Past Projects Funded (FY 2025-26)

Since 1996, the Grossmont Healthcare District has supported a variety of local nonprofit health and wellness organizations through grants and sponsorships to address the unmet healthcare needs of more than 520,000 District residents. Below are our grants and sponsorships recipients from the most recent year.

Grants Recipients

African Americans Writers & Artists of San Diego

• Project: Seasons of health & Wellness: Health Community Engagement Initiative
• Amount: $25,000
• Priority Area(s): Chronic Conditions
• Supporting Zone 2: Lemon Grove, Spring Valley, Mountain Empire Communities - Campo, Potrero, Tecate

Alzheimer’s San Diego

• Project: Support for GHD residents impacted by dementia
• Amount:  $20,000
• Priority Area(s): Aging
• Supporting All Zones

ArtReach

• Project: Addressing behavioral health and social isolation through Visual Art Workshops with IRC’s Women’s Resiliency Center and Newcomer Youth Program
• Amount: $25,000 
• Priority Area(s): Behavioral Health
• Supporting Zone 5: El Cajon, Jamul, Rancho San Diego

Autism Society

• Project: Expanding Autism Support Services in East County
• Amount: $100,000
• Priority Area(s): Other - Intellectual & Developmental Disability
• Supporting Zone 5: El Cajon, Jamul, Rancho San Diego

Bliss Care Foundation

• Project: Blissful Care Expansion
• Amount: $95,000
• Priority Area(s): Behavioral Health
• Supporting Zone 5: El Cajon, Jamul, Rancho San Diego

Champions for Health

• Project: In-home Wellness for Older Adults & Homebound Individuals
• Amount: $30,000
• Priority Area(s): Aging
• Supporting All Zones

Christie’s Place

• Project: Christie’s Place Mental Health Services for Youth and Families Living With HIV
• Amount: $25,000 
• Priority Area(s): Behavioral Health
• Supporting All Zones

Crisis House

• Project: Pathway to Home: Senior Support Initiative
• Amount: $25,000
• Priority Area(s): Aging
• Supporting All Zones

Desert AIDS Project (DAP Health)

• Project: DAP Health Centro Medico El Cajon X-ray Equipment and DR Software Upgrade
• Amount: $94,899
• Priority Area(s): Other – Access to Advanced Diagnostic Services
• Supporting All Zones

East County Transitional Living Center

• East County Crisis Checkpoint for Continuum of Care
• Amount: $200,000
• Priority Area(s): Behavioral Health
• Supporting Zone 1: El Cajon - Bostonia, Santee, Zone 2: Lemon Grove, Spring Valley, Mountain Empire Communities - Campo, Potrero, Tecate, Zone 3: La Mesa

ElderHelp

• Project: ElderHelp Care Coordination & Transportation Program
• Amount: $50,000
• Priority Area(s): Aging
• Supporting All Zones

Eric Paredes Save A Life Foundation

• Project: Screen Your Teen
• Amount: $13,200
• Priority Area(s): Chronic Conditions – Heart Disease
• Supporting All Zones

Family Health Centers of San Diego

• Project: FHCSD Older Adult Services
• Amount: $40,000
• Priority Area(s): Behavioral Health
• Supporting Zone 2: Lemon Grove, Spring Valley, Mountain Empire Communities - Campo, Potrero, Tecate & Zone 5: El Cajon, Jamul, Rancho San Diego

Feeding San Diego

• Project: Food is Medicine - Rural Initiative Food Distributions
• Amount: $75,000
• Priority Area(s): Other – Food Insecurity
• Supporting Zone 2: Lemon Grove, Spring Valley, Mountain Empire Communities - Campo, Potrero, Tecate & Zone 5: El Cajon, Jamul, Rancho San Diego

Grossmont Union High School District

• Project: Health Career Pathway Initiative
• Amount: $300,000
• Priority Area(s): Other - Workforce Development
• Supporting All Zones

Home of Guiding Hands

• Project: Nursing Expansion for IDD Residents of Grossmont Healthcare District
• Amount: $125,000
• Priority Area(s): Other - Intellectual & Developmental Disability
• Supporting All Zones

