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Now Accepting Applications for Education Grants

Application Deadline March 7, 2025 by 5:00p.m. EST

All applications MUST be submitted in ProposalCentral.com. on this date to be accepted.
See below for more details on how your organization can apply.
 Application Process Opens January 13, 2025 at 9:00a.m.

 

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This year's granting cycle offers education grants for Florida organizations: up to $7,500.00 for projects in a single county and up to $15,000.00 for projects provided in multiple counties that focus on education in one-on-one, small group settings or virtual technology to reach as many people as possible. Grants are available for projects that take place over a 12-month period.

The FBCF requires each grantee to conduct a minimum of two educational sessions during the grant period and we encourage each grantee to provide or connect with a partner(s) organization(s) to deliver education specific to a variety of support resources as defined below.

Support Resources

  • Mammograms and other screening services
  • Diagnostic testing
  • Medical treatments
  • Financial assistance
  • Emotional support for patients, their families, caregivers, and survivors
  • Transportation services
  • Home care services
  • Child care services
  • Nutritional guidance
  • Complementary therapies (e.g. yoga, acupuncture, massage, etc.)
  • Prostheses, wigs, lymphedema sleeve, etc.
  • Breast cancer navigation services

 

2025 Priority Areas:   

(Must choose at least one priority area)

  1. Educate women and men in the areas where they need to become proactive advocates for their own breast health through one on one, small group or virtual technology Educational Workshops (i.e. pre-diagnosis, urgency after diagnosis, types of chemo, types of surgery, etc.)
  2. Provide education to breast cancer survivors, their families, and advocates on life after or with cancer, including the “transition phase” from active treatment to survivorship.
  3. Provide education on breast health to young women and men with a focus on middle school, high school, and college ages.
  4. Create and provide a method of education on late stage breast cancer diagnosis that will help reduce the percentage of these diagnoses in the areas that exceed the state of Florida average.

 

Eligibility

Only Florida-based non-profit community-based organizations that are tax-exempt under Internal Revenue Code section 501(c)(3), Florida governmental entities, Florida-based tax-exempt educational institutions, and Indian tribes within the State of Florida, are eligible to apply for funding. Organizations registered as 501(c)(3) entities outside of Florida are eligible to apply if a physical presence is maintained within the state of Florida that is open and fully operating for 12 months a year.  All activities funded through this competition must occur in Florida.  All work must occur, and all funds must be spent in Florida at the applicant organization and any collaborating entities within Florida.  Applications must be submitted in English.   

 

IMPORTANT NOTE:

Funding is not available for screening, diagnostics, treatment programs, one-time events, conferences, symposiums, seminars, webinars, and participation as an exhibitor or attendance at health fairs.  All requests for education funding should be directed to the Florida Breast Cancer Foundation Education Committee. 

 

Application Deadline March 7, 2025 by 5:00p.m. EST

All applications MUST be submitted in ProposalCentral.com. on this date to be accepted.
Click the button below to apply.
Application Process Opens January 13, 2025 at 9:00a.m.

 

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Instructions for ProposalCentral.com


 
1) To start an application, go to the ProposalCentral website by clicking the pink button above, APPLY HERE.

  • NEW USERS: If you are a new user to ProposalCentral, follow the “Need an Account?” link and complete the registration process.
  • PREVIOUSLY REGISTERED USERS: If you are already a registered user, login at proposalcentral.com with your username and password. If you have forgotten your password, click “Forgot your Password?” link.

2) Once you are logged in, please click the “Professional Profile” tab at the top and complete steps 1-10 or update with current information. Information on several of the pages (Project Director and Organization/Institution) in the Application will be pulled from the Professional Profile.

3) To start an application, select the Grant Opportunities tab and a list of applications will be displayed. Find Florida Breast Cancer Foundation and click the Apply Now link next to the Scientific Research Grant to create your Application.

If you have any technical issues, please contact ProposalCentral at pcsupport@altum.com.

 

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE 2024 EDUCATION GRANT RECIPIENTS

 

  • Family Health Centers of Southwest Florida, Inc. 
  • Community Health Center of West Palm Beach
  • Sharsheret
  • Rural Women's Health Project, Inc.
  • H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Inc.
  • Health Education Prevention and Promotion, Inc.
  • Big Bend Rural Health Network
  • Premier Mobile Health Services Corporation
  • Watson Clinic Foundation
  • Octavia Health, Inc.
  • Glimmer of Hope Foundation, Inc.
  • Tampa General Hospital Foundation
  • Latinos Unidos por un Nuevo Amanecer

Learn more about each grant.

 

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