Blue Shield of California Foundation (San Francisco, CA)

The Blue Shield of California Foundation approved 22 grants benefiting communities across the state with nearly $3.6 million. These grants represent one part of the foundation’s leadership in domestic violence prevention, a sustained and multifaceted effort that also integrates its work in policy, research, and communications.

  • Strengthen economic security and mobility: total grants of $990,000—The foundation’s strategies include strengthening it for California families. The child care sector is critical to allowing parents to work, yet its own workers receive low pay and few benefits. Research also shows that Black and Latinx educators earn less than their white colleagues. A renewal grant of $200,000 to the Center for the Study of Child Care Employment will help researchers uncover and widely share the issues facing workers in early care and education.
  • Align systems with community priorities: total grants of $700,000—The foundation works to help public systems build health equity for all communities across California. Grantee partners facilitate connections between public systems and their communities; ChangeLab Solutions ($200,000) and the California Pan-Ethnic Health Network ($175,000) are two examples.
  • Break the cycle of domestic violence: total grants of $600,000—More than 15 million Californians, including about half of the state’s children, receive health coverage through the Medi-Cal program. This represents a huge opportunity to spread and scale domestic violence prevention strategies. Jenesse Center has been exploring partnerships with managed care plans and training Medi-Cal providers on the prevalence, impacts, and prevention of domestic violence in Los Angeles. A $500,000 grant will support its efforts.
  • Other grantmaking to advance our grantmaking—The foundation’s evaluation and data strategy team supports community-based, participatory research, and also works to build a stronger, more equitable pipeline of research and evaluation professionals in California. One of that team’s new grants, of $225,000, will support the Social Interventions Research and Evaluation Network to improve access to domestic violence and social medicine research. Other grants this quarter extend the foundation’s partnerships in the philanthropic sector, with such organizations as Latino Community Foundation, Asian Pacific Fund, and Grantmakers in Health.

For a complete list of current grants, click here.

The California Wellness Foundation (Los Angeles, CA)

The California Wellness Foundation shared highlights from its 2024 grantmaking and investments to demonstrate its continued commitment to health and racial equity and support of grantee partners working to improve neighborhood environments, expand health care access, grow economic opportunity, and build community power.

More than 1 million Californians still lack access to safe tap water. The Community Water Center (CWC) advocates for bringing safe water to underserved neighborhoods. A $500,000 grant of core operating support will help CWC leverage relationships and train a growing corps of community partners to advocate and organize for better access to water. Additional grants were awarded to California Environmental Justice Alliance, Alianza Coachella Valley, Los Angeles Neighborhood Land Trust, and Communities for a Better Environment in Huntington Park.

The foundation also awarded grants to organizations working to reduce gun violence, decrease community trauma, and expand safety, healing and resilience. Organizations receiving funding included Vera Institute of Justice, Communities United for Restorative Youth Justice, and Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence for policy advocacy and organizing to advance gun violence prevention.

Wellness improves with economic stability that comes from having a reliable income, saving money, and owning assets. Despite anti-discrimination laws, Black Californians continue to face hiring practices that exclude them from jobs, result in lower wages, and create less hospitable working conditions compared to their White counterparts. Cal Wellness provided funding to the San Diego Black Worker Center (SDBWC) to help overcome these barriers and advocate for policy changes to advance the economic well-being of Black workers and their families. Additional grants supported the work of the UCLA Labor Center and Inland Empire Black Worker Center.

California leads the nation in expanding access to health care, however, many immigrants hesitate to seek health care due to concerns that their welfare could be compromised by engaging with the government. The California Immigrant Policy Center was awarded a $1 million grant to serve as a statewide hub for organizations encouraging more immigrants to participate in California’s health care system.

In large parts of California, young people sometimes struggle to envision a healthy future. Organizations like LOUD For Tomorrow (LOUD) help create pathways to civic engagement for young Californians so they can more effectively advocate for good jobs, healthy environments, and a viable future. With its $300,000 grant, LOUD will engage in community organizing strategies throughout the region, including a youth empowerment summit for young BIPOC, queer, and trans leaders.

