In our September 2025 newsletter, we’re resharing our 2020–2024 Highlights: What We’ve Built Together – Reflecting on Five Years of Listening, Growing, & Advancing Health Equity. Over this time, we’ve worked to center equity, broaden our reach across all nine counties we serve, and remove barriers to funding — especially for organizations led by and rooted in community.
Greater Rochester Health Foundation and Rochester Area Community Foundation have partnered to invest $2.1 million to expand local health equity resources. Grants will support 32 grassroots and nonprofit organizations across nine counties, advancing community-led solutions in mental health, food security, and basic needs.
Our 2020-2024 Highlights report, What We’ve Built Together, reflects the community voices, collaboration, and possibilities that have guided and shaped our work over the past five years. Through trusted partnerships, we’ve deepened our presence across the nine counties we serve, and continue to work to ensure our values are reflected in every action we take.
Our August 2025 newsletter is here! We’re sharing exciting Health Foundation News along with many opportunities for Learning & Engagement in the region. This month’s Partner Spotlight shines on Common Ground Health, as they’ve just released the 2025 Monroe County Behavioral Health Needs Assessment, offering a timely and comprehensive look at the current behavioral health landscape in our community.
Our July 2025 newsletter is here! We’re joining health-focused foundations to oppose harmful federal health and human services cuts. This month’s Grantee Spotlight features The Children’s Agenda and their parent group VIP. Plus: PRIDE events, learning opportunities, and community events across the region.
July 8, 2025 — Together with the Health Foundation for Western and Central New York and the New York Health Foundation, Greater Rochester Health Foundation released a statement in unified opposition to the devastating health and human services cuts included in the newly passed budget.
Our June 2025 newsletter features our new short documentary Neighborhood Health Status Improvement: Empowering & Transforming Communities, highlighting resident-led change through Project HOPE, SOAR, and STEPS. We spotlight The Center for Youth’s award for youth-adult partnership, and share learning opportunities from JPC, Delphi Rise, RAWNY, RochesterWorks, CEO, Baden Street Settlement, and Regenerative Futures Lab. Celebrate Juneteenth with local partners, and don’t miss WXXI/PBS’s Caregiving documentary on advancing health equity.
NEW mini-documentary, “When Communities Lead: A Story of Health & Hope” highlights how residents across the Greater Rochester region are driving lasting health transformation through trust, leadership, and local strength. Through the Neighborhood Health Status Improvement (NHSI) initiative, communities are reshaping what’s possible — proving that real change starts from within.
Our May newsletter is here, featuring new efforts to support health equity across Greater Rochester. Learn about our Rapid Response Fund, offering up to $75,000 to help nonprofits navigate urgent funding gaps.
There’s still time to submit your idea to our Call for Ideas—community-driven proposals are due next week!
We spotlight HCR Home Care for expanding home healthcare outreach in Black communities, and share opportunities from MHA Rochester and the Indigenous Health Coalition in honor of Mental Health Awareness Month.
