What We Do
The New York Health Foundation seeks to improve the health of all New Yorkers, especially people of color and others who have been historically marginalized. We are committed not only to making grants, but also to making a difference beyond our grant dollars: informing health care policy and practice, spreading effective programs that work to improve the health system and make it more equitable, serving as a convener of health leaders across the State, and providing technical assistance to our grantees and partners.
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Our History
NYHealth was established as a private foundation to receive the charitable funds resulting from the conversion of Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield from a nonprofit organization to a for-profit corporation. Since beginning operations in 2006, NYHealth has made nearly 1,500 grants totaling nearly $185 million to more than 730 organizations to improve the health of all New Yorkers, especially people of color and others who have been historically marginalized.