The 2026 Grant Cycle Is Now Closed.

Check back in December 2026 for the 2027 grant cycle.

2027 Grant Cycle Timeline

The application period for 2027 Community Health Grant funding will open in December 2026, with all applications due by February 15, 2027.

Following application review and due diligence by Healthy Charlotte Alliance’s Grants Committee, semifinalists may be contacted to participate in a site visit and should make every effort to be available during the designated timeframe. After site visits are completed, a slate of finalists will be presented to a group of voting members for final grant selection.

Grant recipients will be notified in April and awards will be made in May at the Alliance’s 2027 annual meeting.

Eligibility & Funding Priorities

Healthy Charlotte Alliance will consider proposals that advance the charitable, scientific, educational, and healthcare needs of Mecklenburg County residents.

Organizations must address one or more of Mecklenburg County’s key health priorities:

Mental Health
Access to Care
Chronic Disease Prevention
Violence Prevention
Maternal and Child Health

To be eligible for funding, applicants must:

Be a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization in good standing.
Have been established and operating for at least five (5) years at the time of application.
Serve residents of Mecklenburg County.
Request funding between $10,000 and $50,000.

Only applications that directly benefit Mecklenburg County residents will be considered.

Grant Requirements & Rules

Organizations that received a Healthy Charlotte Alliance grant in 2026 are not eligible to apply for funding in 2027.
Applications must include measurable outcomes and a clear plan for evaluating program success and community impact.
Grant awards are provided as unrestricted funds and may be used to support the organization’s greatest area of need, as described in the application.
If there is a substantial or material change in the intended use of grant funds, the recipient agrees to notify Healthy Charlotte Alliance immediately. Healthy Charlotte Alliance reserves the right to request the return of grant funds if the approved purpose changes significantly.
Grant recipients are required to submit a final impact report detailing the use of funds, outcomes achieved, and community impact no later than June 1, 2028.

*To avoid losing your work, we strongly recommend drafting your responses in a separate document and then copying and pasting them into the application when you are ready to submit.

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Grant Application

CONTACT INFORMATION
Date of Application*
Name of Organization*
Address*
Street Address Address Line 2 City State ZIP Code
Phone number:*
Chief Administrative Officer:*
Name of person submitting this application:*
First Last
Email of person submitting this application:*
Phone of person submitting this application:*
ORGANIZATION INFORMATION
Select the investment priority which your organization most closely seeks to address. (choose only 1)*
- Mental health
- Access to care
- Chronic disease prevention
- Violence prevention
- Maternal and Child Health
1. History and background of the organization, including how it benefits the health of the community and those you serve.*
2. Please describe the population and geographic area served.*
3. Annual number of Mecklenburg County residents to be served by this organization.*
4. In what specific way will residents of Mecklenburg County be impacted by the work of your organization?*
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
5. Amount requested from Healthy Charlotte Alliance*
Requested funds should be in the range of $10,000-$50,000.
6. If awarded, please tell us specifically how you will use the funds and how many individuals will be served as a result.*
7. Please list major funders and at what level.*
8. Are there other organizations doing similar work in the community? If so, why is your organization most qualified to address the community need, and in what way do you ensure no duplication of efforts?*
9. Briefly describe your marketing or communications plan to promote this grant award from Healthy Charlotte Alliance, if funded.*
10. Describe opportunities for Healthy Charlotte Alliance members to engage with your organization.*
11. How did you hear about Healthy Charlotte Alliance?*
Please check below to indicate agreement:*
- By submitting this application, I affirm that the facts set forth in it are true and complete. I understand that if my organization is accepted as a grant recipient, any false statements, omissions or other misrepresentations made on this application may result in the rescinding of this grant by Healthy Charlotte Alliance.
Signature*
Please sign above with your mouse or finger (if using a touch screen).
Date Signed:*
FILE UPLOADS
Please include the following in PDF format:
1. Organization’s overall operating budget.
2. A list of your Board of Directors.
3. A copy of your organization’s official notice of tax-exempt status under the Internal Revenue Code.
4. Your organization’s most recent Form 990.
5. Your Operating Support Evaluation Plan. (Please download the Evaluation Plan below and complete. Save as a PDF and upload with your other attachments.)

Please contact Erin Edwards (eedwards@healthycharlottealliance.org) with any questions.
Budget*
Your organization’s overall operating budget.
Accepted file types: pdf, Max. file size: 30 MB.
Board of Directors*
A list of your Board of Directors
Accepted file types: pdf, Max. file size: 30 MB.
Tax Exempt*
A copy of your organization’s official notice of tax-exempt status under the Internal Revenue Code
Accepted file types: pdf, Max. file size: 30 MB.
Form 990*
Your organization’s most recent Form 990
Accepted file types: pdf, Max. file size: 30 MB.
Evaluation Plan*
Please upload your completed Evaluation Plan.
Accepted file types: pdf, Max. file size: 30 MB.
Please download EVALUATION PLAN and complete. Save as a PDF and upload
TROUBLE UPLOADING ATTACHMENTS?
If you have trouble uploading your files, you can email them directly to eedwards@healthycharlottealliance.org

