SHF accepting grant applications
MARQUETTE — The Superior Health Foundation is now accepting large grant applications for its spring 2019 funding cycle.
SHF will award approximately $90,000 in large grants during the spring cycle.
Eligibility information and on-line application forms are available on the SHF’s website at www.superiorhealthfoundation.org. Applications will be accepted through Jan. 15.
The Superior Health Foundation’s Grants Committee will review the applications and will make its recommendations to the SHF Board of Directors at its March board meeting.
In October, the Superior Health Foundation awarded more than $443,000 in large grants, with more than $306,000 in funding to address substance use in the Upper Peninsula. Since its inception in 2012, the SHF has awarded more than $2.1 million in grant funding.
“We’re excited to provide health-centered grant funding to non-profit organizations across the U.P.,” said Jim LaJoie, executive director of the Superior Health Foundation, in a news release. “We again encourage health-centered organizations to submit proposals. Our Grants Committee will review and act upon the requests in a timely fashion.”
SHF’s mission is to assist with unmet healthcare needs, with health education, and with programs and research on preventing illness and promoting health throughout the Upper Peninsula. Its vision is to improve the health of residents of the Upper Peninsula.
For more information, contact the SHF at 906-225-6914 or email shf@superiorhealthfoundation.org.