Updating Grantmaking Practices to Increase Flexibility and Reduce Restrictions
As we developed our Strategic Framework for 2026-2031, the Health Fund team took a close look at our grantmaking processes and requirements with an eye toward removing unnecessary barriers for organizations and increasing flexibility. These explorations were shaped by...
Latest Behavioral Health Access Study Reveals Progress, Persistent Challenges
Michigan saw modest, but meaningful, increases in residents’ access to behavioral health care from 2019 to 2022, though high levels of unmet need remained in some communities. Meanwhile, a much smaller percentage of those in need of treatment for substance...
Introducing Our New Strategic Framework
The Michigan Health Endowment Fund is pleased to launch a new six-year Strategic Framework. While the framework is intended to be brief, clear, and straightforward, we also want to share the thinking and learning behind it. Let’s start with context. We are the largest...
New Grants Deploy $13 Million+ for Healthy Michigan Communities
The Health Fund Board of Directors approved 52 new grants totaling $13,009,067 to strengthen aging supports, nonprofit capacity, community-driven solutions, and collaborative approaches to address statewide health challenges. Together, these investments aim to support better health for residents across Michigan.
Grantee Leads Award-Winning Program to Combat Aging Disparities in Detroit
The Health Fund Board of Directors has approved 43 new grants totaling over $14 million supporting projects that improve health for residents across the state of Michigan.
The Health Fund and our grantees at Detroit Area Agency on Aging (D-AAA) received Grantmakers in Aging’s 2025 John Feather Equity in Aging Award for D-AAA’s innovative home-based primary care initiative. D-AAA’s innovative home-based primary care initiative led to this recognition, along with the agency’s years of planning, collaboration, and community engagement to combat disparities in health outcomes for older adults in Detroit.
Food Clubs Adapt and Expand to Meet Evolving Community Needs
Partners across Michigan, including food banks, pantries, retailers, and farmers, have taken critical steps to prioritize dignity and individual choice in our state’s charitable food systems. Earlier this year, we shared how Michigan’s food clubs are putting an...
$14 million in New Grants Bolster Supports for Behavioral Health, Food Access, and More
The Health Fund Board of Directors has approved 43 new grants totaling over $14 million supporting projects that improve health for residents across the state of Michigan.
This includes new grant cohorts under our Behavioral Health and Nutrition & Healthy Lifestyles initiatives, plus a pair of grants aimed at strengthening the environment for health news and policymaking. Together, these investments seek to increase access to care and support better conditions for health in communities throughout the state.
