Grant Writing Discussion

This post is intended to discuss grants/funding opportunities to potentially apply for.

For starters we may want to look into The Labcorp Foundation
Charitable Foundation | Labcorp

But you will need to register the OpenEMR Foundation with NPOConnect before you can apply

Nonprofit Membership - Nonprofit Connect

“Membership is based on your organization’s prior fiscal year income. Please refer to line 12 of the most current 990, line 9 of the 990EZ, or Assets line 16(b) of the 990-PF.”

I believe it will cost $175 annually given last year’s tax return

Membership runs for 12 months from when your organization’s dues are first received.

" Requirements for Consideration:
Requests may be reviewed by Labcorp or The Labcorp Charitable Foundation.

  1. Organization must hold a tax-exempt status under Section 501(c) (3) of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service Code, or have charitable equivalency status under the laws and provisions of their respective government;
  2. Request must meet one of the three supported areas: a) health and welfare; b) education; and c) community;
  3. Request for funding should be submitted at least 10-12 weeks prior to the project or program. Please note, The Labcorp Charitable Foundation reviews requests in March and September;
  4. All requests must be submitted using this application and should include a description of the organization, its mission, a copy of the program budget, details as to how funds will be utilized as well as any supporting documentation. Phone solicitations are not accepted.

Charitable Funding Exclusions:

  • Individuals or families
  • Political campaigns or candidates
  • Fraternal organizations
  • Individual or team sports; sport clubs, activities or events
  • Churches and other religious organizations
  • Schools for advertising in yearbooks, souvenir programs, or other special occasion publications
  • Incentive or reward programs
  • General operating support to hospitals and healthcare institutions including staff education, capital campaigns, construction, renovation projects or equipment purchases.
  • Capital campaigns, including new construction and renovation of facilities
  • Payment of staff salaries is generally not supported
  • Individual sponsorships related to fundraising activities
  • Door prizes, gift certificates or other giveaways
  • Government Officials
  • Fundraising events in which the Foundation receives any goods or services in consideration for the contribution
  • Organizations that deny service, membership or other involvement on the basis of age, sex, race, religion, color, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, veteran or disability status

Please note that this list is not meant to be comprehensive."

1 Like

Open Source project specific resources
Announcing GitHub Secure Open Source Fund: Help secure the open source ecosystem for everyone - The GitHub Blog

ralphtheninja/open-funding: A guide for researching ways of funding open source projects.

Including the FLOSS/fund which seems to be doing something rather innovative when it comes to requests for funding.

Other sources of funding include
The AWS Imagine Grant Program

The Raspberry Pi Foundation

and

The Quest Diagnostics Foundation

1 Like