Call for Applications: Community-based Cardiovascular Health Programs
Background
The AstraZeneca HealthCare Foundation is a Delaware not-for-profit corporation and a 501(c)(3) entity, separate from AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals, organized for charitable purposes including to promote public awareness and education of healthcare issues and support nonprofit organizations consistent with its charitable purpose.
The Foundation’s signature program, Connections for Cardiovascular HealthSM (CCH), provides grants and capacity building to US-based nonprofits working in innovative ways to help improve heart health at the community level.
2020 Open Call for Applications
The AstraZeneca HealthCare Foundation will hold an open call for applications for the CCH Next Generation program from February 3 to February 21, 2020 at 5 p.m. ET.
To apply, visit the CCH webpage beginning February 3, 2020 to access the link to the online application.
- CCH Next Generation will maintain CCH’s original mission to help improve cardiovascular health in the US and many of the same criteria for funding and programs.
- What’s new is the focus on sharing nearly 10 years of Foundation and Grant Awardee learnings from the field so new applicants have the opportunity to modify or adapt these learnings when designing and implementing their own innovative, community-based heart health programs.
- Applying organizations will need to align with one of six innovative approaches described in the Foundation’s Effective Program Practices Guide as the basis of their CCH Next Generation program, or identify their own innovative approach.
CCH Next Generation grants in the amount of $125,000 to $150,000 for a single year of funding will be awarded to eligible organizations that have never been funded before by the Foundation through the CCH program.
- To qualify for a Foundation grant, an organization is required to be a U.S.-based, nonprofit organization with a 501(c) designation or a public school, government entity or municipal institution that is eligible to accept tax-deductible, charitable contributions. Organizations that are 501(c)(3) and also have an IRS designation as a 509(a)(3) are ineligible for funding.
- CCH Next Generation welcomes applications from every state in the nation and has a preference for funding applications from the top 20 states by cardiovascular disease mortality (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2017 data). Additional preference will be given to applications from those states where the Foundation has never previously funded a program.
- Organizations who receive funding in the 2020 application cycle may be eligible for a second year of continued funding in 2021, based on performance and assessment by the Foundation’s university evaluation partners, program staff and Board of Trustees.
Detailed program criteria are available on the CCH webpage.
Resources for Applicants
WEBINAR: Join the AstraZeneca HealthCare Foundation’s Board Chairman and President on January 16, 2020 at 3:00 p.m. ET, for an informational webinar to help interested applicants prepare for the open call for applications.
