Announcing Our Fall 2024 Grant Awards
The Foundation for a Healthy High Point recently announced its Fall 2024 grant awards totaling $1,056,966 bringing the foundation’s total grant awards for the year to $2,117,199. This year’s grantees are pursuing efforts to address Medicaid expansion, behavioral health, collective impact initiatives, early childhood development, food security, teen workforce development, and emergency relief for local nonprofits adversely impacted by Hurricane Helene.
The expansion of Medicaid in North Carolina has created opportunities for local organizations to reach new populations in need of healthcare services. Grant recipients in this arena were Caring Services, GenerationEd, Mental Health Associates of the Triad, and the University of North Carolina Greensboro’s Center for New North Carolinians. The grant to Mental Health Associates of the Triad is especially exciting, as it will support a partnership with Triad Adult & Pediatric Medicine, the Community Clinic of High Point, and Resilience High Point/The Bridge. These four nonprofits came together in response to a special solicitation from the Foundation to address the unique opportunities created by Medicaid expansion.
“With Medicaid expansion opening doors for so many in our community, these organizations are stepping up to ensure individuals can access the care they need,” said Curtis Holloman, Executive Director of the Foundation. “They will work to help hundreds of residents navigate the enrollment process and connect to necessary health services, creating a healthier and more equitable Hight Point.”
The catastrophic damage caused when Hurricane Helene struck western North Carolina in September created an urgent need for relief that many local nonprofit agencies responded to, impacting their ability to address to local needs. The Foundation awarded $100,000 in emergency relief to help replenish resources that were reallocated to devastated communities in the western part of the state. Grants were awarded to Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest NC, A Simple Gesture, and Backpack Beginnings.
Other impact grant recipients include A Simple Gesture (food security), Caring Services (behavioral health), the Greater High Point Food Alliance and Ready for School, Ready for Life (collective impact), Growing the Distance and the YMCA of High Point (early childhood development), and the Boys & Girls Club of Greater High Point (workforce development). The Foundation also awarded nine small grants to a variety of organizations.
“These grants are more than just funding,” said Holloman. “They are investments in a healthier future. By addressing urgent needs while building capacity for long-term solutions, we are laying the foundation for lasting change in the Greater High Point community.”
Since its inception, the Foundation has approved nearly $19 million in support of its mission to transform the upstream social influences that impact health and well-being.
See our press release for a more detailed description of this year’s grant recipients and the vital work they are doing in the High Point community.