The American Heart Association Midwest Affiliate funds projects that help us achieve our Impact Goal: To improve the cardiovascular health of all Americans by 20% by the year 2020, and to reduce deaths from heart disease and stroke by 20%.
Applications closed; funding begins July 1.
2012 Grants to Indiana organizations include:
Open Door Health Services, Muncie
St. Joseph County Minority Health Coalition, South Bend
John Stewart Foundation, Indianapolis
Columbus Regional Hospital Foundation, Bartholomew County
More information about the Community Action Grants
In the past five years (2008-20121) the American Heart Association has funded 77 multi-year research awards at six Indiana research institutions at a cost over $8.7 million:
Ball State University, Muncie 1 study $141,950
Indiana University, Bloomington 2 studies $492,993
Indiana University, Gary 1 study $308,000
Indiana University, Indianapolis 50 studies $4,991,084
Purdue University, West Lafayette 14 studies $1,678,000
University of Notre Dame, South Bend 9 studies $1,088,785
Nationwide, we invest almost $123 million a year ($3.4 billion since 1949) in heart and stroke research that has led to recent breakthroughs such as clot-busting drugs and drug-eluting stents. Healthcare providers learn about medical advances and new treatment guidelines though our journals, conferences and online courses.
The American Heart Association awarded more than 
