Austin-Bailey Health and Wellness Foundation (Canton, OH)

The trustees of the Austin-Bailey Health and Wellness Foundation have approved grants totaling $184,700 to 17 nonprofit organizations. The foundation supports programs that promote the physical and mental well-being of the people residing in Holmes, Stark, Tuscarawas, and Wayne counties in Ohio.

The foundation also provides $43,000 in scholarships to students engaged in health-related studies at Aultman College, Kent State University Stark, Kent State University Tuscarawas, Malone University, Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine, Stark State College, University of Akron Wayne College, University of Mount Union, and Walsh University. Those receiving grants include:

  • Alliance Family Health Center—for an ultrasound probe and maintenance agreement. ($10,700)
  • Aultman Hospital—for an Olympus Dual-Headed Microscope. ($11,700)
  • Chapel Hill Community—for a training program for nursing assistants. ($4,000)
  • First Moravian Church—for community kitchen support. ($2,500)
  • Massillon City Health Department—for garden plots, cook books, and other cooking resources. ($5,800)
  • NAMI Wayne & Holmes—for mental health recovery through their art program. ($3,900)
  • OhioGuidestone—to support its maternal depression program. ($5,000)
  • Pathway Caring for Children—to support its mental health enhancement program for at-risk youth. ($10,000)
  • Rittman Fire & Rescue—to support its Safe Community Program with EMS equipment. ($24,000)
  • Society for Equal Access—to purchase a new vehicle. ($10,000)
  • Sterling Fire District—for a fire hose washer to reduce harmful carcinogens on the hose. ($12,100)
  • Total Living Center—for improved roof structure. ($20,000)
  • Tuscarawas County Committee on Aging—to address chronic disease issues for senior citizens. ($12,000)
  • Vantage Aging – Meals on Wheels —to subsidize cost and delivery of meals to shut-ins. ($20,000)
  • Wayne College—for nutritional and personal care item support to students. ($2,000)
  • A Whole Community—to purchase a van and special boxes needed for shipping produce received from farmers. ($26,000)
  • YMCA of Western Stark County—to support its program for seniors. ($5,000)

Contact: Don Sultzbach at 330.580.2380.

Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan (Detroit, MI)

The Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan granted $55,000 to four local, youth-led nonprofits supporting mental health and anti-violence work. The grants are part of their Youth-to-Youth Community Solutions Fund, which focuses on mental health, gun violence, and school safety.

  • Congress of Communities—to support a culturally relevant mental health program for youth in southwest Detroit, in partnership with local healing practitioners ($10,000)
  • Detroit Food & Entrepreneurship Academy—to support an expanded after school wellness program for students ($10,000)
  • Clarence Phillips Ascend Organization, Inc.—to support youth mental health and anti-violence training programs in Pontiac ($25,000)
  • Leaders Advancing and Helping Communities—to support for youth-led distribution of 345 multilingual mental health kits across 23 selected schools in Wayne County ($10,000)

Contact: (313) 961-6675

Foundation for Opioid Response Efforts (New York, NY)

As part of its ongoing work to support evidence-based solutions to the national opioid and overdose crisis, the Foundation for Opioid Response Efforts (FORE) announced $2 million in new grants to improve access to medications for opioid use disorder in pharmacies and emergency departments nationwide. Pharmacists carry clinical and regulatory responsibilities to provide safe and effective care for patients with opioid use disorder, however community pharmacists and their staff lack clear cut guidelines on how to appropriately assess prescriptions and dispense medications for opioid use disorder. Stigma, fear of investigations, and other barriers are prevalent.

  • The Emergency Medicine Foundation—to provide intensive, tailored coaching and support to 70 emergency departments over two years to enhance their capacity to provide buprenorphine and naloxone to patients with opioid use disorder. ($739,003 over two years)
  • Howard University—to train at least 80 pharmacy personnel and implement a new and innovative treatment model, the Pharmacy-Physician-Peer Recovery Coach Collaborative, in at least three community pharmacies. ($241,043 over two years)
  • The University of Houston College of Pharmacy—to launch a collaboration among three schools of pharmacy and two national pharmacy organizations, the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy and the National Community Pharmacists Association, that will create evidence-based guidelines and continuing pharmacy education to provide pharmacists with the training required to overcome administrative, attitudinal, and knowledge-based barriers that interfere with properly dispensing medications for opioid use disorder. ($572,278 over two years)
  • The University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy—to develop and test a peer-to-peer, visiting education program for pharmacists to reduce stigma, mitigate barriers to dispensing, and increase pharmacists’ confidence in dispensing buprenorphine. ($496,130 over two years)

Contact: Myrna Manners at 718.986.7255 or mmanners@mannersdotson.com.

