Opportunity Overview
Open now. Moses Taylor Foundation is accepting Fall 2026 Open Cycle Grant proposals for larger health-focused projects serving Northeastern Pennsylvania. Open Cycle requests are for $40,000 or more, and some projects may be considered for up to three years of funding. The Foundation does not publish a universal maximum request amount for this cycle.
Deadline and Required Pre-Submission Gate
Complete proposals are due September 18, 2026 by 5:00 p.m. The Foundation’s current schedule does not state a timezone, so Atlas does not infer one. A required conversation with the appropriate Program Officer must occur by September 11, 2026. Prospective applicants should request that meeting immediately rather than wait until the proposal deadline.
Who Can Apply
Applicants must serve people within Moses Taylor Foundation’s 11-county Northeastern Pennsylvania region and must be either an eligible 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization or a government entity. The service area includes Bradford, Carbon, Lackawanna, Luzerne, Monroe, Pike, Schuylkill, Sullivan, Susquehanna, Wayne, and Wyoming counties. The Foundation maintains a primary commitment to Lackawanna County and its neighboring counties while welcoming requests across the full region.
Health and School Funding Priorities
The Foundation’s current focus areas are Health Care Access and Quality, School-Based Health, Older Adult Health, and Nonprofit Effectiveness. Health Care Access and Quality includes primary care, oral health, mental and behavioral health, health care workforce, and non-medical drivers of health when they are components of health-rooted projects.
The Open Cycle application also expressly recognizes multiple support types, including capital construction, capital equipment, capital technology, finance and operations, general operating support, human resources, program/project support, and strategy. This creates a credible pathway for qualified safety-net providers, community health centers, school-health organizations, behavioral-health organizations, dental programs, and older-adult health initiatives when the applicant and project fit the Foundation’s regional and program criteria.
Application Readiness
Applicants should be prepared to submit an organizational profile, executive summary, proposal narrative, project activities and timeline, measurable goals and outcomes, organization and project budgets, audited financials, organizational chart, board list, and letters of support. Proposals are submitted electronically through the Foundation’s online applicant portal.
Atlas Analysis
Atlas Opportunity Score: 95/100. This is a high-value Pennsylvania health-funding pathway because the Foundation explicitly supports primary care, behavioral health, oral health, health care workforce, school-based health, older-adult health, capital equipment, and capital technology across an 11-county service area. The immediate execution risk is the September 11 required Program Officer conversation, which comes one week before the September 18 proposal deadline.
N9+ Direct Vendor Fit: 70/100, conditional. Capital equipment and technology are expressly eligible support types, and the Foundation has a history of funding health-center expansion, clinic equipment, school-health initiatives, and technology improvements. Any connected clinical-exam or telehealth use must still be tied to an eligible applicant’s documented health-access need and confirmed as reasonable within the proposal. QC Healthcare Fit: 45/100, conditional. Personnel and program support are eligible, but the Foundation does not publish a stand-alone physician-coverage procurement; any clinical staffing role must be embedded in a qualifying applicant-led access or quality project.
Next Action
Eligible Northeastern Pennsylvania nonprofits and government entities should schedule and complete the required Program Officer conversation by September 11, 2026, confirm the correct focus area and request structure, then prepare the full proposal and required attachments for submission by September 18, 2026 at 5:00 p.m. Applicants seeking less than $40,000 should evaluate the Foundation’s separate Rolling Grant pathway, which is available throughout the year.
Official sources: Moses Taylor Foundation — Current Opportunities; How to Apply; Guidelines and Criteria.