Home Start

• Project: Expanded Specialized Behavioral Health Services for GHD Child Victims of Trauma, Abuse, & Crime
• Amount: $75,000
• Priority Area(s): Behavioral Health
• Supporting All Zones

IMPACT Melanoma

• Project: San Diego County Skin Cancer Prevention GHD
• Amount: $80,000
• Priority Area(s): Chronic Conditions – Cancer
• Supporting All Zones

Institute for Public Strategies

• Project: Meet ME (Mountain Empire) Outdoors
• Amount: $100,000
• Priority Area(s): Chronic Conditions
• Supporting Zone 2: Lemon Grove, Spring Valley, Mountain Empire Communities - Campo, Potrero, Tecate & Zone 5: El Cajon, Jamul, Rancho San Diego

Institute of Reproductive Grief Care

• Project: Reproductive Grief Education for Grossmont College Nursing Program
• Amount: $25,000
• Priority Area(s): Behavioral Health
• Supporting Zone 5: El Cajon, Jamul, Rancho San Diego 

Legal Aid Society of San Diego

• Project: Grossmont Healthcare District Health Access Project
• Amount: $65,000
• Priority Area(s): Other - Care Navigation
• Supporting All Zones

License to Freedom

• Project: Roots of Resilience
• Amount: $88,000
• Priority Area(s): Behavioral Health
• Supporting Zone 1: El Cajon - Bostonia, Santee & Zone 5: El Cajon, Jamul, Rancho San Diego

Majdal: Arab Community Center of San Diego

• Supporting Holistic MENA Refugee & Immigrant Mental Health
• Amount: $92,000
• Priority Area(s): Behavioral Health
• Supporting Zone 5: El Cajon, Jamul, Rancho San Diego

Mama’s Kitchen

• Project: Medically Tailored Meal Service – East County
• Amount: $45,000
• Priority Area(s): Chronic Conditions - Heart Disease, Cancer
• Supporting All Zones

McAlister Institute

• Project: Integrated Recovery Health Project: Expanding Medical and Psychiatric Support for SUD Treatment in East County
• Amount: $200,000
• Priority Area(s): Behavioral Health
• Supporting All Zones

Meals on Wheels

• Project: Strengthening East County Senior Health: Meals and Innovation Hub Support
• Amount: $75,000
• Priority Area(s): Aging
• Supporting All Zones

Neighborhood Healthcare

• Project: Neighborhood Lakeside Health Center Expansion
• Amount: $250,000
• Priority Area(s): Other - Care Navigation
• Supporting Zone 4: Alpine, El Cajon - Unincorporated, Harbinson-Crest, Lakeside, Pine Valley, Tribal Communities - Barona, Sycuan, and Viejas Reservations & Zone 5: El Cajon, Jamul, Rancho San Diego

Newcomers Support & Development

• Project: In Arabic Medical Podcast
• Amount: $25,000
• Priority Area(s): Other
• Supporting All Zones

Oncology & Kids

• Project: Resident Oncology Camp
• Amount: $25,000
• Priority Area(s): Chronic Conditions - Cancer
• Supporting Zone 4: Alpine, El Cajon - Unincorporated, Harbinson-Crest, Lakeside, Pine Valley, Tribal Communities - Barona, Sycuan, and Viejas Reservations & Zone 5: El Cajon, Jamul, Rancho San Diego

Resounding Joy

• Project: Sounds of Legacy - Addressing Social Isolation through Music Therapy for Seniors
• Amount: $25,000
• Priority Area(s): Aging
• Supporting Zone 1: El Cajon - Bostonia, Santee, Zone 2: Lemon Grove, Spring Valley, Mountain Empire Communities - Campo, Potrero, Tecate, Zone 3: La Mesa & Zone 5: El Cajon, Jamul Rancho San Diego

Saddles in Service

• Project: Healing For Our Frontline Nurses and Medical Staff
• Amount: $25,000
• Priority Area(s): Behavioral Health
• Supporting All Zones

