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.

Whitehall park prepares for KaBOOM! project

(by Stephanie Hacke / TribLive) An aged, gray jungle gym at Wallace Park in Whitehall will be transformed into a vibrantly colored play space — complete with three side-by-side slides and a boulder climbing rock. All that’s needed are nearly 250 volunteers, six hours and some good weather Sept. 6. “It will be a whirlwind,” said […]

Farmstand returns to Clairton

(by Eric Slagle / TribLive) Art Austin lives around the corner from the LifeSpan Steel Valley center for seniors in Clairton along Miller Avenue. All this summer he’s been checking for the weekly farmstand that was there in previous years. His investigations had disappointing results. The produce program, which had been in operation for about 10 […]

Investing in the Health & Vitality of Jefferson Hospital Communities