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[Richard King Mellon Foundation](https://www.rkmf.org)

Rolling (General Application)

Most grants last 12–18 months; more than $13.2 million awarded across 37 grants in 2024

Supports health services, healthier community conditions, and scientific research benefiting people in Allegheny and Westmoreland counties.

Projects must focus on Allegheny and/or Westmoreland counties, even when applicants are based elsewhere.

--- ## Description The Richard King Mellon Foundation’s Health & Well-Being program seeks to ensure that everyone in Allegheny and Westmoreland counties, particularly the most vulnerable, has the opportunity to live a healthy life. Its approach is rooted in the social determinants of health, addressing community conditions, gaps in quality services and supports, and limited integration across sectors. The program invests in Healthy People, Healthy Communities, and Advancing Science. It supports efforts to improve access, strengthen provider and service-management capacities, expand prevention, support education and empowerment, and promote systems change. Research priorities include understanding causes of poor health, testing and evaluating novel solutions, translating findings into data-informed practices and policies, and responding to emerging issues. --- ## Due Dates - Rolling (General Application): Submit at any time throughout the year. The Foundation periodically issues subject-specific Requests for Proposals, each with its own submission timeline. --- ## Funding Amount The Foundation approved 37 Health & Well-Being grants in 2024, totaling more than $13.2 million. Most Foundation grants last 12–18 months; the Foundation is generally not providing multi-year grants. Available support types include: - Capital support. - General operating support. - Land acquisition. - Project support. The General Application also supports planning and innovation, implementation, and scaling activities. General operating support and indirect expenses are available only to organizations that are not postsecondary or research institutions. For eligible organizations, the Foundation has no recommended direct-to-indirect expense ratio. Indirect expenses include management and general, administrative and management, or fundraising expenses under IRS and FASB functional expense allocation guidelines. --- ## Eligibility Eligible applicants must: - Be nonprofit or public-sector organizations, or for-profit companies. - Have a valid U.S. IRS Tax ID. - Apply from within the United States (companies must be incorporated in the United States). - Propose work focused on Allegheny and/or Westmoreland counties. - Align proposals with the Foundation’s 2021–2030 strategy and Health & Well-Being priorities. Organizations outside the two counties may apply, but must explain how their work benefits these counties. Applications on behalf of individuals are not considered. Additional requirements: - Fiscal sponsors must submit applications for sponsored projects. - Lobbying, advocacy, and political causes or events are not funded. - Regranting to individuals is not permitted. - Collaborative regrants must support described activities through participating agencies identified in the application. A fiscal sponsor may be appropriate if an organization lacks an IRS charitable or tax-exempt determination letter, or cannot independently manage its finances and operations. Fiscal sponsors are nonprofit organizations with 501(c)(3) status. --- ## Application Process - **Preparation:** Verify tax status and review the [strategy](https://www.rkmf.org/about/2021-2030-strategic-plan/) and [application requirements](https://www.rkmf.org/apply/). - **Submission:** Use the [Nonprofit General Application](https://bbgm-apply.yourcausegrants.com/apply/programs/bd0971d2-5f56-4f7c-b30f-97b633ae2ad8) or [For-Profit General Application](https://bbgm-apply.yourcausegrants.com/apply/programs/eeb6721b-9b0a-48a0-995d-875d9b48e3a5). - **Financial statements:** Without audited statements, upload statements required by Pennsylvania law for your gross annual contributions. - **Collaborations:** Upload signed MOUs, support letters, or other participation commitments as “Additional Documents.” - **Fiscal sponsors:** Provide sponsor financial statements, audits, board information, and requested organization and executive-certification information. - **Notification:** Submission confirmation is immediate by email; application review has no specific timeline. Fiscal sponsors must identify their sponsorship role and the agency leading the work in the executive summary. For proposals spanning funding programs, select the program addressing the majority of proposed outcomes. Nonprofit and public-sector organizations may submit General