St. Joseph Foundation Awards Health Grants
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As a subscriber you can listen to articles at work, in the car, or while you work out. Subscribe NowThe St. Joseph Community Health Foundation has awarded more than $550,000 in local support grants to local community-based groups. The funding focuses on prenatal and infant health, food insecurity, access to quality affordable healthcare, and immigrant/refugee services.
In addition to providing grants, the St. Joe Foundation also provides programming to fill gaps in services.
The following grants have been funded from January through May 2019:
- A Mother’s Hope $33,000 (18-month grant)
- Healthier Moms and Babies $150,000 (Collateral Loan)
- Allen County Department of Health $47,500
- Amani Family Services $45,000
- Lutheran Agency for Missions to Burmese (LAMB) $10,000
- Associated Churches of Fort Wayne and Allen County $20,000
- Brightpoint $7,500
- Community Transportation Network $35,000
- Courageous Healing $20,000
- Headwaters Counseling $45,000
- Northeast Indiana Positive Resource Connection $40,000 (2-year grant)
- SCAN $10,000
- Society of St. Vincent DePaul $1,500
- Youth for Christ $10,000
- Out of a Jam $1,250
- Purdue University Fort Wayne $1,500
- Wellspring Interfaith Social Services $7,200
- GATE – Growth in Agriculture Through Education $13,450
- 1023 Foundation – $1,000
- A Mother’s Hope – $500
- Beacon Health System/Memorial Hospital – $750
- Big Brothers, Big Sisters – $2,000
- Bishop Luers High School – $1,000
- Boys & Girls Clubs of Fort Wayne – $3,000
- Bridge of Grace Compassionate Ministry Center – $1,000
- Brightpoint – $4,500
- Come As You Are Community Church – $750
- Early Childhood Alliance – $1,000
- Faith Lutheran Church – $1,000
- Fort Wayne Community Schools – $1,520
- Fort Wayne Housing Authority – $2,500
- Fort Wayne Parks & Rec. – $600
- Friendship Baptist Church – $1,000
- Good Hope Baptist Church – $1,000
- Healthier Moms & Babies – $1,000
- Joshua’s Temple – $1,000
- King’s Chapel Assembly – $500
- Matthew 25 – $900
- NAACP Fort Wayne Branch – $1,000
- New Zion Tabernacle Church – $500
- Purdue Cooperative Extension Service – $1,000
- Redemption House – $2,000
- The Rescue Mission – Charis House – $1,000
- Shepherd of the City Lutheran Church – $2,000
- Trinity United Methodist Church – $860
- Unity Performing Arts Foundation – $1,000
- Vincent Village – $1,000
- YMCA Renaissance Pointe – $1,000
- Youth for Christ – $1,000
- YWCA – $1,000
- Associated Churches of Fort Wayne and Allen County $1,500
- Just Neighbors Interfaith Homeless Network $1,500
- Society of St. Andrew $1,500
- The Lighthouse $1,500
- The Rose Home $1,500
- Erin’s House for Grieving Children $2,000
- Headwaters Counseling $8,864