How do I apply for a grant?

Strategic Initiative:

• We are not accepting new requests for support at this time.
• Current partners seeking continued support will be contacted by the Foundation in May 2008.

Responsive Grants:

• We do not issue an RFP for Responsive grants.
• Responsive grants are considered on a quarterly basis throughout the year, and are subject to a formal application and review process, which begins with the submission of an LOI, addressed to Margaret O'Bryon, president of the Consumer Health Foundation. We use the Common Grant LOI form from Washington Grantmakers (WRAG). To access Washington Grantmakers' Common Grant Letter of Intent/Inquiry webpage, please click here. 
• LOIs for Responsive grants can be submitted any time throughout the year. Before submitting an LOI, please review the information on Responsive grants on the Grantmaking Programs page as well as grants lists to make sure there is a fit with criteria for this type of grant. 
• The Responsive grants process normally runs about 3 months.  If you have any questions about submitting an LOI, please contact us.

Community Outreach and Education Grants:

• We do not issue an RFP for these grants.
• These requests are considered on an ongoing basis and are subject to a formal application and review process, which begins with the submission of an LOI, addressed to Margaret O'Bryon, president of the Consumer Health Foundation. We use the Common Grant LOI form from Washington Grantmakers (WRAG). To access Washington Grantmakers' Common Grant Letter of Intent/Inquiry webpage, please click here. 
• LOIs for Community Outreach and Education grants can be submitted any time throughout the year. Before submitting an LOI, please review the information on these grants on the Grantmaking Programs page as well as grants lists to make sure there is a fit with criteria for this type of grant. 
• The Responsive grants process normally runs about 1-2 months.  If you have any questions about submitting an LOI, please contact us.

What are the sizes of your typical grants?

Strategic Initiative:

Grants range from $25,000 - $35,000, with an upper limit of $50,000.

Responsive Grants:

Depending on the project, Responsive grants usually range from $5,000 to $10,000. However, some special projects are funded at $25,000.

Community Outreach and Education Grants:

Most of these grants are in the range of $500 - $2,500.

Do you make multi-year grants?

Individual grant awards are generally made for one year, but groups may reapply for continued support. Under special circumstances (e.g., “matching funding” or “exceptional timing” requirements), we will consider multi-year grants of up to 3 years.

What types of organizations and programs do you fund?

We predominantly fund community-based, nonprofit organizations that are located in the neighborhoods they serve. We are particularly interested in small, new, and emerging organizations.

Where do you fund?

We solely fund in the metropolitan Washington DC area, which consists of the District, Maryland (Prince George’s County and Montgomery County), and Northern Virginia.

What if my organization is a national organization working locally?

On occasion we do fund national organizations that partner closely with local community-based organizations (CBOs). In these cases, we generally encourage the local CBOs to be the applicant.

Where can I get help on writing grant proposals?

• The Foundation Center provides grant writing workshops and technical assistance to nonprofit groups. Please click here to go to their website. 
• In addition to submitting proposals, we often encourage Strategic Initiative applicants to submit a logic model, which is a program design, implementation, and evaluation tool. The WK Kellogg Foundation (WKKF) Logic Model Development Guide provides information on logic models. To learn more about WKKF’s program logic model and evaluation approach, please click here.  If you don’t already have the free Adobe Reader, you’ll need to download it in order to view this file. Click here

Within our mission, our work centers on reducing the racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic health disparities that exist in accessing health care and health outcomes.

We will support consumers in their efforts to take control of their own health and participate in all levels of health care decisions. To achieve this, we will integrate consumer voices, interests, and needs into our work.