This year, Cal Wellness made a $3 million equity investment through a second commitment to VamosVentures – Fund II. This investment will allow the fund to continue to support Latinx entrepreneurs through scalable, tech-driven companies across four key themes: health and wellness, financial services, the future of work, and sustainability.

Contact: 818.702.1900

CDC Foundation (Atlanta, GA)

The CDC Foundation announced a new Workforce Acceleration Initiative (WAI) to help meet the technology workforce needs of the nation’s public health systems by providing additional technology and data experts to support accelerated information system improvements.

With more modern and integrated systems, public health authorities (PHAs) will be better equipped to rapidly detect and respond to new threats, make more informed and timely decisions, and deliver healthier outcomes for the populations they serve. WAI is supported by a nearly $74 million award from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) through a partnership with the Association of Public Health Laboratories and is designed to support CDC’s Public Health Data Strategy.

Recruiting and hiring are already underway to place 140 tech and data experts across 49 selected state, tribal, local, and territorial PHAs throughout the nation. These placements will include experts in engineering, software development, IT infrastructure, informatics, and IT project management, to name several skills. The Foundation prioritized selecting PHAs that have been especially limited in their ability to modernize their information systems due to workforce gaps and fewer resources.

The selected PHAs reflect a diverse cross-section of authorities, ranging from county or city PHAs that serve jurisdictions with more than 100,000 residents to Tribal authorities and territorial PHAs that may serve fewer than 100,000 residents.

To learn more about or to apply for jobs with the Workforce Acceleration Initiative, click here.

Contact: Amy Tolchinsky at 470.440.6111 or atolchinsky@cdcfoundation.org.

Cleveland Foundation (Cleveland, OH)

The Cleveland Foundation awarded $640,000 in grants to 32 Black-led and -serving nonprofit organizations from the Cleveland Black Futures Fund. Since its inception in 2020, the Cleveland Black Futures Fund has granted a total of $6.5 million through 204 grants and 82 fellowships supporting local Black-led and Black-serving nonprofits.

To ensure the long-term impact of the Cleveland Black Futures Fund, the foundation will endow the fund with $3 million and begin grantmaking under an updated model in 2025. It will become one of three affinity funds at the foundation – the others focusing support on the LGBTQ+ and Latinx communities in Cleveland, Ohio.

Grant recipients are listed below. Each organization received a $20,000 grant.

  • ABC Read
  • Beat the Streets Cleveland
  • Black Child Development Institute Cleveland
  • Breadwinners Academy
  • Brenda Glass Multipurpose Trauma Center
  • The Centers for Counseling & Trauma Recovery
  • Cleveland Print Room
  • Comics at the Corner
  • Delta Alpha Lambda Cleveland Chapter
  • East Mount Zion Baptist Church
  • Elements of Internal Movement
  • Environmental Health Watch
  • Fab-Hood Network
  • Greater Cleveland Association of Black Journalists
  • Institution of Financial Unity
  • Leading Ladies, Inc.
  • Mojuba Dance Collective
  • Nerve DJ Institute
  • New City Cleveland
  • The Ohio Black Caucus Foundation
  • Organic Connects
  • The Phillis Wheatley Association
  • Project Lift
  • Pure Productions
  • Renounce Denounce Gang Prevention program
  • Shiloh Baptist Church
  • SOS Initiatives, Stewards of Strong Initiatives Inc.
  • Special Deeds
  • STR8POSITIVE
  • The Tavern Coffeehouse
  • The Thea Bowman Center
  • United Black Fund of Greater Cleveland, Inc.

Contact: 216.861.3810.

