Application period is open July 20 - Sept. 18
Read grant program details below and download these documents for information about eligibility criteria and the application process.
- Program Overview, Eligibility Criteria, Applying and Key Dates
- Application Questions
- Frequently Asked Questions
A list of participating hospitals, their community health needs assessment priorities, and links to their application portals will be posted before July 20.
To apply for a grant:
Open the Hospital List for Grant Applicants
Locate the participating hospital serving your community
Read grant award ranges and priority significant community health needs
Follow the grant application link for the hospital to which you wish to apply
Participating Hospitals
View participating CommonSpirit Health hospitals by opening the Hopsital List for Grant Applicants above.
Grant Award Ranges
Grant award ranges have minimum and maximum amounts that vary by hospital, within the categories of small grants (up to $19,500) and standard grants (from $20,000 to as much as $150,000). Each participating hospital has a specific grant funding range.
Eligibility Criteria
This is a summary of eligibility criteria. The program overview document contains additional important details.
- Applicants must be IRS 501(c)3 non-profit organizations, or have a fiscal agent that is a 501(c)3 organization and capable of administering grant project funds.
- Proposals are for projects that address one or more significant health needs in the hospital’s most recent community health needs assessment (CHNA) or implementation strategy, with sustained project activity over a period of between 9 and 12 months.
- The project is intended both to support the delivery of services and to strengthen collaborative service systems. Consistent with this aim, proposals for grant projects of $20,000 or more must include collaborating partner organizations – not including the granting hospital – with distinct, complementary and substantive project roles.
- People and communities to be served are within the hospital’s service area and include identified underserved or vulnerable populations, to help address health inequities.
- Proposals are for one-year periods only. Applicants can apply in subsequent years for similar activities and services or to conduct different projects, but projects will not be funded for more than four consecutive years.
- Ineligible proposals include those for unrestricted general operating support, event sponsorships and activities less than 9 months in duration.
- The grant program has limits on funding for equipment purchases.
- The grant program does not fund capital projects (e.g., buildings, renovations), lobbying or political campaigns.
- The grant program does not fund contracts for services.
Key Dates
July 20 - September 18, 2026
Grant application period is open. Applicant organizations can apply online.
(on or about) January 20, 2027
Applicants are notified of funding decisions.
February - March 2027
Grant agreements are signed, followed by grant award payments.
April 1, 2027
Grant period begins.
November 12, 2027
Mid-year project reports due.
March 31, 2028
Grant period ends.
May 12, 2028
Final project reports due.
Questions and Technical Assistance
- General questions about the Community Health Improvement Grants program can be directed to communitygrants@commonspirit.org.
- Local Grant Leaders are associated with each participating hospital. Direct community-specific questions to the appropriate Local Grant Leader listed in the Hospital List for Grant Applicants above.