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.

New playground going up at Whitehall Place

(by Margaret Smykla / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) Since the new playground proposed for the Whitehall Place housing community will benefit the entire neighborhood, the entire neighborhood is being asked to help build it. The plan is to replace the outdated structures with modern ones in the playground off Maple Ave in the former Prospect Park in Whitehall. The new playground […]

Clairton natives give back to their hometown

(by Jennifer R. Vertullo / TribLive) Decades after leaving Clairton to start their careers, the Meena brothers have returned to their hometown as business partners who want to meet the needs of their former neighbors. Ed and Scott Meena, who grew up along School Street near the city’s football stadium and graduated from Clairton High School […]

Investing in the Health & Vitality of Jefferson Hospital Communities