Community Foundation for Livingston County (Detroit, MI)

The Community Foundation for Livingston County awarded $25,000 in grants to three Livingston County, Michigan nonprofit organizations. Those organizations receiving the 2024 grants are:

  • Cleary University—to provide 275 Livingston County Public Schools students with a hands-on printmaking workshop at Cleary University Secunda Museum. ($10,000)
  • Howell Public Schools—to install book vending machines in four elementary schools to enhance reading initiatives and promote literacy from pre-K to fifth grade. ($10,000)
  • VINA Dental’s Prevention Incentive Program—to give all VINA patients a discount on hygiene appointments, bringing the cost to $10. This is more affordable for low-income patients and helps emphasize preventive care, improving overall health. ($5,000)

Dogwood Health Trust (Asheville, NC)

The following news was reported before Hurricane Helene hit Western North Carolina. Hurricane Helene destroyed MANNA’s facility. The organization is accepting donations at donate.mannafoodbank.org.
Dogwood Health Trust Announces More Than $30 Million for Initial Hurricane Helene Relief Funding Throughout Western North Carolina.

Dogwood Health Trust and MANNA FoodBank (MANNA) are partnering to improve and strengthen Western North Carolina’s (WNC) food system. MANNA connects the food industry, partner food pantries, and other human service organizations to get food to thousands of families’ tables.

A three-year, $2.1 million grant investment from Dogwood will help food pantries expand their capacity, and in turn increase the access to and quality of local food for more people in the region. Within this effort, $1.4 million will help to support operational costs for more than 100 partner agencies within MANNA’s network. The remaining $700,000 will build “Our Farms, Our Families” programs that support both socially disadvantaged farmers and local families in need.

A portion of this grant will redirect resources for food pantries served by MANNA through the elimination of Shared Maintenance Fees, which were historically applied to transportation, storage, and food handling expenses. For the next three years partner pantries will not need to pay these fees and can instead use their resources to meet other organizational needs that ultimately result in providing good food, like fresh, local produce, to an increasing number of WNC residents.

While this shift creates a budget-neutral opportunity for MANNA, it is budget-relieving for more than 100 partnering food agencies. The effort also helps pantries enable individuals to choose the food that they want, rather than receive a pre-packed box of food. This approach upholds dignity and significantly reduces waste. The funds will also increase access to local food and subscription boxes, helping support farmers economically and provide healthy food to those in need.

Contact: Erica Allison at 828.358.4867 or media@formationpr.com.

The Healthcare Foundation of New Jersey (Millburn, NJ)

The Healthcare Foundation of NJ (HFNJ) awarded $2,417,304 to 18 nonprofit organizations in its third quarterly grant cycle of 2024.

A $355,564 award to the Newark Community Street Team will support the Trauma Recovery Center. In its first year, the Trauma Recovery Center provided critical mental health support to 258 victims of violence and their families―with patients typically seen within 48 hours of contacting the Center (90 percent of clients completed 16 or 32 weeks of therapy and demonstrated significant reductions in trauma symptoms).

A $125,340 grant to the Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Association to launch the All Hearts Collaborative in Newark will bring together faith communities and other organizations in Newark’s South Ward to reduce cardiac health care disparities affecting Black and other urban Americans.

Throughout 2024, projects addressing behavioral health needs represented the majority of HFNJ’s focus. The Bridge / Imani Center will receive $170,860 to support the second year of a program to stem substance use among students at Irvington High School. Two Jewish community organizations—Golda Och Academy and NJ Y Camps—will receive third-year renewals of projects that funded staff positions to provide greater mental health and wellness support to students and campers, respectively. Family Service League will receive $80,656 to provide culturally-informed mental health counseling to victims of domestic violence and others in need.

Several projects address the distinct health care needs of specific populations.

  • Rutgers School of Dental Medicine—to support a third year of the Vet Smiles program, which provides free dental care to veterans who are not eligible to receive oral health care through the VA system. ($230,000)
  • Bridges Outreach—to continue Project Connect, which provides year-round street outreach to individuals experiencing homelessness in Newark and links them to health and housing resources. ($100,000)
  • Make the Road NJ—to extend a project providing support groups and mental health resources for Spanish-speaking immigrant communities in Elizabeth and Newark, New Jersey. ($125,000)

For the full list of grants, click here.

