Quick Stats
- Annual Giving: $791,215 in grants paid (2024 tax year, from 990-PF)
- Grant Range: $500–$5,000 for Community Engagement Grants (based on foundation guidelines)
- Geographic Focus: Western Tidewater, Virginia (Suffolk, Franklin, Isle of Wight County, Southampton County, Surry County, Sussex County) and Gates County, North Carolina
- Application Method: Mixed – Priority Grants have fixed deadlines (Letter of Intent due in February), Community Engagement Grants accepted on a rolling basis from April
- Number of Grants: 100 grants in 2024 tax year
- Average Grant: $7,912 (2024 tax year)
- Total Assets: $149,349,654 (2024 tax year)
Contact Details
- Website: https://obicihcf.org
- Phone: 757-539-8810
- Address: 106 W Finney Ave, Suffolk, VA 23434-5265
Funding Priorities
The foundation improves health status by serving the indigent and uninsured and supporting illness prevention programmes:
Access to Care
- Strengthening the safety net: primary care, mental health, and dental services in clinic settings
- Maternal and child health improvement
- Telehealth and mobile health services
Prevention
- Healthy behaviours: nutritional food access, physical activity, chronic disease outcomes
- Early childhood education and kindergarten readiness
- Capacity building for nonprofit organisations
What They Don't Fund
- Lobbying or political programmes
- Activities exclusively benefiting sectarian or religious organisation members
- Organisations that discriminate by race, colour, creed, gender, or national origin
- Biomedical, clinical, or educational research
- Individual scholarships
- Direct support to endowments
- Funding that supplants existing sources
- Individuals or patient assistance funds
- Projects outside the service area
- Meetings and conferences (unless essential to a larger project)
- Medical or social services already funded through third-party reimbursement
- Organisations without 501(c)(3) status or public entity status
- Projects unrelated to the mission
Application Process & Timeline
Priority Grants: Multi-step competitive RFP process. Letter of Intent opens in February through the online portal. Only invited applicants may submit full proposals after participating in a proposal conversation with programme officers. Pre-submission meetings with programme officers are strongly encouraged.
Community Engagement Grants: Rolling basis starting April until funds exhausted. Submit requests through the online portal with IRS determination letter. Processing takes 30 business days. Awards typically $500–$5,000.
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