2019 Grant Recipients

On June 5, 2019, Trinity Health Foundation of East Tennessee awarded 23 area organizations more than $220,000 in grants for this year’s Trinity Health Foundation Phase I awards. These grants will be used to plan community health-related projects that will compete for Phase II implementation grants later this year. More than seventy-five proposals were received from regional nonprofits and were ranked on impact and merit by the Trinity board. Issues addressed include access to medical/dental care, healthy life choices, opioid addiction education, and awareness, diminishing adverse childhood experiences and their effects, and neighborhood/community strengthening. These groups will use the Phase I funding to research and plan details for project operations and sustainability culminating in a proposal for consideration of Phase II implementation funds.

This year both large organization and small organization grants are being awarded. Eleven Phase I large grants and twelve small grants will go to nonprofits across the community. This year’s recipients and their projects include:

• Align9 – Access to Care
• ARC-USA – Arab Refugee Christians USA
• Austin Hatcher Foundation for Pediatric Cancer – The Austin Hatcher Foundation Provides Neurocognitive Testing to Pediatric Cancer Population of East Tennessee
• FOCUS Ministries – FOCUS on Women’s Re-Entry Wellness
• Hope Resource Center – Well-Woman Care
• Knoxville Family Justice Center – Reaching Underserved Projects
• Metro Drug Coalition – Strong Foundations: Mind, Body, Spirit
• Mountain Hope Good Shepherd Clinic – Improving Space and Technology for Access to Care
• Spark – Medical Equipment Loan Program
• Tennessee Men’s Health Network – 24/7 Dad: Involving Fathers
• The Good Samaritan Center of Loudon County – Healthy Lives, Healthy Smiles
• Thrive Lonsdale – Excellence in Academic Support

• East Tennessee Children’s Hospital – Early Intervention of Mental Illness in Pediatric Primary Care Offices
• Emory Valley Center – Treatment and Stabilization for Individuals Dual Diagnosed with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities and Mental Illness
• Fort Sanders Foundation (Peninsula) – Implementing Occupational Therapy at Peninsula Hospital
• InterFaith Health Clinic – Saving Smiles
• Knox Area Rescue Ministries – Community Healthcare for the Underserved
• Legacy Parks Foundation – Sharp’s Ridge Playspace
• Mental Health Association of Middle Tennessee – East Tennessee Youth and Young Adult Suicide Prevention
• The Great School Partnership Charitable Trust – Knox County Recovery High School
• The Restoration House – A Collaborative Approach to Overcoming ACE’s through a Two-Generational Trauma Responsive Strategy for Youth Development
• YMCA of East Tennessee – Teen Trekkers
• YWCA of Knoxville and the Tennessee Valley – Finding Freedom by Overcoming Adverse Childhood Experiences

• FOCUS Ministries
• Hope Resource Center
• Mountain Hope Good Shepherd Clinic
• The Good Samaritan Center of Loudon County

• East Tennessee Children’s Hospital
• Emory Valley Center
• Knox Area Rescue Ministries
• Legacy Parks Foundation
• The Restoration House