Applications and apply to one or several RFPs, provided each application is substantively different. Program officers are generally unavailable for discussions before submission; staff may contact applicants after reviewing proposals. --- ## Additional Information ### Investment priorities - **Healthy People:** - Chronic conditions. - Mental and behavioral health. - Maternal and child health. - **Healthy Communities:** - Healthy eating. - Safe and stable homes. - Clean environments. - Public places and open spaces. - **Advancing Science:** - Basic research on poor health and environment–health relationships. - Applied research and evaluation of novel treatments, practices, and community solutions. - Research translation, dissemination, and adoption of data-informed practices, programs, and policies. - Identification of and response to emerging issues. The Foundation considers technical assistance delivered by organizations with relevant expertise or through pre-identified implementation partners. --- ## External Links - [Health & Well-Being program](https://www.rkmf.org/funding-programs/health-wellbeing/) - [Application requirements and FAQs](https://www.rkmf.org/apply/) - [Nonprofit General Application portal](https://bbgm-apply.yourcausegrants.com/apply/programs/bd0971d2-5f56-4f7c-b30f-97b633ae2ad8) - [For-Profit General Application portal](https://bbgm-apply.yourcausegrants.com/apply/programs/eeb6721b-9b0a-48a0-995d-875d9b48e3a5) - [2021–2030 Strategic Plan](https://www.rkmf.org/about/2021-2030-strategic-plan/) --- ## Contact Information | Contact | Email | Phone | Webpage | |---|---|---|---| | Nikki Pirain, Senior Information & Grants Manager (portal assistance) | npirain@rkmf.org | | | | Richard King Mellon Foundation (application questions and general inquiries) | rkmf@rkmf.org | (412) 392-2800 | [Contact](https://www.rkmf.org/contact/) |76:T62d,## Grant Eligibility Requirements ### Organization Type - Applicants must be nonprofit organizations, public-sector organizations, or for-profit companies. - Only organizations may apply — the Foundation does not consider applications on behalf of individuals, and individuals cannot apply directly. - Organizations without an IRS charitable/tax-exempt determination letter, or without the infrastructure to manage finances and operations independently, may apply through a fiscal sponsor. A fiscal sponsor must be a nonprofit with 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status, and the fiscal sponsor (not the project) must submit the application. ### Geographic/Institutional - Applicants must apply from within the United States; for-profit companies must be incorporated in the United States. Companies incorporated outside the US are not eligible. - Proposed work must focus on Allegheny and/or Westmoreland counties, Pennsylvania. - Organizations based outside those two counties may still apply, but must explain in the application how the project will benefit Allegheny and/or Westmoreland counties. ### Prior Funding / Proposal Limits - Nonprofit and public-sector organizations may submit a General Application and also apply to one or several Requests for Proposals, provided each application is substantively different from the others. - (Note: the Foundation's separate Organizational Effectiveness program is limited to organizations with an active grant or funded within the past three years — this restriction applies to that program, not to Health & Well-Being applications.)77:Tc9d,Funder: Richard King Mellon Foundation Due Dates: Rolling (General Application) Funding Amounts: Most grants last 12–18 months; more than $13.2 million awarded across 37 grants in 2024 Summary: Supports health services, healthier community conditions, and scientific research benefiting people in Allegheny and Westmoreland counties. 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Research priorities include understanding causes of poor health, testing and evaluating novel solutions, translating findings into data-informed practices and policies, and responding to emerging issues. --- --- ## Funding Amount The Foundation approved 37 Health & Well-Being grants in 2024, totaling more than $13.2 million. Most Foundation grants last 12–18 months; the Foundation is generally not providing multi-year grants. Available support types include: - Capital support. - General operating support. - Land acquisition. - Project support. The General Application also supports planning and innovation, implementation, and scaling activities. General operating support and indirect expenses are available only to organizations that are not postsecondary or research institutions. For eligible organizations, the Foundation has no recommended direct-to-indirect expense ratio. 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