Baptist Health Foundation of San Antonio
San Antonio, Texas –On March 1, Baptist Health Foundation of San Antonio will begin accepting Letters of Inquiry for 2010 Responsive Grants from non-profit organizations that are helping meet the community’s health needs.
Organizations having 501(c)(3) designation by the Internal Revenue Service may submit letters for their request that addresses a community healthcare need. Funds awarded for the project or program should serve residents in the Foundation’s eight-county geographic area—Atascosa, Bandera, Bexar, Comal, Guadalupe, Kendall, Medina and Wilson. The Foundation is only able to consider one request per organization per year, and organizations should have at least one full year of operating history.
The Responsive Grant Letter of Inquiry (LOI) should provide information about the organization, its stated mission, and the nature of the request. Grant requests must be between $25,000 and $250,000. This year, the Responsive Grants Committee will be awarding $2.4 million. The deadline for Responsive Grant Letters of Inquiry is noon, Monday, May 10.
“The Foundation awarded over $4.8 million last year, and we plan to grant $5.1 million this year to help improve healthcare within our community,” said W. Frank Elston, President and CEO of Baptist Health Foundation of San Antonio. “We know that many health organizations have fewer resources and increased needs in this down economy, and we want to help bridge these gaps this year” Elston added.
Since the Foundation began making grants in 2005, it has awarded more than $20.6 million to organizations in Bexar and surrounding counties
Details regarding the Responsive Grant Letter of Inquiry application process can be found on the Baptist Health Foundation of San Antonio’s website: www.bhfsa.org. You may also call Eusebio Diaz, the Foundation’s Program Director at 210-735-9009, for more information.
Baptist Health Foundation of San Antonio was established in 2004 from proceeds of the Baptist Health System sale to Vanguard Health Systems of Nashville, TN. Its purpose is to fund not-for-profit healthcare services and health education in Bexar County and surrounding counties.
