Direct Relief’s Fund for Health Equity Awards $22.7 Million to 71 Healthcare Organizations in 2022

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<h1>Direct Relief's Fund for Health Equity Awards $22.7 Million to 71 Healthcare Organizations in 2022</h1> <p>By Staff</p> <p>Direct Relief today announced the latest round of grants awarded from its Fund for Health Equity.</p> <p>“This latest round of more than $22 million in grants, which is made possible by generous support from MacKenzie Scott, the AbbVie Foundation, and Eli Lilly and Company, is the most recent infusion of funding for organizations deeply committed to eliminating health disparities in their communities. Direct Relief is incredibly grateful for the work they do every day,” said Dr. Byron Scott, MD, MBA, Co-Chair of the Fund for Health Equity and Board Director of Direct Relief and Chair of its Medical Advisory Council.</p> <p>Seeded with donations from the AbbVie Foundation and philanthropist Mackenzie Scott, the Fund for Health Equity mobilizes financial resources for community health centers, free and charitable clinics, and other nonprofit organizations focused on non-clinical interventions that affect a person’s health - commonly known as the social determinants of health, these factors include a person’s physical, social, cultural, and economic environments.</p> <p>The AbbVie Foundation, a founding partner, committed $10 million to the Fund in 2021, a portion of which was distributed to 10 awardees last year across the United States. This year, the Fund is awarding 10 organizations with more than $1.6 million. They include Neighborhood Outreach Access to Health (Arizona), North Country Healthcare (Arizona), Asian Health Services (California), To Help Everyone Health and Wellness Centers (California), Esperanza Health Centers (Illinois), Minnesota Community Life (Minnesota), Urban Health Plan (New York), North by Northeast Community Health Center (Oregon), Triangle Area Network (Texas), and the Seattle Indian Health Board (Washington).</p> <p>"AbbVie is proud to support 10 new grantees in 2022 that are addressing health disparities in underserved communities across the United States," said Claudia Carravetta, Vice President, Corporate Responsibility and Global Philanthropy, AbbVie. "Our first cohort of grantees has already made significant progress improving care and closing gaps in communities across the country. We look forward to our continued partnership with Direct Relief's Fund for Health Equity to further support community-based organizations focused on advancing health equity."</p> <p>Lilly also supported the Fund with a $5 million commitment in early 2021 as part of its Racial Justice Commitment, a robust endeavor to deliver resources like education, health care, economic stability, and jobs within the communities where it operates. Direct Relief distributed a portion of this initial funding to four awardees across the U.S. last year.</p> <p>This year, $817,000 from Lilly's commitment will be split between four new awardees: the University Muslim Medical Association (California), United Methodist Mexican American Ministries DBA Genesis Family Health (Kansas), Family Healthcare (North Dakota), and Tewa Women United (New Mexico).</p> <p>"Lilly's commitment to social impact goes back nearly 150 years and we remain committed to advancing racial justice and health equity today," said Leigh Ann Pusey, Executive Vice President of Corporate Affairs and Communications at Lilly. "We sincerely appreciate Direct Relief's efforts to identify and contribute to worthy organizations that are working to create real change in their local communities around the U.S."</p> <p>Since the start of the Fund in 2021, more than $42.5 million has been provided to support 145 organizations across the U.S.</p> <p>The awardees were selected by the Fund for Health Equity’s Advisory Council, which includes the following members:</p> <ul> <li>Co-Chair Regina Benjamin, MD, MBA, 18th US Surgeon General of the United States, Founder Bayou Clinic, Inc.</li> <li>Co-Chair Byron Scott, MD, MBA, Board Director of Direct Relief and Chair of its Medical Advisory Council</li> <li>Martha Dawson, DNP, MSN, RN, FACHE, President and CEO President of the National Black Nurses Association, Associate Professor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham</li> <li>Jane Delgado, Ph.D., MS, President and CEO of the National Alliance for Hispanic Health</li> <li>Gail Small, JD, Head Chief Woman, a citizen of the Northern Cheyenne Tribe</li> </ul> <p>The 2022 grantees include the following organizations: </p> <ul> <li>Ozanam Charitable Pharmacy, Inc., Alabama</li> <li>A Promise To HELP, Alabama</li> <li>Alaska Native Heritage Center, Alaska</li> <li>Alaska Pacific University, Alaska</li> <li>Iá¸·isaÄ¡vik College, Alaska</li> <li>Neighborhood Outreach Access to Health, Arizona</li> <li>North Country HealthCare, Inc., Arizona</li> <li>El Centro Hispano, Arkansas</li> <li>Asian Health Services, California</li> <li>TrueCare, California</li> <li>Self-Help for the Elderly, California</li> <li>Salud Para La Gente, California</li> <li>To Help Everyone Health and Wellness Centers, California</li> <li>University Muslim Medical Association, Inc., California</li> <li>Tepeyac Community Health Centers, Colorado</li> <li>Community of Hope, District of Columbia</li> <li>Borinquen Health Care Center, Inc., Florida</li> <li>Commonsense Childbirth, Florida</li> <li>Miami Rescue Mission Clinic, Inc., Florida</li> <li>Shepherd’s Hope, Florida</li> <li>The Glades Initiative, Inc., Florida</li> <li>Whitefoord Inc., Georgia</li> <li>The Good Samaritan Health Center, Inc., Georgia</li> <li>Tree Of Life Healthcare Inc., Georgia</li> <li>Consuelo Foundation, Hawaii</li> <li>Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies Coalition of Hawaii, Hawaii</li> <li>Chicago Hispanic Health Coalition, Illinois</li> <li>Esperanza Health Centers, Illinois</li> <li>Haskell Indian Nations University, Kansas</li> <li>Genesis Family Health, Kansas</li> <li>West Louisville Performing Arts Academy, Kentucky</li> <li>MLK Health Center & Pharmacy, Lousiana</li> <li>New Orleans Women’s Wellness, Lousiana</li> <li>CASA, Inc., Maryland</li> <li>The 21 Collective, Inc., Maryland</li> <li>Minnesota Community Care, Minnesota</li> <li>Aaron E. Henry Community Health Services Center, Inc., Mississippi</li> <li>Education, Economics, Environmental, Climate and Health Organizations, Mississippi</li> <li>Boys and Girls Club Northern Cheyenne Nation, Montana</li> <li>Native American Development Corporation, Montana</li> <li>OneWorld Community Health Centers, Inc., Nebraska</li> <li>Changing Woman Initiative, New Mexico</li> <li>Tewa Women United, New Mexico</li> <li>YES Housing, Inc., New Mexico</li> <li>Youth Development, Inc., New Mexico</li> <li>Comunilife, Inc., New York</li> <li>The Institute for Family Health, New York</li> <li>Urban Health Plan, New York</li> <li>Roanoke Chowan Community Health Center, North Carolina</li> <li>Family HealthCare, North Dakota</li> <li>Good Samaritan Health Services, Oklahoma</li> <li>Growing Gardens, Oregon</li> <li>La Clinica, Oregon</li> <li>North by Northeast Community Health Center, Oregon</li> <li>One Community Health, Oregon</li> <li>Unidos Bridging Community, Oregon</li> <li>Darkness to Light, South Carolina</li> <li>Meharry Medical College, Tennessee</li> <li>Acacia Medical Mission, Texas</li> <li>Project Vida Health Center, Texas</li> <li>San Jose Clinic, Texas</li> <li>Triangle Area Network, Inc., Texas</li> <li>Good Neighbor Health Clinics, Inc., Vermont</li> <li>Health Brigade, Virginia</li> <li>NOVA Scripts Central, Virginia</li> <li>El Centro de la Raza, Washington</li> <li>Heritage University, Washington</li> <li>Sea Mar Community Health Centers, Washington</li> <li>Seattle Indian Health Board, Washington</li> <li>Downtown Clinic, Wyoming</li> <li>University of Wyoming, Wyoming</li> </ul> <link rel="canonical" href="https://www.directrelief.org/2022/12/direct-reliefs-fund-for-health-equity-awards-22-7-million-to-71-healthcare-organizations/"><meta rel="syndication-source" href="https://www.directrelief.org/2022/12/direct-reliefs-fund-for-health-equity-awards-22-7-million-to-71-healthcare-organizations/"><script type="application/ld+json">{"@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "Article", "author":[{"type": "Person","@id": "https://www.directrelief.org/author/staff/","name": "Staff","url": "https://www.directrelief.org/author/staff/"}],"name": "Direct Relief's Fund for Health Equity Awards $22.7 Million to 71 Healthcare Organizations in 2022","url": "https://www.directrelief.org/2022/12/direct-reliefs-fund-for-health-equity-awards-22-7-million-to-71-healthcare-organizations/"}</script>

