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Outdoor fitness area with various exercise equipment

Rotary Park Outdoor Exercise Park

Clarksville, TN  |  Montgomery County

Who We Fund

Areas to Apply for Grant

 

Applicants may submit an application for a project that impacts the health of our community by addressing at least one of the four drivers of health:

  1. Health Behaviors

  2. Clinical Care

  3. Built Environment

  4. Social and Economic Factors

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Grant Info You Should Know

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  • Grants are awarded for one-year projects.

  • Applicants may submit multiple applications for distinct, individual projects within the same grant cycle.

  • Applicants may resubmit a project that received funding in a previous grant cycle, provided they can demonstrate positive outcomes from their last grant.  If still under a grant contract from a previous cycle, applicants must submit a progress report at the time of application that affirms positive progress towards their expected outcomes and justifies use of grant funds.

  • The CMC Community Health Foundation generally does not extend funding for the same project beyond five years. If an application is received for a project that has already received funds for 5 years, it will be considered AFTER all other applications. In addition, the organization will need to demonstrate:

    1.  they meet a unique need no one else in the community provides;

    2. they have increased other funding support substantially over the last 5 years while decreasing their dependence on the CMC Community Foundation; and

    3.  they have consistently met and exceeded their outcome goals.

  • If two or more projects address the same health area and/or beneficiaries, preference is given:

    1. to the strongest application

    2. to new projects/programs over previously awarded projects, provided that they have the stronger application

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Who/What We Do NOT Fund

  • Any organization without an IRS Section 501(c)(3) nonprofit designation

  • Political campaigns or lobbying efforts

  • Organizations proposing projects whose beneficiaries are outside of our geographic service area (City of Clarksville, County of Montgomery, the five contiguous counties of Northern Middle Tennessee, and Fort Campbell, Kentucky)

  • Fundraisers (events for the purpose of revenue generation)

  • Any travel, purchases of goods or services, or other expenses that do not explicitly support the fulfillment of the grant proposal.

  • Loans or debt

  • Taxes and benefits for employees and liability insurance.

  • Purchase of land, real estate, other capital expenses or the funding of capital projects that have not secured a letter of support from the city or county government, that are not for the explicit transfer of the deed/ownership to the city or county government upon the sale of the property or land, AND the agreement between the applicant and the respective city/county government to execute a Memoranda of Agreement (MOA)

  • Advertising. We only fund marketing initiatives that are tied to measurable outcomes for community health improvement.

  • National projects where the funds will be used to benefit individuals outside of the geographic service area (City of Clarksville, County of Montgomery, the five contiguous counties of Northern Middle Tennessee, and Fort Campbell, Kentucky)

  • Food unless it is used for the purpose of health education.

  • Grants for research purposes only

  • Grants for planning purposes only

  • Grants for renovations of offices or buildings or clinic/building set up.

  • Grants to fund the general operations of an organization, specifically funding any activity not explicitly described in the grant application (project proposal).

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