The city’s health department established the fund to develop and manage programs that improve residents’ health and well-being and create a healthier environment. This two-year grant supports the implementation of “Active Design Guidelines,” a template for promoting structural designs that foster healthy living and support environmentally sound construction.

CentroMed is a safety-net provider delivering comprehensive, affordable primary health care services at 19 sites to low-income and uninsured working families in Bexar County and south Texas. This challenge grant is being used to construct a new Health and Wellness Center that accommodates 24,000 additional patients and provides employment opportunities.

The nonprofit serves a 70-mile-long peninsula that is home to a racially diverse population, including seasonal farm workers. The replacement of the Onley Community Health Center, supported by this challenge grant, creates a larger, more modern facility offering better access to affordable health care for vulnerable patients.

Covenant clinics provide low-cost primary health, mental-health, and dental care to Southwest Detroit, a multicultural, low-income community. This grant assists with the renovation of a historic building for use as a community health center, which increases access to comprehensive health care for residents and produces a positive economic impact on the area.

The grantmakers’ forum focuses on issues and program opportunities related to the conservation and restoration of biological resources. Grant funding for the Health and Environment Funders Network enables the program to advance collaboration and communication among environmental-health and environmental-justice funders, elevate their interest in key issues, and attract new philanthropic resources.

Started as a free clinic, the center now operates eight medical clinics, seven pharmacies, and two dental clinics serving more than 35,000 low-income, underinsured or uninsured patients. Challenge-grant funding is being used to build a new Community Health Care Center with a dental clinic, enabling care providers to double the number of patients they treat.

Serving the seven-county region around Detroit, the Community Foundation assists donors, volunteers, and community members in identifying important issues, sharing ideas, and building financial resources to achieve positive long-term change. This growth-capital grant supports the construction fund for a LEED-rated medical and office building for the Community Health & Social Services Center in Southwest Detroit.

The fund’s co-founders, Dr. Irwin Redlener and singer-songwriter Paul Simon, established the South Bronx Health Center for Children and Families in 1993 to ensure continuity of care for homeless families relocating to South Bronx. Challenge-grant funding assists in building a new clinic that provides medical services to children and adolescents.

The fund’s co-founders, Dr. Irwin Redlener and singer-songwriter Paul Simon, established the South Bronx Health Center for Children and Families in 1993 to ensure continuity of care for homeless families relocating to South Bronx. Challenge-grant funding assists in building a new clinic that provides medical services to children and adolescents.

The national health advocacy organization conducts research, educates the public, and campaigns for government policies and corporate practices that promote healthy diets and prevent deceptive marketing practices. Grant support allows the center to develop its next advocacy plan to promote policies that improve public health, especially through better nutrition and eating habits.