The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust (New York, NY)

The Trevor Project and The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust joined forces to support the mental health of LGBTQ+ young people across rural America. Through a $5 million grant from the Helmsley Charitable Trust, they will develop a targeted multimedia campaign to raise awareness of the public health crisis of LGBTQ+ youth suicide. The multimedia campaign will shed light on the issue, connect young people with the crisis care they need, and encourage everyone to combat this crisis.

The grant will fund public service announcements, social media blasts and traditional advertising, initially in the states supported by Helmsley’s Rural Healthcare Program—Hawaii, Iowa, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming. The funding will also provide The Trevor Project’s public training team with the resources needed to deliver 50 trainings to youth-serving organizations in Helmsley’s nine-state rural footprint, building LGBTQ+ cultural competency among youth-serving adults. These trainings will be orchestrated in the counties and regions that report higher rates of suicide among young people.

The multipronged campaign will spread awareness of these suicide risk disparities by amplifying the stories of real LGBTQ+ youth, helping them destigmatize their identities and encouraging help-seeking behaviors. Initially, the campaign will feature The Trevor Project’s video series, ‘Learn with Love’ and ‘Sharing Space,’ marketing them directly toward individuals in the selected states. In a second phase, new videos will be created to further elevate the lived experiences of LGBTQ+ youth in rural communities. The campaign will launch in 2025.

Contact: Dirk Lammers at dirk@ceteraservices.com.

Kresge Foundation (Troy, MI)

The Kresge Foundation approved a $1.1 million grant to Build Healthy Places Network (BHPN) to expand its Community Innovations for Racial Equity (CIRE) initiative to tackle structural racism and health inequities in disinvested communities across the country.

The grant will enable BHPN to launch a peer-learning cohort of Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC)-led and allied community development corporations in small and mid-sized cities. This Learning Action Lab will codevelop tools and resources to support community power and racial healing, foster partnerships with mission-driven investors to channel capital towards community-led projects that promote health, economic opportunity, and racial justice.

The Learning Action Labs will provide participants with training, technical assistance, and networking opportunities to strengthen their capacity to engage with mission-driven investors and advocate for equitable community investment. BHPN will also work to influence mission-driven investors to direct capital and utilize their resources to BIPOC communities and support community-ownership models that help close the racial wealth gap.

With Kresge, CIRE is poised to make significant strides in advancing racial equity in community investments and creating healthier, more just communities for all.

For more information, click here.

Contact: 248.643.9630 or media@kresge.org.

Michigan Health Endowment Fund (Brighton, MI)

The Michigan Health Endowment Fund announced 60 new grants totaling over $14.7 million aimed at improving health for Michigan. Together, these investments seek to build effective systems of care and support better conditions for health and well-being in communities throughout the state.

The Health Fund’s 2024 Behavioral Health Initiative is investing $7,358,087 in 28 innovative projects that support training and outreach, enhance systems for delivering behavioral health services, expand access to treatment for substance use disorders, and promote health equity for populations of concern. Its 2024 Nutrition & Healthy Lifestyles (NHL) Initiative is awarding 28 grants totaling $7,059,412 to projects that expand access to nutritious food, support healthy food systems, promote physical activity, and improve built environments to help communities enhance the health of their residents. The Health Fund also approved three grants totaling $249,525 as off-cycle investments through its Community Health and Capacity Building initiatives, as well as one grant totaling $97,971 to support a medically tailored meals program for older adults with diabetes through its Healthy Aging Initiative.

Grant awardees are:

