How you choose to spend the funds is up to you. We trust you know (better than we do) how to best help your community. Since we grant unrestricted funds, the award can be for anything from savings for operational reserves, capacity-building, to supporting programs, projects or teams. That said, we do have the following restrictions:
- Funds must be used within one year
- Funds are intended to be used in the GO Grant program’s defined region
In addition, in accordance with our bylaws and federal law, these funds cannot be used for any of the following:
- Individuals
- Endowments
- Basic biomedical research, drug therapies, or devices
- Public, private, or parochial educational institutions, including their foundations, except when support is essential to programs or projects that align with our strategic framework
- Organizations or projects that unlawfully discriminate with regard to employees, volunteers, delivery of programs or services, or clients served based on age, sex, religion/creed, race, color, national or ethnic origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, marital status, military or veterans status, pregnancy or genetic information or project that is inconsistent with the mission, vision, values and strategic framework of AMRF.
- Lobbying as defined by the U.S. Internal Revenue Code (IRC), section 4945(d)(1)
- Activities supporting political candidates or voter registration drives, as defined in IRC section 4945(d)(2).
- We do not generally fund hospital foundations or community foundations, except in cases where they serve as a fiscal sponsor for an aligned organization or in locations where they are the only organization providing mission-aligned services.
- Federal pass-through grants
- Capital investments
- Fundraising events
- Religious organizations focused on proselytization as a prerequisite for service.
