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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 […]

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 […]

A Decade of Making a Difference In 2021, the Foundation helped fund a reunion of the Gas Plant and Laurel Park neighborhoods, bringing together former residents and family members who were displaced from their homes to make way for the construction of Tropicana Field. In doing so, the Foundation helped create a space for residents […]

A Decade of Difference-Making: Celebrating the Foundation’s First 10 Years Ten years ago, the Foundation hired its first team members and began work in our local community. Office Administrator Gaylynn Driver was there. As our longest serving team member, here since day one, Gaylynn has seen it all – from the formation of our team […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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. […]

Just by being present, fathers can have an enormous positive impact on their children’s lives, research shows. Children who grow up with involved fathers are more likely to excel academically, thrive socially, manage their emotions better, and more. This research forms the basis of Foundation funded partner Empowered Parents’ work to support parents (and improve […]