Grants

Category Health & Medical

Grants Made in 2024 $133,435

Boys & Girls Club of Union County

Amount
$12,500
Category
, Health & Medical
Year
2024

Expanded Family Support Program to include free dental clinic, eye care, and family wellness center

Center for Hope Hospice

Amount
$29,085
Category
, Health & Medical
Year
Grants Made in 2024

Medical bed replacements for terminally ill patients

Foundation for University Hospital

Amount
$15,000
Category
, Health & Medical
Year
Grants Made in 2024

Mammography in Motion mobile testing for underserved women in Summit

Overlook Foundation

Amount
$50,000
Category
, Health & Medical
Year
2024

Peer Support Specialist for the newly-created EmPATH mental health unit

St. Joseph Social Service Center

Amount
$6,500
Category
, Health & Medical
Year
Grants Made in 2024

Health services program (prescription assistance, mental health, case management) in Elizabeth

Trinitas Foundation

Amount
$20,350
Category
, Health & Medical
Year
2024

Support for Child/Adolescent Behavioral Health program improvements (for children aged 3-17)

Grants Made in 2023 $94,300

Center for Hope Hospice

Amount
$25,000
Category
, Health & Medical
Year
2023

Palliative care for Union County seniors

Children’s Specialized Hospital Foundation

Amount
$35,000
Category
, Health & Medical
Year
2023

Training for credentialed pediatrician to expand developmental behavioral program

Crossroads4Hope

Amount
$2,500
Category
, Health & Medical
Year
2023

Cancer education and outreach for vulnerable communities

St. Joseph Social Service Center

Amount
$4,000
Category
, Health & Medical
Year
2023

Health services for neighbors in need

Summit Volunteer First Aid Squad

Amount
$14,000
Category
, Health & Medical
Year
2023

Audio and computer equipment for a new ambulance

Trinitas Health Foundation

Amount
$8,800
Category
, Health & Medical
Year
2023

Nursing Assistant training program

United Way of Greater Union County

Amount
$5,000
Category
, Health & Medical
Year
2023

Digital Equity and Health Insurance enrollment program for Summit residents

Grants Made in 2022 $185,404

Bridges Outreach

Amount
$22,500
Category
, Health & Medical
Year
2022

Welcome Neighbors provides case management and basic necessities to individuals experiencing unsheltered homelessness

Community FoodBank of New Jersey

Amount
$50,000
Category
, Health & Medical
Year
2022

Fresh produce distribution to network partners and schools in Summit

Contact We Care, Inc. (Caring Contact)

Amount
$14,000
Category
, Health & Medical
Year
2022

Increase local capacity for 988 Natl. Suicide Prevention Lifeline

KinderSmile Foundation

Amount
$10,000
Category
, Health & Medical
Year
2022

Oral health program for GRACE’s uninsured children

St. Joseph Social Service Center

Amount
$6,500
Category
, Health & Medical
Year
2022

Prescription assistance, health screening, case management for adults in Elizabeth

Summit Volunteer First Aid Squad

Amount
$15,000
Category
, Health & Medical
Year
2022

Purchase new first responder vehicle for fire, haz mat, and mass casualty incidents

Trinitas Health Foundation

Amount
$67,404
Category
, Health & Medical
Year
2022

SimMan 3G Plus Human Patient Simulatort for simulation lab at the Trinitas School of Nursing

Grants Made in 2021 $117,640

Bridges Outreach

Amount
$15,000
Category
, Health & Medical
Year
2021

Enhance “Welcome Neighbors” to provide case management and basic necessities for homeless/housing insecure in Summit

CASA of Union County

Amount
$15,000
Category
, Health & Medical
Year
2021

Parental Substance Abuse training

Center for Hope Hospice & Palliative Care

Amount
$5,000
Category
, Health & Medical
Year
2021

Develop mobile app for patient care

Contact We Care, Inc. (Caring Contact)

Amount
$13,000
Category
, Health & Medical
Year
2021

988 National Suicide Prevention Hotline and local NJ call center

Family Promise

Amount
$15,000
Category
, Health & Medical
Year
2021

Mental health counseling and wellness initiative for temporarily homeless families

KinderSmile Foundation

Amount
$8,000
Category
, Health & Medical
Year
2021

Free dental care to underserved children

Overlook Foundation

Amount
$26,640
Category
, Health & Medical
Year
2021

Year 3 of community health associate pilot

St Teresa of Avila Loaves and Fishes

Amount
$5,000
Category
, Health & Medical
Year
2021

Provide non-perishable food and basic hygiene and household items

YWCA of Eastern Union County

Amount
$15,000
Category
, Health & Medical
Year
2021

PALS (Peace: A Learned Solution) arts therapy for domestic abuse victims

Grants Made in 2020 $147,040

Caring Contact

Amount
$15,000
Category
, Health & Medical
Year
2020

Support for suicide prevention and crisis hotline

Center for Hope Hospice

Amount
$15,000
Category
, Health & Medical
Year
2020

Therapeutic Temperature Control Initiative 

ECLC

Amount
$10,000
Category
, Health & Medical
Year
2020

Space renovations to meet social distancing requirements for PRIDE Program (serves adults with developmental disabilities)

Overlook Foundation

Amount
$26,640
Category
, Health & Medical
Year
2020

Community health pilot (year 2 of 3 year commitment)

St. Joseph Social Service Center

Amount
$6,500
Category
, Health & Medical
Year
2020

Prescription assistance program 

Summit Volunteer First Aid Squad

Amount
$20,000
Category
, Health & Medical
Year
2020

Laptops for electronic EMS call reports

Summit Volunteer First Aid Squad

Amount
$3,900
Category
, Health & Medical
Year
2020

Covid-19 crisis decontamination UV light machine for its vehicles

Trinitas Health Foundation

Amount
$50,000
Category
, Health & Medical
Year
2020

Renovations to isolation rooms in pediatric psychiatric unit

Total: $677,819