FORE awarded $2.2M to 15 community-based organizations in urban and rural areas across the country. The funds will support community-driven initiatives to reduce overdoses and engage community members in treatment and recovery. Funding from FORE will be used to support programs, build capacity, bolster staffing, address technology issues and establish strategic partnerships to help community-based organizations strengthen the delivery of opioid use disorder services in their communities.

FORE issued a Request for Proposals from community-based organizations in August 2022, and received 428 applications. After a rigorous review process, the following organizations were awarded funding over two years:

  • Amistades Inc.—in Tuscon, Arizona, to promote accurate understanding of opioid use disorder and expand prevention and treatment efforts in communities impacted by the opioid-fentanyl crisis along the U.S.-Mexico border. ($150,000)
  • Baltimore Safe Haven—to launch DC Safe Haven Mobile Outreach program, a harm reduction and treatment initiative serving LGBT communities of color in the District of Columbia. ($150,000)
  • The Center for African American Recovery Development—to partner with local leaders in three urban areas in Memphis, Mobile, and New Orleans, and one rural area in Orangeburg County, South Carolina, to develop new recovery programs serving predominately Black communities. ($150,000)
  • Coweta FORCE—to create a Parent Elected Peer Advocate program in Georgia’s Coweta County that will support parents with opioid use disorder involved in Juvenile and Family Court proceedings. ($149,997)
  • Chicago Recovering Communities Coalition—to enable the organization to enhance its capacity to deliver prevention, treatment, and recovery services to a predominately Black and Hispanic population. ($146,708)
  • Faces and Voices of Recovery Upstate—in Greenville, South Carolina, to enhance the organization’s ability to provide harm reduction training and recovery supports to individuals with substance abuse disorders across an eight-county region. ($150,000)
  • Formerly Incarcerated Transitions Clinic Program—to support harm reduction education and substance use treatment for justice-involved individuals in New Orleans. ($149,996)
  • Holler Harm Reduction—to provide post-overdose follow up and services to people who use drugs to prevent further overdose deaths in rural South-Central Appalachia. ($150,000)
  • Intercambios Puerto Rico Inc—to expand community outreach and prevention efforts in Eastern Puerto Rico and provide more people with clinical services, including medications for opioid use disorder. ($149,996)
  • Justice Access Support and Solutions for Health—in Albuquerque, New Mexico, to expand treatment of opioid use disorder, including medications, counseling, and social services, at its health clinic, Casa de Salud. ($149,999)
  • Maggie’s Place—to expand services for homeless, pregnant, and parent women with opioid use disorder in Phoenix, Arizona. ($149,728)
  • Mountain Top Cares Coalition—to expand its ability to connect people in rural Greene County, New York, to addiction treatment and other health care and social services. ($150,000)
  • My Father’s House Nashville—to expand services for fathers with opioid use disorder who are making the transition from incarceration or homelessness and are at increased risk of drug overdose. ($150,000)
  • Simply Hope Family Outreach Inc.—to reach more young people and adults and to launch new services in a region of Idaho experiencing high rates of drug overdose and suicide. ($150,000)
  • The Martinsburg Initiative—to expand efforts to promote healthy development and resilience among youth and their families in Berkely County, West Virginia. ($149,952)

Contact: Brian Byrd at bbyrd@forefdn.org.

John A. Hartford Foundation (New York, NY)

The John A. Hartford Foundation approved six grants totaling $10,131,568 that will make public health and health care more age-friendly, assist older adults and family caregivers in decision making during serious illness, advance policies that support both direct care workers and family caregivers, and continue elevating aging issues in philanthropy.

