2026 Grant Vote Information and Ballot
Please submit your ballot by 5:00 PM on Friday, October 30
As we prepare to vote on our 2026 grants, we want to share some thoughts to help guide your decision-making.
This year, we have $75,000 available to award, and each of our three applicants has requested a $50,000 grant. Traditionally, we have awarded a primary grant and distributed the remaining funds through a secondary grant. This year, however, we have some additional considerations.
All three applicants are respected organizations doing important work in our community. However, our responsibility is to evaluate not just the organizations themselves, but how effectively their specific grant proposals will advance our 2026 focus on maternal physical and mental health.
As we reviewed the applications, site visit findings, and presentations, questions emerged about the extent to which some of the proposed projects would meaningfully expand or enhance services in our chosen focus area. This does not diminish the valuable work these organizations already do, but it does raise important questions about where our grant dollars can have the greatest impact.
We recognize that reviewing all the materials takes time, but we encourage you to consider several key questions as you make your decisions:
How directly does the proposed project address maternal physical or mental health?
What new or expanded services would our funding make possible?
How significant and measurable would the impact be?
Does the proposed use of the funds justify the investment?