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As HealthSpark continues on our journey to center equity and justice in our work, we have been asking ourselves “how do the tools and frameworks that we use as funders support or impede justice?”. A central tool, evaluation, has been a key driver of decision making in grantmaking. Evaluation can...

HealthSpark Foundation is enormously proud to share that our Director of Equity and Inclusion, Chinwe Onyekere , was recognized by Main Line Today as one of the 2021 Power Women of the Main Line and Western Suburbs . The Power Women series identifies outstanding women in the area for their...

As part of our work to create systemic change within the safety net system, HealthSpark recognizes that our role as a philanthropy must shift, too. Part of that shift includes embracing a culture and practice of trust-based philanthropy , which centers on philanthropies sharing and redistributing...

As part of our efforts to build a more thriving Montgomery County, it is with great excitement that HealthSpark Foundation is announcing the creation of the Dr. Frank E. Boston Black Justice Fund. The Dr. Frank E. Boston Black Justice Fund addresses the historical exclusion of Black leaders and...

HealthSpark Foundation is accepting applications to the Innovation Lab Grant Program now through November 1, 2021. The Innovation Lab provides up to $30,000 in grant funding for projects that will improve how the safety net system functions, such as by: reimagining how programs and services can...

Following a year of reporting on the pandemic, the social impact news agency Generocity has published a report on the impact of the pandemic on the Greater Philadelphia region’s nonprofits and philanthropy. The report, “Until Next Time: Lessons from a Year of Crisis, Reckoning, and Disruption,”...

HealthSpark Foundation, in partnership with The Independence Public Media Foundation (IPMF) and the Knight-Lenfest Local News Transformation Fund, announces grants totaling $2.3 million to community media-makers, journalism, and film with an emphasis on supporting projects led by underrepresented...

In a time of crisis, the Montgomery County safety net system responded with agility and a call for long overdue investments in the sector and the people who staff it. HealthSpark Foundation is pleased to share, on behalf of our community partners, the State of the Safety Net 2020-2021 Report and two...

HealthSpark Foundation is pleased to announce its latest round of grant awards that further support our mission to build a more just and financially resilient social safety net in Montgomery County. The grant awards include $150,000 in support for the county’s first ever collaborative community...

HealthSpark is humbled to create space for authentic discussion commemorating Juneteenth in the context of the continued struggle for freedom today. The live discussion will take place virtually on Wednesday, June 16th from 12-1pm ( register here ) and the recording will be posted to our website...