Foundation Surprises Local Nonprofits with Care Grants
For Immediate Release
Contact: Barbara Green
barbara@healthystpete.foundation
(727) 440-7963
Marking the first 10 years of impact, grants are intended to support and care for local nonprofit workers
(St. Petersburg, Fla.) – In celebration of their first 10 years of impact, the Foundation for a Healthy St. Petersburg (Foundation) is thrilled to award Care Grants to 60 local nonprofit organizations who work each day to create a community in which good health helps all people thrive.
Foundation team members surprised funded partners with the unexpected awards earlier this month, calling each of the 60 community organizations to personally share the good news with them. Each organization was awarded a $2,500 grant to utilize within their organization to support and care for their team members – a welcome addition in a time when budget cuts and policy changes have threatened many nonprofit funding sources.
“When looking for ways to mark our 10-year milestone, we came back repeatedly to the idea of caring for those who make change and progress possible in our community,” said Foundation President and CEO Dr. Kanika Tomalin. “We’re so grateful for the ways our nonprofit partners answer our community’s call every day. We see them, value them, and hope they use these funds in the way that best supports their hard-working teams.”
Grants were offered to all 2025 recipients of competitive Foundation capacity-building grants, as well as funded partners whose original competitive grant agreements carried work into 2025.
“I am deeply humbled and profoundly grateful for this unexpected Care Grant. We are driven by our mission to do the work we do every day,” said Danny White, founder of RaceWithoutIsm Inc. “This act made our small organization feel truly seen, valued, and supported. We are thankful for the Foundation believing in us and for extending such meaningful care.”
About the Foundation for a Healthy St. Petersburg
The Foundation for a Healthy St. Petersburg is a private foundation formed in 2013 following the sale of the nonprofit Bayfront Health St. Petersburg. As the steward of an endowment to support health equity in Pinellas County, the Foundation leads, funds, advocates, and partners to create a community in which all people can lead healthy lives. The Foundation advances racially equitable health outcomes by improving the systems and conditions that shape them. It opened its Center for Health Equity in 2019. To learn more, visit https://healthystpete.foundation/
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