The Peninsula Health Care District Service Agreement Advisory Committee will work to develop a grantmaking process that is accessible, objective, fair, and efficient. In developing this process, the District will aim to balance the need for public accountability with the need to make the grantmaking program accessible to all community organizations. The following are the core elements of the Community Health Grants Program:

• Letter of intent and invited applications. In order to minimize the application burden on prospective applicants, the District will employ a two-step process. The first step will be a letter of intent describing the proposed project. After carefully reviewing all letters for consistency with the policies and principles described in this document, the District will extend invitations for full proposals. The full proposals will be reviewed in a fully competitive and objective process using grantmaking principles.

• Annual funding cycles. Funding will occur annually. The District may at its discretion modify funding cycle and fund distribution to meet specific program needs.

• Decisionmaking and accountability. The Peninsula Health Care District’s Service Agreement Advisory Committee and Board of Directors retains full public accountability for all of its activities, including the investment and use of these public benefit funds. The Board has sole responsibility and authority for the allocations of funds. The grantmaking decisions will ultimately be made by the District’s Board of Directors, making use of the recommendations of the Service Agreement Advisory Committee. The Board also adhered to the conflict of interest and all other policies as mandated in the California Heath Care District Code.

For More Information
To learn more about the Peninsula Health Care District's Community Health Grants Program and to request application information please call (650) 697-6900.