Application Details - Selection Criteria

Criteria used to assess projects will include:

Description of the specific vulnerable population to be served and numbers of people to be served by the project.
Clarity of the health problem to be addressed and how it can be addressed in the context of specific social factors.
Innovation and effectiveness of the proposed strategy and how it would change any current system.
Evidence of community involvement that includes new or nontraditional partners and members of the population to be served.
Active engagement of local grantmakers including how they became involved and what their role has been.
The organization’s capacity to implement the proposed project and manage grant funds.
Evidence of a plan to assess the project’s impact with measurable project outcomes.
A reasonable and cost-efficient budget.
A realistic plan to sustain funding after the LFP grant is completed.
Potential for the project to become a national model.

In addition to the criteria listed above, our goal is to fund projects comprising a group of grantees diverse in location and type of organization.