Responsive Grants Program

The Responsive Grants Program continues in 2013 with grants up to $15,000 to support projects and programs that improve health and quality of life for people throughout our 26-county funding region. We will have two funding rounds this year, with a total of $500,000 available.

Through the Responsive Grants Program, we ask nonprofit organizations and public agencies to tell us how they can improve health and well-being in their communities, and how a grant from Sierra Health Foundation can help support their work. We award at least 30 percent of available funds to support projects serving rural areas of our funding region. The remaining funds are available for projects serving urban areas or urban/rural areas.

Applications for this year's first funding round were due via e-mail by noon on March 4. We will announce grant awards in late May.

Proposers' Conference Webinar

We held a webinar on Feb. 19. Participation was encouraged, but not required.

Download the webinar slides (PDF)

Download the webinar audio recording (MP3)

Application Materials

Download the 2013 Responsive Grants Program Round One Application Instructions and Criteria

Download the 2013 Responsive Grants Program Round One Application Form

Download the Example Performance Measures Tables

Download Proposal Writing Tips

Download Questions and Answers

Please send all questions about the Responsive Grants Program to rgp@sierrahealth.org with RGP Question in the subject line.

Funding Region and Urban, Rural Designations

Use the map below and the OSHPD web site to determine if your area is designated as rural. For purposes of this grant, rural and frontier designations are combined into one rural designation. If you need assistance to determine if the area your organization serves is rural, please send an e-mail to rgp@sierrahealth.org.