Pacific Blue Cross Health Foundation Funding Criteria

To ensure your funding application or proposal has the best possible chance for success, it must:

• Thoroughly describe your organization’s mandate and how the proposed program or project helps to achieve the Health Foundation’s mission
• Include specific details of the need your program or project is addressing and how your plan will assist in meeting that need
  • who will it serve (i.e. demographic information, including age ranges, location/s)
  • the immediate benefits it will provide
  • how results will be measured
  • provide examples and/or details of the demonstrable community impacts
• Provide information about the program or project funding (preference will be given to applicants that have audited financials)
  • the funds must be used within British Columbia
  • detail how the funds will be allocated and how your funding request fits within your overall program or project budget
  • confirm if funding been secured from other organizations in support of your program or project
  • tell us if you’ve received funding from the Pacific Blue Cross Health Foundation in the past
• Provide an overview of activities to promote the program or project, including social media, events or media opportunities
  • include ways in which Pacific Blue Cross can help amplify your messaging through our public-facing channels
• Confirm information about your organization
  • how it’s governed (i.e. board of directors, council, committee)
  • its non-profit status
  • affirm you do not discriminate your services by race, religion, creed, gender, or sexual orientation

Confirm you will provide a post-funding program or project Evaluation Report, which contains detailed information on final program or project outcomes. If you do not have your own preferred evaluation report format, please feel free to download and use our Evaluation Template