How We Work
As a place-based private nonprofit foundation, we advance racially equitable health outcomes in our area by improving the social drivers that shape them. We lead, fund, partner, and advocate to improve health, change systems, and strengthen our community.
Research Reports
Problems are put into perspective by data. Equity data and analysis help illustrate the scale and impact of issues, can point to new connections, and ensure the solutions we invest in are doing the work they promised to do.
Our Local ResearchCenter for Health Equity
Our Center for Health Equity invites people to learn, connect, and create together to change systems and strengthen our communities. We forge connections, foster dialogues, and support learning about the factors that shape our health.
Our CenterGrantmaking
Together with our partners, the Foundation strategically invests its grantmaking funds and supportive resources in community-driven initiatives that change systems and advance racially equitable health outcomes in South St. Petersburg.
Our GrantmakingA Vision of Equity
Equitable regions—where everyone in the community is able to live a long, healthy life—are more prosperous, and experience stronger, more sustained growth. By investing in equity, Pinellas County helps build a more stable, resilient community that is more likely to experience lasting social and economic success.
2024 Annual Report
2024 offered us a powerful opportunity to deepen our impact, connect with our community, and strengthen our work. Its completion also marked an exciting milestone, as we now celebrate a decade of impact in the community we’re proud to call home. Read on for more on our work to create a community in which all people can lead healthy lives.
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Looking Back to Move Forward
Today’s social change advocates can learn a great deal from stories about people who have previously stood together to challenge the status quo and fight for equity. This evolving project serves as an entry point for education, understanding, and further exploration into the history and opportunity for social change in Pinellas County.
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Recent Highlights
Funded Partner Spotlight: Braiding With A Twist
For Braiding With A Twist founder Marlo Jenkins, her years between the ages of 11 and 17 were the hardest. Money was scarce in her family. Sometimes she went hungry, which made it hard to concentrate in school. Some nights she heard gunshots, which made it hard to sleep well in her home. While she […]
Research, Evaluation & Learning Blog: Community Pulse Team
By Dr. Stephanie Rosado From Participatory Evaluation to Participatory Research: FHSP’s Community Pulse Team (CPT) Participatory research and evaluation refers to a community-driven approach that intentionally involves the people most affected by an issue being studied. After launching 2023-2024 grant funding to improve mental health and wellness (MHW) and economic equity and justice (EEJ) in […]
Funded Partner Spotlight: Canguros
Translating to ‘kangaroos’ in English, Canguros is a secular, bilingual Spanish immersion school in South St. Petersburg serving students from ages two through seven. “We are an educational nonprofit rooted in connection,” Foundation and Program Director Linda Rozo explained. “Connection for me is at the heart of who we are.” With a master’s degree in […]
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