Health Grants Program

Community Health Alliance’s Health Grants Program is another way we are working with our donors to advance healthy lives in western Montana. Our Health Grants Program provides focused support of health-related projects for nonprofit organizations and educational institutions.

The current cycle is now open! Funding will be offered in the following categories:

• Rehabilitation Services: funded by the Gavin Family Endowment to support quality rehabilitation services and education that restores health for western Montanans. A total of $30,000 is available, with a max grant of $10,000.
• Skin Cancer and Melanoma Awareness: funded by the Steven Robinson Memorial Endowment to support education for the general public and/or healthcare professionals on skin cancer and melanoma awareness, diagnosis and treatment. A total of $4,000 is available, with a max grant of $2,000.
• Public Health Education: funded by Minerva Society donors to support educational sessions/outreach for public awareness of and engagement in health issues of importance to western Montanans. A total of $1,500 is available, with a max grant of $1,000.

Applications are due May 8, 2024. Award notifications will be mailed by June 15.

Please call our office at 406.926.2522 or email info@communityhealthwmt.org if you have questions or if you are a first time applicant.

Online submissions are preferred. Please call our office at 406.926.2522 if you need to submit an application via hard copy.

Recipients of the Health Grants Program since its establishment in 2016 include:

• Brain Injury Alliance of Montana, Rehabilitation Services
• Cancer Support Community – Missoula, Rehabilitation Services
• Casting for Recovery, Rehabilitation Services
• Child Bridge, Pediatrics
• Child Development Center, Rehabilitation Services
• Child Care Resources, Health Issues Public Education
• Daly Hospital Foundation, Rehabilitation Services
• Dylan Steigers Concussion Project, Rehabilitation Services
• Friends of the Children, Rehabilitation Services
• Friends of Whitepine Grange, Rehabilitation Services
• Greater Missoula Family YMCA, Pediatrics
• Jeremy Bullock Memorial Foundation, Health Issues Public Education
• Missoula Food Bank & Community Center, Pediatrics, Diabetes
• Missoula Aging Services, Rehabilitation Services
• Missoula City-County Health Department, Skin Cancer/Melanoma
• Montana Health Professionals for a Healthy Climate, Health Issues Public Education
• North Missoula Community Development Corporation, Health Issues Public Education
• Mountain Home Montana, Rehabilitation Services
• Partnership for Children, Rehabilitation Services
• The Parenting Place, Rehabilitation Services
• Poverello Center, Inc., Rehabilitation Services
• Riding on Insulin, Diabetes
• Silver Lining Foundation, Breast Health
• Special Olympics of Montana, Rehabilitation Services
• St. Luke Community Healthcare Foundation, Rehabilitation Services
• Summit for Parkinson’s, Rehabilitation Services
• The Learning Center at Red Willow, Rehabilitation Services
• The Parenting Place, Rehabilitation Services
• University of Montana Foundation, Rehabilitation Services, Health Issues Public Education
• Youth Homes, Pediatrics
• Watson Children’s Shelter, Pediatrics, Rehabilitation Services

*Banner photo from North Missoula Community Development Corporation Real Meals Cooking Workshop