Eligibility

  • Must be a North-Dakota-based organization or serve North Dakotans
  • Be a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, municipal entity or school system
  • Support our mission and align with our funding priority areas

Restrictions

We don’t fund:

  • Individuals
  • General operating expenses
  • Religious organizations for religious purposes
  • Political purposes or lobbying activities
  • Full-time or part-time employee positions
  • Capital campaigns or endowments


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Holistic Health Grants are designed to support whole-person health and empower North Dakotans and their communities to live healthier lives. These grants must focus on at least one of the following: behavioral health, Social Drivers of Health (SDOH) and/or health promotion and disease prevention.

Health Innovation Grants are intended for projects or programming proposals that are new or expanding, innovative and could be replicated by others if found successful. These grants are not intended to support current mission work or programming.

With these grants, rural health care providers and their communities collaborate to address their unique health and wellness challenges. The grants are offered and funded by the BCBSND Caring Foundation and administered by the Center for Rural Health at the University of North Dakota, School of Medicine and Health Sciences.

To reduce maternal health disparities and improve maternal health outcomes across all communities in North Dakota, our Maternal Health Grants provide funding to support nonprofit or community-based organizations. These grants help narrow gaps in care before, during and after pregnancy, making a tangible difference in the lives of women and their families. These awards are fueled by our commitment to help drive change in maternal health ranging from prenatal care to lactation support, access to postpartum mental health care and more.

The BCBSND Caring Foundation invests in health profession education by offering two scholarship programs to help address and strengthen the health care workforce shortage and provide financial assistance to these aspiring students.