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Our 2025 application cycle has closed -
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Welcome to the 2025 Wellness Grant cycle
Community Health Options awards five $10,000 grants to organizations focused on fostering good nutrition, physical activity and healthy habits that reduce the risk of developing Type 2 diabetes and associated complications like heart disease, stroke, vision problems and kidney disease.
Monday, March 10
Grant applications are open
Friday, April 11
Application submission deadline
May 2025
Grant recipients announced
More information
- Eligible organizations include Maine 501c(3) nonprofit organizations with an annual budget under $1 million.
- Applicants should be focused on community-based wellness programs that foster good nutrition, physical activity and healthy habits that reduce the risk of developing Type 2 diabetes and associated complications like heart disease, stroke, vision problems and kidney disease.
- Volunteer-led organizations with fiscal sponsorship from outside of Maine may also apply
- Did not receive a Community Health Options Wellness grant the previous year (Organizations can apply every other year.)
About 10% of Maine’s population has been diagnosed with diabetes and more than 35% have prediabetes, with more than 6,800 Mainers being diagnosed every year, according to the American Diabetes Association. Community Health Options is committed to preventing diabetes and its complications by working to close gaps in healthcare for its Members and supporting organizations and projects focused on healthy lifestyles across Maine.
For 2025, the Community Health Options Community Benefit Expenditure is distributing $50,000 in Wellness Grants, to be administered by the Maine Community Foundation. Applicants may apply for less than $10,000 if they do not need the full amount for their project or program.
Organizations may apply between Monday, March 10, 2025, and 5 p.m., Friday, April 11, 2025.
Community Health Options Wellness Grants has a partnership with National Fitness Campaign and has so far opened three Fitness Courts® across Maine. To learn more about bringing a Fitness Court to your community, please visit the Maine Statewide Campaign website.