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Community Health Improvement Grants
The Virginia Mason Franciscan Health (VMFH) Community Health Improvement Grants program is funded by contributions from our 8 hospitals around Puget Sound. In awarding community grants, VMFH actively partners with nonprofit organizations working to improve health status and quality of life in the communities we serve.
Grant funds are used to deliver services and strengthen service systems, to improve the health and well-being of vulnerable and underserved populations. The program is one way VMFH puts its mission and values into practice.
Funding criteria
The Community Health Improvement Grants program uses funding criteria to ensure that its charitable resources address health needs in ways that demonstrate accountability for impact. Grant applicants should ensure that their proposed projects:
- Address one or more prioritized significant needs in the local hospital’s Community Health Needs Assessment
- Access to health care
- Chronic disease prevention
- Behavioral health
- Violence prevention
- Serve identified vulnerable or underserved populations
- Include two or more collaborating partners with distinct, complementary, and substantive project roles
- Preference is given to projects that work in some capacity with one or more VMFH hospitals
Eligibility
- Lead applicant must be a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization
- Grant projects awards are from $20,000 up to $100,000. Grant project implementation is from March 2025 to February 2026.
- Mid-year and final written accountability reports are required
- Projects are funded for one year and there is no guarantee of continued funding in future years
Information sessions
Timeline
- Application period open from June 17-Aug. 16, 2024
- Applicants notified – January 2025
- Projects begin – March 1, 2025
- Projects end – Feb. 28, 2026
Application portal
Look for 2026 application information in Summer 2025.
Community Health Improvement grant recipients
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Applicant Organization
Application Name
$ Amount Funded
Alimentando al Pueblo
Expansion of Latine Produce Access Program in South King County
$70,000
American Heart Association
Reducing Maternal Health Disparities: Self-measured Blood Pressure Initiatives Enhanced by Doula Integration
$99,785
Boys & Girls Clubs of South Puget Sound (BGCSPS)
Teen Mental Health First Aid Training in Bremerton School District
$25,000
CJK Community Homes
Behavioral Health and Access to Care Services for At-Risk-For-Homeless Tacoma Residents
$50,000
Emergency Food Network
Emergency Food Network's Home Delivery Program
$75,000
FareStart
FareStart Mobile Community Market
$50,000
Hunger Intervention Program
Culturally Appropriate Nutrition Support for Seniors
$50,000
Key Peninsula Healthy Community
Key Peninsula Healthy Community
$100,000
Kitsap Immigrant Assistance Center
Community Health Improvement for Immigrants
$100,000
Kitsap Public Health District
Serving the Underserved: HCV/STI Outreach and Care Coordination
$99,731
Mary's Place
Increasing Access and Equity in Healthcare for Families Experiencing Homelessness
$86,900
Multicultural Child and Family Hope Center
Enhanced Community Health Worker Services and SUD Professional Training
$96,000
Museum of Glass
Hot Shop Heroes
$20,000
Nashi Immigrants Health Board
Culturally and Linguistically Responsive Health Care for Ukrainian Communities
$50,000
New Life Community Development Agency
MWRC Community Health Program
$75,000
Pierce Center for Arts & Technology (dba Arivva)
Medical Assistant Training Program
$87,279
Plateau Outreach Ministries
Plateau Outreach Ministries Basic Needs
$30,000
ROOTS Young Adult Shelter
Expanding Behavioral Health Services for Unhoused Young Adults in King County
$100,000
Rainier Valley Food Bank
Increasing Access to Nutritious Food and Support Services in South Seattle through Online Ordering & Home Delivery for Low Income Individuals
$59,510
Refugee Women's Alliance
Refugee Women's Alliance (ReWA)'s Domestic Violence Program
$50,000
Seattle Center Foundation
2025 Seattle/King County Clinic
$40,000
Solid Ground
Sand Point Behavioral Health Expansion
$57,695
Tacoma Urban League
Leaders in Women's Health: Program Expansion
$50,000
The Journey Fund
The Journey Fund
$35,000
The Salvation Army
The Salvation Army-Bremerton
$34,000
Vine Maple Place
Resilience and Healing: Breaking the Generational Cycle of Homelessness for Single-parent Families in South King County.
$100,000
YMCA of Pierce and Kitsap Counties
YMCA Chronic Disease Prevention Program
$89,600
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Applicant Organization
Application Name
$ Amount Funded
Communities In Schools Of Lakewood
In School Behavioral Supports
$95,000
Emergency Food Network
EFN Home Delivery Program
$75,000
HopeSparks
Hip Hop Therapy
$53,560
KC HELP
Knights of Columbus Equipment Support Program
$35,000
Key Peninsula Healthy Community
Key Peninsula Healthy Community
$95,000
Kitsap Immigrant Assistance Center
Community Health Improvement for Immigrants
$100,000
Multicultural Child and Family Hope Center
Hilltop and Downtown Tacoma Community Health Workers
$96,000
North Kitsap Fishline
Fishline Counseling Services
$50,000
Nourish Pierce County Food Banks
Culturally Responsive/Nutritious Foods
$100,000
Pacific Lutheran University
Spanish-Language Medical Interpretation Training Course
$42,170
Peace Lutheran Church
Peace Lutheran - Hilltop Anti-Displacement Program
$36,500
Pike Market Senior Center & Food Bank
Senior Homelessness Intervention & Prevention (SHIP)
$98,200
Plateau Outreach Ministries
Plateau Outreach Ministries Basic Needs
$25,000
Project Access Northwest
Pro Bono Behavioral Health Counseling Program
$100,000
Rainier Foothills Wellness Foundation
Rainier Foothills Wellness Foundation - Community Mental Health
$60,000
Resilient in Sustaining Empowerment
Behavioral Health Supports for Gun Violence Survivors
$95,000
Seattle Center Foundation
2024 Seattle/King County Clinic
$35,000
Solid Ground WA
Solid Ground’s Sand Point Behavioral Health Partnerships Program
$100,000
Step By Step Family Support Center
Meeting the Needs of Vulnerable Pregnant and Parenting Women
$100,000
Tacoma SEED - Hilltop Urban Gardens
Hilltop Urban Gardens
$67,013
Tacoma Urban League/Leaders in Women's Health
Culturally Competent Diabetes & Hypertension Outreach & Workshop
$25,000
Teen Feed
Teen Feed Trauma & Nutrition Equity - Community Guide
$35,000
Vine Maple Place
Addressing social determinants of health to end homelessness through Vine Maple Place’s Stable Families Program
$95,000
YMCA of Pierce and Kitsap Counties
Chronic Disease Support Programs
$80,080