  • Case Western Reserve University—to support its continued work with CVS Health MinuteClinic, the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, and the University of California, San Francisco, to document improvements in care of approximately 1.2 million older adults seen annually in MinuteClinics, assess equity in outcomes and evaluate the economic impact from a Medicare payer perspective. ($2,557,149 for three years)
  • Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai—to facilitate the mainstreaming of Hospital at Home programs in United States health care delivery, while conducting research on health equity and the role of family caregivers. ($2,180,678 for three years)
  • FAIR Health—to improve health care engagement for older adults, family caregivers, and clinicians by implementing and promoting shared-decision making tools within four recognized Age-Friendly Health Systems sites. ($1,832,042 for three years)
  • Grantmakers In Aging—to support GIA’s efforts to grow membership and deepen member engagement; provide opportunities for learning, collaboration, and co-funding among funders; strengthen communications to elevate aging within philanthropy; and champion age-inclusive policies and funding mechanisms. ($385,344 for three years)
  • PHI—to identify and map the health and social service regulations, training, health systems technology needs, and funding mechanisms that affect the interconnected relationship between family caregivers and direct care workers. ($374,599 for two years)
  • Trust for America’s Health—to support the elevation of healthy aging as a core public health function in federal, state, and local health departments through the Age-Friendly Public Health Systems initiative. ($2,801,756 for three years)

Contact: Clare Churchouse at 212.324.7480 or clare.churchouse@johnahartford.org.

Healthcare Foundation of New Jersey (Millburn, NJ)

The Healthcare Foundation of New Jersey awarded over $2.17 million to New Jersey nonprofits in the first quarter of 2023. The 14 organizations include:

  • Newark Community Street Team—to support NCST’s Trauma Recovery Center ($408,756)
  • JCC of MetroWest—to support the Littman Memory Center for Seniors with Moderate Memory Impairment ($294,739)
  • North Ward Center—to support Reintegrating Our Seniors ($225,000)
  • Family Service Bureau of Newark—to support Bringing Hope to Individuals and Families ($157,600)
  • Family Connections—to support Pride+, counseling and support for LGBTQIA+ youth, their parents, and school communities ($154,190)
  • Center for Family Services—to support Baby’s Best Start ($150,000)
  • Kean University—to support Raising Families: Recharging Mental Health and Child Development Post-Pandemic ($123,804)
  • Essex County Family Justice Center Inc.—to expand trauma-informed mental healthcare for Greater Newark’s victims of domestic violence ($118,232)
  • Jewish Community Housing Corp.—to launch the JCHC Assisted Living Program ($103,950)
  • New Jersey Performing Arts Center—to support the Art of Well-being: Leveraging the Arts for a Healthier Newark ($100,000)
  • JCC of Central NJ—to expand holistic disability support ($94,950)
  • Seton Hall University—to expand the Seton Hall College of Nursing Online Nurse Practitioner ($85,476)
  • New Jersey Institute of Technology—to support a campus wellness program at NJIT ($80,000)
  • Jewish Family Service of Central Jersey—to support a program to prevent homelessness for Union County older adults ($70,000)

Contact: (973) 921-1210

Helmsley Charitable Trust (Minneapolis, MN)

The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust announced $18.3 million in funding for Minnesota hospitals and health centers and an additional $8.1 million to boost sonography training statewide.

  • Minnesota hospitals and health centers
  • Minnesota Rural Health Association—to support sonographer training in rural and underserved areas of the state ($917,000)
  • Minnesota State Colleges and Universities—to expand St. Cloud Technical & Community College’s sonography program ($1 million)
  • Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians Foundation—to partner with High Quality Medical Education to provide POCUS training across the state ($6.2 million)

Contact: Laura Fahey at 212.953.2814

The Weinberg Foundation (Owings Mills, MD)

In response to the devastation and loss of life caused by the February 6th earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria, The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation has provided $250,000 in grants to support relief efforts in severely affected communities. Grants will go toward short-term needs, as well as longer-term responses:

  • American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee—to support local partner agencies focused on immediate and mid-term relief efforts, including meals, blankets, tents and tent heaters, and winter clothes. ($125,000)
  • International Rescue Committee—to support the provision of medical treatment, shelters, household kits, dignity kits for women and girls, hygiene supplies, gender-safe spaces, winter kits with blankets, warm clothes, and access to food and safe drinking water. ($125,000)

Contact: 410.654.8500.

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