Opportunity Overview
The Chelsea Friends & Family Wellness Coalition, supported by 5 Healthy Towns Foundation, is accepting Fall 2026 grant proposals for local wellness projects serving the Chelsea area. The coalition funds projects addressing Moving More, Eating Better, and Improving Mental Wellbeing, with priority consideration for proposals addressing the wellness needs of underserved populations.
Funding and Deadline
5 Healthy Towns Foundation states that the Chelsea coalition has a $30,000 annual project grant budget and a separate $3,000 annual sponsorship budget. The public announcement does not state a universal per-project award ceiling. The Fall 2026 application deadline is October 1, 2026. No submission clock time or time zone is published, so Atlas does not infer one.
Eligibility and Geography
The Chelsea-specific 2026 announcement states that eligible applicants must be 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations, municipalities, or school districts serving the Chelsea area. The broader 5 Healthy Towns grant page describes the service area as the school-district communities of Chelsea, Dexter, Grass Lake, Manchester, and Stockbridge and emphasizes nonprofit-led wellness programming. For this Chelsea cycle, applicants should follow the more specific Chelsea announcement and confirm any organization-type question with 5 Healthy Towns Foundation before submission.
Program Priorities
Projects should improve community wellness through physical activity, nutrition, or mental wellbeing. 5 Healthy Towns Foundation also favors interventions that address policy, infrastructure, systems, behavior or culture; respond to documented local needs; demonstrate capable leadership, community support and credible evidence; reach meaningful numbers of residents; are measurable and feasible; and address health disparities.
Required Form and Submission Mechanics
The Chelsea announcement links a 2026 Coalition Project Grant Request Form. The 5 Healthy Towns grants page also provides its online Grant Application portal and encourages applicants to engage the local Wellness Coalition as the clearinghouse for wellness-related funding requests. The publicly readable announcement does not enumerate a complete attachment checklist, reference requirement, or certification list, so applicants should confirm the live portal requirements before relying on a final package.
Eligible and Ineligible Cost Positioning
The public guidance does not publish a grant-specific line-item allowability schedule or vendor/procurement rule. The broader 5 Healthy Towns grant guidance states that the Foundation generally does not fund debt reduction, annual appeals, memberships, projects benefiting an individual or only a few people, or endowment building. Project budgets must be feasible and organizations receiving funding must demonstrate sound accounting procedures.
Match, Procurement, Addenda and Reporting
No mandatory non-federal match or cost-share requirement is stated in the controlling public materials reviewed by Atlas. No solicitation number, separate vendor registration, formal procurement rule, or cycle-specific addendum process is published on the public pages. Wellness Coalition projects require final evaluation reporting to 5 Healthy Towns Foundation.
Atlas Strategic Analysis
Atlas Opportunity Score: 77/100. This is a legitimate Michigan community-health and school-eligible opportunity with a clear Fall 2026 deadline and strong local wellness alignment, but the annual pool is modest and the public materials do not publish a per-project ceiling or detailed cost schedule.
N9+ Fit Score: 0/100. The verified priorities focus on physical activity, nutrition, mental wellbeing, community wellness, and population-level interventions. The public guidance does not establish a clinical-care, telehealth, remote-examination, medical-device, or health-technology purchasing objective, so the Nonagon N9+ device and platform should not be forced into this cycle. QC Healthcare/other Dr. Miltie fit: 0/100 absent an independently verified applicant-led project and explicit funder confirmation of an allowable clinical-services role.
Dr. Miltie, LLC direct-applicant status: Not eligible under the published Chelsea applicant classes. This is not a direct-vendor solicitation.
Contact and Official Sources
Coalition questions may be directed to Lori Kintz at Lori@5healthytowns.org. 5 Healthy Towns Foundation lists 734-433-4599 and info@5healthytowns.org.
Controlling official sources: Chelsea Friends & Family Wellness Coalition Call for 2026 Grant Proposals and 5 Healthy Towns Foundation Grants.