2026 Mental and Behavioral Health Community Health Impact Fund — MGH
Massachusetts General Hospital, within Mass General Brigham, invites eligible Suffolk County-serving organizations to submit a Letter of Intent by October 21, 2026 at 6:00 p.m. Eastern through its official SurveyMonkey Apply portal (the portal displays the time zone abbreviation EST). Selected applicants will be invited to submit full proposals, with the funder’s current timeline listing a February 3, 2027 proposal deadline.
Individual grant amounts and total funding
Transformational Grants: up to $500,000 per applicant. Supplementary Grants: up to $250,000 per applicant. The grant term may be one, two, or three years; the listed grant ceiling is the entire multi-year award, not an annual amount. Total program funding is $3 million across two strategies, with $1.5 million allocated to each: Workforce Pipeline, Advancement & Retention and Integrated Care Coordination & Wraparound Support Systems. An applicant’s request cannot exceed 50% of its annual organizational operating budget; indirect costs may be up to 20%.
Eligible applicants and service area
Massachusetts-based community nonprofits, qualifying community health and behavioral health organizations, academic or educational institutions, workforce-development organizations, schools, municipalities, and other eligible public entities may apply when their proposed work serves Boston, Chelsea, Revere, or Winthrop (Suffolk County). Applicants should demonstrate meaningful relationships with and benefits to the target communities. Entities within the Mass General Brigham health system are not eligible to receive these community-wide awards. Community partnerships are encouraged, but an eligible outside community organization must control and operate the funded project.
Funding priorities and eligible activities
Applicants select one of two strategies. Workforce Pipeline supports culturally responsive mental and behavioral health staffing, credentialing, career ladders, apprenticeships, mentorship, recruitment, retention, and participant support such as transportation or childcare. Integrated Care Coordination supports community-rooted, nonclinical wraparound systems linking behavioral health needs with housing, food security, education, employment, and other social supports. Funding can support new or expanded initiatives, partnerships, staffing, supplies, travel, and other appropriate operational expenses that advance the designated upstream systems-level strategies. No in-kind contribution is required.
Critical restrictions — read before applying
The controlling funder FAQ states that grants must address social determinants of health and health equity through upstream structural or systems approaches, and must not be used for medical treatments, clinical or community linkage programs serving existing or future patients, or capital or operating costs of medical programs. Transportation to or from a hospital or services is generally excluded unless necessary for specific qualifying community-health objectives. Reimbursed services, certain interpretation-service development or expansions, and Community Health Improvement Plan coordinating organizations also have specific exclusions. A healthcare organization should not assume that clinical devices, remote physical examination technology, or direct clinical service delivery qualifies.
Application process
Submit the official Letter of Intent by October 21, 2026, 6:00 p.m. Eastern. The funder allows separate LOIs for different strategies but not multiple applications under the same strategy. LOI selections are expected in December 2026; invited full applications are due February 3, 2027. The initial LOI does not require attachments beyond the official form, according to the funder’s FAQ. Always check the portal for amendments or updates before applying.
Official sources: 2026 Mass General Brigham grant announcement and portal; 2026 MGH Community Health Impact Fund LOI FAQs.