Grantmaking

With a broad interest in community health, the Foundation focuses on six priority areas. The Foundation's service area consists of communities in the South Hills and lower Mon Valley served by Jefferson Hospital. For more information about our grant priorities, guidelines and process, visit the Grants page.

Community Data

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The Foundation seeks to promote health and vitality of communities by gathering and sharing community data. Our Changing Communities focuses on changing demographics, economic mobility, and community health. Community Snapshots issued in 2023 utilize 2020 census data to tell the story of community needs and services.

KaBOOM! Whitehall playground built in six hours

Khara Timsina wiped the sweat off his brow as he pushed a wheelbarrow filled with concrete across the colorful playground. Upbeat tunes blared in the background as nearly 350 volunteers helped to install the bright orange racer slides, swings and climbing walls in the forest-theme playground at Wallace Park in Whitehall on Saturday. Six hours […]

Partners join forces to build new playground in Whitehall

(by Liz Miles / PopCity Media) Various community stakeholders and more than 200 community volunteers are working together to build a new playground for children in Prospect Park in Whitehall on Sept. 9. An old playground in the park will be replaced by a new playground with a design based on children’s drawings created at […]

Investing in the Health & Vitality of Jefferson Hospital Communities