  • Access of West Michigan—to build a sustainable, equitable food system. ($220,000)
  • Addiction Treatment Services, Inc.—to support its Mobile Health Initiative: Empowering Rural Communities. ($196,000)
  • Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services—for the ACCESS Overdose Prevention team. ($376,145)
  • Battle Creek Community Foundation—to support the EEJC Project Fund of Encourage BC! Farmacy 2.0 Project. ($288,000)
  • Bronson Health Foundation—to expand Medication for Opioid Use Disorder. ($223,496)
  • BWROC, Inc.—to support the St. Clair County Recovery Treatment Court. ($142,830)
  • Catholic Human Services, Inc.—to support Recovery Care in Emergency Services. ($302,416)
  • City of Burton—for the Burton Trails System. ($353,224)
  • City of Imlay City—for the Imlay City Pathway Extension Project. ($136,621)
  • City of Onaway—for the Onaway M-68/M-33 Sidewalk Project. ($5.9,100)
  • City on a Hill Ministries—to address mental health needs by reducing barriers to care. ($111,716)
  • CNS Healthcare—to support the Zero Overdose Training Program. ($172,250)
  • Common Ground—to support behavioral health urgent care. ($100,000)
  • Corewell Health Foundation Southeast Michigan—to support a Medically Tailored Meals extension. ($97,971)
  • Corewell Health Foundation West Michigan—to support BeLatched: Advancing Black Breastfeeding. ($499,841)
  • The Corner Health Center—for its Community YouthWell Initiative. ($457,460)
  • County of Kent—for the Kent County Health Equity Council. ($150,000)
  • Detroit Parks Coalition—to support its DPC Youth Council. ($320,000)
  • Early Childhood Investment Corporation—to increase Equitable Access to the CACFP. ($320,293)
  • Flint Institute of Music—to support its Arts-Informed Therapy for Systems-Impacted Youth. ($91,547)
  • Genesee County—to expand the reach of Mental Health Court in Genesee County. ($155,187)
  • Groundwork Center for Resilient Communities—for BRC: Addressing Barriers to Distributing Fresh Food. ($499,976)
  • Growing Hope—for building generational health and health equity in Ypsilanti, Michigan. ($185,445)
  • Inter-Tribal Council of Michigan—for its Food Farmacy program in American Indian communities. ($500,000)
  • Iosco County Commission on Aging—to empower wellness through nutrition, fitness, and community. ($106,750)
  • Jewish Family Services of Washtenaw County—to support the Latinx Youth Empowerment Series (YES!) Model in Ypsilanti, Michigan. ($72,000)
  • Lakeshore Food Club—to create a regional food hub. ($198,500)
  • Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital Foundation—for Breaking Barriers: Enhancing Access to Adaptive Sports. ($88,458)
  • Metro Solutions Inc.—to support the Black-led Mental Health Project. ($250,000)
  • Michigan Department of Health and Human Services—to support CCBHC expanded evaluation. ($499,720)
  • Michigan Department of Health and Human Services—to support its Capacity Connect Initiative – Food and Nutrition. ($500,000)
  • Michigan Farmers Market Association—to position MI PPR for successful Medicaid implementation. ($230,213)
  • Michigan Health Improvement Alliance—for fresh food access for improved health in Northeast Michigan. ($284,870)
  • Michigan Rural EMS Network—to support SHIFT: Driving a Culture of Support Phase 2. ($170,843)
  • Michigan State University—to optimize care of youth through digitally supported partnerships in schools. ($499,986)
  • Michigan Sustainable Business Forum—to double food donation in Michigan. ($188,300)
  • Michigan Trails & Greenways Alliance—to support MI Trails: Explore. Connect. Thrive. ($70,000)
  • Mid-State Health Network—for predictive data for mental health and substance use disorders. ($300,000)
  • Missaukee Conservation District—to support ADA trail network and natural play area for education center. ($76,128)
  • Muskegon Area Intermediate School District—to support creating Healthy Schools Muskegon County, Michigan. ($342,221)
  • MyMichigan Health Foundation—for the Adolescent Intensive Outpatient Program. ($230,625)
  • National Kidney Foundation of Michigan—to support the Michigan Farm-to-ECE Network. ($499,802)
  • New Hope Center for Grief Support—to expand school-based grief support. ($143,288)
  • Northern Michigan Health Consortium—to integrate capacity for behavioral health. ($499,750)
  • Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi—for its health care training project. ($71,500)
  • Oakland Family Services—for AI integration in Day One Behavioral Health Program. ($181,100)
  • Onekama Township—to support the Onekama Renewal Trail. ($100,800)
  • Peninsula Township—to support the Peninsula Township non-motorized transportation plan. ($51,000)
  • Pine Rest Christian Mental Health Services—for a Pediatric Psychiatric Urgent Care Center pilot. ($488,211)
  • The Regents of the University of Michigan—to sustain InPACT in Michigan classrooms and communities. ($499,870)
  • Ruth Ellis Center, Inc.—to increase family support of LGBTQ2S+ youth. ($154,500)
  • ShareCare of Leelanau, Inc.—for financial development and migration. ($28,025)
  • Southwest Solutions, dba MiSide—for NAVIGATE: A First Psychosis Experience Demonstration Project. ($370,800)
  • Survivors of Suicide, Inc. dba Barb Smith Suicide Resource & Response Network—for community-based suicide awareness and intervention training. ($90,000)
  • Trinity Health-Michigan dba Trinity Health Ann Arbor Hospital—to support hospital-based integrated behavioral health telemedicine hub. ($357,783)
  • Village of Central Lake—for The Flyer – Central Lake to Bellaire Non-motorized Trail. ($350,000)
  • Volunteers of America Michigan—to support veteran sustained success through enhanced behavioral health. ($490,910)
  • West Michigan Food Processing Association—for Michigan Regional Food Systems planning and outreach. ($50,000)
  • West Michigan Trails & Greenways Coalition—to support Southwest Michigan trail projects. ($40,000)
  • YWCA Kalamazoo—for the YWCA Kalamazoo CHW Project for Survivors. ($229,524)

