BHHS Legacy Foundation (Phoenix, AZ)

For more than 20 years, BHHS Legacy Foundation has supported organizations that improve health and quality of life in Greater Phoenix and the Tri-State region of northern Arizona. In 2023, the foundation made over $5 million in grant awards to over 100 organizations. As part of its funding, the foundation set its sights on a critical issue—the escalating eviction and homelessness crisis.

The grants support a wide range of urgent health needs and social determinants of health. One example is a $100,000 grant to Circle the City’s mental health outreach teams. By meeting unsheltered individuals where they are and building trust, the teams provide evidence-based treatment to address mental health issues and connect patients with community resources to address mental health and substance issues, housing, health insurance, transportation, and more.

A $145,000 grant to Street Medicine Phoenix will help it provide health care and other services to individuals experiencing homelessness directly where they are, whether in shelters, encampments, or on the streets. This student-driven interprofessional health care team, orchestrated by the UA College of Public Health, unites students and faculty from University of Arizona, Arizona State University, Northern Arizona University, Mayo Clinic, Midwestern University, and Creighton University. They’re on track to serve at least 2,500 individuals between August 2023 and August 2024.

A $150,000 grant to St. Vincent de Paul (SVdP) will support its homelessness prevention programming for people living in poverty. In metro Phoenix, Arizona where rents increased 28 percent from 2019 to April 2023, homelessness has surged by 45 percent to almost 10,000 individuals in January 2023. Over the last three years, SVdP’s homelessness prevention team has negotiated with almost 7,200 landlords, dispersing over $13 million in rental assistance to keep more than 20,300 people safely housed. BHHS Legacy Foundation funding will help SVdP stabilize and support the working poor in the community through the end of 2023.

Finally, a $100,000 grant to New Life Center (NLC) will support its campus renewal campaign, addressing structural renovations, and programmatic improvements to better serve residents and the community. Funding from BHHS Legacy Foundation will help create five single-occupant residential units for single survivors of violence. The Single Suites renovation project will increase shelter capacity, potentially serving 70 single-occupant residents each year and freeing up space for families—enabling NLC to serve more than 400 additional survivors.

To see a complete listing of organizations and grant amounts, click here.

Contact: 602.778.1200 or info@bhhslegacy.org.

The Mary Black Foundation (Spartanburg, SC)

In 2023, the Mary Black Foundation invested over 2 million dollars in grants and special initiatives to over 40 nonprofit organizations working to create a healthy and vibrant Spartanburg County, South Carolina for all residents.

Grantees include:

  • A Light Unto My Path
  • Adult Learning Center
  • Angels Charge Ministry
  • Beginnings SC
  • Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Upstate
  • BirthMatters
  • Bloom Upstate, Inc.
  • Brothers Restoring Urban Hope
  • The Charles Lea Center
  • Children’s Advocacy Center
  • Council for a Strong America
  • EMERGE
  • FAVOR Upstate
  • Forest Park Neighborhood Association
  • Girls on the Run Upstate SC
  • GoForth Recovery
  • Habitat for Humanity, Spartanburg
  • Hatcher Garden and Woodland Preserve
  • Healthier Generation
  • Healthy Smiles of Spartanburg, Inc.
  • Hope Center for Children
  • Hub City Roots
  • Impact America
  • Institute for Child Success
  • JUMPSTART
  • Live Healthy Spartanburg
  • Middle Tyger Community Center
  • Moriah Baptist Church
  • New Morning Foundation
  • Northside Development Group
  • PAL: Play. Advocate. Live Well.
  • PASOs
  • Project Hope Foundation
  • Project R.E.S.T.
  • The Roo Crew
  • Servants for Sight
  • SPACE
  • Spartanburg Alliance for the Mentally Ill
  • Spartanburg Area Mental Health
  • Spartanburg County First Steps
  • Spartanburg School District 3
  • Luke’s Free Medical Clinic
  • Uplift Outreach Center
  • Upstate Family Resource Center
  • USC Upstate

Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation (Atlanta, GA)

In the second year of grantmaking from its new Mental Health and Well-Being portfolio, the Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation has granted more than $8 million in 2023 to nonprofit organizations supporting mental health and well-being, with a particular focus on young people. In addition to direct service providers working in the foundation’s primary geographies of Georgia and Montana, many of the nonprofits in the grant portfolio include national organizations driving influence in mental health care across the country, as well as state-wide funder collaboratives that catalyze collective action through philanthropy.