Direct Relief today announced the latest round of grants awarded from its Fund for Health Equity.

“This latest round of more than $22 million in grants, which is made possible by generous support from MacKenzie Scott, the AbbVie Foundation, and Eli Lilly and Company, is the most recent infusion of funding for organizations deeply committed to eliminating health disparities in their communities. Direct Relief is incredibly grateful for the work they do every day,” said Dr. Byron Scott, MD, MBA, Co-Chair of the Fund for Health Equity and Board Director of Direct Relief and Chair of its Medical Advisory Council.

Seeded with donations from the AbbVie Foundation and philanthropist Mackenzie Scott, the Fund for Health Equity mobilizes financial resources for community health centers, free and charitable clinics, and other nonprofit organizations focused on non-clinical interventions that affect a person’s health – commonly known as the social determinants of health, these factors include a person’s physical, social, cultural, and economic environments.

The AbbVie Foundation, a founding partner, committed $10 million to the Fund in 2021, a portion of which was distributed to 10 awardees last year across the United States. This year, the Fund is awarding 10 organizations with more than $1.6 million. They include Neighborhood Outreach Access to Health (Arizona), North Country Healthcare (Arizona), Asian Health Services (California), To Help Everyone Health and Wellness Centers (California), Esperanza Health Centers (Illinois), Minnesota Community Life (Minnesota), Urban Health Plan (New York), North by Northeast Community Health Center (Oregon), Triangle Area Network (Texas), and the Seattle Indian Health Board (Washington).

