On June 6, 2024, Trinity Health Foundation of East Tennessee awarded twenty-four area organizations $218,375 in grants for this year’s Trinity Health Foundation Phase I awards. These grants will be used to plan community health-related projects competing for Phase II implementation grants later this year. Eighty proposals were received from regional nonprofits and ranked on impact and merit by the Trinity board. Proposals focused on community partnerships to address behavioral and mental health wellness and addiction, youth health initiatives (mental health, addiction, and ACEs), housing access, care for vulnerable populations, serving the servants, 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, grants for both large and small organizations are being awarded. Eleven Phase I large grants and thirteen small grants will go to nonprofits across the community. This year’s recipients and their projects include:  

• Camp in the Community – Equipping the Church and Young Leaders
• Change Center Knoxville – APEX Leadership Initiative
• FOCUS Ministries – FOCUS Leadership Initiative: Turning FOCUS Graduates into Leaders
• Fostering Hope TN, Inc. – Hopeful Transitions: Regional Strategy Serving Aged-Out Foster Youth
• Friends of Tennessee’s Babies with Special Needs – Well-being Support for Professionals Working with Families of Young Children with Special Needs
• Girls Inc. TN Valley – EmpoweringHER: Building Resilience through Social and Emotional Learning
• Girls on the Run Greater Knoxville – GOTR Expansion To Serve More Youth in East Tennessee
• Hope Resource Center – Culturally Sensitive Care for International Women
• Little Chefs, Big Change – Healthy Cooking Together: Virtual Family Cooking Program
• Operation Inasmuch  – Compassion Car Care Clinic
• Real Good Kitchen Foundation – Community Meal Program
• The Restoration House – Alumni Engagement for Sustainable Upward Mobility
• Upsilon Chi Chapter of Chi Eta Phi Sorority, Inc. – Serving Our Servants (SOS) Project

• Centro Hispano de East Tennessee – Bilingual, Culturally Relevant Substance Abuse Prevention for Latino Adolescents with Familias Fuertes
• InterFaith Health Center – Saluting Service: Bridging Gaps in Veteran Healthcare Access
• Knox Housing Partnership – Senior Health Wellness Liaison (SHAWL)
• McNabb Center – Well-being Initiative for Healthcare Workforce
• Mental Health Association of East Tennessee – Mental Health 101 Expansion & Capacity Building
• Olive Tree Early Learning Academy –  Expanding Access to Natural Therapeutic Environments for Low-Income Families
• REBOOT Recovery – Strength in Service: Empowering Those Who Serve Amidst Trauma
• Remote Area Medical – Into the Digital Age: Remote Area Medical’s Digital Denture Program
• The Free Medical Clinic of Oak Ridge, Inc. – FMC Mental Health for the Working Poor with Component of Opioid Treatment
• United Way Blount County – Blount Belonging: An Affordable Housing Initiative
• University Health System, Inc. – Behavioral Health Care Navigation for Vulnerable Mental Health Populations

• Change Center
• Friends of Tennessee’s Babies with Special Needs
• Girls Inc. TN Valley
• Girls on the Run Greater Knoxville
• Hope Resource Center
• Operation Inasmuch

• InterFaith Health Center
• REBOOT Recovery
• Remote Area Medical
• The Free Medical Clinic of Oak Ridge