The Georgetown Health Foundation

Address: 624 S. Austin Ave., Suite 200, Georgetown, TX 78626
Phone: 512.931.2221
Web: www.gthf.org
Email: suzy@gthf.org

Georgetown Health Foundation is a dba for Georgetown Healthcare System (GHS). From 1979-2006, Georgetown Healthcare System owned and operated Georgetown’s community hospital. In 2006, GHS partnered with St. David’s Healthcare by contributing Georgetown Hospital to St. David’s clinical portfolio but retained a vested interest in the management of the hospital and St. David’s Healthcare. Shortly thereafter, GHS established Georgetown Health Foundation to continue serving the community.

Georgetown Health Foundation generates and accelerates positive change in the community’s health. Its geographic footprint encompasses Georgetown and its extra-territorial jurisdiction, as well as several rural communities within Williamson County, Texas. To be considered for funding, organizations must serve residents that fall into one or more of the following categories: a household with an income that equates to or is less than Williamson County, Texas’s ALICE (Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed) threshold, financial crisis, or “significant need” – needs that are not income-driven, such as a terminal illness, mental health, or substance use.

Program Information:

The foundation’s current philanthropic priorities are basic needs and social determinants of health. Its philanthropic programs include an open, annual grants process; a multi-year, strategic grants process; and a mini-grants process. Additionally, its investments in real estate allow the foundation to offer subsidies to mission-aligned organizations that lease space from GHF. Most recently, it opened the Carver Center for Families, a family resource center, bringing together its philanthropic and real estate programs. GHF is in the process of developing a nonprofit education and capacity-building initiative.

Financial Information:

Total Assets: $61,233,239 (FY24)
Amount Dedicated to Health-Related Grants: $2,742,357 (FY24)

Special Initiatives and/or Representative Health and Human Services Grants

Carver Center for Families — The Carver Center for Families is a family resource center located in southeast Georgetown, Texas that serves as a welcoming community hub to all with co-located and coordinated resources for caregivers and their families. Resources include parent/caregiver education, healthy child development, nutrition education, resource navigation, respite, a predominately WIC grocery store, and recreational activities. ($3,569,713)

Community Health Connect — Pathways Community HUB Community Health Connect (CHC) is Williamson County, Texas’s Accountable Community for Health initiative. Key interventions include building a Community Health Worker (CHW) workforce and addressing food security. ($375,000)

Welcome HOME — Welcome HOME brings several organizations together to build a continuum of care for young adults, ages 18-24, particularly those who have aged out of foster care, are unhoused, or are living in toxic home environments. Resources range from a drop-in center through which participants receive support for basic needs, health care, and behavioral health care, post-secondary education, and workforce training to extended transitional housing. ($600,000)

The Center for Nonprofit Success — An education and capacity-building initiative for the nonprofit sector. ($300,000)

School-based Therapy Program — The School-based Therapy program was established in partnership with Georgetown Independent School District. It embeds licensed therapists on school campuses for students unable to access behavioral health support outside of school, and/or who are uninsured. ($750,000)