Rapid Equity Fund
Rapid-response funding for small organizations addressing access to care and health equity needs such as navigation, counseling, transportation, and related supports.
Food as Medicine
The Foundation will prioritize funding for programs that improve clinical health outcomes for individuals with diet-related conditions and increase access to nutritious foods for populations experiencing food/nutrition insecurity.
Behavioral Health
The Foundation will prioritize funding for programs that increase the number of individuals receiving treatment for mental health (MH) and/or substance use disorders (SUD), support prevention and early-intervention strategies, and seek to reduce loneliness among individuals with these disorders.
Angel Philanthropy
The organization funds early-stage nonprofits with the potential to create positive, scalable impact but that have not yet demonstrated the effectiveness needed to secure growth funding or establish a sustainable model. Each year, it awards first-time grants ranging from $25,000 to $100,000. When an organization demonstrates significant progress, the funder works with its leadership to expand its programs and prepare it to attract larger funders that can support its growth.
Promotores de Salud (Community Health Worker Model)
Community health worker model adapted within Latino communities that uses trusted community members to deliver culturally and linguistically appropriate health education, navigation, outreach, and support services.
Healthy Native Communities Fellowship & Indigenous Wellness Models
Indigenous wellness approaches that integrate traditional knowledge, cultural practices, and community-defined health priorities to improve health and well-being.
Strengthening Families Program
An evidence-based family skills training program that improves parenting practices, youth social skills, and family relationships while reducing substance use and behavioral health risks.
Mental Health First Aid
An evidence-based training program that teaches participants how to identify, understand, and respond to signs of mental health and substance use challenges.
Reported community engagement in health equity research published in high-impact medical journals: a scoping review
A scoping review of 626 health-equity-focused articles that examines how often and at what stages communities were engaged. It finds that reported engagement was uncommon and rarely extended across the full research process.
Achieving the Health Equity Agenda Through Transformative Community-Engaged Strategies
An essay examining whether conventional community engagement has reached its potential to advance health equity. It calls for transformative, power-aware strategies that position communities as equal decision makers.