George Family Foundation: Whole-Person Health and Wellbeing Grant

The George Family Foundation focuses on Whole-Person Health and Wellbeing, emphasizing the importance of nurturing mind, body, spirit, and community. The foundation seeks to empower individuals and promote healthcare choice by funding community-based initiatives and select medical systems. Their funding priorities include enhancing access to whole-person care for diverse populations and supporting professional training programs for practitioners, particularly those from underrepresented communities.

NOTE: While we are open to a limited number of new possibilities, we do not accept unsolicited proposals. We are proactive and highly selective in seeking new funding partnerships. To be considered for an IHH grant, you must follow our Letter of Inquiry (LOI) process.
Grantmaking
Since its founding, the Foundation has developed trusted working relationships with grantees, building sustained engagement.
The George Family Foundations supports programs, organizations and initiatives that transform lives by working to change the systems affecting those lives.
Empower people to take charge of their health and wellbeing — so that all may thrive and flourish in their lives.Foster an integrative and proactive model of healthcare that places the individual at the center, embracing a full range of evidence-informed treatments and support.Ensure choice and expand access to whole-person health and wellbeing for people of all races, genders, and socioeconomic levels.
What We Fund:

• To support achievement of our aspirations, we seek to fund an intentional mix and balance of Whole-Person Health and Wellbeing endeavors, including:

Community-Based Whole-Person Health and WellbeingWe are increasingly investing in community-based (vs. medical system-based) organizations that are aligned with our aspirations in whole-person health and wellbeing — moved by the unique positioning of community organizations to ensure choice, expand access, and empower people to take charge of their own health and wellbeing.Medical System-Based Whole-Person Health and WellbeingWe fund select initiatives at leading medical systems that are committed to fundamental internal change by developing/deepening an effective and pervasive whole-person model of care.Healthcare Choice/Bodily AutonomyWe believe strongly in choice and bodily autonomy — that individuals should be empowered and supported as the principal agents of their own health and wellbeing. There is no possibility of whole-person health and wellbeing without true bodily autonomy.National Leadership and EngagementWe are committed to supporting national and regional efforts to advance whole-person health and wellbeing.Professional Training and EducationWe invest in professional training and education programs, with the goal of increasing the availability of whole-person health and wellbeing practitioners — especially practitioners of color.

Eligibility

We focus on funding organizations that are aligned with our mission and are working to address deep, meaningful needs that they are uniquely positioned to meet.To support achievement of our aspirations, we seek to fund an intentional mix and balance of endeavors in each focus area.We only fund 501(c)(3) organizations.Although we sometimes fund select national organizations, we generally fund organizations working in Minnesota, Dallas, Northern San Francisco Bay Area/Marin County, and the Vail Valley.

Ineligibility

The George Family Foundation will not support the following:capital improvementsendowmentsscientific research