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Year	Grantee	Amount	Description
2026	BraveStep	20,000.00	To expand intake and case management services, enabling more survivors and loved ones to access personalized, trauma-informed mental health care and support.
2026	Wayfinders	35,000.00	To provide camp experiences, year-round health and wellness activities, preventive healthcare, and family support services that promote physical, mental, and emotional well-being for scholars and their families.
2026	Baby Bundles	10,000.00	To help distribute 5,000 essential care packages to families in need, supporting newborn health, safe infant care, and caregiver well-being during the critical postpartum period.
2026	HopeWay	20,000.00	To provide evidence-based mental health treatment, including integrative therapies and financial assistance that expands access to care for individuals and teens in need.
2026	KinderMourn	15,000.00	To expand and sustain professionally facilitated grief support groups for children, teens, and families coping with loss throughout the Charlotte community.
2025	Pat's Place Child Advocacy Center	20,000.00	To serve abused children in Mecklenburg County by supporting essential expenses at The Healing Center.
2025	Care Ring, Inc	25,000.00	To support Care Ring's innovative Two Generation Clinic model, as a way to improve postpartum health outcomes for mothers and babies by enabling them to be seen together, during one visit.
2025	Bee Mighty	20,000.00	To assist 18 families whose children have stayed in the NICU with support through therapy or equipment to enhance development and improve the quality of life for their children.
2025	Crittenton	25,000.00	Funds will enable young mothers to access vital health, mental health, and support services, laying the foundation for stable and healthy futures.
2024	Present Age Ministries	50,000.00	To combat the exploitation and trafficking of teen girls. Funds will support intervention program, teaching at-risk girls to recognize dangers and red flags within relationships and to protect themselves from being victimized.
2024	Youth Villages NC	20,000.00	To support the LifeSet program for vulnerable teens, who are aging out of foster care and transitioning into independent living
2024	Right Moves for Youth	25,000.00	To support weekly Small Group Mentoring sessions for students, to build resilience, and mitigate mental health concerns, positively impacting social-emotional wellbeing, and school attendance.
2023	Camino Community Development Corporation	50,000.00	To serve low-income uninsured Latino families with affordable, bilingual, culturally competent, integrated care that includes, primary care, behavioral health, health and wellness, and food security.
2023	Foster Village Charlotte	15,000.00	To support 20 foster parents with therapeutic services with a licensed clinician who understands the unique needs and stressors related to foster care.
2023	Dilworth Center for Chemical Dependency	25,000.00	To support the Intensive Outpatient Treatment Program for Adolescents, Young Adults and Adults, which includes treatment for family members of those impacted.
2022	Shelter Health Services	27,000.00	To provide healthcare and medical services to uninsured, homeless women and children living in poverty.
2022	Veterans Bridge Home	25,000.00	To provide Mental Health First Aid training and Veteran Support Specialist training for 20 veteran leaders.
2022	Vision to Learn	25,000.00	To provide CMS students with eye exams and prescription glasses.
2022	Samaritan House	15,000.00	To provide short term recuperative care for homeless individuals after a hospital or emergency room stay.
2021	Matthews Free Medical Clinic	52,000.00	To support increased hours for the nurse practitioner on staff and the continued roll-out of the new “Fast Track” program, triaging patient needs.
2021	Teen Health Connection	28,000.00	To hire a second triage staffer and support parenting training classes.
2021	Hospitality House of Charlotte	1,000.00	To support overnight lodging for patients and families in medical crisis.
2021	NC MedAssist	1,000.00	To provide free prescriptions and over-the-counter medications to the poor and uninsured in Mecklenburg County.
2020	Care Ring, Inc	23,333.33	To help empower individuals with limited resources to establish and maintain good health through the Low-Cost Clinic, Physicians Reach Out (PRO) and Nurse Family Partnership.
2020	Mental Health America of Central Carolinas	23,333.33	To support advocacy, education, outreach and evidence-based programs that provide help, offer hope and promote mental wellness to thousands of vulnerable residents.
2020	NC MedAssist	23,333.33	To provide free prescriptions and over-the-counter medications to the poor and uninsured in Mecklenburg County.
2020	Hospitality House of Charlotte	3,000.00	To support overnight lodging for patients and families in medical crisis.
2020	Teen Health Connection	4,000.00	To improve the health of adolescents by providing physical and mental healthcare, education, advocacy and research through connections with teens, parents and the community.
2019	Ada Jenkins Center	5,000.00	To support Community Health Nursing at the AJC Free Clinic.
2019	Carolina Refugee Resettlement Agency	8,000.00	To support the Refugee Health Promotion Project to help individuals and their families to overcome health access and insurance barriers and educate groups on mental health and social service resources.
2019	Charlotte Speech and Hearing Center	10,000.00	To support deeply discounted hearing instruments to those in need on a sliding fee scale based on income.
2019	ChemoCars	7,700.00	To support the elimination of transportation barriers for cancer patients by providing free round-trip rides to treatment using Uber and Lyft.
