Mother Cabrini Health Foundation
/OVERVIEW: The Mother Cabrini Health Foundation supports health and wellbeing efforts for vulnerable populations and diverse communities in New York.
FUNDING AREAS: Health, wellbeing, children and youth, elderly, immigrants, people with special needs, veterans, formerly incarcerated individuals
IP TAKE: MCHF’s statewide grants program is the most accessible program for first-time grantees from this new health legacy foundation that is already making a big local impact in New York communities.
PROFILE: Established in 2018, the Mother Cabrini Health Foundation (MCHF) is a health legacy foundation based in New York City, New York. The $3.75 billion sale of a nonprofit entity, Fidelis Care, to a for-profit company, Centene Corporation, created this foundation. It is rooted in Catholic traditions and named after Sister Frances Xavier Cabrini, who was an advocate for children and immigrants. The foundation aims to " promote, sponsor and support activities, programs and initiatives that enhance access to affordable quality healthcare and healthcare-related services and address the unmet healthcare and healthcare related needs of communities across New York State, including, in each case, the social determinants of health, consistent with the ethical principles, tenets and teachings of the Roman Catholic faith.” MCHF funds local efforts to improve the health and wellbeing of vulnerable New Yorkers and diverse communities.
The Mother Cabrini Health Foundation addresses unmet healthcare and health-related needs of individuals, families and communities. It carries on the legacy of Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini’s tradition of helping to heal the sick and care for the poor. MCHF commonly supports efforts that benefit local children and youth. Other populations of interest include older adults, immigrants, migrant workers, formerly incarcerated individuals, people with special needs, veterans, pregnant women, new moms and young adults. Overall, MCHF supports New Yorkers in need who come from all background and faiths, or from no faith at all. It has a statewide grants program that is open to the public, as well as a regional grants program and a special initiative grants program that are available on an invitation-only basis.
Grants range between about $10,000 and $1 million. Learn more about this funder’s local giving by examining the list of grantees linked on the funder’s website. Grantmaking focuses on the entire state of New York and all regions of the state. Past local grantees include Advocates for Children of New York, BronxWorks and Heartshare Human Services of New York.
This foundation accepts unsolicited grant applications from nonprofits for its statewide grants program. MCHF identifies specific grant priorities annually. The application process begins with an initial letter of inquiry, followed by a full proposal upon MCHF invitation. All applications must be submitted through an online application system. Direct general questions to the staff at info@cabrinihealth.org or 646-980-3001.
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