Independence Blue Cross Foundation

• This Foundation backs healthcare access, health workforce development and community health, with particular interest in nonprofit community health centres, nursing education and scholarship pathways, and behavioural health initiatives such as school-based mental health.
• A request of around $50,000 is realistic, as half of its grants to organisations were $50,000 or less, with most falling between $10,000 and $190,000; larger sums such as the $1,000,000 grant have gone to an organisation that itself regrants to others.
• Applications are accepted on a rolling basis, and the Foundation asks that you contact it first for guidance, as the process varies by subject matter and area of impact.
• It looks relationship-led rather than purely open-competition, since 86% of its grant dollars went to organisations it had also funded in prior filings, so newer applicants may be competing for a smaller share of funds.
• Only tax-exempt public charities or qualifying supporting organisations located in and/or serving Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery or Philadelphia counties, that serve people without discrimination and whose mission aligns with the Foundation's goals, should apply; it does not fund award dinners, capital construction, conferences, seminars, trips or camps, endowments, fund-raising events, grants to individuals, political causes, candidates or organisations or capital campaigns, religious groups for religious purposes, sports teams, or organisations whose work does not align with its mission and goals.

The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:

• University of Pennsylvania · Community Health; Healthcare Access; Health Workfo
  $952,3162024 tax year
• Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Foundation · Healthcare Access
  $530,0002024 tax year
• HealthShare Exchange of Southeastern Pennsylvania · Community Health
  $500,0002024 tax year
• Delaware Valley Community Health · Healthcare Access
  $340,0002024 tax year
• Drexel University · Community Health; Healthcare Access; Health Workfo
  $305,9012024 tax year
• Greater Philadelphia Young Men's Christian Association · Community Health
  $280,0002024 tax year
• Villanova University · Community Health; Healthcare Access; Health Workfo
  $262,0372024 tax year
• Main Line Health · Community Health
  $250,0002024 tax year

Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.

Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.