Trinity Health Foundation of East Tennessee awarded 20 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 ninety-five proposals were received from regional nonprofits and were ranked on impact and merit by the Trinity board. Issues addressed include physical and behavioral healthy life choices, neighborhood/community strengthening, COVID-19 community relief & recovery, and open topics. 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 eight small grants will go to nonprofits across the community. This year’s recipients and their projects include:

• Cancer Support Community East Tennessee – Reimagining the Future of Cancer Support
• East Knoxville Free Medical Clinic – VACImpact COVID-19/Vaccine Project
• Forever Families – Pandemic Relationship Care Project
• Knoxville Inner City Kids Outreach – Effective Neighborhood Youth Development
• Next Step Initiative – Shining a Light on the Future of Free Transitional Housing for Knoxville Women in Recovery: Noon’s House
• Operation Inasmuch – Grainger County Warming House
• Our Place Company – Alzheimer’s Dementia Enrichment Program
• Raising a Voice – Residential and Vocational Programming for Women of East Knoxville
• Wesley House Community Center – Expanded Childcare Services and Food Pantry Operations

• Boys & Girls Clubs of the TN Valley – Teen Outreach Program in Affordable Housing Communities
• Breast Connect – Connect to Conquer Breast Cancer: A Courage to Conquer Cancer & Breast Connect Partnership
• Cokesbury Church – Local Church as Community Center
• Emerald Youth Foundation – Changing the Trajectory of Urban Youth & Strengthening Our Inner-City Neighborhoods
• Family Investment Foundation – Love Towers Health Clinic
• Free Medical Clinic of America – FMCA Dental Clinic
• Helen Ross McNabb Center – Building a Robust referral Network to Address Community Mental Health Treatment Needs
• Knox Area Rescue Ministries – Restoring Dignity/Promoting Good Health
• Mountain Hope Good Shepherd Clinic – Improving Health of the Uninsured with a Blended Physical & Behavioral Health Model
• Street Hope TN – Garland Oaks – A safe place for child victims of sex trafficking to find hope
• YWCA of Knoxville and the Tennessee Valley – COVID-19 Relief: Supporting Youth Experiencing Trauma

• Cancer Support Community East Tennessee
• Knoxville Inner City Kids Outreach
• Our Place Company
• Raising a Voice

• Boys & Girls Clubs of the TN Valley
• Cokesbury Church
• Free Medical Clinic of America
• Knox Area Rescue Ministries
• Street Hope TN