Opportunity Overview
The Chester Healthcare Foundation Fall 2026 Grant Cycle supports prevention and education programs, projects and services designed to enhance, improve and promote health and wellness for citizens of Chester County, South Carolina, with measurable outcomes.
Funding and Deadline
Applications for the Fall cycle must be received by September 15, 2026. The Foundation’s current public grant page does not publish an exact closing time or timezone, so Atlas does not infer one. The public page also does not state a maximum award or total funding pool. The Foundation states that both single-year and multi-year grants may be awarded.
Eligibility and Geography
Awards are limited to organizations and institutions that are exempt under Internal Revenue Code Section 501(c)(3). Beneficiaries must be located in Chester County and/or the proposed program must serve Chester County residents.
The Foundation gives priority to proposals that provide ongoing community service, offer significant and lasting measurable health improvement, emphasize preventive healthcare, and use creative or innovative approaches and collaborations.
Excluded Uses
The Foundation states that it does not award grants to individuals, for indigent care, for programs or projects generally considered a governmental role, for projects primarily benefiting an organization’s own members, or for legislative lobbying or political purposes.
Application and Unresolved Requirements
The Foundation provides an online grant application portal. Applicants should review the current online application and confirm all applicant-specific forms, attachments, budget requirements, registrations, certifications and any match or cost-share requirements before submission. Those details are not fully stated on the Foundation’s public program page and Atlas does not infer them.
Atlas Analysis
Atlas Opportunity Score: 75/100. This is a locally controlled South Carolina healthcare funding opportunity with a clear preventive-health and community-wellness mission and a near-term open Fall cycle.
N9+ Fit Score: 70/100, conditional. A Chester County applicant could potentially design a legitimate preventive-care or access project using the Nonagon N9+ remote physical examination platform for guided examinations, vitals, remote assessment and telehealth-enabled clinical encounters. The Foundation does not expressly identify telehealth technology or device purchases as allowable costs, so any N9+ component must be supported by the applicant’s project design and confirmed as allowable before inclusion.
QC Healthcare Fit: 10/100. The program is community-grant funding rather than a staffing or clinical-services procurement. Any QC Healthcare role would have to be specifically supported by the applicant’s approved project scope and budget.
Direct-vendor disposition: Dr. Miltie, LLC is not identified as an eligible applicant. This should be treated as an applicant-led opportunity for an eligible Chester County-serving 501(c)(3), with Dr. Miltie participating only where the applicant and Foundation rules legitimately support a technology or services role.
Realistic South Carolina Applicants
Potentially relevant organizations include Chester County First Steps, which serves young children and families in Chester County, and Palmetto Care Connections, a South Carolina nonprofit focused on telehealth, technology, broadband and healthcare access. Each organization would need to independently confirm 501(c)(3) eligibility, Chester County beneficiary requirements, project fit, budget allowability and all current application requirements.
Foundation Contact
Wm. H. (Bill) Bundy is listed by the Foundation as President and Chief Executive Officer. Grant inquiries may be directed to the Foundation at P.O. Box 249, Chester, SC 29706 or by telephone at 803-581-2027.
Next Action
Eligible 501(c)(3) organizations serving Chester County should access the Foundation’s online application, confirm all current applicant-specific requirements and allowable costs, and submit the complete application by September 15, 2026.
Official source: Chester Healthcare Foundation Grants.