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Knowledge is Power and Data Can Look Scary: 3 Tips to Boost Your Confidence
Accurate data interpretation is immensely important in our pursuit of racial equity at the Foundation for a Healthy Saint Petersburg. We understand its crucial role in making informed decisions that positively impact our community. But let’s be honest. Data, charts, and graphs can be overwhelming for many, especially when they relate to something we care […]
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 […]
Funded Partner Spotlight: Digital Inclusion Project
We rely on technology and the internet for nearly everything we do – from finding jobs and training opportunities to keeping up with our kids’ schooling and more. Unfortunately, not everyone in our city has reliable internet and technology access. That’s where the Digital Inclusion Project – a Foundation funded partner – comes in. The […]
Anchor Institutions Initiative
A year ago, four major city institutions announced a partnership to improve equity and health in South St. Petersburg. These leaders – St. Anthony’s Hospital, Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital, Bayfront Health St. Petersburg, and the City of St. Petersburg – represent the inaugural members of the St. Petersburg Anchor Institutions Initiative, which is convened […]
Courageous 12: A Legacy of Equity
More than 220 community members gathered together at the Foundation’s Center for Health Equity April 27 for Courageous 12: A Legacy of Equity. The evening honored and celebrated those 12 brave Black officers who sued the City of St. Petersburg for equal treatment, paving the way for policies and practices of today. Back in the […]
Community Joins Together to Honor Brave Actions of 12 Black St. Petersburg Police Officers
For Immediate Release Media Contact: Danielle Weitlauf Danielle@healthystpete.foundation (727) 686-8565 Sole surviving member of St. Petersburg’s Courageous 12 reflects on historic actions of 1965 (St. Petersburg, FL – April 18, 2023) Mr. Leon Jackson, St. Petersburg Police Chief Anthony Holloway, and former St. Petersburg Police Chief Goliath Davis will join with the community at the Center for […]
Foundation for a Healthy St. Petersburg Selects Executive Search Firm
For Immediate Release Media Contact: Danielle Weitlauf Danielle@healthystpete.foundation (727) 686-8565 Foundation for a Healthy St. Petersburg Selects Executive Search Firm (St. Petersburg, FL – February 6, 2023) – The Foundation for a Healthy St. Petersburg (Foundation) selected Winner Partners as the executive search firm to identify a new President & CEO to carry forward the important […]
Evaluation – A Tool for Learning
As a researcher and evaluator, I know all too well that evaluation can elicit a certain type of response from nonprofit and community practitioners. While I’m always hopeful that the response will be overwhelming joy, more often than not it more closely resembles fear that their program or initiative is about to come under harsh […]
News: The Reopening of the Center for Health Equity
For Immediate Release Media Contact: Danielle Weitlauf Danielle@healthystpete.foundation (727) 686-8565 The Foundation for a Healthy St. Petersburg Announces the Reopening of the Center for Health Equity (St. Petersburg, FL – January 12, 2023) – The Foundation for a Healthy St. Petersburg (Foundation) is set to reopen the Center for Health Equity (Center) on January 20th. […]