OVERVIEW: The Vitalyst Health Foundation is a health legacy foundation that is focused on access to care and coverage, healthy community design, community capacity building, community innovation and collaboration, and civic participation.
IP TAKE: The Vitalyst Foundation awards grants for Arizona healthcare organizations with a strong focus on transformational healthcare change, collaboration and health equity. Grant programs change from time to time, so keep up with this funder’s grants page and sign up for its e-newsletter. It runs an online discovery program that helps grantseekers identify the type of grants for which they are eligible and navigate the application process.
PROFILE: Established in 1996, the Vitalyst Health Foundation is a health legacy funder formed after Arizona’s St. Luke’s Hospital System sold to a for-profit corporation. Before adopting its current name, it was known as the St. Luke’s Charitable Health Trust and St. Luke’s Health Initiatives. The foundation aims to “connect, support and inform efforts to improve the health of individuals and communities in Arizona.” It currently runs three grantmaking programs with the overarching goal of supporting “collaborative projects that are improving the health of Arizonans by making systems more effective, equitable, and sustainable.”
Systems Change Grants support transformational projects that aim to improve healthcare and access in Arizona communities. Recent grantmaking has emphasized collaboration, health equity, system sustainability and measurable outcomes.
Spark Grants also support collaborative efforts for healthcare transformation in Arizona, but focus on new and developing organizations. Grants range from $10,000 to $20,000 for one year.
The foundation’s Medical Assistance Grants support organizations working in the areas of vision, hearing, substance abuse recover, cardiology and pulmonology with funding for preventative screenings, staff training, treatments, surgeries and other medically necessary procedures. Grants appear to be awarded in amounts under $20,000 for a period of three years. It is unclear if this program will continue after 2022.
The Vitalyst Foundation made over $500,000 in grants in a recent year. Grant are generally awarded in amounts of up to $20,000 or as set by program parameters. Past grantees include 4th Trimester AZ, the End of Life Care Partnership of Tuscon, the Foundation for Blind Children and the Maricopa County Department of Public Health. For additional information about past grantmaking, see the foundation’s grants page.
Vitalyst runs an online discovery process program for interested applicants each year beginning in January and and accepts letters of inquiry with a due date of October 28. Grantseekers are also advised to sign up for the foundation’s newsletter, which will keep prospective applicants up-to-date on new funding and collaboration opportunities. All links are available at the foundation’s grants page. Direct general questions to the staff at 602-385-6500 or via email at info@vitalysthealth.org.
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