Contact: 517.374.0031 or info@mihealthfund.org.

Natrona Collective Health Trust (Casper, WY)

The Natrona Collective Health Trust allocated $235,000 in grants to eight local nonprofit organizations through its Justice-Involved Participatory Grantmaking cycle. The justice-involved expert panel selected recipients based on factors including effectiveness, grant matching, evidence-based practices, duplication of services, and reporting capabilities. The following organizations were selected for their commitment to serving justice-involved individuals through essential services that affect their health and well-being:

  • Community Action Partnership of Natrona County
  • Central Wyoming Counseling Center
  • CHA Cares
  • Fireside Collective
  • Hope House
  • Kind Grounds
  • Thrive Together Initiative
  • Wyoming 211

Contact: 307.243.2160.

Nemours Children’s Health (Orlando, FL)

Nemours Children’s Health will invest $2.5 million in pediatric nursing education, training, innovation and research at University of Central Florida’s (UCF) Dr. Phillips Nursing Pavilion. Building upon UCF’s global expertise in health care simulation education and Nemours Children’s clinical excellence, the new Nemours Children’s Health Nursery and Pediatric Unit will be a hub of training, research, and innovation.

It will be designed to resemble a real-life pediatric hospital unit, featuring specialized pediatric equipment, neonatal, pediatric, and expectant mother mannequins, as well as augmented reality simulations. Nemours Children’s investment also will support the 2,100-square-foot Nemours Children’s Health Learning Studio, one of three high-tech classrooms located off the Collaboration Concourse. The studio will feature an innovative active learning design to facilitate collaboration and small-group work.

UCF and Nemours Children’s are creating a talent pipeline of skilled pediatric health care providers to address the pediatric workforce shortage. Nemours Children’s previously established the UCF College of Medicine—Nemours Children’s Health Department of Pediatrics to train the next generation of pediatric physicians. After its anticipated opening in Fall 2025, the Dr. Phillips Nursing Pavilion will enable UCF to graduate 50 percent more newly licensed nurses to address the nursing shortage as well as fuel innovation and research.

Contact: 904.697.4100.

RRF Foundation for Aging (Chicago, IL)

RRF Foundation for Aging approved $1.7 million in grants supporting aging-related efforts across the organization’s priority areas.

