Community Grants Program

The Ithaca Health Alliance mission is to facilitate access to health care for all, with a focus on the needs of the uninsured of the state of New York. The Health Fund has been established to facilitate access to health care and wellness of our members and community members. Community Grants, from the Health Fund to outside organizations, contribute to our communities' general health and wellbeing through specific health & wellness projects.

Organizations interested in applying for grants will complete an application and send it to IHA. The office manager will ensure that the application is complete. The Grants and Loans subcommittee of the Finance Committee of the IHA Board, comprising at least two people one of whom must be a Board member, will review applications and make granting recommendations to the Board based on criteria pre-determined by the Grants and Loans Committee.

Senior and youth participants in the Phoenix Intergenerational Program created by Lakeside Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. An Ithaca Health Alliance community grant helped start this program in 2007.

Potential grantable activities include:
health services or projects
health education
increasing access to health & wellness
procurement of supplies or professional services for health program development

Other considerations affecting the community grants program are:
Community Grants are available only to nonprofit entities
priority will be given to new applying organizations, vs. return applicants.
Preference is to be given to organizations operating within 30 miles of Ithaca, NY; organizations may only apply for Community Grants for projects conducted within the state of NY. Grant applicants will be notified by the IHA office manager via correspondence regarding the status of their application; rejected grants will include rationale for rejection.
Applicants should be aware that IHA budgets for a total of $200 in Community Grants per month. Grant requests in excess of this amount will likely be ineligible if monthly Community Grant award amounts have been met.

Organizations interested in applying for an Ithaca Health Alliance Communtiy Grant can download the application form here. We invite you to email us at office@ithacahealth.org for more information or if you have questions about your project's eligibility.

Past grantee organizations include: the Tioga Office of the Aging for their 2005 senior health fair, Cayuga Nature Center for CPR training and 1st aid supplies for BobCat summer camp counselors, Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County for subsidized community supported agriculture (CSA) farm shares for low income families with free nutrition and cooking classes, Riverside School PFCO for the 2006 Kids' Health Walk, Lakeside Nursing and Rehabilitation Center for the Phoenix Intergenerational Program.