“AbbVie is proud to support 10 new grantees in 2022 that are addressing health disparities in underserved communities across the United States,” said Claudia Carravetta, Vice President, Corporate Responsibility and Global Philanthropy, AbbVie. “Our first cohort of grantees has already made significant progress improving care and closing gaps in communities across the country. We look forward to our continued partnership with Direct Relief’s Fund for Health Equity to further support community-based organizations focused on advancing health equity.”

Lilly also supported the Fund with a $5 million commitment in early 2021 as part of its Racial Justice Commitment, a robust endeavor to deliver resources like education, health care, economic stability, and jobs within the communities where it operates. Direct Relief distributed a portion of this initial funding to four awardees across the U.S. last year.

This year, $817,000 from Lilly’s commitment will be split between four new awardees: the University Muslim Medical Association (California), United Methodist Mexican American Ministries DBA Genesis Family Health (Kansas), Family Healthcare (North Dakota), and Tewa Women United (New Mexico).

“Lilly’s commitment to social impact goes back nearly 150 years and we remain committed to advancing racial justice and health equity today,” said Leigh Ann Pusey, Executive Vice President of Corporate Affairs and Communications at Lilly. “We sincerely appreciate Direct Relief’s efforts to identify and contribute to worthy organizations that are working to create real change in their local communities around the U.S.”

Since the start of the Fund in 2021, more than $42.5 million has been provided to support 145 organizations across the U.S.

The awardees were selected by the Fund for Health Equity’s Advisory Council, which includes the following members:

Co-Chair Regina Benjamin, MD, MBA, 18th US Surgeon General of the United States, Founder Bayou Clinic, Inc.
Co-Chair Byron Scott, MD, MBA, Board Director of Direct Relief and Chair of its Medical Advisory Council
Martha Dawson, DNP, MSN, RN, FACHE, President and CEO President of the National Black Nurses Association, Associate Professor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham
Jane Delgado, Ph.D., MS, President and CEO of the National Alliance for Hispanic Health
Gail Small, JD, Head Chief Woman, a citizen of the Northern Cheyenne Tribe

The 2022 grantees include the following organizations:

Ozanam Charitable Pharmacy, Inc., Alabama
A Promise To HELP, Alabama
Alaska Native Heritage Center, Alaska
Alaska Pacific University, Alaska
Iḷisaġvik College, Alaska
Neighborhood Outreach Access to Health, Arizona
North Country HealthCare, Inc., Arizona
El Centro Hispano, Arkansas
Asian Health Services, California
TrueCare, California
Self-Help for the Elderly, California
Salud Para La Gente, California
To Help Everyone Health and Wellness Centers, California
University Muslim Medical Association, Inc., California
Tepeyac Community Health Centers, Colorado
Community of Hope, District of Columbia
Borinquen Health Care Center, Inc., Florida
Commonsense Childbirth, Florida
Miami Rescue Mission Clinic, Inc., Florida
Shepherd’s Hope, Florida
The Glades Initiative, Inc., Florida
Whitefoord Inc., Georgia
The Good Samaritan Health Center, Inc., Georgia
Tree Of Life Healthcare Inc., Georgia
Consuelo Foundation, Hawaii
Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies Coalition of Hawaii, Hawaii
Chicago Hispanic Health Coalition, Illinois
Esperanza Health Centers, Illinois
Haskell Indian Nations University, Kansas
Genesis Family Health, Kansas
West Louisville Performing Arts Academy, Kentucky
MLK Health Center & Pharmacy, Lousiana
New Orleans Women’s Wellness, Lousiana
CASA, Inc., Maryland
The 21 Collective, Inc., Maryland
Minnesota Community Care, Minnesota
Aaron E. Henry Community Health Services Center, Inc., Mississippi
Education, Economics, Environmental, Climate and Health Organizations, Mississippi
Boys and Girls Club Northern Cheyenne Nation, Montana
Native American Development Corporation, Montana
OneWorld Community Health Centers, Inc., Nebraska
Changing Woman Initiative, New Mexico
Tewa Women United, New Mexico
YES Housing, Inc., New Mexico
Youth Development, Inc., New Mexico
Comunilife, Inc., New York
The Institute for Family Health, New York
Urban Health Plan, New York
Roanoke Chowan Community Health Center, North Carolina
Family HealthCare, North Dakota
Good Samaritan Health Services, Oklahoma
Growing Gardens, Oregon
La Clinica, Oregon
North by Northeast Community Health Center, Oregon
One Community Health, Oregon
Unidos Bridging Community, Oregon
Darkness to Light, South Carolina
Meharry Medical College, Tennessee
Acacia Medical Mission, Texas
Project Vida Health Center, Texas
San Jose Clinic, Texas
Triangle Area Network, Inc., Texas
Good Neighbor Health Clinics, Inc., Vermont
Health Brigade, Virginia
NOVA Scripts Central, Virginia
El Centro de la Raza, Washington
Heritage University, Washington
Sea Mar Community Health Centers, Washington
Seattle Indian Health Board, Washington
Downtown Clinic, Wyoming
University of Wyoming, Wyoming

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