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General Guidelines

General Guidelines and Additional Information

Grants will be made only to nonprofit organizations with evidence of IRS 501[c](3) designation or de facto tax-exempt status.
Proposals are accepted only through the Aetna Foundation's online system.
The Aetna Foundation generally awards only one grant per organization in a calendar year.
If you have been funded by Aetna/Aetna Foundation in the past 24 months you must make sure your progress reporting requirements are up to date. You can include an update on these grant activities with your application.
The Foundation generally does not fund:

– Endowment or capital costs, including construction, renovation, or equipment

– Direct delivery of reimbursable health care services

– Basic biomedical research

– Grants or scholarships to individuals

– Work for which results and impact cannot be measured

– Advertising

– Advocacy, political causes or events

– Sacramental or theological functions of religious organizations

– Operational expenses/deficits