Virginia Health Care Foundation

To be eligible for consideration for a VHCF grant, organizations must be:

• A public agency or private non-profit holding a 501(c)(3) tax-exemption;
• An organization with a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt fiscal sponsor; or
• An applicant for federal tax-exemption under 501(c)(3).
• Free clinics or Community Health Centers applying for grants must be members in good standing with either the Virginia Association of Free and Charitable Clinics or the Virginia Community Healthcare Association.

VHCF grants cannot be used to:

• Fund research projects that lack a direct primary care service component;
• Replace funding from a previously-existing source, public or private, which has been reduced or eliminated;
• Fund portions of existing operations; or
• Underwrite sponsorships.

Additional eligibility requirements:

Each grant program has additional eligibility requirements, detailed on their grant pages.

• Project Connect grants, RxRelief Virginia grants, and Special Initiative grants are issued periodically in response to specific requests for proposals.
• Health Access grants are awarded in two cycles per year.