To Your Health

The board of trustees of Quantum Foundation, under the chairmanship of Ethel Isaacs Williams, recently approved 12 new grants totaling more than $1.1 million to Palm Beach County-based nonprofits.

Quantum Foundation’s mission is to fund initiatives that improve the health of Palm Beach County residents. In 1998, it marked its rookie year as one of the county’s newest and largest philanthropic organizations with $7.6 million granted to more than 40 Palm Beach County projects. Just over 20 years later, with assets of approximately $150 million, the organization’s focus remains on keeping Palm Beach County healthy. Its awards to date total more than $140 million and have impacted hundreds of local nonprofits. Every dollar the foundation grants continues to stay in the county to benefit local communities.

“The most recent cycle of grants focuses on better engagement in health, greater access to resources for health and stronger connections for healthy communities,” says Eric Kelly, president of Quantum Foundation. “At Quantum, we take an upstream approach to whole-health initiatives, and our funding reflects organizations with the same mission.”

One of the 12 grants allocated for the second quarter of 2019 was awarded to Meals on Wheels of the Palm Beaches with $75,000 to support its Meals for Veterans program.

Other grants approved in this cycle were distributed to Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies; Legal Aid Society; Palm Beach State College; South Tech Academy; 211; Center for Child Counseling; Community Health Center; Genesis Community Health Center; Nova Southeastern University College of Dental Medicine; Opportunity Inc.; and Orange Bowl Committee. O

For more information, call 561-832-7497 or visit quantumfnd.org.