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On February 12th, 2024, HealthSpark Foundation hosted a Community of Practice on the homelessness and lack of affordable housing crises in our community. We received simultaneous notes of appreciation and requests to read the opening remarks that our President and CEO, Emma Hertz gave that day. We...

Last month, HealthSpark Foundation’s President and CEO, Emma Hertz and Program Officer, Akshara Vivekananthan attended the National Alliance to End Homelessness’ (NAEH) Conference on “Innovations & Solutions for Ending Unsheltered Homelessness” in San Francisco. The conference was held downtown...

In December 2023, the Montgomery County Commissioners and the Montgomery County Department of Health and Human Services announced a Code Blue Cold Winter Weather temperature threshold change. Previously, if the temperature was 20 degrees Fahrenheit, expanded services by county and nonprofit...

HealthSpark Foundation hosted our second annual Network and Nurture event, which blooms out of the Dr. Frank E. Boston Black Justice Fund (BJF) on February 29th. Black leaders, organizations, community advocates, and allies gathered together for an evening of inspiration, rejuvenation, and...

Last week, over 200 people joined us for our Community of Practice event, ‘Meeting the Moment: Taking Action on Homelessness and Affordable Housing in Montgomery County’ to discuss these dual crises taking place. Our goal was two-pronged: bring together the voices solutioning this important work and...

Social Innovation Journal’s Greater Philadelphia Social Innovation Awards 2024 took place on January 25th. Each year, the awards celebrate the region’s social innovators and changemakers “achieving a more just society.” How the process works: the planning team behind the awards accepts nominations...

Dear Friends, It is with utmost excitement that we share we have awarded $300,000 to 13 Montgomery County nonprofit organizations to support the safety net system. This was a highly competitive round: the Safety Net Fund received a record high of 85 applications this past fall. Our evaluation...

HealthSpark Foundation is to proud share that our President & CEO Emma Hertz is featured in Untours Foundation’s Paradigm Shifters. This newsletter captures “leaders using endowments, CDFIs, and other piles of money to create real change.” Untours Foundation was founded in 1992 and unleashes capital...

HealthSpark Foundation is excited to announce our first program-related Investment as part of our commitment to strengthening and expanding the safety net system in Montgomery County. This program-related investment provides a below-market rate loan to Manna on Main Street to support the renovations...