JRMC COMMUNITY GIFT GRANTS AVAILABLE

There are two distinct funds from which grants will be provided: The JRMC Healthy Lifestyles Fund and the JRMC Community Health Endowment. These two funds sound similar but are created to meet different objectives. They differ in several significant ways in application and in administration.

The JRMC Community Health grants,  intended to fund health fairs and similar projects, will be available to receive applications again, early in 2011.  
The JRMC Healthy Lifestyles Fund: Applications will be accepted on an on-going basis (no deadline), but will be reviewed and awards made quarterly. Approximately $110,000 of the original gift of $200,000 remains to be distributed between now and the spring of 2012. Proposals will be accepted from businesses, churches, and other community groups and organizations that seek to develop programs and incentives for healthy lifestyle changes.  Examples include programs that will address nutrition education, weight loss, smoking cessation, exercise and fitness as well as programs that will increase public awareness of and participation in activities that improve individual and community health. 

Apply online by clicking here: https://www.quickbase.com/db/bfge84g9b 

Applicant organizations for the JRMC HEALTHY LIFESTYLES Fund grants are those that serve residents of Jefferson County and surrounding counties, including Arkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Chicot, Cleveland, Dallas, Desha, Drew, Grant, and Lincoln.  Grants will not be awarded directly to individuals but rather to groups that will, in turn, provide these programs for individuals.  An applicant organization need not be tax exempt or a public charity to be eligible for the grant program.  As a condition of the grant, the recipient agrees to supply the PBACF a report on results and outcomes, and further agrees to permit PBACF and /or its affiliated organizations to use the grantee’s information for publicity purposes.

More information may be obtained by calling our Executive Director, Chris Castoro, at 870-850-7934 or e-mail at pbacf@pbreynoldscenter.org. If you use e-mail please put "JRMC Community Gift" in the subject line.