Kids Care Grants

Each year a portion of the net proceeds from the Children’s Miracle Network fundraising at Duke Children’s is allocated to the KIDS CARE Fund. This fund awards Kids Care Grants to support patient/family needs, child advocacy programs, entertainment and educational activities directed at the patients and families receiving care at Duke Children’s.

Applications for Kids Care Grants are reviewed by the Kids Care Grant Committee which is composed of physicians, nurses, allied health personnel and administrators from the Duke Children’s community. The charge to the Committee is to maximize the impact of the funds to insure that as many patients and families benefit as possible. Special consideration is given to those meritorious applications for which there is no other obvious source of funding.

Kids Care Grants will be awarded for a period of one year. The maximum amount of an individual grant must not exceed $10,000. Please note that Kids Care Grants do not support research projects, staff travel, marketing brochures, personnel, CME/conference fees and patient care expenses. To request funding for research projects, please apply to the Children’s Miracle Network Research Fund. For additional information about this fund, you may contact Karen McClure, Children’s Miracle Network Director at Duke at 919-667-2574.

The deadline for applications for the next funding cycle for Kids Care Grants is midnight, September 30, 2009. The completed application should be submitted to Karen McClure (mcclu002@mc.duke.edu) as a Word document. Note: All applications must be accompanied by a budget and be submitted as a single electronic Word document. Please delete the instructions page before submitting the final grant application. The signature page should be delivered or faxed to Karen. McClure at 919-667-0309. If you have questions, please call Karen McClure at 919-667-2574.

Applications will be reviewed promptly and the Committee’s decisions will be communicated to all applicants.

Post-Award Kids Care Grant Management

The responsible individual for the awarded applications should contact Holly Hering at 919-668-4746 for directions regarding the transfer of dollars.

At the end of the funding period, the responsible individual must submit a report to the Kids Care Grant Committee that summarizes the accomplishments of the grant and details the amount of any unexpended funds. This report is important for several reasons, including acknowledging our donor support, development of future philanthropic efforts and for reporting to the Children’s Miracle Network. If the responsible individual wishes to retain any unexpended funds, that personl should include a request to use the remainder of the funds and the rationale for this request. The Kids Care Grant Committee will review this request. If the Committee feels that continuation of the project is not justified, the unexpended balance will be returned to the Kids Care Grant Fund for redistribution by the Committee at the subsequent funding cycle.

Kids Care Grant Instructions and Application (September 2009)