The Health Foundation is pleased to invite applicants to submit full proposals. Included are guidelines and selected background information to assist eligible agencies in preparing a formal funding proposal. The proposal must be received by the Paso del Norte Health Foundation through the online grants system by 5:00 PM on November 3, 2023. Proposals may not be considered for funding if submitted after the due date and time.

INITIATIVE BACKGROUND/APPROACH

This special project is a collaboration between the Paso del Norte Health Foundation and the Paso del Norte Community Foundation. The aim is to gather information on US-based non-profit organizations in the Paso del Norte service region. We envision the grantee/consultant to use online surveys and do not foresee interviews, focus groups, or other data collection forms. Information collected may include:

• Board and staff profile
• Board and staff development experiences and needs
• Finances, including fund development profile, and endowments
• Services offered

The Paso del Norte Health and Paso del Norte Community Foundations are assembling a list of regional non-profit organizations from which a survey sample may be drawn. At the same time, the Foundations are collecting basic financial information from the organizations’ public 990s. The tax return information will be available to the selected grantee/consultant.

The Foundations do not have a survey instrument. It will, therefore, be the role of the selected grantee/consultant to prepare the survey tool and have it approved by the Foundations.

What We Will Fund

Any amount of funding may be requested. The expected start date is December 1, 2023, or sooner, with a final product due February 29, 2024. The grantee or contractor is expected to be available in April 2024 to work with the Health Foundation on a report layout by a graphic design consultant, who will be contracted separately by the Health Foundation. The grantee or contractor will help present the report at a local conference in May 2024.

Key Dates

• RFP release date: October 13
• Proposal filing deadline: November 3
• Expected start date: December 1, 2023, or sooner, with a final product due February 29, 2024.

Eligibility Criteria

Non-profit agencies [501(c)(3), 509(a)(1), 509(a)(3), units of government [domestic or foreign], international organizations designated by executive order, or exempt operating foundations; organizations formed outside the United States, Private Non-Operating Foundations, Veterans Groups under 501(c)(19), Fraternal orders under 501(c)(10), Trade Associations under 501(c)(6), Labor Unions under Section 501(c)(5), and Social Welfare Organizations under Section 501(c)(4) within the Paso del Norte region are eligible to apply. Public schools, including charter school districts, and non-profit schools within the Paso del Norte region are eligible to apply for a grant.

For-profit organizations or individuals within or outside the Paso del Norte region may apply to complete the work.

Service Region

The Paso del Norte Health Foundation operates in a unique binational environment, which stretches across two countries and three states. This region serves the 2.4 million people living in El Paso and Hudspeth Counties in far west Texas, Doña Ana, Luna, and Otero Counties in southern New Mexico, and the municipality of Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico.