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Grants

The Florida Blue Foundation’s programs are focused on impacting food security, improving health equity, advancing mental well-being, healthy communities, and addressing systemic racism and resulting health disparities. 

If you are seeking a Corporate Contribution or Sponsorship, learn more about guidelines, information and open applications, or visit the application portal.

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Healthy Communities grants overview

Our commitment to making a positive impact in the community is firmly rooted in our mission to help people and communities achieve better health. Working in partnership with nonprofit organizations, the Florida Blue Foundation addresses critical issues in local communities, opening new windows of opportunity to better enable our neighbors to reach their potential.

Applications are now open!

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Story of Impact

A health encounter can be a stressful experience for anyone. This is especially true for people who have limited English language and literacy skills. Learn how grants addressing health literacy have made an impact on this population.

We're focused on three key drivers of health

Access to affordable, healthy foods and quality health care. Education on health, nutrition, mental health and well-being. Support to address stress, anxiety, loneliness, addiction and more. Address systemic racism and the resulting health disparities. Aligned with community needs to help people and communities achieve better health.

 

Food Security

Impact food security to help mitigate associated issues, which can be detrimental to health, development and well-being.

Health Equity

Improve health equity to ensure access and opportunity to achieve optimal health for those disadvantaged by environmental, economic and social circumstances

Mental Well-being

Advance mental well-being to mitigate stressors associated with issues that often impact entire families and/or communities

Grant Opportunities

Build Healthy, Strong Communities Grant

Health & Well-being

All applications due on August 28, 2022 by 5 pm ET

Available Soon

What to expect

Awards multi-year grants to nonprofit community food banks that take a holistic approach to addressing food insecurity. Grants provide support for access to affordable healthy foods for low-income families who live in food deserts.

Train the Trainer Grant

Health Equity

All applications due on August 28, 2022 by 5 pm ET

Closed

What to expect

Awards multi-year grants to nonprofit community food banks that take a holistic approach to addressing food insecurity. Grants provide support for access to affordable healthy foods for low-income families who live in food deserts.

Grant for Food Banks

Food Security

All applications due on August 28, 2022 by 5 pm ET

Open

What to expect

Awards multi-year grants to nonprofit community food banks that take a holistic approach to addressing food insecurity. Grants provide support for access to affordable healthy foods for low-income families who live in food deserts.

Grant Opportunities

Food Security

  • Submission Deadline: 2022 applications are closed.

  • Description: Awards four-year grants that impact food security of families and communities to help mitigate associated costly issues, which can be detrimental to health, development and well-being. 

Health Equity

  • Submission Deadline: 2022 applications are closed.

  • Description: Awards three- or four-year grant to improve health equity to ensure that families and community members have both the access and opportunity to attain full health potential and are not disadvantaged due to environmental, economic, and/or social circumstance. 

Mental Well-Being

  • Submission Deadline: 2022 applications are closed.

  • Description: Grants to advance mental well-being for families and community members to mitigate the stressors associated with issues that often impact entire families and/or communities.

Healthy Communities

  • Submission Deadline: Applications accepted daily.

  • Description: Grants to address critical issues in local communities, opening new windows of opportunity to better enable our neighbors to reach their potential. Applications are open.

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Florida Blue Foundation
4800 Deerwood Campus Parkway, DC202 Jacksonville, FL 32246

1-800-477-3736
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Florida Blue Foundation is a trade name of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida Foundation, Inc., an Independent Licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association.

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