Apply for a Health Care Grant
The Duke Endowment has redesigned the grant application process to be more streamlined and intuitive. We believe this new process will strengthen our work together in the future.
The new application consists of seven questions. Once your online application is completed, an automated response will confirm that it was received. Health Care staff will contact you should any questions arise during our review. If you wish, preview the application questions before starting online.
Application Deadline
June 15 and December 15
Existing or Past Grantees Apply Here
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Eligibility for Health Care Grants
In his Indenture of Trust, our founder restricted Health Care funding to specific organizations. Only the following may apply for a grant:
- Not-for-profit hospitals
- Academic health centers
- Area health education centers
- Select organizations in counties without an eligible hospital
- Not-for-profit inpatient long-term care facilities
Areas of Work and Funding Priorities
In Health Care, we focus our work in three main areas:
Quality and Safety of Care
In today’s health care environment, improving quality and safety of care must focus on innovative ways of delivery that are high quality and affordable. Grant requests should aim to improve outcomes for patients and reduce costs.
Examples of our work focused on Quality and Safety of Care, include:
Search our current Quality and Safety of Care grantees.
Access to Care
Improving access to health care services improved quality of life and health status for all individuals. Funding community-based networks of care that improve access to primary and specialty care for the low-income, uninsured to have access to coordinated care is a priority. In addition, we will consider requests focused on:
- Expanding the primary care workforce in under-represented or rural, disadvantaged communities
- Developing new models of workforce training
Examples of our work focused on Access to Care, include:
​Search our current Access to Care grantees.
Prevention
Grant requests that seek opportunities to deploy strategies aimed at preventing chronic disease and improving the health of communities will be considered. Collaborative efforts between health care and public health systems that measurably improve the health of defined populations are encouraged.
Examples of our work focused on Access to Care, include:
Search our current current Prevention grantees.
