Call for Applications: GlaxoSmithKline's 4th Annual IMPACT Awards
GlaxoSmithKline's 4th Annual IMPACT Awards
Research Triangle Park
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS
Application deadline – Wednesday March 28th
• Are you a 501(c)(3) nonprofit providing access to healthcare and setting an outstanding example?
• Would you like to receive an award of $40,000 for your current, overall work?
• Would you like the media to tell the story of your work in the community?
• Do you want the opportunity to share best practices with other organizations that provide access to care?
The GlaxoSmithKline IMPACT Awards target community-based healthcare nonprofits in the Research Triangle Park area that provide access to healthcare for the underserved. Up to ten organizations in Alamance, Chatham, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Guilford, Harnett, Johnston, Lee, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph or Wake Counties in North Carolina will be awarded $40,000 each.
Every year the GlaxoSmithKline IMPACT Awards recognize, highlight and rewardinnovative healthcare nonprofit organizations that have a significant impact on their communities. GlaxoSmithKline’s IMPACT Awards represent and support Innovation, Management, Partnership, Achievement, Community focus and Targeting needs within community-based healthcare organizations. Nonprofits that exemplify the IMPACT Awards criteria continue to provide quality, accessible healthcare to their communities despite financial and resource limitations. Previous winners include organizations that provide medical and dental care for the underserved, health services for cancer patients, access to healthcare for the chronically ill and pediatric therapy for those with special needs.
To qualify for a GlaxoSmithKline IMPACT Award, applicants must: be physically located in an eligible county; provide access to healthcare services (primary mission and resource allocation); have annual total operating expenses between $160,000 and $3 million, as documented in the organization’s most recent fiscal year financial statement; and have been in existence as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization for at least five years as of 2012.
The GlaxoSmithKline IMPACT Awards will be presented at a ceremony in Research Triangle Park in late 2012. For more details and to apply, please visit the GlaxoSmithKline site at www.gskimpact-us.com or call GlaxoSmithKline Community Partnerships at 919-483-2669.
Please review the Announcement Flyer and the Application for more details on this year’s program.
