Apply now for Community Health Options Wellness Grants
Our 2025 Wellness Grant cycle is open, with five $10,000 grants available for Maine nonprofit organizations.
These grants are for non profit organizations or projects 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.
Applications are due by 5 p.m., Friday, April 11.
Read more press release below:
Community Health Options Invites Nonprofits to Apply for 2025 Wellness Grants
LEWISTON, MAINE, March 10, 2025 — Community Health Options opened applications for its 2025 Wellness Grants today, offering five $10,000 grants to Maine nonprofits that foster good nutrition, physical activity and healthy habits that help to reduce the risk of developing Type 2 diabetes and associated complications like heart disease, stroke, vision problems and kidney disease.
Applications are due by 5 p.m., Friday, April 11. Awards will be announced in May. “We’re focused on closing gaps in healthcare to prevent diabetes and its complications for our Members, in the context of our broader mission to the people of Maine,” said Kevin Lewis, president
and CEO of Community Health Options. “We are pleased to support community efforts make a lasting impact on the lives of the people of Maine by encouraging healthy lifestyles.”
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.
Grants are available to Maine nonprofit organizations with an annual operating budget under $1 million. Organizations can apply for grants of less than $10,000 if they do not need the full amount. Community Health Options laid the financial groundwork for its Community Benefit
Expenditure program in 2019 and began awarding grants in 2020, working with the Maine Community Foundation to administer the funds.
The Community Health Options Community Benefit Expenditure Advisory Council oversees the program. The council is comprised of public health experts, community organizers, Community Health Options’ Board members and leadership team members, and people with decades of experience working in the nonprofit sector
To learn more about the 2025 Wellness Grant cycle, please visit the Community Giving section of the Community Health Options website.
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