Since our founding in November 2000, we have invested more than $33.5 million into communities across the state by supporting more than 245 grants and special initiatives.

Two primary objectives drive our mission of improving the health and well-being of North Carolinians. The first is our commitment to our responsive grant program through which we support clearly defined, innovative programs and services capable of attaining measurable outcomes.

The second is our commitment to proactively engage in the community so that we may assist in developing initiatives designed to address specific and/or emerging community health needs.  Through a combination of grantmaking, multi-year initiatives and Signature Programs, we commit the resources and time needed to support opportunities impacting the health of our state. 

Our outcomes-focused approach to grantmaking is guided by three primary focus areas.  Each of these areas is designed to proactively support organizations, programs and services capable of attaining measurable results and sustained community impact.

Our Focus Areas include:

• Health of Vulnerable Populations
• Healthy Active Communities
• Community Impact through Nonprofit Excellence

In addition to our grant programs, we have led the development of, and continue to support, several Signature Programs. Among these are Be Active Kids^®, a nationally recognized program that teaches preschool children about nutrition and physical activity, and Healthy Community Institute for Nonprofit Excellence, a unique two-day intensive training session designed to strengthen the organizational capacity of nonprofit organizations in North Carolina.

Since the Foundation’s inception, our corpus has grown significantly. This has enabled our staff and board to continue to seek new and strategic approaches to addressing many of the state's community health needs.