Somerset Hills Community Health Foundation

Established in 2019, the Somerset Hills Community Health Foundation (SHCHF) is a donor advised fund at the Community Foundation of New Jersey (CFNJ). Created from funds raised by the Visiting Nurse Association of Somerset Hills, a provider of home and community-based healthcare services, SHCHF’s founding coincided with the announcement that the Visiting Nurses Association of Somerset Hills joined with the Atlantic Health System family to form Atlantic Visiting Nurse.

“We are honored to support the Somerset Hills Community Health Foundation as a catalyst for change in our communities,” said Dennis Wilson, Chair of CFNJ. “Building on the Visiting Nurse Association of Somerset Hill’s decades of good works, we will bring the best of our investment expertise together with our community insights to help SHCHF make the greatest impact on pressing health concerns across the counties they have served.”

GRANTS PROCESS

The Somerset Hills Community Health Foundation (SHCHF), seeks to fund projects and programs that promote healthier individuals and communities in Morris and Somerset counties.

Grants are awarded to organizations whose proposals address one or more of the following Foundation priorities:

  1. Foster independent living through innovative programs for underserved &/or aging population.
  2. Support critical community health and wellness needs addressing chronic disease prevention and management, healthy aging, and mental health.
  3. Support programs to increase the number of available healthcare workers (ie, nurse, therapist & home health aide) through scholarships and training (ie, degrees, certifications & continuing education).

SHCHF’s request for Letters of Interest (LOI) is currently closed. If your organization was selected to submit a full grant proposal, we will provide notification by December 1, 2024 and further information on proposal submission. The full application will be due by February 1, 2025.

Please note, SHCHF is committed to promoting healthy individuals and communities in Morris and Somerset counties. To that end, we exclusively fund programs that serve Morris and Somerset counties. If your program serves multiple counties, we request that you have the capacity to carve out and specifically track the services you provide in these two counties. If you do not currently have that capacity, we respectfully request that you seek other sources of funding.

Additionally, it is the intention of the Fund to not directly or indirectly conduct or support activities that compete with the services or fundraising of Atlantic Visiting Nurse or Atlantic Health System. In general, SHCHF prefers to fund specific programs over general operating costs. We do not fund affordable housing and capital improvements.

If you have any questions, please contact Lydia Gracey at lgracey@cfnj.org.

Somerset Hills Community Health Foundation Grantees for the 2023-2024 Grant Cycle:

Somerset Hills Community Health Foundation Board of Directors

2023-2024

OFFICERS

  • Lesley Hetherington: Chair
  • Myra McGinley: Vice-Chair
  • Jim Helpinstill: Treasurer
  • Marie Sperber: Secretary

BOARD MEMBERS

  • Kathy Cummins
  • Susan Lichtenberger
  • Kevin Maloney
  • Peter Mercer
  • Tim Mulder
  • Charles Reid
  • Sarah Rowland
  • Nina Vitale