Humana Foundation grants (Connected Healthy Lives; Research)
Corporate foundation grantmaking on health equity and access, focused on seniors, veterans and school-aged children. The Connected Healthy Lives cycle takes open proposals; separate Research and Health Equity Innovation funds are invitation-only.
- Indicative award
- Amount not published (varies by call)No per-grant figure is published. The foundation's own pages cite aggregate giving only: $13 million committed to health equity grants in 2025, and more than $764 million invested in communities since 1975. Single-year and multi-year proposals are both accepted.
- Timing
- Annual cycleAnnual cycle · Jan, Feb, MarNo specific published date recorded. This funder publishes a cycle rather than a date, and this database does not invent one.The page states the Connected Healthy Lives annual grant cycle opens in Q1 of each year, without naming a specific date. Disaster Philanthropy funding is available on an ongoing basis. Research and Health Equity Innovation are invitation-only with no posted cycle. The page warns that cycle arrangeme
- Who can apply
- Community organisation, Practitioner, Any faculty rank, Mid-career & senior
- Eligibility
- Nonprofit organisations working on community health; the grants page does not state a 501(c)(3) requirement or geographic restriction explicitly. The real gate is programme route: Connected Healthy Lives runs an open annual cycle, while the Research fund and the Health Equity Innovation Fund are open by invitation only and require an inquiry via the contact form.
- SSWR clusters
- Topics
- health equity · social determinants of health · older adults · veterans · food and housing security
- Apply at
- https://www.humanafoundation.org/grants
- This entry
- Curated by the working group. Written 2026-08-07. The funder link has not yet been machine-checked.
Amounts and dates on this page are indicative and are maintained by people rather than scraped. Funders change ceilings, windows and eligibility without notice; confirm all details at the source above before applying.
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