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Advancing Health, Elevating Equity

We’re working to create a community in which all people can lead healthy lives, regardless of race.

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How We Work

As a place-based private nonprofit foundation, we advance racially equitable health outcomes in our area by improving the social drivers that shape them. We lead, fund, partner, and advocate to improve health, change systems, and strengthen our community.

 

Research Reports

Problems are put into perspective by data. Equity data and analysis help illustrate the scale and impact of issues, can point to new connections, and ensure the solutions we invest in are doing the work they promised to do.

Our Local Research

Center for Health Equity

Our Center for Health Equity invites people to learn, connect, and create together to change systems and strengthen our communities. We forge connections, foster dialogues, and support learning about the factors that shape our health.

Our Center

Grantmaking

Together with our partners, the Foundation strategically invests its grantmaking funds and supportive resources in community-driven initiatives that change systems and advance racially equitable health outcomes in South St. Petersburg.

Our Grantmaking

A Vision of Equity

Equitable regions—where everyone in the community is able to live a long, healthy life—are more prosperous, and experience stronger, more sustained growth. By investing in equity, Pinellas County helps build a more stable, resilient community that is more likely to experience lasting social and economic success.

2024 Annual Report

2024 offered us a powerful opportunity to deepen our impact, connect with our community, and strengthen our work. Its completion also marked an exciting milestone, as we now celebrate a decade of impact in the community we’re proud to call home. Read on for more on our work to create a community in which all people can lead healthy lives.

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Looking Back to Move Forward

Today’s social change advocates can learn a great deal from stories about people who have previously stood together to challenge the status quo and fight for equity. This evolving project serves as an entry point for education, understanding, and further exploration into the history and opportunity for social change in Pinellas County.

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Recent Highlights

Funded Partner Spotlight: Canguros

Jul 31, 2025News

Translating to ‘kangaroos’ in English, Canguros is a secular, bilingual Spanish immersion school in South St. Petersburg serving students from ages two through seven. “We are an educational nonprofit rooted in connection,” Foundation and Program Director Linda Rozo explained. “Connection for me is at the heart of who we are.” With a master’s degree in […]

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Funded Partner Spotlight: Community Tampa Bay

Jul 31, 2025News

Back in 2017, the Foundation issued its first grant to Community Tampa Bay, to support curriculum revision for their Camp ANYTOWN program, which brings together diverse high school students who look differently, live differently, and love differently to build a more diverse and inclusive community from the ground up. Through the years, we continued to […]

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Funded Partner Spotlight: Juneteenth Celebrations

Jun 30, 2025News

The Foundation was proud to award $15,000 in funding to support several Juneteenth activities and celebrations throughout the month. Events supported this year include the Juneteenth flag-raising June 7th, the Juneteenth Celebration at Deuces Corner Park June 14th, and Black Wall Street Shoppes last weekend. Flag Raising: Held at the Enoch D. Davis Center on […]

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Let's Connect

At the Foundation, we love collaborating with mission-aligned organizations and change-makers. Have an idea for how we could work together?

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Join our Community of Changemakers

It is through our collective actions and ideas that we will achieve racial and health equity in Pinellas County. Keep pushing the movement forward. Connect with the Foundation and subscribe to our emails to stay updated on opportunities, developments, and events around equity.

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