Grant Opportunities

We support organizations that serve families with children across the Inland Empire. We invest in strengthening nonprofit infrastructure, increasing access to basic needs, and building healthier community environments. Our goal is simple: help trusted local leaders do their work better, reach more people and create lasting change where it’s needed most.

IEHP Foundation provides funding opportunities throughout the year through two main processes:

1) Requests for Application (RFA) Process

IEHP Foundation will have opportunities to apply for specific capacity-building training programs and funding approximately 2 – 3 times per calendar year. This competitive process is open to any nonprofit organization that meets the specific eligibility criteria outlined in the grant RFA, and each grant program will have specific eligibility criteria. To see currently open RFAs and past grant programs, see below.

2) Responsive Grants

As part of our responsive grantmaking strategy, IEHPF offers two types of responsive grants – Healthy Organizations grants and Healthy Communities grants. Both grant opportunities allow organizations to submit funding requests for projects and activities that advance Vibrant Health for Inland Empire community members and align with IEHPF’s mission, vision, and priorities.

More detailed grant summaries, including eligibility criteria, grant goals, key dates and evaluation criteria are available:

• 2026 – 2027 Healthy Organizations Grants – Building organizational capacity and internal infrastructure for individual organizations. Typical grant awards will range from $5,000 to $20,000.
• 2026 – 2027 Healthy Communities Grants – Improving and expanding policy outcomes, workforce development pipelines and positive population health outcomes for organizations, systems, networks and collaborations. Typical grant awards will range from $20,000 to $75,000.

2026-2027 Grant Cycles 

There are two grant cycles per year – organizations may submit only one request per year for either a Healthy Organizations or a Healthy Communities grant. It is recommended that organizations consider the implementation timeline for their request to determine which grant cycle best aligns with their project timeline and organizational fiscal year.

Grant Cycle 1 Application Window:  Feb. 26 – May 11, 2026 at 5pm

Grant Cycle 2 Application Window:  July 14 – August 31, 2026 at 5pm

Applications for either grant opportunity must be submitted through IEHPF’s Grant Management Portal.

Make sure to review the Frequently Asked Questions & Answers (FAQ), as it is consistently updated as IEHPF staff receive questions in need of clarification about these opportunities. 

Responsive Grants Eligibility 

The following organizations are generally not eligible to apply, although exceptions may apply. Please reach out to grants@iehpfoundation.org if one of the following applies to your organization but you are interested in applying:

• Private foundations
• 501(c)(4) organizations
• Organizations who are part of the 2025-2026 Champions for Vibrant Health Leadership Network
• Organizations who received a 2025 Responsive or Regional Collaborative Grant and have not yet completed their grant cycle and impact report
• Organizations who have submitted an application for a 2026 – 2027 Healthy Communities grant