These grants build upon $5 million committed from the foundation in 2022 and address a range of needs along a continuum of mental health, from crisis to stability to flourishing. Data from National Alliance on Mental Illness show the ongoing need for mental health services, especially among young people: one-in-six United States youth experiences a mental health disorder each year, and 50 percent of all lifetime mental illness begins by age 14.

As the Blank Family Foundation explored the needs in the mental health and well-being space, two themes came to the forefront—digital mental health and the epidemic of loneliness. Three grants address the impact that technology has on youth mental health, both as a detractor and a solution:

  • A $325,000 grant to Common Sense Media will address the impact of smartphones and AI on youth mental health through research, outreach, and partnerships.
  • A $675,000 grant to Project Healthy Minds will empower Millennial and Gen Z leaders with tech backgrounds to develop a robust user-friendly digital gateway for mental health services that can serve anyone in the United States in need of mental health and well-being support.
  • A $150,000 grant to Black Girls Smile will support BeWellBlkGirl, a digital online platform committed to connecting Black girls, their supporters, and advocates with culturally sensitive and gender-responsive local and national wellness resources.

According to a recent advisory from the U.S. Surgeon General, approximately half of U.S. adults report experiencing loneliness, with some of the highest rates among young adults. The advisory highlights the opportunity to create stronger social connections in the workplace. The foundation granted $250,000 to Over Zero to develop tools and training for leaders to create organizations and communities of belonging and $400,000 to One Mind to bring tools and training about building belonging in the workplace specifically to nonprofits.

Two grants support national organizations in their research, advocacy, and education efforts: $2.25 million to National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) and $1.5 million to Mental Health America (MHA). Both grants also support local NAMI and MHA efforts in Georgia and Montana.

Three grants strengthen the field of mental health philanthropy by joining with other funders to combine resources and share learnings:

  • A $500,000 grant to Montana Funders Collaborative, a state-wide collaborative that aims to catalyze collective action through philanthropy for greater impact on mental well-being in Montana with a focus on youth and families as well as Native populations.
  • A $1 million grant to the Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta’s Georgia Youth Mental Health Funder Collaborative, which focuses on finding and funding the most effective ways philanthropy can support mental health policy change and implementation in Georgia.
  • A $300,000 grant to The Goodness Web, which connects a diverse community of result-oriented donors who pool their resources and expertise to accelerate the most promising mental health initiatives to improve the lives of youth and those who care for them.

For a full list of grants from the 2023 Mental Health and well-being portfolio, click here.

Contact: Natalie Gilbert at natalie.gilbert@ambff.org.

Cleveland Foundation (Cleveland, OH)

The Cleveland Foundation and the City of Cleveland announced the first $1 million in grants from the Cleveland Neighborhood Safety Fund. The grants will support 29 grassroots organizations to grow and implement their violence prevention programs in greater Cleveland. The full list of grantees includes:

  • A Vision of Change ($40,000)
  • Agape Renaissance Center ($7,500)
  • Balance Point Studios ($15,000)
  • Beat the Streets ($45,000)
  • Building Hope in the City ($50,000)
  • Elements of Internal Movement Eternal Pull Inc. ($15,000)
  • Embody Youth Academy ($35,000)
  • Fathers Against Violence ($45,000)
  • Ghetto Therapy ($45,000)
  • God’s Vision Foundation ($15,000)
  • Greater Cleveland Interfaith Alliance ($60,000)
  • Icons ($45,000)
  • Impact Youth Basketball ($40,000)
  • Jarvis Gibson Foundation ($25,000)
  • Jalen’s HOPE ($27,000)
  • M-Pac Cleveland ($20,000)
  • Sinai Ministries ($45,500)
  • New Era ($25,000)
  • New Sardis Primitive Baptist Church ($37,000)
  • Project Lift Behavioral Health Services ($37,000)
  • Reading Ramm ($20,000)
  • Refugee Response ($20,000)
  • Renounce Denounce ($45,000)
  • Sankofa Circle ($35,000)
  • Shiloh Baptist Church ($45,000)
  • Shooting Without Bullets ($45,000)
  • Special Deeds ($21,000)
  • Spread the Love Foundation ($50,000)
  • Together We Rise ($45,000)

To learn more, click here.

