Category: News
Marcus Brooks Honored at St. Petersburg NAACP Freedom Fund Gala
Foundation Leadership Team Member Named Next-Gen Trailblazer (St. Petersburg, FL – September 16, 2023) Marcus A. Brooks, a member of the Foundation for a Healthy St. Petersburg’s leadership team and the executive director of the Foundation’s Center for Health Equity, was honored with the Next-Gen Trailblazers award at the St. Petersburg NAACP’s 82nd Annual Freedom […]
Funded Partner Spotlight: Bay Area Legal Services
Bay Area Legal Services (BALS) Managing Attorney Pye Young oversees a variety of areas – from the group’s work with veterans, to its housing stability and eviction assistance work, to kinship care, to general civil legal assistance. The message she has for community members with legal questions is simple and clear. “When in doubt, call,” […]
Anchors Collaborative: Small Business Development Program
We’re excited to share that our St. Petersburg Anchors Collaborative will host its first ever Small Business Development Program this fall! A group of up to eight small business owners in the South St. Petersburg Community Redevelopment Area (CRA) will have the opportunity to take part in a series of trainings designed to help them […]
Funded Partner Spotlight: Supportive Equity Connections of Tampa Bay
Esther Matthews has a knack for writing grants. She’s been honing her craft for twenty years — and volunteering her time to help nonprofits for about as long. Her interest in grant writing started when she worked at the Sanderlin Center, grew through years of helping nonprofits apply for funds, and continues today with her […]
An Honor and Privilege to Serve
Last month, I officially began my service as President and CEO of the Foundation for a Healthy St. Petersburg. I am both honored and privileged to answer this special call to serve. As a member of the original Bayfront Health team that helped conceive of and form the Foundation, serving in this role is a […]
Don’t have time to read the full BIPOC Mental Health Scan? We’ve got you!
Below we answer five key questions to break down some of the report’s most important information. 1. Why was the BIPOC mental health scan done and what was its purpose? The purpose of the scan, which was conducted on the Foundation’s behalf by Dr. Keesha Benson and Dr. Stephanie Reed, is to better understand […]
Funded Partner Spotlight: Collective Empowerment Group of the Tampa Bay Area
About a decade ago, Imam Askia Muhammad Aquil had just finished up a Community Real Estate Development (CRED) course at USF and was looking for his next step. A passionate activist and advocate with a background in community housing, he was wrestling with a big question: How could he help uplift neighborhoods struggling with legacies […]
St. Petersburg Anchors Initiative Hosts Career Fair
Hiring Event Connects Local Job Seekers to Employers Interviewing On Site (St. Petersburg, FL – June 8, 2023) The St. Petersburg Anchor Institutions Initiative will host their #GetHiredStPete Career Fair on Thursday, June 15, 2023, at Pinellas Technical College. Anchor members, which include Bayfront Health, Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital, St. Anthony’s Hospital, HCA Florida […]
Foundation and Bayfront Health Announce New Grantmaking Partnership
Bayfront Health will match the Foundation’s grant funding this year The Foundation for a Healthy St. Petersburg and Bayfront Health have joined forces to significantly increase the local grant funding pool this year. Bayfront Health announced today that it will issue a dollar-for-dollar match of the Foundation’s 2023 grantmaking funds. That means that instead of […]
The Foundation for a Healthy St. Petersburg Names Dr. Kanika Tomalin as President and Chief Executive Officer
Extensive community input helped shape the selection of a local, seasoned leader. Today the Foundation for a Healthy St. Petersburg (FHSP) announced the appointment of Dr. Kanika Tomalin as its next President and Chief Executive Officer. Dr. Tomalin, whose local leadership has crossed public and private sectors, was instrumental in the creation of the conversion […]