2019	Hospitality House of Charlotte	3,000.00	To support the overnight lodging program.
2019	NC MedAssist	3,000.00	To support Mecklenburg County Free Pharmacy patients.
2019	Samaritan House	10,000.00	To provide short term recuperative care for homeless men and women following a hospital or emergency room stay.
2019	Shining Hope Farms	1,700.00	To purchase an AED for the Charlotte farm
2019	Teen Health Connection	3,000.00	To fund a national speaker at the 2019 Empower Teen Leadership Summit (formerly known as the Southern States Leadership Conference).
2019	UrbanPromise Charlotte	12,000.00	To support UrbanPromise’s Counseling Program, in which 11th and 12th grade StreetLeaders receive year-round counseling from licensed professional counselors in order to improve their emotional, psychological, and social well-being and build healthy and re
2019	YWCA Central Carolinas	5,600.00	To support a pool lift for the YWCA indoor pool, making the pool more accessible to the elderly and those with disabilities.
2018	Care Ring, Inc	7,500.00	The Physicians Reach Out Program provides free healthcare to patients who lack health insurance and the ability to pay for care. Physicians Reach Out recruits volunteer physicians and other providers to consult with qualifying patients for without charge
2018	Charlotte Community Health Clinic, Inc.	10,000.00	An innovative collaboration with Charlotte Housing Authority will place a nurse practitioner, medical assistant, front desk staff and Licensed Clinical Social Worker directly in the Strawn Apartments located in the heart of South End. Our grant in support
2018	Charlotte Mecklenburg Food Policy Council	3,000.00	Food insecurity is a challenge that faces citizens throughout the county, but especially in areas known as “food deserts.” Our grant for Food Policy Advocacy Training in September 2018 will convene 100 nonprofit and community leaders to address food insec
2018	Charlotte Neuroscience Foundation – Memory Center Charlotte	3,000.00	Memory Center Charlotte is a unique medical clinic providing compassionate patient care for those with Alzheimer’s and related dementias along with support for family members. Our grant supports the Memory Center Scholarship program, which covers the annu
2018	Dilworth Center for Chemical Dependency	5,000.00	Through their Intensive Outpatient Treatment programs for Adolescents, Dilworth Center serves young people and their families facing chemical dependency issues. Our grant funds a Counselor for Adolescent Substance Use Disorder Treatment programs
2018	Families Managing Media	2,000.00	For more than 5 years, this organization has focused on the connection between brain development and electronic media use in children. Our grant supports Kids and Brains Seminars and Solutions Workshops. They are designed to help educate, empower and supp
2018	Hospitality House of Charlotte	3,000.00	Established over 31 years ago, Hospitality House provides lodging for families in medical crisis. Guests are charged $45 per night, which is a partial operational cost. Our grant will fund the guest assistance program for those families who cannot afford
2018	Let Me Run	2,500.00	Founded in 2009 by a Charlotte resident, this is a character building and running program for 4th - 8th grade boys. Over 1600 boys and 300 volunteer coaches participate annually. In addition to running, lessons include expressing emotion, valuing others,
2018	NC MedAssist	10,000.00	In 2017, MedAssist provided free prescription medication to over 3600 Mecklenburg County residents. To improve patient outcomes and better communicate with patients, they created a new position entitled Patient Compliance Advocate. The advocate serves as
2018	The Relatives Inc	10,000.00	NeighborCare was created to provide a safe option for minor children of socially fragile and homeless patients who require inpatient hospitalization and have no safe alternative care for their children. The Relatives serves as the lead agency in this comm
2018	Shelter Health Services, Inc.	10,000.00	Homeless women and children living in the Salvation Army Center for Hope receive free health services through this clinic. Rates of mental illness among people who are homeless and living in shelters is twice the rate found in our general population. Our
2018	Teen Health Connection	3,000.00	For 26 years, Teen Health Connection has been improving the health of adolescents in our community. Our grant supports “The Big Picture,” an engaging and dynamic theatrical production written and performed by adolescents, for adolescents. The multi-media
2017	Autism Society of NC	2,500.00	The Autism Society of NC works to inform and educate the community about issues affecting individuals on the autism spectrum. This grant will provide scholarships to Mecklenburg County residents to attend ASNC's summer camp program at Camp Royall.
2017	Camp Blue Skies Foundation	3,000.00	Camp Blue Skies is one of a few programs that provides an overnight recreational, outdoor experience for adults with developmental disabilities. Funds will underwrite Nurses Care for Camp, which provides extra nursing care at camp sessions.

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The 2026 Grant Cycle Is Now Closed.

Check back in December 2026 for the 2027 grant cycle.

2027 Grant Cycle Timeline

Eligibility & Funding Priorities

Grant Requirements & Rules

CLICK for instructions to SAVE your application and CONTINUE at a later time.

Grant Application

CONTACT INFORMATION

ORGANIZATION INFORMATION

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

FILE UPLOADS

TROUBLE UPLOADING ATTACHMENTS?

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