Aug 6, 2025 | Featured, Capacity Building, News
Throughout the summer, we’ve been excited to host a workshop series aimed at helping grantees make effective use of data to support progress toward their missions. Collecting quality data that address key programmatic questions enables organizations to understand their community, improve their approach, and communicate their impact to the audiences that matter most to their success. The exciting part? Each session came with actionable tactics and new tools that are freely available to all.
Jun 11, 2025 | Featured, Caregiving, Healthy Aging, News
Dementia Friendly Services is providing people with dementia and their caregivers an important opportunity for fun and respite through its Dementia Friendly Movie program. The program provides a welcoming environment carefully tailored to meet the needs of people with dementia — offering a relaxing and enriching experience and a critical illustration of dementia friendly principles to other members of the community.
May 23, 2025 | Featured, Nutrition and Healthy Lifestyles, News, Access to Healthy Food
The Health Fund’s approach to improving healthy food access prioritizes solutions shaped by the communities they serve. Our grantees are working to provide nutritious, local food to children, older adults, and families through programs that promote food sovereignty...
May 7, 2025 | Capacity Building, Grant Announcement, Featured, Maternal & Infant Health, Healthy Aging, Press Release, News
The Health Fund Board of Directors has approved 37 grants totaling $6,108,697 with an aim to provide resources and implement new health solutions that improve the health of Michigan residents. Most new investments will support projects and organizations through our...
Apr 23, 2025 | Healthy Aging, News
On April 7, our Healthy Aging team brought grantees, partners, and aging leaders together for a day of learning, networking, and connecting through our annual grantee convening. This year’s convening was timed with the release of our 2025 RFP and took place against a...
Apr 11, 2025 | Nutrition and Healthy Lifestyles, News, Access to Healthy Food
We’ve long known that encouraging healthy habits and providing access to nutritious foods to children at an early age can support a lifetime of health benefits. School food systems provide a critical pathway for achieving these goals. Our Nutrition & Healthy...
Mar 26, 2025 | Capacity Building, News
Catchafire is the broadest and most flexible non-grant capacity building tool we offer to health-focused nonprofits in Michigan. Through the platform, nonprofits gain access to a large network of thousands of skilled professionals who offer pro bono services...
Mar 7, 2025 | News, Behavorial Health Services
Team-based approaches have been shown to support better behavioral health outcomes for the people served — as well as those providing care — while also reducing costs. The Health Fund’s Behavioral Health Initiative supports new and innovative team-based projects as a...
Feb 24, 2025 | Behavorial Health Services, News
We’ve learned a lot in recent years about the barriers that prevent Michigan residents who need behavioral health care from accessing it. Provider shortages, stigma, cost, distance from services, and difficulty navigating complex systems can all stand in the way. But...
