Funding search · health disparities · Virginia
Who funds health disparities work in Virginia
15 funders have a record of paying for health disparities work by Virginia recipients: 70 grants totaling $9.6M, most recently in 2024 — mostly private foundations, plus grantmaking charities. The largest by matched giving are The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation ($4.1M), Sentara Health ($338,791) and Direct Relief ($2.9M).
From IRS Form 990-PF and 990 Schedule I filings, 2019–2025. Grants already paid to Virginia recipients — evidence of what these funders back, not open calls.
Largest: $93,345 to RICHMOND MEMORIAL HEALTH FOUNDATION — 79409 engaging new and diverse voices and forging new grassroots partnerships to advance racial and health equity in the richmond, va, region, 2022-2023
Sentara HealthVirginia Beach, VACharity · may take applications
21 matching grants · $338,791 · through 2024Largest: $15,000 to BRUNSWICK HEALTH AMBASSADORS — health equity
Direct ReliefSanta Barbara, CACharity · may take applications
7 matching grants · $2.9M · through 2024Largest: $320,000 to HEALTH BRIGADE — fund for health equity
Largest: $150,000 to VIRGINIA ORGANIZING INC — to enable the alliance of nurses for healthy environments to train additional nurse fellows and expand community-based partnerships and projects at the intersection of climate chan…
Wk Kellogg FoundationBattle Creek, MI
4 matching grants · $395,000 · through 2024Largest: $100,000 to HEALTH CARE WITHOUT HARM — expand institutional procurement by linking sectors to amplify supply chain value based food procurement in order to improve children and families' access to healthy nutritious foo…
American Medical AssociationChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $154,000 · through 2024Largest: $55,000 to GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC — climate and health equity fellowship
California Healthcare FoundationOakland, CACharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $779,330 · through 2023Largest: $136,309 to AMERICAN INSTITUTES FOR RESEARCH — evaluation of the advancing behavioral health integration and equity in primary care learning collaborative
Largest: $84,100 to NATIONAL COALITION OF 100 BLACK WOMEN INC PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY CHAPTER — health equity: promoting oral health ($24,600); oral health focusing on improving knowledge, prevention, screening and treatment of oral disease ($59,500)
Largest: $8,000 to NEIGHBORHOOD HEALTH — improve health and advance health equity in alexandria, arlington and fairfax, va
Largest: $10,000 to Neighborhood Health — neighbor healths mission is to improve health and advance health equity in alexandria, arlington, and fairfax by providing high quality primary care regardless of ability to pay.
Largest: $10,000 to RICHMOND AND HENRICO PUBLIC HEALTH FOUNDATION — the health equity fund
Annabella R Jenkins FoundationRichmond, VACharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $80,000 · through 2024Largest: $50,000 to CAPITAL CENTER OF VIRGINIA DBA URBAN BABY BEGINNINGS — general operating support: maternal health disparities
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