The Mother Cabrini Health Foundation has announced 538 grants totaling $165 million to nonprofit organizations addressing the health-related needs of low-income residents and underserved communities across New York State.

The grants will support efforts to address urgent challenges including the state’s healthcare workforce shortage and ongoing migrant crisis. More than 60 grants totaling $17 million will support immigrants and migrants fleeing violence and persecution in their home countries and those encountering significant challenges upon arrival in the United States, a roughly 30 percent increase in funding from the previous year. The grants include $22 million to help expand educational opportunities as a pathway to economic mobility, including a grant to BISON Children’s Scholarship Fund; $15 million to fight increasing food insecurity, including a grant to the Met Council; $14 million to increase mental and behavioral health services, including a grant to the Asian American Federation; and $14 million toward workforce development to expand the healthcare workforce and job opportunities for low-income New Yorkers, including a grant to Upwardly Global.

“At a moment when New York State’s health needs are both acute and wide-ranging, the Foundation is supporting hundreds of programs addressing the needs of vulnerable New Yorkers and underserved communities across the state.” said Alfred F. Kelly, Jr., chair and CEO of Visa and chair of the Mother Cabrini Health Foundation board. “From building up our healthcare workforce and providing essential resources for immigrants and migrants, to investing in community-based providers that address chronic challenges from mental health to food insecurity, funding this year will again offer much-needed support to underserved communities.”

For a complete list of grant recipients, see the Mother Cabrini Health Foundation website.

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