Health & Well-Being
Health & Well-Being supports organizations providing health services, community improvements, and scientific research to help people in Allegheny and Westmoreland counties live healthier lives.
Funder: Richard King Mellon Foundation
Due Dates: Rolling (General Application)
Funding Amounts: Most grants last 12–18 months; more than $13.2 million awarded across 37 grants in 2024
Summary: Supports health services, healthier community conditions, and scientific research benefiting people in Allegheny and Westmoreland counties.
Key Information: Projects must focus on Allegheny and/or Westmoreland counties, even when applicants are based elsewhere.
Description
The Richard King Mellon Foundation’s Health & Well-Being program seeks to ensure that everyone in Allegheny and Westmoreland counties, particularly the most vulnerable, has the opportunity to live a healthy life. Its approach is rooted in the social determinants of health, addressing community conditions, gaps in quality services and supports, and limited integration across sectors.
The program invests in Healthy People, Healthy Communities, and Advancing Science. It supports efforts to improve access, strengthen provider and service-management capacities, expand prevention, support education and empowerment, and promote systems change. Research priorities include understanding causes of poor health, testing and evaluating novel solutions, translating findings into data-informed practices and policies, and responding to emerging issues.
