Grants Awarded

Three Year Grants

Healing Across the Divides is interested in funding innovative community efforts to improve
health within a community framework. We are pleased to announce a new call for proposals for
NGOs/ Community Based Groups (CBOs) that seek to improve the health of marginalized
Israelis and Palestinians in any manner within a community framework in both Israel and
Palestine. Proposals must address health challenges, broadly defined, that are common in the
community. We do not fund direct medical care at all. We fund CBOs to improve care within a
community context; this often involves engagement with the medical care system of either Israel
or Palestine. Please see the rest of our website for many examples of the types of
initiative we fund.

Israeli proposal: we encourage applications that serve two communities Jews and Arabs.

If a Palestinian proposal comes from Gaza, the community based group in Gaza must have a West
Bank partner.

We encourage joint Israeli and Palestinian (West Bank) partnerships

One grant is reserved for CBOs working with African Refugee Asylum Seekers in Israel.

Available funds are a maximum of $ 30,000 (can be less and we welcome that) per year per CBO
for three years.

Due date for preliminary maximum 2 page proposal is July 15

We are interested in proposals that will result in:

• Documented improved health status of the population in the context of empowerment of
  individuals and communities
• Increased awareness, on the part of policymakers and other interested parties, of the obstacles
  to improvement in the health of marginalized populations.

Introduction:

Health is influenced by a wide range of factors, many of which can fall outside the health care
sector. These determinants of health include, for example, the characteristics of how people live,
work, learn, and play. The health care system generally functions to provide care to those who
have become sick. Yet it is where people live, learn, work, play and worship that most influences their opportunities and chances for being healthy. Layered on top of these issues which impact individuals in every country in the world are issues specific to Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza which simply put the ongoing Israeli occupation of Palestinian land. There are also different but still challenging issues for Palestinians living in Israel.

The challenge that we have as individuals or as CBOs is to connect improvement in health status
occurring at the community level to changes in the healthcare system. Examples include:

• Addressing chronic diseases such as obesity and diabetes by improving the availability
  and safety of physical activity environments (e.g., parks, sidewalks).
• Addressing violence, against women, by implementing prevention programs and
  practices for women.
• Addressing violence between Israelis and Palestinians by funding and providing
  technical advice to organizations that both seek to improve the health of the particular
  group they serve while simultaneously trying to reach across the divides and at least
  encouraging Palestinian groups to work with each other.

To be successful in improving health these social determinants of health must be addressed by us
as individuals, by CBOs and by the health care system.

Grant Application Process

There are 2 phases to the application process:

1. Preliminary proposal of no more than two pages – this is due July 15 but we welcome the
   two pages as soon as you are ready.
2. A full proposal from those organizations Healing Across the Divides identifies with an expressed interest. The full proposal will be due 4 weeks later and funding will start September 10.

Application Guidelines:

Healing Across the Divides will provide organizational consulting to CBOs applying for funds
and facilitate meetings between all organizations receiving funds

Healing Across the Divides will provide grant money that may be supplemented with money
from other foundations. In general, Healing Across the Divides does not give grants to
organizations already receiving funds from other foundations on the same exact topic.

Lengths of Grants: All grants are for a minimum of three years, provided satisfactory progress is
evidenced during each time period. However, each grant needs to be renewed on an annual basis
and must demonstrate the results of a formal rapid cycle evaluation and continuous cycle
improvement process.

About the programs we are looking for:

Healing Across the Divides believes that in general year 1 should concentrate on a pilot around
an innovative model, year 2 focusing on the dissemination of the model improved by the lessons
learned from year 2 and year 3 around inter-sectoral partnership with institutions with the aim
that other organizations consider adopting the model.

Healing Across The Divides expects the program funded to be evaluated in a proper way that will
enable, most importantly, the organization both funders and the organization to learn from it,
leading eventually to an article to be published for the good of the community. We are committed
to adequately funding an appropriate evaluation

Sum requested: Strongly recommend that the funds requested not be more than 1/4 of the total
year’s organization’s budget and 1/2 of the sum needed for the project itself.

Grant Review Process: All Grant Applications must be reviewed by the Healing Across the
Divides board of directors and program advisory committee.

Geographic Distribution of Grants: Grants are only given to organizations in Israel and
Palestine.

Timing of fund distribution: Forty percent of the grant will be funded on receipt of a signed
agreement by all parties. Another twenty percent will be given after a six month evaluation
approved by the funder. The remainder will be given after the first half of each year upon receipt
of ongoing evaluation and clarification if requested by the funder.

Details of Application Guidelines: in English
There is a two step application process:

Step One: Expression of interest application (two pages) should be sent by July 15. The max two
page expression of interest should include:

• A summary of your organization’s mission (2 – 3 sentences)
• A one-paragraph summary of the project for which you are seeking funding specifically
  identifying the social determinant(s) of health that your project will be addressing
• A one paragraph description of how your organization works to develop and enhance the
  health of underserved and/or marginalized individuals. What is your experience in this
  area? Note your experience does not have to specifically be in the health field. But you
  must have some experience working to build community strength broadly defined.
• Number of people to be served by project and overall estimated cost of the project
• A one paragraph summary of your approach to project evaluation and background in this
  area.
• Appendices can be included documenting organizational strengths in the above areas.
  Note the entire Letter of Intent must be no more than 2 pages. Material included in the
  appendices should be extremely relevant and illustrate your organizational strengths,
  registration in Israel and Palestine, annual reports.

Step Two: If selected, a full proposal will be requested upon orientation of the possible grantees and with the support of our representative in the field.

For more information or for any questions please contact: Nehad Fattah (West Bank and Gaza) at
[email protected] or Veronica Vigdorchik [email protected].