Highmark Corporate Giving Grant

Highmark Corporate Giving is dedicated to enhancing community health and economic resilience across its service areas. With a focus on equitable access to healthcare and support for local organizations, Highmark aims to reduce health disparities and promote well-being. Their initiatives, such as the Bright Blue Futures program, provide funding to impactful community projects, supporting a diverse range of organizations that align with their mission of fostering healthier, more vibrant communities.

NOTE: Highmark reviews grant and sponsorship requests continuously and make awards throughout the year. Sponsorship requests must be made a minimum of 8 weeks prior to the decision deadline.
The Highmark Bright Blue Futures charitable giving and community involvement program's goal is to ensure healthier, brighter, stronger futures for all. Our focus is improving equitable access to care, quality of life and economic resilience in the communities we serve.
Community Health
Access to CareHighmark Bright Blue Futures strives to ensure that everyone in our communities, regardless of their location, income, or other factors, has equitable access to preventative care, disease-specific support, and health literacy programs.Economic Stability for Individuals and FamiliesWe work to reduce the hardships that keep people from achieving financial security, such as food insecurity, housing instability, and unemployment.Social and Community ContextOur programs related to physical activity and social connections encourage individuals to improve their health and quality of life through regular physical activity, and to seek out relationships that nurture their emotional, psychological and physical wellness, and growth.Education Access Through training and educational opportunities in healthcare and medical fields, as well as providing scholarships to higher education programs, Highmark Bright Blue Futures is dedicated to helping students gain the skills and knowledge they need to pursue and achieve their career goals.Neighborhood and Built EnvironmentThe built environment plays a crucial role in the health and safety of communities. Beyond just providing physical spaces, the built environment can be used to create programs and resources that can help to address issues that have a direct impact on the physical, mental, and emotional health of community members.
Community & Economic Resilience
invested resources in moving diversity, equity and inclusion forward in a transformative way.provided a network of direct services to those in need.helped students and jobseekers prepare for success.improved the standards of living and fostering wellbeing.brought joy to and built bridges between cultures.

Eligibility

We will consider applications from:

Programs and services that tie to our mission and have a compelling potential impact to the health and well-being of individuals National organizations seeking support for local programs

Ineligibility

We generally do not accept applications for or from:

Requests for political causes or campaigns
Grants, scholarships or sponsorships to individualsHighmark will not provide support to organizations that — in their constitution or practice — discriminate against a person or group on the basis of the person's gender, race, color, age, religion, creed, ethnicity, national origin, disability, veteran or military status, marital status, sexual orientation/gender identity, genetic information or any other category protected by applicable federal, state or local law.This statement addresses giving to a non-religious organization with an explicit policy of discrimination against Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender (LGBT) people.We generally will not support:Organizations whose services have a geographical scope beyond the Enterprise’s core service areas (unless they operate in the same region as an Enterprise subsidiary or affiliate)