Geographic Focus

The Aetna Foundation will consider national and regional proposals defined as follows:

• National:  Generalizable across the nation; implications or results from the projects are not limited to one geographic area; having national impact and relevance
• Regional:  Impact and relevance for a specific region, state or community

Regional projects will be concentrated in the following locations identified by the Aetna Foundation for localized grant making:

• Arizona (Phoenix)
• California (Los Angeles)
• Connecticut (statewide)
• Florida (Miami)
• Georgia (Atlanta)
• Illinois (Chicago)
• Maryland (Baltimore and D.C. areas)
• New Jersey (statewide)
• New York (New York City)
• Pennsylvania (Philadelphia)
• Texas (Dallas, Houston, Austin, San Antonio)

While we are particularly interested in the locations noted above, we will consider applications outside of these locations.  Applicants should select the geographic focus of their proposal.  It is up to the discretion of the Aetna Foundation whether a proposal meets the geographic criteria and some projects may be geographically recategorized during the initial review.  If this occurs, grantees may be required to submit additional information.