Connecticut Health Foundation (Hartford, CT)

The Connecticut Health Foundation granted $100,000 to the YWCA of New Britain to help develop a course for high school and college students interested in becoming frontline community health workers. The support will specifically help expand the YWCA’s existing community health worker training program.

The grant was among 30 grants awarded by the foundation in Q4 of 2023:

  • Connecticut Public Broadcasting ($100,000 for two years)
  • Health Equity Solutions ($300,000)
  • Keep the Promise Coalition ($35,000)
  • Christian Community Action ($25,000)
  • CT Community Nonprofit Alliance ($17,000)
  • Journey Home ($25,000)
  • Community Health and Wellness Center of Greater Torrington ($48,200)
  • Hartford HealthCare ($50,000)
  • Wheeler Clinic Inc. ($50,000)
  • Black and Brown United in Action ($20,000)
  • Black Infinity Collective ($20,000)
  • Full Citizens Coalition ($20,000)
  • Hartford Health Initiative ($20,000)
  • Ledge Light Health District ($20,000)
  • New Britain Racial Justice Coalition ($20,000)
  • Nonprofit Accountability Group ($20,000)
  • PowerUp CT ($20,000)
  • PT Partners ($20,000)
  • Black Health Collective ($10,000)
  • Advocacy to Legacy ($10,000)
  • InterCommunity Inc. ($10,000)
  • Community Action Agency of New Haven ($15,000)
  • Connecticut Worker Center ($15,000)
  • Cross Street Training & Academic Center ($15,000)
  • CT Students for a Dream ($15,000)
  • Make the Road CT ($15,000)
  • Project Access of New Haven ($15,000)
  • The New American Dream Foundation ($10,000)
  • Urban Alliance ($15,000)

To learn more, click here.

The Duke Endowment (Charlotte, NC)

The Duke Endowment is embarking upon a celebration of nearly 100 years of philanthropy for the Endowment during 2024. This yearlong journey will celebrate the impact of Mr. Duke’s vision to nurture children, promote health, educate minds, and uplift spirits in communities across North Carolina and South Carolina.

In December, it announced a centennial gift of $100 million to Duke University – the largest single gift in the history of the university – which will support Duke University’s vision for the next 100 years and continue to fulfill Mr. Duke’s desire of expanding access to high-quality education to students throughout the Carolinas. Duke University is one of four Endowment-supported higher education institutions. The other three institutions, Davidson College, Furman University, and Johnson C. Smith University, will also be recognized during the Endowment’s centennial.

Throughout the year, the Endowment will share stories about the incredible work of its grantee partners as well as other announcements related to the centennial. A traveling exhibit which tells the story of The Duke Endowment will be displayed at museums and libraries across the Carolinas.

John A. Hartford Foundation (New York, NY)

The John A. Hartford Foundation approved four grants totaling $3,438,988 that will spread age-friendly care through consulting pharmacists, accelerate adoption of evidence-based comprehensive dementia care programs, help family caregivers of people living with dementia find support programs, and continue to disseminate resources to improve care for people with complex health and social needs.

  • American Society of Consultant Pharmacists—to help older adults and those who care for them navigate the complexities of managing medications. Funding will support the American Society of Consultant Pharmacists to educate and foster pharmacy champions in the 4Ms Framework for age-friendly care by forming a national advisory council, creating a medication optimization learning collaborative across eight regions, training 2,500 pharmacists and 950 long-term care pharmacies, and having at least 250 of those pharmacies earn Age-Friendly Health Systems recognition. ($1,888,988 for three years)
  • Education Development Center (EDC)—to coordinate with the developers of six evidence-based comprehensive dementia care programs to rapidly respond to increasing demands for dementia services and a new payment model launched by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Innovation Center. The Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience (GUIDE) Model was announced by CMS in 2023 to test alternative ways for Medicare to pay for comprehensive dementia care that includes support for family caregivers. This grant will bring together the developers of established comprehensive dementia care programs to define dissemination strategies, establish standards and tools, and conduct training to accelerate the adoption of evidence-based programs under the new GUIDE payment model. ($900,000 for 18 months)
  • Benjamin Rose Institute on Aging—to support dissemination and ongoing sustainability of the public version of Best Practice Caregiving, an online resource to be launched in January 2024 that will help family and friend caregivers of people living with dementia find proven, culturally appropriate support programs in their communities. ($450,000 for two years)
  • Center for Health Care Strategies (CHCS)—to continue the development and dissemination of the Better Care Playbook, a robust online set of resources used by health systems, payers, and policymakers to increase the adoption of evidence-based models and practices. This next phase will aim to translate the evidence on complex care for policymakers looking to implement effective policies and programming and develop strategies toward long-term sustainability of the Playbook. ($200,000 for two years)

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

Health Forward Foundation (Kansas City, MO)

Health Forward Foundation announced $4.7 million in grants to 50 nonprofit organizations that are working to build and support inclusive, powerful, and healthy communities characterized by racial equity and economically just systems.

