Strategic Investments
Strategic Investments support initiatives requiring deeper partnership and strategic alignment, including capacity building, systems change, and learning initiatives. Strategic Investments are invitation only.
More information coming soon!
Funding will vary between $10,000 and $75,000. Funding may be requested for up to two years.
HLF staff members welcome and encourage discussion on proposal ideas and questions. To schedule a meeting, please reach out to Kate Ingersoll, Executive Director, at kate@healthylakewoodfoundation.org.
Strategic Investments support programming that addresses one or more of the following:
The following populations are prioritized for this funding:
Basic needs and stability: Housing stability and affordability, food security and access, safety, and access to essential services
Mental health services: Mental health counseling, prevention programs, crisis support, and trauma-informed care
Education: Education access, early childhood, and school readiness
Community connection: Social connection, community engagement, and health-promoting community programs and spaces
Low-income families and individuals
Children and youth
Racial and ethnic minorities, including refugees and immigrants
Older adults
Persons with disabilities
LGBTQIA+ community members
Uninsured and underinsured residents
More information coming soon!
Eligible grant seeking organizations do not need to be headquartered in Lakewood. However, HLF will only support programs in which Lakewood residents or Lakewood-based institutions are either key beneficiaries or directly served.
Applications must be submitted by a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization that is in good standing with the IRS. Projects initiated by groups without 501(c)(3) status may be supported through a fiscal sponsor.
The following activities are not eligible for Strategic Investments funding:
→ Capital campaigns
→ Fundraising events or event sponsorships
→ Lobbying
→ Program advertising
→ Scholarships
→ Religious organizations for religious or evangelical purposes
More information coming soon!
Support:
At anytime, please email sharon@healthylakewoodfoundation.org with questions and for technical assistance.
What to Expect
⇒ Submit HLF’s online grant application that helps us understand your organization, your work in Lakewood, and how funding would support you. We have designed the application to be as streamlined as possible while providing the information we need. If you have never received HLF funding before, please email sharon@healthylakewoodfoundation.org before applying.
⇒ Ask for assistance with the grant application process when needed.
⇒ HLF staff and committee review applications to identify those that are a strong fit for this grant cycle.
⇒ Interviews with selected candidates. We may invite you to a conversation with members of our Grants and Learning Committee. This is a chance for us to learn more about your work and for you to ask questions about partnering with HLF. An interview invitation—or lack of one—should not be interpreted as an indication of final funding decisions.
⇒ Funding decisions made by the HLF Board of Directors based on Committee recommendations.
⇒ Review and submit signed grant agreement in online portal in a timely manner.
⇒ Agree to submit a final grant report and/or discuss learning with HLF staff. You may be asked to share information on spending related to the awarded grant.
⇒ Act as a responsible steward of the funding as well as an ambassador to the community.
⇒ Provide feedback on the application, implementation, and reporting phases of the grant process to help improve future funding opportunities.
⇒ You may be asked to share ideas with other funded groups and identify areas of synergy and shared impact.