Grant Alert: Building Healthier Communities in Idaho, Oregon, Utah & Washington

For all you researchers and healthcare providers out there, a potential grant in the Northwest US for the postpartum mood disorder arena:

Newly Launched Regence Foundation to Support Health Care
        Reform in Northwest

Deadline: Open

The Regence Group, the largest health insurer in the Northwest/
Intermountain region, has announced the launch of its corporate
foundation. A 501(c)(3) grantmaking organization, the Regence
Foundation ( http://www.regencefoundation.org/ ) will partner
with organizations driving significant change in health care
delivery and accessibility in Idaho, Oregon, Utah, and Washing-
ton.

The foundation estimates it will contribute $2.5 million in its
first year and $4 million per year thereafter to organizations
addressing its three funding priorities: Building Healthier
Communities -- supporting innovative programs that address core
problems in the health care system; Transforming Health Care --
creating an environment where consumers partner with physicians
to make informed health care decisions; and End-Of-Life -- help-
ing to transform how end-of-life is approached within the health
care system.

The foundation will award grants to 501(c)(3) nonprofit organ-
izations in support of projects that address the foundation's
strategic goals in each of its three program areas. Grants must
be used to serve residents of Idaho, Oregon, Utah, and/or
Washington.

Letters of Inquiry are currently being accepted for the Building
Healthier Communities and Transforming Health Care program
areas. End-Of-Life applications may be submitted beginning
September 1, 2008.

Letters of Inquiry may be submitted by eligible organizations
at any time throughout any given year. Complete foundation in-
formation, grant guidelines, and online eligibility question-
naire are available at the Regence Foundation Web site.

RFP Link:
http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/15012799/regencefdn