San Diego Blood Bank

• Project: SDBB Bloodmobile
• Amount: $45,000
• Priority Area(s): Chronic Conditions
• Supporting All Zones

San Diego Center for the Blind

• Project: The Nourish Project
• Amount: $25,000
• Priority Area(s): Aging
• Supporting All Zones

San Diego LGBT Center

• Project: Advancing Health Equity for the LGBTQ+ Community through The Center's Behavioral Health Services
• Amount: $40,000
• Priority Area(s): Behavioral Health
• Supporting All Zones

San Diego Rescue Mission

• Project: East County Homeless Outreach & Collaboration
• Amount: $25,000
• Priority Area(s): Other – Housing
• Supporting All Zones

San Diego Seniors Community Foundation

• Project: East County Longevity Hub
• Amount: $250,000
• Priority Area(s): Aging
• Supporting Zone 1: El Cajon - Bostonia, Santee

SDSU Center for Excellence in Aging & Longevity (CEAL)

• Project: Strengthening Aging Supports in East County Through Caregiver Training, Peer Networks, and Community Connection
• Amount: $75,000
• Priority Area(s): Aging
• Supporting All Zones

San Diego Youth Services

• Project: Mental Health for Vulnerable Youth
• Amount: $56,000
• Priority Area(s): Behavioral Health
• Supporting All Zones

Serving Seniors

• Project: East County Nutrition & Aging Services Program
• Amount: $50,000
• Priority Area(s): Aging
• Supporting Zone 1: El Cajon - Bostonia, Santee, Zone 2: Lemon Grove, Spring Valley, Mountain Empire Communities - Campo, Potrero, Tecate, Zone 3: La Mesa & Zone 5: El Cajon, Jamul Rancho San Diego

Southern Regional Caregivers Center

• Project: Improving GHD Family Caregivers' Wellbeing through Respite Care
• Amount: $100,000
• Priority Area(s): Chronic Conditions
• Supporting All Zones

Tremble Clefs

• Project: Together, We Grow!
• Amount: $50,000
• Priority Area(s): Chronic Conditions
• Supporting All Zones

The New Children's Museum

• Project: Ground & Grow - Trauma-Informed Ceramics for Youth
• Amount: $25,000
• Priority Area(s): Behavioral Health
• Supporting All Zones

Vista Hill Foundation

• Project: Vista Hill ParentCare Dual Diagnosis
• Amount: $30,000
• Priority Area(s): Behavioral Health
• Supporting All Zones

Volunteers in Medicine – San Diego

• Project: Free Medical Clinic for the Uninsured
• Amount: $175,000
• Priority Area(s): Chronic Conditions – Heart, Stroke
• Supporting Zone 2: Lemon Grove, Spring Valley, Mountain Empire Communities - Campo, Potrero, Tecate

Vision Y Compromiso

• Project: Me Veo Bien, Me Siento Bien/I Look Good, I Feel Good, a chronic disease management program
• Amount: $50,000
• Priority Area(s): Chronic Conditions
• Supporting All Zones

We Support U

• Project: Personalized repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (PrTMS) for treatment of mild traumatic brain injury mTBI aka concussion
• Amount: $100,000
• Priority Area(s): Behavioral Health
• Supporting All Zones

YMCA of San Diego County

• Project: LIVESTRONG at the YMCA
• Amount: $15,000
• Priority Area(s): Chronic Conditions – Cancer
• Supporting All Zones

Sponsorship Recipients

Alzheimer's Association
American Lung Association
Autism Society
Boys & Girls Club of East County
Center for Community Solutions
Champions For Health
Elderhelp of San Diego
For Their Thoughts Foundation
Foundation for Developmental Disabilities
George G. Glenner Alzheimer's Family Centers
Jacobs & Cushman San Diego Food Bank
Mama's Kitchen
NAMI San Diego
Noah Homes
Saddles In Service
San Diego East County Chamber of Commerce
San Diego Rescue Mission
San Diego Oasis
Sharp Grossmont Hospital Foundation
Thrive Lemon Grove
Transcendance Youth Arts Project
The Arc of San Diego
Voices for Children 

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