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Health & Human Services

The Foundation’s grants in this area often assist people that face multiple disadvantages, and funding has evolved to support programs that focus on helping individuals improve their own lives. Funding in this area has grown over time, and has been especially informed by the Foundation’s work in East Baltimore.  

The Foundation is specifically interested in improving health and wellness, with a focus on prevention and population health.  Furthermore, the Foundation is focused on increasing access to care for disadvantaged populations and strengthening health care provision in community based settings. Due to the Foundation’s concurrent interest in community development, the Foundation also supports anchor health institutions in improving neighborhoods around their hospital with dual health and community development benefits.

Due to its dual interests in health and human services, the Foundation funds programs that ensure people will have access to sufficient and nutritious food.  The Foundation funds community food banks, and the organizations they partner with, to effectively process and distribute goods to those in need.   The Foundation also prioritizes increasing access to fresh produce and proteins in the community and nutrition education to contribute to healthier eating.

The Foundation has seen the importance of housing as it relates to many issues of poverty and therefore funds effective strategies that move families out of homelessness through placement into long-term housing with the necessary supportive services, such as rapid re-housing, permanent supportive housing and creation of new affordable housing.

The Foundation also provides capital and other one-time capacity building grants focused on improving or expanding programs and services for individuals with physical, emotional, mental, or cognitive disabilities, ensuring that those with disabilities can receive needed services in the community.

Pictures courtesy of R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, University of Maryland Medical System, Healthcare for the Homeless and Ronald McDonald House

Sample Health & Human Services Grants

Gilchrist Center Baltimore: $250,000

Franciscan Center: $200,000

Mt. Washington Pediatric Hospital: $150,000

MedStar Union Memorial Hospital: $80,000

B-More Clubhouse: $75,000

B-More Community Food: $50,000

Baltimore Station: $50,000

Light of Truth: $25,000

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