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Foundations that fund health disparities research

15 private foundations with a record of paying for health disparities, taken from their IRS Form 990-PF filings. These are grants already made — evidence of what a funder backs, not an open call.

• THE CALIFORNIA ENDOWMENT

  18 grants · $968,250 · through 2023

  Largest: $100,000 to NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES — health and medicine division - promoting health equity in california: to promote health equity and eliminate health disparities by advancing the visibility and understanding of the inequities in health and health care among racial and ethnic populations, amplifying research, policy and community-centered programs, and catalyzing the emergence of new leaders, partners and stakeholders in california.

  IRS filings for EIN 954523232

• THE ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION

  9 grants · $3.3M · through 2023

  Largest: $101,040 to HARVARD U — 79892 integrating gender and social factors into the study of sex-related health disparities and health equity

  IRS filings for EIN 226029397

• WK Kellogg Foundation

  8 grants · $2.1M · through 2022

  Largest: $125,000 to COMMUNITY FOOD ADVOCATES — engage city and statewide stakeholders to advance both good food purchasing practices and policies to increase access to healthy food for children and families, support the local food economy and address both health based disparities and racial equities through every link in the food chain

  IRS filings for EIN 381359264

• THE CALIFORNIA WELLNESS FOUNDATION

  3 grants · $260,000 · through 2023

  Largest: $5,000 to PARTNERS IN CARE FOUNDATION INC — core operating support for advancing social care & healthcare to address the social determinants of health & equity disparities affecting diverse, under-served, & vulnerable populations in la.

  IRS filings for EIN 954292101

• THE DUKE ENDOWMENT

  2 grants · $425,000 · through 2023

  Largest: $225,000 to WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES — to help the maya angelou center for health equity work with african american churches to address disparities in cardiovascular disease by increasing health literacy and physical activity.

  IRS filings for EIN 560529965

• Endowment For Health Inc

  2 grants · $66,068 · through 2022

  Largest: $53,578 to University of New Hampshire — to address disparities and advance behavioral health equity in underserved and disproportionately affected populations by producing and disseminating videos that lift and amplify community voices with lived experience.

  IRS filings for EIN 020512290

• EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES FOUNDATION

  1 grant · $150,000 · through 2023

  Largest: $150,000 to AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF CRITICAL-CARE NURSES — outcome improvement in cardiac procedure recovery of underserved/underrepresented populations impacting health disparities and health equity utilizing the aacn csi academy

  IRS filings for EIN 461702755

• Richard M Fairbanks Foundation Inc

  1 grant · $1.0M · through 2023

  Largest: $1.0M to Eskenazi Health Foundation Inc — support for three health equity zones to reduce health disparities by addressing social determinants of health

  IRS filings for EIN 311189885

• CONNECTICUT HEALTH FOUNDATION INC

  2 grants · $50,000 · through 2023

  Largest: $25,000 to RECORD-JOURNAL INC — to support a health equity reporter who will employ a solutions-oriented approach to report on health disparities affecting black and latino residents. the health equity reporter will distribute resources in english and spanish through ct latino news, ct public, ct mirror, and the local latino stakeholder network. the reporter will utilize the record-journals community-powered journalism platform to elevate the voices of communities of color. funding will cover half of the salary and benefits of the health equity reporter, and the journal plans to raise funds to cover the remaining half of personnel expenses. if the remainder of the funds are not secured as planned (by 02/01/22), funds from the grant will go towards bilingual health reporting by an existing staff reporter focused on the latino community.

  IRS filings for EIN 061057387

• GREENBRIDGE FAMILY FOUNDATION

  1 grant · $25,000 · through 2022

  Largest: $25,000 to NURSE FAMILY PARTNERSHIP — to support health equity and eliminate disparities to improve outcomes for moms and babies

  IRS filings for EIN 823458443

• HIGHMARK FOUNDATION

  1 grant · $82,500 · through 2022

  Largest: $82,500 to Pennsylvania CASA Association — to support advocating for health equity: addressing racial, ethnic and lgbtq+ health disparities in the child welfare system.

  IRS filings for EIN 251876666

• VISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION OF CHICAGO

  1 grant · $20,000 · through 2022

  Largest: $20,000 to TEEN PARENT CONNECTION — doula services to improve perinatal health access and equity, and decrease outcome disparities, for adolescent mothers and their infants in dupage county.

  IRS filings for EIN 362167943

• The McKnight Foundation

  1 grant · $125,000 · through 2023

  Largest: $125,000 to African Career Education and Resources — for general operating support - acer promotes racial and economic equity, empowering african diaspora and bipoc communities, and addressing disparities in housing, health, civic engagement, and community development.

  IRS filings for EIN 410754835

• GOLDEN STATE ENVIRONMENTAL

  1 grant · $50,000 · through 2023

  Largest: $50,000 to HIGHLANDERS BOXING CLUB — assist with the hbc iron youth in services for health equity program. the program will address the legacy of racial health disparities caused by air pollution and environmental hazards in the westside of highland and the boarding city of san bernardino. engage a minimum of 60 young people from the westside of highland and the city of san bernardino in: a minimum of 24 education and training classed in air pollution, health dipartites and environmental justice, organizing a minimum of 12 service projects that includes community engagement to impact air pollution and other environmental hazards to include: community education events that engage community in understanding the link between air pollution and health including children's impacted development due to toxic air; creating air pollution health resources events at hbc, and advocating to the city council/board of supervisors on increasing tree cover where large clusters of children live; illegal waste dump clean ups.

  IRS filings for EIN 472268402

• THE KRESGE FOUNDATION

  1 grant · $500,000 · through 2022

  Largest: $500,000 to HEALTH LEADS INC — this grant provides funding to health leads for their vaccine equity cooperative, a two-year national effort in cooperation with six organizations to build vaccine confidence, improve uptake, and address long-term disparities. the aim is to leverage equitable vaccinations as a catalyst for a new way to center health and health systems in the community, thus enabling a future for public health and crisis response that is hyper-local.

  IRS filings for EIN 381359217

Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, filing years 2019–2023. Foundations rarely accept unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.