Below are highlights:

  • American Society on Aging—to support the growing momentum of ASA RISE, a program that trains and mentors rising leaders who are Black, Indigenous, and People of Color in the field of aging on principles of advocacy, social justice, and leadership development. ($50,000)
  • National Consumer Law Center—to promote and preserve stable homeownership for older people of color, by developing and advocating for policy changes that address inequities faced by older adults. ($100,000)
  • Next Avenue—to publish and disseminate a year-long series of original, research-grounded, actionable articles designed to raise awareness about the prevalence and risks of debt among older adults, as well as potential solutions to this problem. ($101,789)
  • Shriver Center on Poverty Law—for efforts that support older people as they work to achieve economic and racial justice. ($300,000)
  • Washington University in St. Louis—to learn how older people understand, experience, and react to interpersonal and internalized ageism. With this information, researchers will develop a culturally-sensitive intervention to help older adults confront and overcome ageism. ($135,798)

To find more about RRF grant awards, click here.

St. David’s Foundation (Austin, TX)

In May, St. David’s Foundation announced two open call funding opportunities to support organizations doing vital work to foster healthier communities and increase access to health care in Central Texas.

The Community Driven Change open call awarded $9.1 million in grants to 23 organizations focused on elevating organizations engaging community members in decisionmaking and leadership to foster healthier communities in Bastrop, Caldwell, Hays, Travis, and Williamson counties in Texas. This funding is centered on the foundation’s belief that addressing social and environmental conditions for generational change in historically marginalized communities requires those closest to the issues to help create and implement solutions.

The We All Benefit open call awarded $7.4 million in cumulative grant funding through 16 grants. These investments will focus on increasing access to quality, responsive care by supporting organizations or collaboratives currently enrolling eligible Central Texans in health insurance benefits and supporting eligibility determination and enrollment through outreach, education, or training. This funding will allow organizations to scale up operations and services to reach high-need populations. Grants to collaborations reflect work at the intersection of benefits and clinical and behavioral care, social services navigation, food, housing, and education. Also reflected in this cohort are six new innovative partnerships that represent collaborations of diverse organizations leveraging combined assets and resources toward enrollment efforts.

For details on the Community Driven Change open call,  click here. For details on the We All Benefit open call, click here.

Contact: 512.879.6600.

Virginia Health Care Foundation (Richmond, VA)

The Virginia Health Care Foundation (VHCF) awarded more than $1.5 million in grants to 29 organizations to help fund Medication Assistance Caseworkers (MACs), who help uninsured patients obtain free and discounted prescription medicines. The MACs funded by VHCF use The Pharmacy Connection (TPC), VHCF’s proprietary software, to obtain free medicines and a variety of deeply discounted generics. Since its creation 27 years ago, TPC has generated more than $10 billion (AWP) in free medicines for nearly 373,000 uninsured Virginians.

The grants awarded by VHCF include:

  • Augusta Health Foundation ($97,253)
  • Ballad Health – Norton Community Hospital ($57,750)
  • Bland County Medical Center ($20,097)
  • Blue Ridge Medical Center ($55,513)
  • Brock Hughes Medical Center ($19,889)
  • Carilion Giles Community Hospital ($37,674)
  • Carilion New River Valley Medical Center ($38,416)
  • Central Virginia Health Services ($50,820)
  • Charlottesville Free Clinic ($21,021)
  • Chesapeake Care Inc. ($39,039)
  • Connect Health + Wellness ($121,230)
  • CrossOver Ministry, Inc. ($36,036)
  • Daily Planet Health Services ($38,848)
  • Eastern Shore Rural Health System ($19,635)
  • Halifax Regional Development Foundation ($61,816)
  • Health Brigade ($29,135)
  • Ledwith-Lewis Free Clinic ($42,245)
  • Neighborhood Health ($134,280)
  • New Horizons Healthcare ($43,544)
  • Northern Virginia Family Services – Healthworks ($50,424)
  • Northern Virginia Family Services – Pharmacy Central ($46,602)
  • Orange County Free Clinic ($57,086)
  • Piedmont Access to Health Services ($72,188)
  • Sinclair Health Clinic ($50,871)
  • Southern Dominion Health Services ($29,133)
  • Southwest Virginia Community Health Systems ($126,150)
  • Tri-Area Community Health ($73,537)
  • VCU Health Community Memorial Hospital Foundation ($19,069)
  • Western Tidewater Free Clinic ( $56,235)

Contact: Debbie Oswalt at 804.828.5804 or doswalt@vhcf.org.

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