Articles from Elevance Health Foundation

Elevance Health Foundation has awarded 22 new grants totaling more than $2.3 million to support food as medicine programs across the country. These grants will help nonprofit organizations improve access to nutritious food and advance clinical outcomes for individuals and families experiencing food and nutrition insecurity, particularly those living with diet-related chronic conditions. This latest round of funding is part of the Foundation’s five-year, $150 million commitment to addressing the physical, behavioral, and social needs of under-resourced communities.

Elevance Health Foundation today announced that applications will open December 9, 2025, for its inaugural $5 million Patient Safety Prize. With a focus on improving health literacy, eliminating medication errors, and preventing patient falls, the Prize invites changemakers to submit transformational solutions that improve safety, advance quality of care, and enhance outcomes for vulnerable populations.

The Elevance Health Foundation has awarded 29 new grants totaling more than $6.5 million to support maternal and infant health programs across the country. The funding will drive innovative, scalable solutions spanning pre-conception care, pregnancy, delivery, postpartum, and infant health, with a focus on reducing disparities and improving outcomes. This latest round of funding is part of the Foundation’s five-year, $150 million commitment to addressing the physical, behavioral, and social needs of under-resourced communities.

Elevance Health Foundation recently announced a $1.5 million grant to HealthConnect One, an organization committed to expanding community-based doula care and addressing maternal health disparities. With this grant, HealthConnect One will launch new doula training programs with community-based organizations in California, Georgia, Indiana, Ohio, New York, and Virginia.

Elevance Health Foundation today announces its new five-year, $150 million commitment aimed at addressing the physical, behavioral, and social needs of under-resourced communities. Building off the Foundation’s momentum from the last three years, this new strategy will strengthen its efforts to create healthier communities through an expanded multi-lever approach that includes grantmaking, impact investing, associate community engagement, and a new Community Action Leadership initiative.

The Elevance Health Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Elevance Health, today announces professional football player Ryan Kelly as its latest Elevance Health Champion. Designed to help increase awareness for critical health challenges and raise funds for local organizations that are making a healthy difference in their communities, the Elevance Health Champion program recognizes professional athletes and organizations who have dedicated their life to leading healthy lifestyles and are actively helping to inspire others to do the same.

Elevance Health Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Elevance Health, today announces it has reached its three-year, $90 million grant commitment to improve accessibility and further health equity across the country. Since July 2021, the Foundation has awarded $97.3 million in grants all toward programs that are improving maternal and child health, encouraging food as medicine, reducing substance use disorder, and providing community resiliency/disaster relief. Through these grants and associate engagement programs, the Foundation has provided funding to over 12,000 nonprofit partners across the country.

Elevance Health Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Elevance Health, today announces the expansion of its substance use disorder (SUD) grants through an additional $13.1 million in awards across 35 nonprofit organizations. Each program will address substance use disorder, focusing on improving access to care, quality of treatment, and youth prevention and early intervention. This third phase of grants is part of the three-year, $30 million commitment the Foundation made to invest in the mental health and well-being in our communities, particularly with individuals who have a substance use disorder. Through this latest investment, the Foundation has awarded more than $33.7 million to SUD programs.

Elevance Health Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Elevance Health, today announces a $10 million commitment to launch a new impact investing program to create positive social impact through investment opportunities beyond its existing grant portfolio. The new program will provide loans to small businesses, social enterprises, and entrepreneurs that support health equity in under-resourced communities. Through loans with interest rates below Prime rates, these partners will address social needs including access to care, food insecurity, and health disparities.

The Elevance Health Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Elevance Health Inc., today announces professional basketball player Kevin Love as its latest Elevance Health Champion. Designed to help increase awareness for critical health challenges and raise funds for local organizations that are making a healthy difference in their communities, the Elevance Health Champion program recognizes professional athletes and organizations who have dedicated their life to leading healthy lifestyles and are actively helping to inspire others to do the same.

Elevance Health Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Elevance Health, today announces the expansion of its community resiliency and disaster relief grants through an additional $1.2 million in awards. Each grant supports organizations focused on utilizing available resources to respond to, withstand, and recover from adverse situations as well as disaster preparedness, response, and recovery efforts.

Elevance Health Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Elevance Health, today announces the expansion of its food as medicine grants through an additional $4.2 million in awards. Each grant will go toward organizations that are helping individuals and families reach optimal health through good nutrition, focusing on improving clinical outcomes for food insecure individuals with chronic conditions and/or creating more access to nutritious foods for food-insecure populations. This third phase of food as medicine grants is part of the $30 million the Foundation plans to invest through next year to make significant progress in encouraging food as medicine. This round of grants brings the total awarded thus far to more than $27 million.

The Elevance Health Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Elevance Health Inc., today announces the expansion of its substance use disorder grants through an additional $5.7 million in awards. Each grant will address substance use disorder, focusing on at least one of the following themes: access to care, quality of treatment, and youth prevention and early intervention. This second phase of grants is a part of the $30 million the Foundation plans to invest through 2024 to make significant progress in addressing the mental health and well-being in our communities, with an emphasis on substance use disorders. This round of grants brings the total awarded so far to more than $19.5 million.

The Elevance Health Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Elevance Health Inc., today announces the expansion of its maternal and child health grants through an additional $1.6 million in awards. Each grant will address maternal and child health, focusing on one of the following themes: mental health, access to care, high-touch support, and health-related social needs. This second phase of maternal and child health grants are a part of the $30 million the Foundation plans to invest through 2024 to make significant progress on improving maternal and child health outcomes. This round of grants brings the total awarded thus far to more than $18 million.

The Elevance Health Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Elevance Health Inc., today announces the commitment of $22.8 million in grants for programs that leverage food as medicine. With an overall goal of helping individuals and families reach optimal health through good nutrition, each of these grants will focus on the following: using food interventions to help prevent or manage chronic conditions, improving access to and distributing food while providing long-term solutions for food security, and providing nutrition and health education. These grants are part of up to $30 million the Foundation plans to invest over the next three years to encourage food as medicine.