Supporting Residents-led Health Solutions

Once you receive an invitation to apply for a Community Grant, please review the Community Grant application questions and submit your application in our grant portal.

If you are a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit, you can either create a new account or log into your existing account in the grant portal here where you may submit your application. If this is your first time applying for a community grant with the Foundation, you must create an account in our grant portal before completing your application. To create a new account, click on “Create New Account.”

For individuals or community groups without a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, you can still receive a grant by collaborating with a fiscal sponsor—a trusted 501(c)(3) nonprofit. The fiscal sponsor will need to agree to apply for, receive, and manage the funds, and report back to the foundation on your behalf. Please be aware that some fiscal sponsors may charge a small fee for this service, so inquire about their process and any stipulations they may have.

If you encounter any issues accessing your account or creating a new one, feel free to contact the grants staff at 216-431-8010 or grants@stlukesfdn.org. Ensure that you submit your application through the grants portal by the specified dates, or if you’re using a fiscal sponsor, submit it to them 10-14 days before these deadlines.

Approximately 2-3 weeks after you submit your application, the Resident Advancement Committee will meet and decide which projects to fund and at what amount. 

Within 4-5 weeks of submitting your application you and/or your fiscal sponsor should  receive a follow up email either with additional questions from the committee or an answer regarding your request for funding. If the application is approved, both the grant applicant and their fiscal sponsors will receive an email notification outlining the next steps.

Grant applicants can anticipate notification of the committee’s decision approximately four to five weeks after submitting their application.

If your application is approved by the Resident Advancement Committee, an email will be sent to notify you that an electronic grant agreement must be signed. Please log in to our online grants portal to complete this process. Once submitted, you (or your fiscal sponsor) can expect to receive your first check within a few weeks.

For electronic payments, please submit a completed ACH form along with a voided check via email to grants@stlukesfdn.org.

If you need help navigating the grant portal to sign the grant agreement, refer to our Grant Agreement Video Tutorial.

You have one year to utilize your grant funds. Eleven months after your award date, you’ll receive a reminder email indicating that your final report is due within 30 days. You have the flexibility to submit your final report through one of the following methods:

• Write: Submit a final report directly in our grant portal
• Talk: Engage in a discussion about your project with a Program Officer
• Present: Participate in the Final Report Party held by Resident Advancement Committee

If your community project was funded in 2024, and if you opted to do a brief presentation on your project then, you will receive an invitation to attend our Community Grant Final Report Partyin January 2025. This event is an opportunity to: hear from other local leaders and grant recipients, learn about the great work happening all over the neighborhood, talk about your projects successes, eat a delicious meal, meet members of the Resident Advancement Committee who awarded you the grant funds, and to interact with the Saint Luke’s staff and Board of Directors.