Catalyst Funding Initiative
The Center for Prevention Aims to Catalyze Creative Health Improvement Projects
The Center for Prevention at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota has awarded $522,000 in funding to 22 culturally and geographically diverse organizations as part of the Catalyst Funding Initiative. Catalyst Funding is designed to support the implementation of creative solutions to health inequities and jump-start community wellness initiatives.
Catalyst Funding was established in 2019 to ignite innovation and advance health equity across Minnesota. This funding supports community-driven, culturally specific efforts that lead to sustainable health changes related to the Center for Prevention’s core issue areas: increasing access to physical activity, increasing access to healthy eating, and decreasing commercial tobacco use.
Catalyst Initiative: 2019 Key Learnings
Learn more about the 2019 projects in this report.
The following 22 organizations have been awarded Catalyst funding:
- American Indian Family Center
- City of Bloomington
- Comunidades Latinas Unidas En Servicio
- Department of Public Transformation
- East Side Table
- Family Pathways
- Friends of the Mississippi
- Frogtown Farm
- Hispanic Advocacy and Community Empowerment through Research
- HOPE
- Metro Blooms
- Minnesota Community Health Worker Alliance
- Nokomis East Neighborhood Association
- North American Traditional Indigenous Food Systems
- OutFront
- PartnerSHIP4Health
- People Responding in Social Ministry
- Project Food Forrest
- Southern Minnesota Independent Living Enterprises & Services
- Success Academy
- Twin Cities Street Soccer
- West Side Community Organization