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, transform 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 ResearchCenter 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 CenterGrantmaking
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 GrantmakingA 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
Community Pulse Team: Report Out
For the past year, the resident researchers of the Foundation’s Community Pulse Team (CPT) have been working on qualitative research on mental health and wellness in the three zip codes of the South St. Pete Community Redevelopment Area. Earlier this year, they presented their research findings to a group of funded partners. They introduced their […]
Healthy People Funded Partners Announced
Foundation for a Healthy St. Petersburg and Orlando Health Bayfront Hospital Award $750,000 in Grant Funding 4 multi-sector collaborations received grants to improve health in South St. Petersburg (St. Petersburg, Fla.) – The Foundation for a Healthy St. Petersburg and Orlando Health Bayfront Hospital have joined forces to drive meaningful change through grantmaking. The […]
Funded Partner Spotlight: Packs of Love Foundation
Inspired by gaps she saw while working in the foster care system, Sapheria Emani Samuels founded Packs of Love Foundation in 2022 and established the group as an official nonprofit in 2023. Since its inception, Packs of Love has provided more than 420 duffle bags of personal hygiene products like shampoo, toothpaste, deodorant and more […]
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At the Foundation, we love collaborating with mission-aligned organizations and change-makers. Have an idea for how we could work together?