This capacity building support includes financial commitments from two of Health Forward’s strategic purpose areas—Power and Platform. Funding from the Power purpose area is designed to strengthen small, community-based organizations led by and serving people of color or rural areas. Funding from the Platform purpose area is designed to support predominantly white-led organizations that are looking to instill equity and inclusion into their work, as well as their organizational policies and practices.

Funded partners in the Power purpose area include:

  • Advocates for Immigrant Rights and Reconciliation ($200,000)
  • Ask SAMIE ($50,000)
  • Black Excellence ($100,000)
  • Black Health Care Coalition ($185,000)
  • Calvary Community Outreach Network ($200,000)
  • City of La Harpe ($120,000)
  • Code 1 Wellness ($100,000)
  • Communities Creating Opportunity ($150,000)
  • Cornerstone Enterprise ($100,000)
  • Counselors Obediently Preventing Substance Abuse (COPSA) ($88,360)
  • Family Resource Center of Cass County ($100,000)
  • Footprints, Inc. ($75,000)
  • Healing Heroic Healers ($200,000)
  • Hope Unlimited ($125,000)
  • Kansas Black Leadership Council ($100,000)
  • Kansas City, Kansas, School Foundation for Excellence ($100,000)
  • Kansas City Indian Center ($100,000)
  • KC Common Good ($200,000)
  • Lafayette County Health Department ($200,000)
  • Latinx Education Collaborative ($100,000)
  • Marlene’s Kaleidoscope ($150,000)
  • Our Spot KC ($200,000)
  • Reale Justice Network ($100,000)
  • The Kansas City Defender ($150,000)
  • The Transition Academy ($150,000)
  • True Light Family Resource Center ($150,000)
  • Uriel E. Owens Sickle Cell Disease Association of the Midwest ($75,000)
  • Voter Rights Network of Wyandotte County ($75,000)

Funded partners in the Platform purpose area include:

  • Beacon Media ($50,000)
  • Beacon Mental Health (formerly Tri-County Mental Health Services) ($50,000)
  • BioNexus KC ($35,792)
  • Children’s Mercy Kansas City ($50,000)
  • Community Health Council of Wyandotte County ($50,000)
  • Community Housing of Wyandotte County ($50,000)
  • Community Services League ($50,000)
  • Cornerstones of Care ($50,000)
  • Donnelly College ($50,000)
  • First Call ($50,000)
  • Kansas Breastfeeding Coalition ($50,000)
  • Kansas City University ($25,000)
  • Kansas Health Institute ($50,000)
  • Lafayette County Health Department ($50,000)
  • LeadMO Action ($50,000)
  • Mid-America Regional Council Community Services Corporation ($50,000)
  • Missouri Jobs With Justice ($50,000)
  • Missouri Organizing and Voter Engagement Action ($50,000)
  • Safehome ($50,000)
  • Seton Center ($40,390)
  • Thrive Allen County ($50,000)
  • Vibrant Health ($50,000)
  • Wyandot Behavioral Health Network ($50,000)

To learn more, click here.

Healthcare Foundation of New Jersey (Millburn, New Jersey)

The Healthcare Foundation of New Jersey announced over $1.5 million in grants to 13 New Jersey nonprofit organizations as part of its Q4 2023 grant cycle, which has a focus on school-based mental health services.

