Support

1. • Invest

     in programs that connect important behavioral health policy issues to on-the-ground practice

   • Build

     capacity of local, grassroots, Black, Indigenous, and People of Color-led organizations

   • Inform

     behavioral health policy discussion using lessons from real-world application

• Non-Profit Organization

  Is your organization recognized as tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code or does your organization have a Fiscal Sponsor?

• Geographic Location

  Does your program serve communities located within the City of Philadelphia?

• Grassroots Organization

  Does your organization have a budget of $1 million or less?

• Leadership

  Is your organization led by a Black, Indigenous or Person of Color?

• Policy Meets Practice

  Does your organization/program connect to the policy discussion outlined in the selected Think Bigger Do Good policy paper? 

• Select

  Scattergood Foundation will select a specific Think Bigger Do Good policy paper or set of papers of focus.

• Submit

  Organizations submit applications for programming related to the policy issue of focus.

• Staff Review

  Scattergood Foundation staff review and narrow applications.

• Committee Review

  Grantmaking committee will review applications and make selections for grant awards.

• Award

  Awardees will be announced.

• Convene

  Review team and grantees will convene semi-regularly to share about their programs and to discuss policy-related issues.

• February 25th

  Policy Meets Practice grant opportunity launched to the public

   

  Think Bigger Do Good Webinar featuring authors of the policy paper of focus

• March 11th

  Policy Meets Practice Informational Session

• April 9th at 5pmEST

  Application period closes

• Late May

  Grant awards announced

• By May 31st

  Grant awards released

• June 2021-May 2022

  Grant period

The paper of focus for the 2021 Policy Meets Practice grant cycle is COVID-19, Structural Racism, and Mental Health Inequities: Policy Implications for an Emerging Syndemic by Ruth S. Shim, M.D., M.P.H. and Steven M. Starks, M.D., F.A.P.A.

Watch the accompanying Think Bigger Do Good webinar featuring the 2021 policy paper of focus’ authors.

• Esther Hio-Tong Castillo, PhD, Program Manager of the Chinese Immigrant Family Wellness Initiative, PCDC
• Dawn Holden Woods, MPA, Chief Social Services Officer, Public Health Management Corporation
• John D. Kirby, MPH, EPC, Executive Director, Dornsife Center for Neighborhood Partnerships
• Steven M. Starks, MD, FAPA, Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Houston College of Medicine
• Antonio Valdés, CEO, Children’s Crisis Treatment Center
• Glenda Wrenn, MD, MSHP, Chief Medical Officer at 180 Health Partners

Watch a recording of our informational session about the Policy Meets Practice opportunity.