Current Funding Opportunities
Grant Writing Stipends
We know from experience that capacity building is challenging, and we are developing strategies to support these efforts with a focus on organizations providing community based care coordination.
In 2024, BHT offered voluntary Organizational Capacity Assessments for our current community based care coordination partners, Community Resiliency and Community Linkages partners (two of our funding opportunities from 2023), and our broader partner community to understand current strengths and areas for potential investment. The need for grant writing support emerged as a common, high-priority theme.
As a result, Better Health Together (BHT) is offering $4,500 grant-writing stipends for community based organizations applying for regional, state, or federal funding. To request funds, organizations must identify a specific grant opportunity that they want to pursue in 2026. This can include private or public funding (local, state, or federal).
What we fund
BHT funds grant writing support that helps community based organizations pursue new funding opportunities. Examples include:
- Grant writer fees for developing and submitting grant applications
- Grant writing for public, private, or philanthropic funding opportunities
- Grant writing that strengthens organizational sustainability and community impact
We do not fund
- General operating or administrative costs not tied to grant writing
- Internal staff time for employees of the applying organization
- Grant writers who are employees or board members of the applying organization
- Costs incurred outside of the approved Grant Writing Stipend amount
- Organizations that do not serve communities in our regions
- Prospecting of potential funding opportunities
BHT commits to funding organizations that are:
- Aligned with BHT’s mission to radically improve the health of the region
- Under-resourced and might face barriers to employing grant writing staff
- Providing services that address documented health, wellness, or social service needs within the BHT service region
- Delivering community-based education, wellness initiatives, or social care services that improve access, quality, or outcomes
BHT commits to funding organizations that are:
Aligned with BHT’s mission to radically improve the health of the region
Under-resourced and might face barriers to employing grant writing staff
Providing services that address documented health, wellness, or social service needs within the BHT service region
Delivering community-based education, wellness initiatives, or social care services that improve access, quality, or outcomes
Partnership Welcome Conversation
All funded organizations will participate in a brief 30-minute orientation and partnership conversation before receiving funds. This conversation helps us:
- Introduce your team to Better Health Together and our role in the region
- Learn more about your organization and the community you serve
- Strengthen partnership and ensure the grant writing stipend supports your goals
- We view this as a two-way connection point where we get to know each other and build a meaningful relationship—not just a requirement.
The small print:
- Limit to one Grant Writing receipt per organization each year.
- Grant amounts are up to $4500.
- Organizations must be a 501(c)(3) nonprofit or submit paperwork for fiscal sponsorship.
- Organization or service region must be in our service region: Ferry, Stevens, Pend Oreille, Spokane, Lincoln, and Adams counties and the Reservations of the Kalispel Tribe of Indians, the Spokane Tribe of Indians, and the Colville Confederated Tribes.
- Organization must provide 990 & W-9 (and fiscal sponsorship agreement if applicable)
For purposes of this program, Better Health Together focuses on organizations serving communities with demonstrated unmet health or social service needs, including medically underserved areas, rural or geographically isolated communities, or populations experiencing barriers to care, based on objective service gaps or public health data.
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