Jewish Healthcare Foundation Awards $690K in Grants to Support Essential Services Affected by Federal Funding Cuts
Type: Press Release
PITTSBURGH, PA – The Jewish Healthcare Foundation (JHF) approved $690,000 in grants to support critical healthcare, immigrant services, reproductive health, and regional innovation efforts largely affected by policy and funding changes enacted since the new federal administration took office in January.
The four grants each support a key community organization whose services or programmatic work align with the mission of the Foundation and that have been longtime partners of JHF while also facing volatility in federal funding, disrupting their ability to deliver services and plan for upcoming programming.
A $250,000 grant was awarded to the Community Foundation for the Alleghenies, the fiscal agent for the Immigrant Funders Collaborative, a group of 18 local nonprofit organizations serving immigrants and refugees, to support the ongoing efforts to provide crucial services to immigrant communities in Southwestern Pennsylvania. This collective includes JFCS, a long-term grantee of the JHF.
A $250,000 grant was awarded to the Squirrel Hill Health Center (SHHC) to sustain pivotal primary care services amid uncertainty caused by federal policy changes. The funds will help fill key vacancies and support the executive team as they navigate long-term sustainability challenges. JHF is proud to claim “parenthood” of SHHC, as the initial funding for SHHC came from JHF’s application in 2006. SHHC was conceived as a federally qualified health center uniquely designed to serve older adults. SHHC is another longtime grantee.
A $150,000 two-year grant was awarded to Planned Parenthood of Western Pennsylvania’s Defense Fund. This funding will be dedicated to safeguarding access to essential reproductive health services and will establish a reserve to offset federal funding cuts.
A $40,000 grant was awarded to the University of Pittsburgh to serve as a major sponsor of a Global Innovation Summit to be held in Pittsburgh in October 2025. The funding will be used to support a panel about the region’s vision and assets for developing AI innovations to extend the HealthSpan and safety of aging populations. It is hoped that $10,000 of this funding would be used for post-summit action to identify strategies to realize Pittsburgh as the model to address this global demographic challenge.
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