2024-2025 Grant Applications Accepted Through November 4, 2024
Tucson Osteopathic Medical Foundation (TOMF) has chosen mental/behavioral health as the priority area for our 2024-2025 grant program. TOMF will award a maximum of $25,000 in grant funding to 501c3 organizations in Pima County whose missions, programs, and/or projects aim to achieve meaningful advancements in the mental health of our community members. Applications are accepted here until 5 pm on November 4, 2024.
Eligibility and Limits:
Applicants must be 501c3 organizations in Pima County whose missions, programs, and/or projects aim to achieve meaningful advancements in mental/behavioral health in our community. Previous awardees may reapply. The suggested grant request range is $3,500 - $7,500. Requests above or below the suggested range will also be considered. A maximum of $25,000 will be awarded during this award cycle. Grant funds awarded must be used on direct program expenses and no portion of the funds may be used for administrative fees or organization/program staffing expenses like salaries or benefits.
Applicants should carefully consider the following exclusions that result from budgetary considerations, TOMF policy or federal laws. TOMF does not consider requests from:
1. Individual applicants.
2. Political lobbyists, organizations or campaigns.
3. Religious activities or organizations.
4. Public or private schools.
5. Private foundations or private operating foundations.
6. Professional associations.
7. Specialized health organizations, hospitals or medical centers for operating funds.
8. Tax supported government programs or functions.
9. Fraternal, veterans, or military organizations.
10. Sponsors of conferences or fundraising campaigns
11. Telephone, email and/or mail solicitors.
12. Applicants without an IRS letter of determination stating their status as a 501c3 organization.
Application, Review, and Award Process:
Qualified organizations are encouraged to submit this application by 5:00 pm on Monday, November 4, 2024. If applicants are unable to upload budgets or letters of determination to this form, they may be faxed to (520)299-4609 or emailed to nicole@tomf.org. TOMF reserves the right to request additional information as it deems necessary.
Please keep your responses focused, brief, and succinct.
Include budget detail for proposed project/program expenses.
All requests are reviewed by staff to determine whether or not they meet TOMF’s objectives and project guidelines. Applications having significant merit and relevance are later presented to the TOMF Grants Committee and Board of Trustees for consideration.
Decisions on the application(s) will be announced and awarded by December 4, 2024. Funds will be immediately available to the selected organizations.
Organizations receiving an award are expected to comply with the conditions specified in the application procedures. TOMF reserves the right to report publicly on the achievements of its grant recipients.
Any questions regarding the grant opportunity, the application, collaborations, etc. should be submitted by email to Nicole Struck, Program Director at nicole@tomf.org at least two weeks in advance of the submission deadline.
Please Note:
TOMF neither supports nor engages in any political activity. It does not attempt to influence legislation or political campaigns for public office, nor does it support organizations engaging primarily in these activities.
TOMF does not provide “annual” grants or continuing support. Individual grant proposals from organizations receiving current or previous support will be judged as new requests and evaluated in relation to other proposals. Previous awardees may reapply.
$55,000+ Awarded to Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Interventions in 2023 and 2024!
Pima County's 2021 Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA) identified mental/behavioral health and substance use disorders as health priorities in our community. In response, Tucson Osteopathic Medical Foundation (TOMF) chose those priority areas as the target for the 2022-2023 and 2023-2024 grants programs. Over $55,000 was awarded to 8 different organizations with innovative programs in the target areas. Winning organizations are listed below:
Arivaca Human Resource
Beads of Courage
Tucson Postpartum Depression Coalition
The Haven
Touchstone Health Services
Easterseals Blake Foundation
YWCA Southern Arizona
Culture of Peace Alliance/Tucson Youth and Peace
Thriving Nonprofit Technology Awards
In 2020 and 2021, Tucson Osteopathic Medical Foundation (TOMF) acknowledged the adaptability and resilience of Southern Arizona's thriving nonprofits and awarded a total of $40,000 in Thriving Nonprofit Technology (TNT) Grants to support the continued achievement of unique and meaningful public health outcomes in our community. Grant funds awarded were used to purchase items necessary for virtual trainings, meetings, events, fundraising, computer system upgrades, health-related programming, etc.
Trustee Awards
The Foundation provided charitable grants on a monthly basis through the Trustee Awards from 2013 through 2019. This program provided grants to help smaller community projects with urgent needs that could be resolved with a modest amount of funding.
Since its incorporation, the Foundation has provided over $1 million to hundreds of Southern Arizona non-profit organizations.
Founders' Scholarships
Scholarships are awarded annually to osteopathic medical students at Burrell College of Osteopathic Medicine in Las Cruces, NM, A.T. Still University-SOMA in Mesa, AZ and Midwestern University-AZCOM in Glendale, AZ.The awards are given in the names of the Tucson General Hospital Founders whose forward thinking allowed them to overcome such dilemmas as exclusion from staff privileges at existing hospitals and the inability to rent office space from allopathic physicians. In 1949, their solution was to incorporate a 15-bed osteopathic hospital. Over the next 30 years, it grew into a 277-bed facility and highly respected educational hub for osteopathic interns and residents. Through the Founders' Scholarships, it is TOMF's intent to provide some relief from the financial burdens of medical school as well as encourage this same innovation and leadership from the next generation of DOs as they face new challenges in modern medicine.