Application Deadline: Requests for grants are received and reviewed throughout the year.
Description: The foundation has identified four broad categories for grant consideration:
Health and Human ServicesHealth is the foundation's primary concern and will receive priority. Proposals emphasizing women's health issues -- such as maternal and infant care, breast cancer, and cancer of the reproductive organs -- and women's safety issues -- such as domestic violence -- receive top consideration. Of particular interest are efforts to improve the accessibility and adequacy of prenatal and infant health care. Studies that examine the cost of health care and ways to control health-care costs are also of interest.
EducationLimited support is available to educational efforts and a select number of special projects at the college level, particularly those related to the insurance and financial-services industry. The study of actuarial sciences is of special interest.
Community and Civic AffairsProjects that address core community problems are given consideration. On a highly selective basis, activities related to public-policy issues of interest to the health-care, insurance, and financial services industries are also considered.
Culture and the ArtsThe foundation prefers to support organizations in which CIGNA employees have expressed an interest, or that serve a significant component of the local population. The foundation also considers cultural institutions with national or international reputations.
Who May Apply: IRS 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organizations