The full list of grants awarded include:

  • Northwest Essex Community Healthcare Network—Vulnerable Youth, Young Adults and Their Families: Increased Support for Coordinated/Integrated Behavioral Healthcare ($300,000)
  • Main St. Counseling—Meeting Community Demand (Year 2) ($250,000)
  • Clinton Hill Community Action—Phase III: Cross Walk From Mutual Aid Grocery Store to Fresh Food Co-op (Year 3) ($177,672)
  • Our House Foundation—Healthcare Capacity Expansion for Adults with Developmental Disabilities ($115,626)
  • Planned Parenthood of Metro NJ—Abortion Patient Navigation Prog. (Year 2) ($107,000)
  • Ironbound Community Corporation—Development Capacity Building ($100,000)
  • Caucus Educational Corporation—Mental Health and Behavioral Health (Year 2) ($100,000)
  • Habitat for Humanity—Newark: West and Central Community Resource Hub ($96,000)
  • Youth Development Clinic of Newark (YDC)—School-Based Mental Health for Underserved Schools (Year 2) ($93,361)
  • Integrity House—Integrity House Creative Arts Initiative ($85,000)
  • Lifetown—Umatter @ Lifetown (Year 3) ($75,000)
  • Casa For Children Of Essex County—Trauma-Informed Advocacy for Youth in Foster Care ($35,000)
  • Best Buddies—Best Buddies in NJ School Friendship/Inclusion Program ($25,000)

To learn more, click here.

Jewish Healthcare Foundation (Pittsburgh, PA)

The Jewish Healthcare Foundation (JHF) approved over $1,700,000 in grants, including funds for supporting teen mental health initiatives, addressing women’s health inequities as they age, activating Families USA’s Health Action Network to establish the National Patient Safety Board, supporting Jewish students facing rising antisemitism, and continuing support for the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh and United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania.

JHF approved $250,000 to support the JHF teen mental health team’s work in the PA Youth Advocacy Network and the Teen Mental Health Collaborative through 2024, to support staffing and program costs. An additional $50,000 has been granted to replenish the emergency grant fund for teen mental health support. Created in 2018 after the Tree of Life tragedy and deployed during the pandemic to address the severe mental health repercussions, the $50,000 will be used to support community-based organizations who are part of the Teen Mental Health Collaborative through grant opportunities.

JHF approved a $300,000 grant over the next two years for building on its Health Equity for Aging Women initiative that was initiated at the end of 2022 and led to a new focus for WHAMglobal in 2023. The new funding will drive an exchange among thought leaders to uncover fresh insights, promising strategies, and policy opportunities. To accomplish this, JHF is building a network of experts, advocates, and activists around the world to help develop recommendations and an action plan.

As part of this work, the foundation along with other health and aging funders is spearheading an international Salzberg Global Seminar to be held in January 2024 in the San Diego, California area. The program will bring together 40 participants from across the globe for a two-and-a-half-day residential program to inform the initiative, serve as a call to action, and raise awareness.

JHF approved a $50,000 grant for Families USA to activate its Health Action Network around patient safety and the National Patient Safety Board (NPSB) by holding a webinar for consumer and patient advocacy groups; posting patient safety and NPSB materials on their website as part of their health care value platform; asking advocacy groups to join the NPSB Coalition and sign onto letters supporting the NPSB bill; pitching patient safety stories to earned media; and supporting local consumer advocacy groups in sending letters to the legislators’ offices about the NPSB bill in targets states.

JHF approved emergency funding to support the mental health needs of Jewish students facing rising antisemitism. The Board approved $100,000 to Hillel International, $25,000 to Hillel Jewish University Center, and $5,000 each to Chabad on Campus at University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University. In the wake of the Hamas attacks on Israel and the rising tensions in Israel and on college campuses worldwide, these grants will provide peer supports, safe havens, and expanded outreach to students.

JHF approved to maintain its support of the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh at the level of $900,000 for 2024, representing 60 percent of the $1.5 million in annual operating funds distributed to agencies and programs through the federation’s allocations process for the current year to support human service needs in Pittsburgh.

JHF approved to maintain its support of the United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania at $68,000. The grant is allocated to the Impact Fund which supports the core program of the United Way’s partner agencies, as well as new initiatives that address the critical community needs of children, families, employment, health, housing, neighborhoods, and seniors, helping them to meet basic needs, move toward financial stability, and empower young learners for success in school and life.

Lewis-Clark Valley Healthcare Foundation (Coeur d’Alene, ID)

The Lewis-Clark Valley Healthcare Foundation announced the approval of 15 large Impact Grants totaling $855,241 to nonprofit organizations in Idaho, Washington, and Oregon. The grants will be used to promote the health, wellness, and disease prevention of communities in the area.

