Health Access Heroes Awards Grant

Health Access Heroes Awards Grant

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: Sun Life Financial
Amount: US $10,000
Last Updated: February 03, 2026

Summary

The Health Access Heroes Awards, initiated by Sun Life Financial, aims to enhance health access and outcomes for underserved communities. This initiative highlights the crucial connection between oral health and diabetes, focusing on prevention and management. It recognizes impactful nonprofits and unsung heroes who contribute significantly to community health. Selected awardees will receive a $10,000 donation to support their charitable efforts, promoting diabetes awareness, management, and overall health equity.

Overview

About Us For over 160 years Sun Life has helped Clients around the globe achieve lifetime financial security and live healthier lives. The Oral Health and Diabetes Connection There is a close link between oral health and diabetes that is often overlooked. Many at-risk communities lack access to preventive oral health care and regular dental exams, which can significantly impact overall health and lead to other health issues. Diabetes also disproportionately impacts underprivileged communities, and when poorly managed, can lead to severe medical conditions, including cardiovascular and kidney disease. We combined our expertise in oral health and our longstanding commitment to diabetes prevention for a two-pronged philanthropic focus. We foster people, programs and innovation that will increase access, make health and benefits easier and improve health outcomes for those who need it most. Health Access Heroes Awards There are two Access Hero Award tracks shining a light on work to improve access and health outcomes for communities in need: Grants for nonprofits to support and fund impactful programs, and Nominations to recognize unsung Heroes that have made a significant impact in their communities. Areas of focus include: diabetes prevention, awareness and educationdiabetes management and care treatment and recovery support for diabetes-related complications obesity prevention nutritional programs: awareness and education nutritional programs: access and food insecurity oral health equity and access children’s oral health care oral disease prevention and management We recognize individual changemakers in communities throughout the U.S. who are working to improve health access in innovative & impactful ways. Selected Award recipients will receive a $10,000 donation to the charity of their choice.

Eligibility

You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website. Nominations to recognize unsung Heroes that have made a significant impact in their communities.