Highmark Corporate Giving Grant

Highmark Corporate Giving Grant

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: Highmark Inc.
Last Updated: February 03, 2026

Summary

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.

Overview

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. About Us An independent licensee of the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, Highmark Inc., together with its Blue-branded affiliates, collectively comprise the fifth largest overall Blue Cross Blue Shield-affiliated organization in the country with approximately 7.1 million members in Pennsylvania, Delaware, West Virginia and western and northeastern New York. Its diversified businesses serve group customer and individual needs across the United States through dental insurance and other related businesses. Highmark Corporate Giving 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. Focus Areas We aspire to improve outcomes in two critical areas: Community Health and Community Economic Resilience. Community Health Reducing health inequities and disparities among our targeted populations through novel solutions and strong partnerships go a long way toward reversing societal trends and lifting up those in need. Our strategy is supported by five pillars that each play an important role in promoting the wellbeing of all: 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 Even during periods of upheaval and change, we were successful in improving economic wellbeing and quality of life in communities of all sizes. In our efforts to support their communities and economic resilience, we: 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

You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website. 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
Grassroots and faith-based organizations

Ineligibility

We generally do not accept applications for or from:

Capital or building campaigns Endowment funds
Fraternal or civic groups
Individual causes
Religious programming
Multiple-year grants
Seed money for start-up organizations
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)