Celebrating 2021: Highlights

Join us in celebrating these 2021 successes and partnerships that helped create healthier communities:

Advancing Health Equity

First Health Equity Database Created by Anthem Foundation and CHC

CHC and the Anthem Foundation partnered together to develop a first-of-its-kind health equity database to identify organizations working on the factors that are known to influence health and their community connection points. Read the press release, view the landing page, and check out our latest Health Equity Center piece on Medium by our CEO Thomas G. Bognanno, titled “Collaborating to Advance Health Equity Across Communities”.

Increasing Vaccination Confidence

CHC partnered with the Oklahoma Charitable Clinic Association and the Health Alliance for the Uninsured to increase vaccination rates by raising awareness about the availability of nearly 100 free and charitable clinics plus providing vaccine education aimed at uninsured populations in Oklahoma. Read the press release or watch the event.

The Future of Health: Equity in All Services

Watch the powerful recording and review the recap from our October “The Future of Health: Equity in All Services” community conversation. Thank you to speakers from Ohio Department of Health, Unite Us, OhioHealth, Columbus Health Department, Franklin County Board of Commissioners, and more.  CHC held two Health Equity events in Ohio in October virtually and in August hosted by the Cleveland Cavaliers with a special fireside chat from KPMG. Read the full recap here

Unite Us and CHC Partner to Improve Community Health

Unite Us and CHC: Creating Healthier Communities recently partnered to identify, recruit and engage community-based nonprofit organizations in the Northeast and Central Ohio regions. Read more: Unite Us and CHC Partner in Ohio to remove social and structural barriers to care to improve community health | by Thomas G. Bognanno | Medium

First CHC #ForHealthEquity Giving Day Plus Grant awards

CHC’s first giving day #ForHealthEquity in March 2021 raised more than $150,000 and reached more than 5 million consumers and CSR leaders. Special thanks to our #ForHealthEquity partners: The Ann Lacey Foundation, City of Bettendorf, Medica Foundation, Frontier State Bank, Home Creations, Pie Five Pizza, and Triage Logic. CHC awarded grants to five nonprofits serving under-resourced communities: The Epilepsy Foundation, Rainbow Health, Wayside Recovery Center, Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance, and the Limbs for Life Foundation.

On Veteran’s Day, CHC announced $39,700 in Hero’s Health grant awards to Camp Twin Lakes, Fisher House Foundation, Illuminate Colorado and USA Cares as part of our ongoing work to address the barriers to good health and equity. Read more.

CHC also launched the Investing in New England grant program in February and awarded $30,000 to six nonprofit partners — Bridgeport Caribe Youth Leaders, Epilepsy Foundation, New England, Susan G. Komen, New England, Columbus House, Mental Health Connecticut and National Kidney Foundation serving New England) — to help them advance food security, nutrition or breast cancer awareness in or around Massachusetts and Connecticut.

Launching New Corporate Leadership Council

In August 2021, CHC launched the Corporate Leadership Council of company CSR, ESG, and DEI experts to advance social impact issues. Johnson & Johnson and Pfizer co-chair the council, in addition to more than 30 top global executives and practitioners from Walt Disney, Comcast, NFL, NBA, MLB, Under Armour, Rite Aid, Panasonic, Wells Fargo, FedEx, LinkedIn and more. Read the press release and view the council members here, plus check out our CSR Center with expert advice from social impact leaders including Diversifying the Workforce and CSR, ESG, Social Impact Resources.

Corporate Partners Making an Impact

Saks Fifth Avenue Foundation established a corporate volunteer program called Saks Serves, facilitated by CHC: Creating Healthier Communities. Saks Fifth Avenue held seven successful volunteer activities with CHC in September, donating nearly 160 hours by packing food, running backpack and school supply drives, doing crafts with kids, supporting first responders, plus hosting a photoshoot for young adults. Read more.

Hilti North America partnered with CHC to create Mental Health Mondays. This four-week series on stress, stigma, depression, and crisis brings together Hilti North America employees along with CHC nonprofit partners – NAMI, Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance, and American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. Read more.

CHC partnered with the MetLife Foundation to provide two virtual volunteer activities for their global employee workforce: a Color Your World coloring book, creating original art for children to color, and a Women’s Empowerment board. Read more. 

Agiliti experienced a more than 50% increase in employee giving during their annual campaign, thanks to their good work and use of CHC’s Purpose Platform and kept the momentum going by launching a first-time initiative, Agiliti Cares supporting Hurricane Relief. Read more.

Our longtime partner Tufts Health Plan recently joined Harvard Pilgrim Health Care to become Point 32 Health. Continuing their tradition of running a 24-hour employee giving campaign every #GivingTuesday, and matching donations 2 to 1, together they increased giving by 203% from 2020, using CHC’s Purpose Platform.

For National Volunteer Month in 2021, CHC’s partners made “Pitch in for Good” a success — more than 1,000 people viewed our volunteer opportunities and over 300 registered, with a potential of more than 400 volunteer hours and 100 activities.

Read more in Corporate Partner Stories.

Welcoming New Nonprofit Partners

CHC welcomed 65 new nonprofits in 2021, including MSF (Doctors Without Borders) and Boys and Girls Clubs of America.

Board Leadership

CHC welcomed four new members to its national board of directors, including:

CHC announced its board executive committee:

  • Kevin Clayton, Vice President of Diversity, Inclusion and Engagement, Cleveland Cavaliers
  • Adam Rothschild, Chief Marketing Officer, Blue Owl Software
  • Jillian Niesley-Mershon, Associate Vice President, Saks Fifth Avenue Foundation
  • Linda G. Blount, President & CEO, Black Women’s Health Imperative
  • Eric T. Jones, Senior Managing Director, Advisory Solutions & Product Development, TIAA Financial Solutions

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