Eligibility Requirements

Eligibility Requirements

Vitamin Angels gives grants of selected micronutrient commodities, especially vitamin A, to nonprofit organizations working with underserved populations globally. 

Find out if you qualify

The first step to obtaining a grant is taking the quiz below to see if you qualify. If your organization meets our requirements, you will be directed to fill out our grant application.

Eligibility Quiz

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Are you interested in applying for a grant which will serve beneficiaries in the USA and Canada, or internationally?

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Can you consistently provide multivitamins to the same geographic region for at least three years?

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Are the intended recipients of the multivitamins underserved and nutritionally at-risk? This generally means that they are uninsured, eligible to receive Medicaid, and/or have household income at the federal poverty level.

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Are you a registered non-profit organization (tax-exempt) or an entity associated with a local public health department in the US, US territories, or Canada?

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Are you a traveling medical mission interested in taking vitamins with you?

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Are you registered as a locally recognized entity (i.e. non-governmental organization, clinic, etc) in the country in which micronutrient products will be distributed to beneficiaries?

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Do you serve a minimum of 1,000 children under 5 and/or 100 women?

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Are you able and willing to legally transport all donated product from the United States into the project country and clear customs appropriately without assistance from VA?

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Is your organization adequately funded such that you require no additional cash resources to incorporate Vitamin Angels grant into your existing programs?

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Do you have capacity to and plan to provide micronutrients to the same project areas for at least 3 years?

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Your organization qualifies
to receive a grant!

Your organization qualifies to receive a grant! Qualification does not promise award of a grant. Please proceed to complete an application by downloading it here. Once it is complete, please submit it to programs@vitaminangels.org. Vitamin Angels product grants will be approved in 2-4 weeks.

We're sorry, but at this time you do not meet the requirements necessary to receive a grant. To get in touch with one of our Program staff, please contact us. Or, if your circumstances change, please return back to this page and complete the elligibility quiz again.

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Eligibility Requirements

Location, Beneficiaries, and Burden

Beneficiaries must be situated within selected countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America / Caribbean that have been identified by the WHO or UNICEF as vitamin A deficient priority countries (i.e. experience moderate to severe VAD). Grant recipients must target only beneficiaries 6-59 months of age, and/or pregnant women, AND

  • Beneficiaries must be underserved with respect to access to essential micronutrients, generally meaning they meet one of the following criteria:
    • Reside in a rural area without any immediate access to facility-based health care services, OR
    • Reside in a rural area but may obtain routine health services through outreach or community-based services, OR
    • Reside in an urban area without access to facility-based health care services, OR
    • Reside in an urban area, have access to facility-based health care services, but the health service system does not have immediate access to essential micronutrients

In addition, to reviewing all field partner responsibilities listed above, applications should review all Eligibility Requirements to ensure they qualify for a micronutrient grant.

Additional Criteria

  • Permanent in-country facility with local professional staff,
  • Registered as a locally recognized entity (i.e. non-governmental organization, clinic, etc) in the country in which micronutrient products will be distributed to beneficiaries,
  • Serve a minimum of 1,000 children under 5 and/or 100 women with micronutrients,
  • Be able to legally transport all donated product into the project country and clear customs appropriately without assistance from VA (NGOs that do not have a US based presence must be able to accept delivery of an international shipment and clear customs appropriately without assistance from VA),
  • Have capacity to and plan to provide micronutrients to the same project areas for at least 3 years, and
  • Agree to the terms and conditions listed in the grantee application

Please note Vitamin Angels does NOT provide product for traveling medical missions abroad. We focus our resources on in-country micronutrient programs that are ongoing and reach the same children year upon year for greater impact. If you are with a traveling medical mission and want to take vitamins with you, please pass our information on to the local in-country partner you will be visiting/supporting to apply to Vitamin Angels directly. Or, we recommend that you search for other nonprofit organization geared toward provision of health care. 

 

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