Moderna Charitable Foundation Grant

The Moderna Charitable Foundation was launched in 2022 to support organizations and causes that create long-lasting change for a healthier world. The Foundation is a charitable organization established by Moderna Inc., but it is a separate legal entity from Moderna Inc. and operates independently. Its approach extends the societal impact associated with Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine and focuses on ongoing needs in communities affected by COVID-19, including societal conditions worsened by the pandemic and inequalities revealed during that period. The Foundation pursues its broader charitable mission through grant-making, philanthropic giving during humanitarian crises, and employee matching. The Moderna Charitable Foundation grant program supports organizations aligned with the Foundation's mission and is intended to benefit local and global communities. Grant-making is organized around three stated focus areas: Health, Science, and Community. Health funding is intended to build resilient health ecosystems by promoting public health and access to quality healthcare. Science funding seeks to close the opportunity gap for the next generation by advancing STEM education and innovation. Community funding is intended to strengthen local communities, particularly where Moderna lives and works, by addressing systemic barriers faced by underserved populations. Eligible grant recipients include 501(c)(3) organizations in the United States and similarly organized nonprofit organizations outside the United States. The provided information does not identify additional eligible entity types or impose a specific U.S. state restriction. It also does not state requirements concerning fiscal sponsorship, organization size, years of operation, faith-based organizations, 501(c)(4) or 501(c)(6) entities, social enterprises, or other organizational classifications. No award minimum, award maximum, total program funding amount, number of awards, required cost share, or matching contribution is stated in the provided material. No performance period, indirect cost limitation, subaward limitation, or other detailed spending restriction is provided. The Moderna Foundation operates on a semiannual grant cycle with two application periods each year. For Cycle One in 2026, applications opened March 16, 2026 and closed April 30, 2026, with decisions communicated in July 2026. For Cycle Two, applications opened August 1, 2026 and close September 15, 2026, with decisions communicated in November 2026. The source therefore establishes a recurring twice-yearly application process with defined application windows and a structured review process. No separate letter of intent, concept paper, pre-proposal, notice of intent, or other pre-application gating requirement is identified in the provided material. Applicants are directed to visit the Foundation's grants portal, with the provided portal URL hosted through Benevity. Beyond use of the grants portal, the supplied information does not identify specific application questions, required narratives, budgets, financial documents, attachments, certifications, site visits, interviews, or other submission components. It also does not provide detailed scoring or evaluation criteria beyond stating that each grant cycle includes a structured review process and describing the Foundation's mission and three grant-making focus areas. No individual program contact, email address, or telephone number is provided. Examples of organizations receiving support from the Moderna Charitable Foundation demonstrate the types of work associated with its priorities. Named partners include Boston Medical Center for trauma-informed and culturally responsive therapeutic services through the Good Grief Program; Heading Home for permanent supportive housing for extremely low-income individuals in Cambridge, Massachusetts; International Rescue Committee for infection prevention and control programs in West and Central Africa; Life Science Cares for programs addressing poverty in the Greater Boston Area; Year Up for workforce development; Amref Health Africa for COVID-19 vaccination and health-system capacity work in Kenya; and Seed Global Health for health workforce development in Malawi, Sierra Leone, Uganda, and Zambia. These examples illustrate support spanning health access and resilience, community needs, poverty, housing, workforce development, and opportunities for underserved populations.

Align the proposed work clearly with the Foundation's Health, Science, or Community focus. Health proposals should support resilient health ecosystems, public health, or access to quality healthcare; Science proposals should advance STEM education or innovation and help close opportunity gaps; Community proposals should strengthen communities by addressing systemic barriers faced by underserved populations.