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Humana Communities Benefit

Program Summary

Humana Communities Benefit is a charitable-giving program that awards a one-time $100,000 signature grant to a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization in the Chicago area focused on improving health experiences or building healthy communities in the areas of:

Childhood health and education – Projects or initiatives that seek to improve health and academic achievement of children through the educational landscape
Family wellness and active lifestyles – Projects or initiatives that strengthen the health of families through physical, social, mental, emotional, or environmental support
Health literacy for diverse populations and seniors – Projects or initiatives dedicated to improving people’s ability to access, understand, and use health information, especially low-income populations, and seniors

Sponsored by the Humana Foundation, the goal of this $100,000 contribution to a single Chicago nonprofit is to make a positive, transformational impact on an organization, allowing them to reach greater milestone goals.

A panel of community leader judges will select the grant recipient in August, and Humana will announce theHumana Communities Benefit $100,000 grant recipient in October.

UIC is restricted to one application

Additional Information 
http://www.humana.com/about/company_information/hcb_chicago.asp

Deadlines

Letter of Intent

OVCR may reserve submission slots for previously submitted but unfunded proposals that received highly competitive ratings from the external sponsor. These will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis by the Vice Chancellor. For consideration, scanned copies of your complete reviews (not just summary) must be included with LOI.

Depending upon the number of LOIs submitted, OVCR might be required to facilitate an internal peer review process to select UIC’s submission(s) to this program. White paper instructions will be posted if necessary.

eLOI Form & Instructions – Adobe Acrobat Requirements

1. Download the file directly to your computer or to a disk, right click on the link, then select "save link as" or "save target as" from the dropdown options.
2. Open eLOI.
3. Position the hand pointer inside a form field and click.
• To accept the field change and go to the next field, press Tab or use your mouse to click on the next form field.
• To accept the field change and go to the previous field, press Shift + Tab or use your mouse to click on the previous form field.
4. Complete the form fields.
5. After completing the form, click “Save” then click “Submit to RDS@uic.edu”.

Letter of Intent (LOI): eLOI Form (Fillable PDF*)

*Please note:

• Fields highlighted in red are required to successfully submit the form.
• Do not print then submit scanned version of e-LOI via email.

Please contact Jennifer Czak at jpaliga@uic.edu or 6-2590 with any questions.

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