Our Charitable Funds Support
Building a Culture of Health
We support community health initiatives that promote the adoption of healthy lifestyles and tackle the social, economic and environmental factors that impact health in our neighborhoods.
Advancing Brain Health
We inspire unique partnerships and innovative networks between brain science institutions, community members, and care settings to make Palm Beach County a national leader in promoting brain health.
Strengthening the Health Professions
We support educational programs such as scholarships and trainings that improve the quality of care in clinical and community-based settings.
Health Professionals: What's it like being you?
We want to understand the experience of local health professionals and have created a tool to easily collect your stories.
Our Impact
$4.6 M
Awarded over $4.6 million in
Nursing and Behavioral Health Professions Scholarships
Over 95 million invested to improve health in
Palm Beach County
FEATURED FUNDS
Palm Health Foundation Scholarship Funds
Thanks to our generous donors, Palm Health Foundation annually provides needs-based scholarships to assist individuals in the community to enter and advance in the nursing and behavioral health professions.
FEATURED FUND
The Brain Health Innovation Fund
The Brain Health Innovation Fund advances new technologies, treatments, resources, and educational tools for better brain health in Palm Beach County.
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FEATURED FUND
The NeuroArts Fund
This fund supports the emerging field of the neuorarts and advances local brain health by inspiring collaboration between Palm Beach County’s robust cultural assets and world-class brain science institutions.
Change Leader
Patty Cooke
Like many families, mental health has affected the Cookes personally, but the foundation has given them hope for all people through its vision for a “Brain Coast.” They established The Cooke Family Fund, dedicated to brain health, mental health, and the neuroarts.
Stories of Impact
Alice Brumley was a practicing nurse in 2020, when working in a hospital was a scary place to be. Receiving a scholarship from The Debra Coffman Howe Nursing Scholarship Fund at Palm Health Foundation enabled her to pursue her Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) with a focus in geriatrics feeling assured and supported during a dark period. “The scholarship gave me certainty in an uncertain time,” Brumley said. “Nurses were leaving the field because of the COVID-19 pandemic. More than financial support, it was knowing that someone believed in me, and my community was supporting me.” Brumley’s scholarship support advanced her path and her expertise in geriatrics, a field dedicated to supporting individuals through a stage of life often defined by its own unique uncertainties. “I saw individuals suffering from strokes or dementia who were alone,” she said. “They were in a cycle of getting sick, returning to the hospital for long stays, and not understanding what medications they were on,” she said. “Navigating the system is so hard for us; imagine how it is for people with cognitive changes who don’t have any family close by.”
A conversation with Naelys Luna, PhD, MSW, Palm Health Foundation Trustee
Palm Health Foundation supports BeWellPBC, a county-wide behavioral health initiative. After 10 years of leading community change through Healthier Delray Beach and BeWellPBC, Lauren Zuchman will bring her passion to a new chief officer role in Palm Beach County with continued reinforcement of community at the forefront.
Palm Health Foundation’s Report to the Community
2024
In our 2024 Report to the Community, we spotlight the "wins" that are bringing us closer to realizing the goals outlined in our 5-year strategic plan. Each of our wins were achieved through community collaboration, with Palm Beach County residents leading the way.
