Nonprofit organizations in the Utica/North Country and Rochester regions can apply for a total of $55,000 in Excellus BlueCross BlueShield community-health award grants.
Nonprofits in Excellus’s 14-county Utica/North Country region and six-county Rochester region are invited to apply for awards of up to $4,000 each, the health insurer said in a news release.
The health plan’s 14-county Utica/North Country region includes Clinton, Delaware, Essex, Franklin, Fulton, Hamilton, Herkimer, Jefferson, Lewis, Madison, Montgomery, Oneida, Otsego and St. Lawrence counties.
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Rochester–based Excellus is Central New York’s largest health insurer.
Organizations can use the award for programs that have “clear goals” to improve the health or health care of a specific population.
For the fall 2017 awards, Excellus will also consider funding nonprofits that are pursuing a new or innovative approach to improving community health.
“It can be hard for a small nonprofit to find the funds needed to try an innovative idea,” said Snow. “We’re hopeful that our community-health awards will provide at least one nonprofit with the support needed to launch a fresh approach to a critical health problem.”
The deadline to submit an application for consideration is Oct. 10.
Additional information and the online application are available at the following website.
https://www.excellusbcbs.com/wps/portal/xl/our/compinfo/corp-giving.
Excellus expects to issue a total of $165,000 in community health awards by the end of 2017.
Earlier this year, the health insurer awarded $110,000 in grants to 36 nonprofits from throughout its entire 31-county upstate New York operating area, Excellus said.
Contact Reinhardt at ereinhardt@cnybj.com
