The Foundation utilizes a one-step, online grant application submission process for receiving and considering grant requests. Direct contact with trustees is strongly discouraged, but the trustees strongly encourage potential applicants to communicate with the Foundation’s executive director prior to submission of any proposal.
The Foundation conducts a disciplined due diligence review of each grant application. Funding decisions are made through a combined effort of the Foundation staff and the board of trustees. Responsive grant requests are assessed on multiple criteria, including alignment with the Foundations key areas of focus of Access, Healthy Behaviors, Capacity Building and/or Integrated Care; as well as identified need, impact, systemic changes, and organizational performance and capacity.
Application: The Foundation seeks to use evidence of performance, in addition to demonstration of need, to make funding decisions that improve health equity in metro Atlanta. Accordingly, the application should include a description of the clients, patients, and communities who have benefitted from the requesting organization's services as well as a description of these benefits in quantifiable terms. It should also include information on why the organization is uniquely qualified to deliver health services and/or programs based on its previous performance, specific accomplishments and the community served. Also, please describe how the organization partners with community members to identify strengths and opportunities in addressing the organization’s mission and vision.
Applications for funding are submitted online. They must be signed by the Chief Administrative Officer of the organization, must specify a dollar amount for the Foundation's consideration, and should include the following as attachments:
Applying organizations are encouraged to contact the Foundation executive director prior to submitting a grant application. This will allow staff to develop a preliminary understanding of the organization, its mission and priorities, as well as the scope of the proposal and its alignment with the Foundation's mission and priorities.
As part of the grant application process, a site visit may be conducted so that the organization, Foundation staff, and trustees can fully discuss the grant request.
The Foundation considers funding requests that address programmatic or operating needs, organizational capacity building, and initiatives related to improving access to quality health care. The Foundation partners with organizations serving populations with limited financial resources in the five-county metropolitan Atlanta area (Fulton, DeKalb, Cobb, Gwinnett and Clayton.)
Proposals should address the following outcomes related to women and children:
ACCESS — Improved access to high quality physical, oral and mental health services for low-income and under-resourced communities to achieve health equity
HEALTHY BEHAVIORS — Communities practice healthy behaviors to improve modifiable risk factors for physical, oral and mental health outcomes
CAPACITY — Communities have increased capacity to provide access to high quality physical, oral and mental health services
INTEGRATED CARE — Increased coordination of behavioral health services in the primary care and school-based settings
Organizations should be prepared to 1) produce measurable results with the funding being requested, 2) define groups who will benefit from services proposed, and 3) explain how the defined groups will benefit in quantifiable terms.
The Foundation has identified several priority considerations that apply as review criteria for every Grant Application. In addition to compliance with the Foundation’s stated priorities, objectives and guidelines, requests will be assessed on factors including, but not limited to:
The Foundation may periodically engage in collaborative activities to share collective impact on a specific issue. At the Foundation's discretion, it will seek to collaborate with other funding partners to strategically align resources with others who share the Foundation's commitment to improving health and expanding access to healthcare in the community. From time to time, the Foundation may consider supporting projects that include focused advocacy efforts and/or other strategies that attempt to address systemic challenges as part or all of a collaborative effort.
Applying organizations are encouraged to contact Foundation staff prior to submitting an application. This will allow staff to develop a preliminary understanding of the organization, its mission and priorities, as well as the scope of the proposal and its alignment with the Foundation’s Mission and Priorities. The Foundation intends to administer bi-annually grant cycles per year. Applications may be submitted at any time throughout the year and will be considered during the next appropriate grant cycle. At the discretion of the Foundation, emergency or out-of-cycle proposals may be accepted on a case-by-case basis.
Grant recipients will execute a Letter of Agreement with the Foundation. The Letter of Agreement defines the scope of the grant award as well as the terms, objectives and any conditions associated with the grant award. The Letter of Agreement will establish evaluation criteria, reporting procedures, and payment schedules to be employed during the grant period.
The Foundation may from time to time, in whole or in part and at their sole discretion, take actions that deviate from these guidelines. The Foundation reserves the right to unconditionally amend, modify or waive these grantmaking procedures if the Foundation deems it is in its best interest to do so.
For more information about Jesse Parker Williams Foundation or the Foundation’s grant guidelines, please contact the Foundation Offices through:
Bonnie S. Hardage
Executive Director
Jesse Parker Williams Foundation, Inc.
One Riverside
4401 Northside Parkway, Suite 925
Atlanta, Georgia 30327
404-842-1311
Bonnie.Hardage@JPWF.org
www.jpwf.org
The Foundation expects recipient organizations to provide evidence of performance in order to understand the impact that its grantmaking is having on the community. Organizations that invest in evaluation are better able to use the results to improve services, demonstrate impact and communicate their achievements to their stakeholders. Accordingly, grant requests may include an amount designated for program evaluation. Preference may be given to applicants that allot at least 10% of the requested grant budget to evaluation - either for an external evaluator or to support the time of the organization’s staff who have evaluation responsibilities.
Evaluation tools and resources may be found at the Healthcare Georgia Foundation’s Evaluation Resource Center website at www.georgiaerc.org.
PhotoVoice training workshops are being offered to grantees interested in learning and implementing community-based participatory research and evaluation. Learn more about PhotoVoice at The Community Tool Box, a service of the Center for Community Health and Development at the University of Kansas. Using creative tools such as Photovoice can help changemakers understand the lived experiences of disadvantaged communities and give a voice to underprivileged individuals. This section describes the Photovoice process, the populations that it might benefit most, and how it can be used to help people make their voices heard and change their situations.
The Foundation intends to administer two grant cycles with deadlines for submission of applications on February 15 and September 15. Applications may be submitted at any time throughout the year and will be considered during the next appropriate grant cycle.
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