A Catholic healthcare ministry serving Ohio and Kentucky

SPONSORSHIP GUIDELINES As the largest nonprofit healthcare system in Ohio, Mercy Health has a mission to extend the healing ministry of Jesus by improving the health of our communities with emphasis on people who are poor and under-served. By funding community based organizations that relate to our Mission and support our health care priorities, it allows an opportunity to enhance visibility and awareness of Mercy Health. These guidelines have been defined to ensure Mercy Health is best utilizing its dollars to further their Mission through sponsorships that are for one-time contributions to support an event that is regional in scope. Section I: Eligibility Criteria Funds are limited; therefore, we regret that we cannot approve all applications. To be considered, an application must meet all the following criteria for a sponsorship.

• Applications will only be accepted through the online application process located at www.mercy.com/sponsorship. Applications received by U.S. Mail, e-mail or other means will not be considered.

• Organizations must have legal status as a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization.

• Organizations must have an established partnership with Mercy Health.

• Organizations must align with Mercy’s mission to extend the healing ministry of Jesus by

improving the health of our communities with emphasis on people who are poor and under-served.

• Organizations must align with our core values of compassion, excellence, human dignity, justice, sacredness of life and service.

• To amplify our impact on Mercy Health current priorities, applications should focus on

solutions in three pillar areas to improve care. Along with our effort to reduce opioid misuse and addiction, and to prevent infant mortality:

o Improving Access to Care. Throughout the communities, we serve, we identify

and fund specific, innovative programs that ensure the availability of high quality, compassionate care for the poor and the under-served. Beyond our dedication to quality, compassionate healthcare, we are dedicated to closing the gaps in health outcomes caused by inadequate access to the basics of a healthy life, including food, housing and education.

o Advancing Clinical Care. People in our community fight medical conditions that prevent them from living their lives to the fullest. Those individuals face challenges that impact what they are able to do and how they feel about themselves. In order to provide our community with true healing, we need the best facilities, technologies and doctors close to home to help patients find the strength to heal in their own way.

o Fostering Healthier Communities. Rooted deeply in the communities we

serve, we identify and fund opportunities to make our patients’ lives better by keeping them healthy. We lead, convene and collaborate to reduce health care disparities, improve health outcomes and lower healthcare costs for individuals and communities.

• Mercy Health devotes significant time and attention to researching and planning ways to

address the greatest and most urgent health needs within its communities. One element of this process is a periodic comprehensive Community Heath Needs Assessment (CHNA) for the Mercy Health facilities. Applications addressing the following CHNA health needs, which have been identified within our communities will be given preference for funding.

o Access to Care o Mental Health o Substance Abuse o Healthy Behaviors o Infant Mortality

Section II: Ineligible Applications

Mercy Health will not sponsor applications related to:

o For-profit organizations o Capital Improvements o Memberships o Travel expenses o Debt reduction o General operating expenses or endowment campaigns o Political candidates or organizations o Requests that benefit an individual person or family o National or international organizations/events that do not benefit the regional or

statewide community o School-affiliated orchestras, bands, choirs, drama groups, yearbooks, class

parties, or class or team projects, etc. o Agency or school-sponsored sporting events, walkathons, athletic events, or

athletic groups, etc.

Section III: Review and Approval Process

All applications for events will be reviewed by the Mercy Health Sponsorship Committee on a quarterly basis during the month of February, May August and November.

Applications with event dates that fall within the same quarter of a scheduled Sponsorship Committee meeting will not be considered. For instance, if you are submitting an application in quarter 1, where the Sponsorship Committee is scheduled to meet in February, your event date should start no earlier than quarter 2 (April or later). Please use the Sponsorship Application Schedule to determine when to submit your application (see below).

For organizations that produce a series of events throughout the year, please request the entire series in one application.

Applicants approved or denied for sponsorship will receive an email notification.

The deadline for submission is quarterly, specifically noon on the last day of January, April, July and October. Applications submitted after the noon deadline will be held and reviewed at the next quarterly meeting.

If you have questions about the Mercy Health Sponsorship Guidelines, you may email sponsorship@mercy.com.

SPONSORSHIP APPLICATION SCHEDULE

Quarter 1 Quarter 2

January February March April May June

Review of applications received in

January

Review of applications

received in April Application due

by noon January 31 for

events in Quarter 2 or

later Notification of

award or denial

Application due by noon April 30 for events in

Quarter 3 or later

Notification of award or denial

Quarter 3 Quarter 4

July August September October November December

Review of applications

received in July

Review of applications received in

October

Application due by noon July 31

for events in Quarter 4 or

later Notification of

award or denial

Application due by noon

October 31 for events in

Quarter 1 of next year or

later Notification of

award or denial