Below is the list of organizations that were recommended by the Board of Community Advisors and approved by the Trustee to receive a large Impact Grant award this year:

  • Community Health Association of Spokane (dba, CHAS Health)—Lewiston, Clarkston, Moscow, SoCHAS Patient Assistance Program ($40,000)
  • Family Promise of Lewis Clark—Lewiston, Family Promise of Lewis Clark Valley ($25,000)
  • Helping Hearts Child Advocacy Center—Enterprise, Wallowa County Child Abuse Intervention and Youth Empowerment Project ($30,000)
  • Homes of Hope—Lewiston, HALO Project and Operations ($30,865)
  • Idaho Foodbank Warehouse, Inc.—Lewiston, Mobile Pantry Program ($75,000)
  • Interlink, Inc.—Clarkston, Elder Health Home Visitor Program ($71,600)
  • LC Valley Youth Resource Center Inc.—Lewiston, Youth Resource Center Drop-In & Overnight Programs ($85,000)
  • Lewis-Clark District Council of St. Vincent de Paul—Clarkston, Help Idaho Families Program ($65,000)
  • Nursing & Health Sciences – Lewis-Clark State College—Lewiston, Clinical Resource Center (CRC)/Skills Lab Equipment Updates ($50,000)
  • Pullman Regional Hospital Foundation—Pullman, Training Family Medicine Physicians to practice in and meet the clinical needs of populations in rural and underserved communities ($75,000)
  • Sojourners Alliance—Moscow, Sojourners Alliance Emergency Solutions Housing Voucher Program ($50,000)
  • Vincent de Paul Society – Moscow Conference of St. Francis of Assisi—Moscow, Emergency Housing, Medical Care, and Utilities Fund – Latah County ($30,000)
  • Suicide Prevention of the Inland Northwest—Lewiston, SPIN General Operations/988 Marketing Campaign ($80,000)
  • Syringa Hospital Foundation, Inc.—Grangeville, Mother & Baby, Labor & Delivery Safety in Idaho ($97,776)
  • Winding Waters Medical Clinic—Enterprise, Wallowa County Community Pharmacy ($50,000)

To learn more, click here.

Mother Cabrini Health Foundation (New York, NY)

Mother Cabrini Health Foundation awarded 514 grants totaling $172 million to support nonprofit organizations across New York State addressing community health needs and disparities in health outcomes in 2024. In the five years since its inception, the foundation has now awarded approximately 2,700 grants totaling more than $800 million.

In 2023, the foundation analyzed community needs and direct feedback from frontline health care and social service workers to determine five core program areas of focus for its grantmaking going forward.

Core program areas and grantees in 2024 include:

  • Basic Needs—to help New Yorkers meet their basic needs so they can overcome challenges that impact their ability to build healthy lives. The 176 grants will address key obstacles such as access to benefits and services, food and housing, and economic stability and mobility. ($43 million)
  • Access to Healthcare—to expand access to health care to ensure all New Yorkers can access the health services they need, when and where they need them, without financial hardship. The 75 grants will tackle key obstacles to accessing health care, such as physical accessibility, cultural accessibility, and affordability. ($28 million)
  • Healthcare Workforce—to build and expand New York’s health care workforce to improve access to care, quality of care, and cultural competency. The 60 programs will demonstrate the foundation’s building the pipeline of health care workers starting in high school, focusing on nursing, and advancing education and training. ($22 million)
  • Mental and Behaviorial Health—to expand mental and behavioral health services through 81 grants that will increase access, focus on young people, and combat the opioid crisis and addiction. ($20 million)
  • General Fund—to support 89 programs that contribute to overall improved health and well-being of New Yorkers. The themes within the General Fund include Legal Services for Immigrants and Refugees, Early Childhood Development, and Education and Youth Development. ($30 million)

An additional $29 million will support special initiatives dedicated to specific populations, such as people with disabilities, older adults, and immigrant communities.

To learn more and access the full list of grantees, click here.

Contact: Jamila Black at jamila.black@cabrinihealth.org.

Point32 Health Foundation (Canton, MA)

Point32Health Foundation awarded nearly $6 million that will go to 58 community organizations across the region to support efforts to improve access to healthy food, advance healthy aging, address behavioral health needs, and promote social and racial justice. Funding will advance policies and practices addressing disparities and creating more inclusive communities. Grants support general operations, giving nonprofit organizations flexibility in allocating resources and ideas generated by nonprofits to address specific community needs. These funds will go to organizations in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island.

