News

Our May 2026 newsletter is out, with our Grantee Spotlight shining on WNY Independent Living’s Independent Youth Living Project which is expanding access to family-centered services for youth with disabilities and their caregivers across Genesee, Orleans, and Wyoming Counties. 

Learning Opportunities this month include an in-person half-day wellness event for caregivers of individuals with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities with the Strong Center for Developmental Disabilities and resources for Women’s Health Week. 

As always, check out new grant opportunities, and explore many community events happening across the region.

Our April 2026 newsletter is out, with a reminder that latest funding opportunity, Call for Ideas, closes next week. We’re also highlighting grantee updates in neighborhood development, parent leadership training, and announcing staff updates. As always, check out new grant opportunities, and explore many community events happening across the region.

Our February newsletter highlights Black History Month with upcoming events focused on mental health, wellness, healing-centered care, substance use, stigma, access to care, and youth and family voice. Learn about our upcoming Call for Ideas funding opportunity, explore community events from partners across the region, and see what we’ve been working on in the new year

In our January newsletter, we’re uplifting Martin Luther King Day by sharing dynamic events from the Greater Rochester Martin Luther King Jr. Commission and Rochester Institute of Technology’s Division of Access, Engagement, and Success. January is also National Poverty Awareness Month — explore engaging events and opportunities to learn!

As we close out 2025, we are reflecting with deep gratitude for the partners, residents, and community leaders in our region. This year end message highlights what we have built together through partnership, trust, and shared commitment to health equity.

Our December newsletter is out! We’re closing out the year with gratitude, shining a spotlight on three grantee partners working to advance health equity in our region: Milly’s Pantry in Yates County, the Indigenous Health Coalition, and Causewave Community Partners.

At Greater Rochester Health Foundation, we know that lasting solutions begin in community. On National Rural Health Day, we’re especially grateful for the people and partners across our region’s rural towns and villages who are working every day to strengthen health and well-being close to home.

In our November 2025 newsletter our Grantee Spotlight shines on the Dad’s Café, hosted in partnership with ROC the Future with a focus on mental and physical health for Men’s Health Awareness Month. We’re also recapping our Healthy & Equitable Futures Summit, a special gathering of Racial Health Equity partners, resources around SNAP uncertainty, and TWO new grant opportunities.