The Community Fund for Immigrant Wellness is pleased to announce that it will invest $358,000 in 13 organizations that promote mental health and emotional wellbeing among immigrant communities in Greater Philadelphia. These organizations represent the fourth cohort of Community Fund for Immigrant Wellness grantees. Since its inception, the Community Fund has invested more than $1million in immigrant communities in Greater Philadelphia to promote mental health and emotional wellbeing.
- African Family Health Organization (AFAHO) for their Reducing Environmental Stress Together (REST) program
- Alianzas de Phoenixville for their Clinical Trauma Counseling program
- CAIR Philadelphia for their Centered: Community Wellness Hubs for Muslim Immigrants program
- Centro de Apoyo for their Bienstar program
- Moder Patshala for their Empowerment Through Understanding: Enhancing Mental Health and Well-being in Immigrant Communities program
- New Sanctuary Movement for their Accompaniment and Immigrant Leadership Development program
- Philadelphia Chinatown Development Corporation for their Building Resilience for Emerging Asian Leaders program
- Philip Jaisohn Memorial Foundation for their Jaisohn Wellness Center, Senior Community Outreach Center and Outreach/Navigation program
- Puentes de Salud for their Cultivating a Community-Centered Ecosystem for Behavioral and Mental Health Care Project
- SEAMAAC for their Immigrant Family Wellness Program
- Sisters of St Joseph Welcome Center for their Wellness Mission program
- VietLead for their PhillyRoots program
- The Welcoming Center for their Intercultural Wellness Program
In addition to grant dollars, grantees also received stipends to participate in a Community of Practice, where they will have the opportunity to build relationships, share their work, and learn from one another.
The grantees were selected through a participatory grantmaking process, designed to alter traditional philanthropic giving by elevating voices of individuals who are not typically at the decision-making table. A community-based Granting Group reviewed the applications and allocated grant dollars from a pooled fund. Granting Group members were nominated by the Advisory Board, whose member organizations include ACANA, AFAHO, HIAS PA, La Puerta Abierta, Nationalities Service Center, Puentes de Salud, SEAMAAC, and The Welcoming Center.
The Community Fund for Immigrant Wellness is supported by a group of funders who have shown their commitment to community participation and the emotional health of immigrants and refugees by investing in this approach.
The Community Fund for Immigrant Wellness is supported by the City of Philadelphia Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual disAbility Services, Douty Foundation, Scattergood Foundation, Patricia Kind Family Foundation, and the Paul D. Schurgot Foundation. The Community Fund for Immigrant Wellness is facilitated and administered by the Scattergood Foundation.
For more information, please contact Caitlin O’Brien, Director of Learning and Community Impact, at cobrien@scattergoodfoundation.org.