Grants were given to the following organizations:

  • Alliance to Mobilize Our Resistance ($50,000 over two years)
  • Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders Association, Inc. ($150,000 over two years)
  • The Arc Connecticut, Inc. ($150,000 over two years)
  • Association for Autism and Neurodiversity ($50,000 over two years)
  • The BASE ($120,000 over two years)
  • Black Infinity Collective, Inc. ($80,000 over two years)
  • The Boston Project ($60,000 over two years)
  • Boys & Girls Club of Lawrence ($70,000 over two years)
  • Center for Southeast Asians ($50,000 over two years)
  • Center to Support Immigrant Organizing – Equity Now and Beyond ($100,000 over two years)
  • Coalition for a Healthy Greater Worcester ($150,000 over two years)
  • Community Involved in Sustaining Agriculture Inc. ($100,000 over two years)
  • End Hunger CT! ($120,000 over three years)
  • The Equality Fund at The Boston Foundation, Inc. ($150,000 over two years)
  • Freedom House Inc. ($50,000 over two years)
  • Greater Lowell Health Alliance of CHNA10 ($87,120 over two years)
  • Greater Lynn Senior Services, Inc. ($100,000 over two years)
  • GreenRoots ($165,000 over three years)
  • Grow Food Northampton, Inc. ($120,000 over three years)
  • Health Equity Solutions ($50,000 over two years)
  • Hearty Roots, Inc. ($40,000 over two years)
  • HousingWorks RI ($100,000 over two years)
  • Interfaith Counseling Center ($50,000 over two years)
  • Katal Center for Equity, Health, and Justice ($60,000 over two years)
  • Keep the Promise Coalition ($100,000 over two years)
  • Keney Park Sustainability Project ($60,000 over two years)
  • La Colaborativa ($200,000 over two years)
  • Land and Sea Together ($80,000 over two years)
  • Little Brothers – Friends of the Elderly ($90,000 over two years)
  • Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC-RI) ($150,000 over two years)
  • Louis D. Brown Peace Institute ($50,000 over two years)
  • Maine Initiatives ($225,000 over three years)
  • Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association ($120,000 over two years)
  • Maine Transgender Network Inc. ($90,000 over two years)
  • Massachusetts Law Reform Institute Inc. ($120,000 grant)
  • New Futures ($135,000)
  • NH Black Women Health Project ($20,000 over two years)
  • New Hampshire Center for Justice & Equity ($100,000 over two years)
  • Partners in Health ($225,000 over three years)
  • Pocasset Pokanoket Land Trust ($90,000 over two years)
  • Presente! Maine ($75,000 over three years)
  • Progreso Latino, Inc. ($225,000 over three years)
  • Project Weber/RENEW ($100,000 over two years)
  • Providence Streets Coalition ($80,000 over two years)
  • Resource Organizing Project – Shared Fund for Youth Organizing In N.H. ($60,000 over three years)
  • Rhode Island Coalition to End Homelessness ($225,000 over two years)
  • RI Health Center Association ($63,000)
  • Saint Elizabeth Community ($65,000)
  • Sista Fire ($50,000 over two years)
  • The Senior Agenda Coalition of Rhode Island ($180,000 over three years)
  • SKILLS, Inc. ($100,000 over two years)
  • Southcoast Food Policy Council ($90,000 over two years)
  • United Way of North Central Massachusetts, Inc. ($40,000)
  • University of Massachusetts Lowell ($148,720 over two years)
  • Urban Alliance ($60,000 over two years)
  • Victory Women of Vision ($120,000 over three years)
  • Women’s Refugee Care ($50,000 over two years)
  • World Farmers Inc. ($150,000 over two years)

Contact: Alrie McNiff Daniels or 781.612.2080 or Alrie.daniels@point32health.org.

RRF Foundation for Aging (Chicago, IL)

RRF Foundation for Aging approved $1.6 million in grants supporting aging-related efforts across its priority areas.

Grantees include:

  • Center for Disability and Elder Law, Inc.—to support the economic and housing needs of older residents of Chicago’s Auburn Gresham and Austin neighborhoods. ($75,000)
  • National Recreation and Park Association—to conduct research that will identify promising interventions that increase social connectedness among older people through community hubs, with an emphasis on practices that span generations. ($86,000)
  • Older Adults Technology Services, Inc.—to support a scaled, national expansion of a well-established program model that leverages technology training and community partnerships to build digital literacy and social connectedness among older adults. ($250,000)
  • Tenant Education Network—to support tenant organizing activities focused on older people and finish the build out and testing of a smart phone-based technology to document housing concerns. ($25,000)

To see a full list of grant awards, click here.

