What is the process for reviewing grant proposals?
After your grant proposal is submitted, you will receive an acknowledgement letter. The Foundation staff may schedule a site visit or call for additional information. The grant proposal will be placed on the quarterly docket for decision making at the next upcoming Board meeting. Board meetings are regularly scheduled in March, June, September and December. Occasionally, a regular meeting must be postponed to the following month. Committees of experts from HMSA and the community at-large are sometimes called upon to give advisory recommendations for certain types of proposals. • When and how will I find out about the decision on my grant proposal? In a few cases, grant proposals will be administratively declined because the request falls clearly outside foundation guidelines or for lack of foundation funds. In this case, the requester will be notified of the declination as soon as possible. In all other cases, final disposition will be given to requesters within one week of the next qu
