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.
We know many of our nonprofit partners are facing sudden funding cuts and contract changes, making it harder to serve the community.
That’s why we’ve launched a Rapid Response Fund to offer short-term relief grants—up to $75,000—for nonprofits experiencing immediate funding disruptions. This fund is here to help you keep doing the work our community depends on.
Our April 2025 newsletter is out! In our Grantee Spotlight: Find out how 441 Ministries Beechwood, Inc is uplifting tenants in Beechwood, meet the inspiring Women’s Foundation of Genesee Valley graduates securing $500K+ in funding, and celebrate Rochester Deaf Kitchen’s fight for food equity. Plus, in Health Foundation news: explore new funding opportunities, a call for nonprofit financial health consultants, and staff and board highlights from the PEAK2025 conference and Jordan Health’s diabetes awareness event!
The Greater Rochester Health Foundation is excited to announce that our 2025 Call for Ideas funding opportunity is now open.
The Health Foundation invites non-profit organizations and entities in our nine-county region to submit proposals for funding consideration. This opportunity supports initiatives with a maximum request of $75,000, up to 18-months.
