Meet our “hello” grantees!
As part of our evolving grantmaking strategy, this year, the Horizon Foundation is piloting a process we call “hello” grants – small grants focused on meeting and engaging with new partners who are interested in exploring how we might work together on health equity issues. In this month’s blog, we profile two of our first hello grantees who are beginning this relationship-building process with us: Stillborn and Infant Loss Support (SAILS) and the Community Development Network of Maryland. Read the blog to learn more about their work!
Grant application deadlines: October 8
The deadline to apply to our two open grant opportunities is coming up on October 8! This first round of RFP opportunities focus on Housing Justice and our Advancing Community Advocacy Fellowship.
We know we can’t do this work alone, so we are looking for partners and grantees that are community led, seeking to build power and working to dismantle structural racism in Howard County and greater Maryland. Learn more and apply today!
For assistance with the grant application system, please contact Program Director, Kenitra Fokwa at kfokwa@thehorizonfoundation.org.
Reminder: First Thursdays
Please join us on the first Thursday of each month at 10 a.m. for breakfast and a guided conversation about key issues on the minds of fellow Howard Countians. We love these rich conversations with community members, and we are excited to continue connecting with one another and exploring health equity issues with all of you.
Our next First Thursdays conversation will take place at the Horizon Foundation’s office on September 5 at 10 a.m. If you would like to attend, please RSVP to Jennifer Holland by September 2.
Staff Picks & Resources
Check out what we’re reading, watching & learning
- Black Doctors Consortium Founder Serves Vulnerable Communities (Fresh Air – NPR)
- What’s Happening in Louisville Could Solve a Housing Crisis (The New York Times)
- Tipping is a racist relic and a modern tool of economic oppression in the South (Economic Policy Institute)
- Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum by Antonia Hylton
