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:

  • Enable access to health care
    • Provide resources for restoration and maintenance of health (physical, mental & social wellbeing)
  • Foster independent living at an appropriate level based on the individual’s health situation
    • Support programs promoting health and wellness
  • Support healthcare worker availability and employment
    • Promote education and training programs
    • Support programs for workers entering into home care (educational costs, child care, transportation, living stipends)

SHCHF currently has two grant cycles and accepts applications twice a year on October 31st for review in November and January 31st for review in February.

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.

Organizations interested in submitting a proposal for consideration may contact Lydia Gracey at lgracey@cfnj.org.

Community Foundation of New Jersey
PO Box 338, Morristown, NJ 07963-0338
P: 973-828-2959
F: 973-267-2903

Somerset Hills Community Health Foundation Grantees for the 2022-2023 Grant Cycle:

Somerset Hills Community Health Foundation Board of Directors

2022-2023

OFFICERS

  • Kathy Cummins: Chair
  • Myra McGinley: Vice-Chair
  • Jim Helpinstill: Treasurer
  • Evelyn Prather: Secretary

BOARD MEMBERS

  • Lesley Hetherington
  • Susan Lichtenberger
  • Peter Mercer
  • Tim Mulder
  • Charles Reid
  • Marie Sperber
  • Nina Vitale