrollment efforts that target communities with large numbers of eligible but unenrolled residents or counties with low enrollment penetration rates.
Increasing Health Insurance Enrollment
Our goal is to increase insurance enrollment rates in underserved areas or among groups that have been marginalized to improve access and promote the sustainability of critical health services. The Trust will support communications, outreach and enrollment efforts that target communities with large numbers of eligible but unenrolled residents or counties with low enrollment penetration rates.
Increasing Insurance Enrollment
Since the launch of subsidized Affordable Care Act insurance policies in 2014, the federal government, foundations, private insurers, and other stakeholders have supported enrollment assisters to provide guidance to the most vulnerable consumers. A better understanding of the costs and benefits of in-person assistance could prove helpful for sustainability and improving enrollment efforts. The Trust is interested in efforts to analyze the value and effectiveness of in-person, nonprofit enrollment assistance in Affordable Care Act insurance plans.
Leadership Development and Organizational Capacity
This opportunity aims to support organizations and technical assistance providers working with nonprofit and grassroots groups led by people of color, or deeply embedded in communities of color, to build their sustainability and to increase their capacity to think more broadly about system change work.
Maintaining the Health Care Safety Net
As the health system shifts to new payment models, we know that financially vulnerable residents including the uninsured and underinsured will suffer disproportionately from a lack of access to care. Given this transition and the COVID-19 pandemic, it is especially important to ensure the continued viability of the health care safety net system in the state. This is a statewide funding opportunity to support communications, community education, advocacy efforts, and research and evaluation that help maintain the viability of the health care safety net system.
Maintaining the Safety Net
The Trust has long supported safety net organizations in Forsyth County to ensure people have access to basic human needs, such as food, clothing, and shelter. As we shift our work toward building an inclusive economy for all, we will also continue to support the strengthening of the safety net so that no one falls behind.
Obesity Reduction in Beaufort and McDowell Counties
To assist stakeholders in Beaufort and McDowell build a more equitable food system and more equitable recreation opportunities, the Trust will support efforts that convene and coordinate local networks or collaboratives to increase healthy food and active living options.
Obesity Reduction in Beaufort County
Like many parts of the state, rural Healthy Places NC communities are working to address high obesity rates and food insecurity. To assist stakeholders in Beaufort in building a more equitable food system, the Trust will support efforts aimed at implementing local action plans.
Obesity Reduction in Halifax and Beaufort Counties
Like many parts of the state, rural Healthy Places NC communities are working to address high obesity rates and lack of access to active living resources. To assist stakeholders in Halifax and Beaufort counties, the Trust will support efforts that could include increasing recreational opportunities in underserved areas, conducting an equitable recreation master planning process, or promoting countywide recreation coordination.
Obesity Reduction in Robeson, Bladen, and Columbus Counties
Like many parts of the state, rural Healthy Places North Carolina communities are working to address high obesity rates and food insecurity. To help stakeholders in Robeson, Bladen, Columbus, and surrounding counties build a more equitable health system, the Trust will support efforts aimed at collecting and analyzing data and creating locally relevant plans to coordinate effective interventions.