Elevance Health CARES Inc. Awards the HAVI Grant to Support Community Resiliency

February 6, 2024 — Elevance Health Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Elevance Health, today announced the expansion of its community resiliency and disaster relief grants through an additional $1.2 million in awards. Each grant will support organizations focused on utilizing available resources to respond to, withstand, and recover from adverse situations as well as disaster preparedness, response, and recovery efforts.

In 2023, the United States experienced 28 weather and climate disaster events with losses exceeding $1 billion each. Through strategic initiatives that support community resiliency, the nonprofit is working to reduce the impact of natural disasters before and after they strike.

“Many of the communities we serve are severely impacted each year by some type of natural disaster. By expanding our community resiliency and disaster relief grants, we are able to make a greater impact not only in the communities we serve, but for the individuals who are impacted as well,” said Shantanu Agrawal, M.D., Chief Health Officer of Elevance Health. “Together with our partners, Elevance Health Foundation will continue working to measurably improve disaster preparedness, response, and recovery efforts throughout the country.”

Seven organizations will receive new grants from Elevance Health Foundation and Elevance Health CARES Inc., a public charity created to complement the work Elevance Health Foundations does to advance health equity across America:

  • Americares

  • CDC Foundation

  • Direct Relief

  • Footprint Project

  • The Health Alliance for Violence Intervention

  • Team Rubicon

  • Vibrant Emotional Health

These new grants will build on the foundation’s longstanding partnership with leading disaster response organizations, bringing total investments in this space to $2.2 million.

For more information about Elevance Health Foundation’s commitment, process, and request for proposal criteria, please visit their website.

About Elevance Health Foundation

Elevance Health Foundation is the philanthropic arm of Elevance Health Inc. The Foundation works to advance health equity by focusing on improving the health of the socially vulnerable through partnerships and programs in our communities with an emphasis on maternal child health; substance use disorder; and food as medicine. Through its key areas of focus, the Foundation also strategically aligns with Elevance Health’s focus on community health and becoming a lifetime, trusted health partner that is fueled by its purpose to improve the health of humanity. To learn more, please visit www.elevancehealth.foundation.