Category: News
10 Year Spotlight: Data & Research Through the Decade
A Decade of Making a Difference Through the Foundation’s decade of impact, we’ve helped produce and fund more than a dozen research reports on topics ranging from education, to the access and utilization of medical care, to economic opportunity. One of the most notable reports we helped produce for our community is An Equity Profile […]
Funded Partner Spotlight: Starting Right, Now
Roughly two decades ago, reeling from personal struggles connected to her daughter’s health, Vicki Sokolik reached out to her local school district looking for a way to give back and be of service. Soon after, she started mentoring and supporting a homeless high school student who found herself outside the boundaries of the foster care […]
Healthcare and Systemic Racism with Dr. Uché Blackstock
On the evening of April 9, after busy workdays ended, more than 70 local clinicians gathered in the Foundation’s Center for Health Equity to hear from Dr. Uché Blackstock about where health and racism intersect – and what they, as clinicians, can do to improve patient outcomes. “We wanted to create a space for our […]
Community Asset Mapping
By Dr. Stephanie Rosado, Senior Research, Evaluation and Learning Associate On February 26th, 2025, the Foundation hosted a data walk, an innovative engagement strategy designed to share the research findings from our recent The South St. Pete Health Equity Profile with local community members. This interactive event featured five distinct data stations, each allowing community […]
10-Year Spotlight: Pinellas County Medical Legal Partnership
A Decade of Making a Difference In 2018, the Foundation awarded a transformative grant of just more than $1 million to fund a unique collaboration designed to improve patient health and outcomes by connecting medical and legal services. The Pinellas County Medical-Legal Partnership Project worked to integrate legal professionals into a health care setting at […]
10 Year Spotlight: Meeting the Moment – COVID Response
A Decade of Making a Difference Crisis calls for rapid adaptation and, in 2020, the Foundation board, partners, and community rose to meet the challenge. Early in the pandemic, we opened our Center for Health Equity to community partner 211, who used the space to process $1.5 million in federal financial assistance for people in […]
10 Years of Impact Spotlight: Thrive by Five Tampa Bay
A Decade of Making a Difference In December 2017, the Foundation was the first funder of a new initiative designed to unite different sectors of the community around a common goal: to increase the percentage of Pinellas County children ready to succeed in kindergarten. Today, more than seven years after that initial grant, Thrive by […]
South St. Pete Health Equity Profile Released
For Immediate Release Contact: Barbara Green barbara@healthystpete.foundation (727) 440-7963 New research report offers a hyper-local look at health outcomes in South St. Pete, revealing stark geographic and racial disparities amid strong social ties (St. Petersburg, Fla.) – The Foundation for a Healthy St. Petersburg released its latest research report last week, offering a rare hyper-local […]
Razed: A Film About the Gas Plant Neighborhood
The Foundation recently awarded $25,000 to support the production of Razed, a documentary film about the Gas Plant neighborhood. The film tells the story of a tight-knit community, rich with fruit trees and Black-owned businesses, that was demolished to make way for a baseball stadium. Razed allows us to hear directly from former residents, who share their stories […]
How dropping out the World Health Organization affects St. Petersburg | Tampa Bay Times Column
Foundation President and CEO Dr. Kanika Tomalin recently published a column in the Tampa Bay Times about the importance of continuing to remain a member of the World Health Organization. You can read the text below or on the Tampa Bay Times. By Dr. Kanika Tomalin President Trump recently signed an order withdrawing the U.S. […]