Contact: 773.714.8080 or info@rrf.org.

Washington Square Health Foundation (Chicago, IL)

Washington Square Health Foundation approved over $800,000 in Grants and Program Related Investment(s) this past fiscal year to promote and maintain access to adequate healthcare for all people in the Chicagoland area regardless of race, sex, creed, or financial need.

In 2023, WSHF provided a Program Related Investment to fund a 3D Mammography Van at Roseland Community Hospital to provide access to breast cancer screening for women in underserved areas on the far south side of Chicago, as well as for individuals who face difficulties in reaching healthcare facilities. This 3D mammography van houses specialized mammography machinery equipped with advanced 3D imaging technology for conducting mammograms outside of a traditional hospital setting.

Other Grantmaking and Recipient Highlights include:

  • Chicago Hearing Society—to provide access to audiology testing to assess and treat needs for people of all ages.
  • Polish American Association—to address the growing need for food assistance with the rising cost of living and also support the communities who have been impacted by the war in Ukraine.
  • Haymarket Center—to expand their ability to provide health care in a Federally Qualified Health Center Look Alike Clinic for those who cannot otherwise afford or access medical and mental health care.
  • Indian American Medical Association Charitable Foundation—to fulfill the critical need for diagnostic equipment for a free primary care and specialty clinic.
  • PrimeCare Health—to support a new Integrative Medicine Program Manager to provide direction, guidance, and daily operational support for vital Integrative Medicine programming which supports Chicagoans’ health lifestyle practices in order to avoid future health problems, particularly Diabetes and Heart Disease, which are leading cause in death in many Chicago neighborhoods.

Visit https://www.wshf.org for more information on Washington Square Health Foundation.

Contact: Catherine Kapella, MPH, Executive Director, at 312.664.6488 or kapella@wshf.org.

Williamsburg Health Foundation (Williamsburg, Virginia)

The Williamsburg Health Foundation awarded $1.1 million to 15 local organizations in Williamsburg, Virginia. The grants will go towards behavioral health services, two-generation family services, healthy eating/active living, and healthy aging.

Grants were awarded to the following organizations:

  • United Way of the Virginia Peninsula—to provide administrative support for the Greater Williamsburg Trauma Informed Community Network (GW-TICN). ($7,500)
  • Williamsburg Community Growers—to increase the impact of the community garden and teaching farm in James City County. ($92,000)
  • The Arc of Greater Williamsburg—to provide both clients and caregivers with activities and tools to improve the health of adults with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities. ($37,500)
  • Grove Christian Outreach Center—to purchase and install new refrigeration units to meet the increased demand for food assistance by low-income families living in Grove. ($50,000)
  • Virginia Legacy Soccer Club—to provide recreational soccer free of charge to children in the City of Williamsburg and James City County. ($60,000)
  • Virginia Peninsula Foodbank—to provide fresh produce for the Williamsburg mobile food pantry program. ($60,000)
  • Virginia Down Syndrome Association—to establish a Williamsburg staff position to provide family care coordination and programming for Greater Williamsburg Area families who have a member with Down syndrome. ($46,800)
  • Peninsula Agency on Aging—to provide home-delivered nutritious meals for low-income, aged 60 and older, residents. ($75,000)
  • Peninsula Agency on Aging—to provide non-emergency medical transportation for older adults and people with disabilities. ($130,000)
  • YMCA of the Virginia Peninsulas—to expand social, physical, and educational efforts available to older adults at the R.F. Wilkinson Family YMCA. ($15,000)
  • Williamsburg Area Faith in Action—to provide free, in-home support services for isolated older adults aged 60 and older living in Greater Williamsburg. ($15,000)
  • Bacon Street Youth and Family Services—to provide support for Bacon Street’s operations. ($350,000)
  • Center for Child and Family Services, Inc.—to provide trauma-informed assessments, individual, and/or group counseling for adults who are perpetrators of violence in intimate partner relationships and/or struggling with substance abuse. ($133,000)
  • Postpartum Support Virginia, Inc.—to increase opportunities in the Greater Williamsburg Area for recovery from perinatal mood and anxiety disorders (PMADs) and to create awareness among maternal and child-focused service organizations, healthcare, and behavioral health providers about PMADs. ($20,000)
  • The Doorways—to help underwrite lodging and support services for patients (children and adults) and their families from the WHF service area. ($7,500)

To learn more, click here.

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