Daily Local News (West Chester, PA)
Foundation announces grants for non-profits
The deadline to apply is Oct. 1
COATESVILLE » Brandywine Health Foundation welcomes all nonprofit organizations serving the greater Coatesville area that meet the Brandywine Health Foundation’s strategic priorities to apply now for its annual grantmaking cycle. The grant application deadline is Oct. 18.
“As the foundation enters the third and final year of our current strategic plan, the priorities for our 2019 grantmaking remain the same,” said Margaret Rivello, Vice Chair of the Brandywine Health Foundation Board of Directors and Chair of the Foundation’s Grantmaking Committee.
Brandywine Health Foundation’s Strategic Priorities for 2016 - 2019 are as follows:
Priority 1: Health Eq- uity – Ensure that every resident of the greater Coatesville community has the opportunity to make choices that will allow them to live a long and healthy life, regardless of their race, ethnicity, gender, disability, income or background.
Priority 2: Healthy Youth – Empower youth aged 12 – 24 in the community to achieve and maintain a healthy lifestyle, cultivate leadership skills and experience, and achieve their goals for the future.
Priority 3: Healthy Community – Improve community conditions that help impact the health of everyone in greater Coatesville.
“This fall, the foundation will embark on a new strategic planning process for 2020-2022. We welcome and encourage all stakeholders to engage in this process by attending our upcoming three-part Culture of Health Series ‘Let’s Talk Coatesville,’” Rivello said. It is slated to begin in October and continue through February 2019. “It is critical that our entire community partner with us to help shape our new strategic direction and priorities.”
If interested in applying to the Brandywine Health Foundation for a 2019 grant, visit the foundation’s website at www. brandywinefoundation.org to determine if you meet the foundation’s current focus and priorities. More information about the Culture of Health series will be available soon also on the foundation’s website.
Brandywine Health Foundation envisions healthy people throughout the greater Coatesville area in Pennsylvania fulfilling their greatest potential, living in sustainable neighborhoods and giving back to their communities.
Brandywine Health Foundation’s mission is to improve the health and well-being of people who live and work in the greater Coatesville area by fostering community partnerships, by providing capacity building support, and by making grants to promote health equity, healthy youth, and a healthy community.