On June 3, 2026, Trinity Health Foundation of East Tennessee awarded twenty-seven area organizations $244,942 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. Sixty-seven proposals were received from regional nonprofits and ranked by the Trinity board on impact and merit. Issues addressed include community partnerships to address behavioral and mental health, wellness & addiction; youth health initiative – mental health/addiction/ACEs; access to housing; access to care for vulnerable populations; serving the servants; and open topics. These groups will use the Phase I funding to research and plan the operational and sustainability details of the project, culminating in a proposal for consideration for Phase II implementation funds.
This year, grants for large and small organizations are being awarded. Thirteen Phase I large grants and fourteen small grants will go to nonprofits across the community. This year’s recipients and their projects include:
View project descriptions and photos in the Awards Gallery.
Congratulations to the Small Grant winners:
- Adopt-A-School/Partners in Education – Equipping Those Who Equip Our Children
- Alliance for Integrated Awareness – High-Quality, Advanced Training for Mental Health Professionals
- ASAP for Anderson County – Youth Resiliency from Prevention to Recovery Through Coping Conversations
- Arts for All Tennessee – Theater My Way: Expanding Access to the Arts to Support Inclusive Youth Wellness
- Compassion Counseling – Hope Program
- Evergreen Community Development Corp – Young Moguls
- FOCUS Ministries – Bridging Reentry: Expanding Access to Mental Health Care for Justice-Involved Women
- Girls Inc. of Tennessee Valley – From Trauma to Thriving: Evidence-Based Therapeutic Programming for High-Risk Girls
- Girls on the Run Greater Knoxville – Expanding Access to Youth Mental Health and Physical Activity Programs for Girls in East Tennessee
- Good Neighbors of Blount County – Invest in Me (I’M IN)
- Guided Path Terminal Cancer Support – Aid for Cancer Patients Through Community Compass
- SoulBridge – SoulBridge: Expanding Affordable, Trauma-Informed Mental Health Care in East Tennessee
- Three Rivers Collaborative – Flourishing Church Leaders Initiative
- YOKE Youth Ministries – From Campus to Community: Expanding Mentoring Relationships for Middle School Students
Congratulations to the Large Grant winners:
- Battlefield Farm – The One Five Grocery Store
- Centro Hispano de East Tennessee – Expanding Preventive Health Access for Latino Children and Families in the Greater Knoxville Region
- CONTACT Care Line – Care Suicide Intervention Training: Connect, Ask, Respond, Engage
- Emory Valley Center – Prevention and Early-Intervention Initiative
- Family Investment Foundation – Transforming Western: Expanding Health Food Access Through Neighborhood Grocer
- Hold On To Hope – Hold On To Hope: A Pilot Model for Early Support to Families of Missing Persons
- McNabb Center – Elevate Recovery School – Academic Transition Liaison
- Men of Valor – From Trauma to Flourishing: A Community Partnership for Mental Health and Reentry in East Tennessee
- Pat Summitt Foundation – Caring for the Caregivers
- Remote Area Medical – Focus on Access: RAM’s Digital Optometry Mobile Unit
- The Restoration House – Family Systems Research & Integration Project
- The Salvation Army, Knoxville Area Command – Planning a Community Care Hub to Serve the Homeless
- TN Voices – Thrive Transition Program
