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2023 Grant Awards

Philadelphia Health Partnership focuses on advancing equity in health and early childhood health and development. From January to September 2023, we awarded $864,000 in 2023 grants to 19 nonprofit organizations and collaboratives working to nurture, connect, advocate, and lead.

NURTURE

PROMOTING THE OPTIMAL DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN FROM PRENATAL TO AGE FIVE TO INFLUENCE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING.

Education Law Center

$50,000 in support of legal services and advocacy to improve children’s access to early intervention services and full inclusion in early childhood education.

Legal Clinic for the Disabled

$40,000 in support of Medical-Legal Partnership services at St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children to promote the health, independence, and quality of life of patients and their families with a focus on children from birth to age five.

ParentChild+

$50,000 in support of home visiting services for families with children from 16 months to four years old to stimulate parent-child interaction and develop children’s language, early literacy, and social-emotional skills.

Philly Joy Bank

$200,000 (three-year grant) in support of a guaranteed income pilot to promote perinatal and early childhood health and well-being and address racial disparities in infant mortality. The Philadelphia City Fund serves as the fiscal sponsor for this Philadelphia Community Action Network project.

CONNECT

IMPROVING ACCESS TO EQUITABLE CARE AND SERVICES TO ADDRESS DISPARITIES IN HEALTH AND WELL-BEING.

Hispanos Unidos para Niños Excepcionales (HUNE) 

$30,000 in support of bilingual case management, family advocacy, and educational support services for children and youth with disabilities and their parents/caregivers.

South Philly East Health and Wellness

$19,000 in support of the establishment of the Hansjörg Wyss Wellness Center as a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) Look – Alike.

ADVOCATE

ADVANCING POLICY, SYSTEMS, AND STRUCTURAL CHANGE TO ACHIEVE EQUITY IN HEALTH.

AccessMatters

$150,000 (three-year grant) in support of protecting and expanding access to sexual and reproductive health care, family planning services, and comprehensive sex education.

Birth Justice Philly Summit

$5,000 in support of a cross-sector convening of perinatal health stakeholders to discuss strategies to promote an equitable future for the birthing people of Philadelphia. The Philadelphia City Fund serves as the fiscal sponsor for this Organized Voices for Action project.

Children First

$65,000 in support of preventing childhood lead poisoning, expanding children’s access to health insurance and health care, and promoting quality and equitable child care and early intervention services.

Early Intervention Part C (Infant Toddler) Work Group of Thriving Pa

$525,000 (three-year grant) in support of statewide collaboration to improve the Pennsylvania Infant Toddler Early Intervention system with a focus on outreach, referral, enrollment; quality services; equitable access; mental health; and Medicaid partnerships. Pennsylvania Association for the Education of Young Children serves as the fiscal agent for this Thriving Pa perinatal and child health campaign project.

Pennsylvania Health Access Network

$75,000 in support of promoting access to quality, equitable, and affordable health care and providing health insurance enrollment and navigation services.

Pennsylvania Partnerships for Children

$93,750 in support of improving health insurance and health care access for children and birthing people, promoting quality and equitable child care and early intervention services, and expanding evidence-based home visiting services.

LEAD

BUILDING THE CAPACITY OF THE HEALTH AND HUMAN SECTORS FOR RACIAL JUSTICE AND DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION.

African Family Health Organization

$5,000 in support of participation in the Economy League 2023 Greater Philadelphia Leadership Exchange (GPLEX).

Economy League of Greater Philadelphia

$13,000 in support of the 2023 Greater Philadelphia Leadership Exchange (GPLEX) Scholarship Fund.

Oshun Family Center

$5,000 in support of participation in the Economy League 2023 Greater Philadelphia Leadership Exchange (GPLEX).

Nationalities Service Center  

$13,000 grant in support of participatory action research by a Stoneleigh Emerging Leadership Fellow and young co-researchers to reimagine behavioral health care for immigrant youth.

The Village of Arts and Humanities

$45,000 in support of leadership programs that prepare young people to enter the workforce and postsecondary education as self-determined creative problem solvers and social innovators.

Equity in Health Awards

Equity in Health awards to community-based organizations working to promote health and well-being in Philadelphia:

It Takes Philly, Inc.

$25,000 in support of the efforts of the Black Doctors Consortium to address racial disparities in access to health care.

 

Women’s Way

$5,000 in support of the Immediate Response Action Fund to provide resources to organizations working to address the real-time needs of women and girls.

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