Independence Foundation Grant

The Independence Foundation's grant program focuses on multiple critical areas:

• Arts and Culture: It supports the arts as a means to enhance community well-being, with grants that back programs aimed at both traditional and non-traditional participants, enhancing access to and awareness of the arts. It prioritizes creative work, community involvement, artistic merit, and leadership.
• Health Care: The Foundation awards grants to expand quality primary care, improve health outcomes, reduce health disparities, and support health policies and infrastructure, particularly through nurse-managed health centers and programs for older adults.
• Human Services: Funding is directed at community-based organizations providing essential services to those with limited access, with a focus on food, housing, and support for individuals living with disabilities, aiming to foster self-sufficiency among the less advantaged.
• Legal Aid: Supports free legal services for underserved individuals by funding agencies that offer critical legal assistance to diverse populations facing civil legal challenges, including the indigent, elderly, disabled, and homeless.
• Reentry, Recidivism, & Restorative Justice: The Foundation funds efforts to assist families and individuals affected by the criminal justice system, aiming to reduce incarceration rates, support reintegration of formerly incarcerated individuals, and mitigate harm to communities and families due to incarceration.