Theme Implementation Grants provide significant funds over multi-year periods (3–5 years) to help organizations implement model solutions to critical health issues in New Hampshire. These Grants focus on selected health-related themes that address critical, unmet, population-based needs that affect a significant number of people in New Hampshire.

The following are the characteristics of Theme Implementation Grants:

• Grants fund any or all of the following activities regarding a current Endowment theme:
• Developing public awareness to improve the understanding of the theme
• Developing leadership to address the theme
• Developing broad-based collaborations of consumers, business leaders, health providers, funders, advocates, etc. who are committed to addressing the theme
• Implementing a model program, preferably statewide, that prevents or addresses an identified theme-related need
• Awards are usually over $50,000.00 per year
• Grants are funded over multi-year periods (usually three or more years). However at the end of a grant period, a grantee may apply for another grant to enhance a project
• Grant proposals are only accepted from organizations that submit a Letter of Inquiry and then receive an invitation from the Endowment; not all Letters of Inquiry results in an invitation
• To apply, submit a Letter of Inquiry no later than January 15; the Endowment responds with a letter of decline or an invitation to apply by February 15
• If the response is an invitation, submit a Grant Proposal form
• The deadline for proposals is March 31, and the award date is June 30

To obtain a better understanding of the kind of requests that receive funding, search the Awards page for the Theme Implementation Grants that the Endowment has awarded in the past.