Triple Aim Catalyst Seed Grant 2023
In its inaugural year, this grant opportunity will support new and enhanced community-engaged partnerships in the Chicago Metropolitan area around our Triple Aim values--community health, equity/environmental justice, and caring for our land. Applications should highlight these partnerships and the ways they address each Aim.
These are Planning Grants,--Awardees will use the funds to support a community engaged planning process. Grant awards will range $2,000 - $ 5,000. Allowable costs include transportation (public transportation, miles traveled), babysitting, shared meals, compensation for planning time, and local site visits. Timeframe for planning will be up to 6 months. (Submitted budgets that propose spending funds for program implementation will not be considered.) Once the planning is complete, NCH2 will help find funds for implementing!
Timeline
January 5, RFP available--application is available in Spanish and English.
January 11, Catalyst Seed Grant Webinar 10:00 a.m.
January 23, Catalyst Seed Grant Webinar 7:00 p.m. Watch the recording here.
February 21, All applications due by 5:00 p.m. CST
End of March, Awardees announced.
End of September, final summary report due
January 5 - February 21, contact Laura Derks, laura.derks@northwestern.edu with any questions or guidance on how to access/submit the application in other languages.
Who Can Apply?
1. Applicants should ensure that their collaboration includes one nonprofit organization that can serve as the financial administrator of the grant.
2. Any group or organization in the Chicago Metropolitan Statistical Area. Check here to see if you qualify!
3. All program planning and implementation in an application should also occur in the Chicago Metro Area.
4. Applicants should include letters of support from all partners--public and private.
Ideas that include all Three Aims
Check out our RFP cover page for more information!
These are Planning Grants,--Awardees will use the funds to support a community engaged planning process. Grant awards will range $2,000 - $ 5,000. Allowable costs include transportation (public transportation, miles traveled), babysitting, shared meals, compensation for planning time, and local site visits. Timeframe for planning will be up to 6 months. (Submitted budgets that propose spending funds for program implementation will not be considered.) Once the planning is complete, NCH2 will help find funds for implementing!
Timeline
January 5, RFP available--application is available in Spanish and English.
January 11, Catalyst Seed Grant Webinar 10:00 a.m.
January 23, Catalyst Seed Grant Webinar 7:00 p.m. Watch the recording here.
February 21, All applications due by 5:00 p.m. CST
End of March, Awardees announced.
End of September, final summary report due
January 5 - February 21, contact Laura Derks, laura.derks@northwestern.edu with any questions or guidance on how to access/submit the application in other languages.
Who Can Apply?
1. Applicants should ensure that their collaboration includes one nonprofit organization that can serve as the financial administrator of the grant.
2. Any group or organization in the Chicago Metropolitan Statistical Area. Check here to see if you qualify!
3. All program planning and implementation in an application should also occur in the Chicago Metro Area.
4. Applicants should include letters of support from all partners--public and private.
Ideas that include all Three Aims
- Planning an urban farm with a youth group and including education about nutritious food, food security, and future professions in the field
- Exploring ways to create, restore, spruce up outdoor nature spaces that are safe and welcoming in communities that do not have ready access.
- Figuring out how to make communities with high pedestrian and bike accidents more safe and trustworthy for commuting, recreating, and fun.
- Partnering with indigenous organizations to better understand their practices of how they care for their land and ensure food security for their families and spreading these practices into the Chicago region.
- Creating affinity communities around outdoor activities in areas that have low mobility.
Check out our RFP cover page for more information!