Examples of Our Giving
Humana and The Humana Foundation's support of community partners totaled $6.5 million in 2009.
The Foundation's giving focuses primarily on health. We also support selected projects promoting civic and culture and education improvement.
Contributions to Health
The Foundation's health-related giving focuses primarily on three areas:
- Childhood health and education
- Health literacy
- Active lifestyles
- More about Health Giving
- Read how The Humana Foundation supports nonprofit partners that address health and human services.
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- 2009 Grant Recipients
- Read a complete list of 2009 grantees receiving support for health improvement programs.
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The Humana Foundation's initiatives have an impact on childhood health and health literacy.
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Contributions to Civic and Culture
Actors Theatre of Louisville's Humana Festival of New American Plays
The Humana Foundation's 34-year sponsorship of Actors Theatre of Louisville and the Humana Festival of New American Plays represents the longest partnership between a corporation and a performing arts organization in the United States.
Three Humana Festival plays have won Pulitzer Prizes, eight have won the American Theatre Critics Award, and four have won the Obie Award. It is no surprise that this event is often referred to as the preeminent new play festival in the country.
More about the Festival
Browse interesting facts about the Humana Festival of New American Plays at Actors Theatre
Contributions to Education Improvement
Black Achievers
The YMCA of Greater Louisville honored The Humana Foundation and Humana with the 2010 Legacy Award for long-time support of the organization’s Black Achievers Program. Since 1980, Humana has contributed more than $690,000 to Black Achievers.
The program enhances the educational, personal, and career development of African-American youth in grades 8-12 by connecting them with more than 200 adult volunteers, including Humana associates, to help them establish and pursue their career and educational goals.
Business Higher Education Forum (BHEF)
The Foundation supports the BHEF's College Readiness Initiative (CRI): An Agenda for Educational Success. This initiative addresses the challenge of increasing educational attainment rates for students in the Louisville, Ky., region by promoting college readiness, access, and work/life success. Through this work, CRI hopes to develop a model for education reform efforts in other communities.
Humana Foundation Scholarship Program
The Foundation supports the children of Humana associates through a Scholarship Program
Other Contributions
Humana Communities Benefit
Through the Humana Communities Benefit program, a one-time $100,000 transformational grant is awarded to nonprofit 501(c)(3) organizations located in each of the eligible locations. Humana's gifts of $100,000 in each community are intended to help recipient organizations reach greater milestone goals and expand impact.
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Disaster Relief
Humana and The Humana Foundation also support disaster preparedness and relief. On January 12, 2010, the strongest earthquake in 200 years hit Haiti, leaving many Haitians homeless and in dire need of medical care. The Foundation responded with an immediate gift of $100,000 divided among three relief organizations on the ground in Haiti - American Red Cross, Save the Children, and Doctors Without Borders. We also pledged to match all Humana associate contributions up to $75,000. Thanks to the generosity of our employees, Humana's giving to relief efforts will go even further to help children and families in Haiti.
Economic Response Grants
In today's economy, many non-profit organizations have seen increased demand for services, including the provision of food, shelter, and assistance to at-risk children and elderly. In response to these challenges, The Humana Foundation launched an Economic Response Grant Program in August 2009. The Foundation received 161 applications from 24 states and selected eight nonprofits focused on safety-net services to receive Economic Response Grants totaling $300,000.
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Matching Gifts
In 2011, Humana will launch Giving Together, an all-associate matching gift program administered by The Humana Foundation. Humana will contribute up to $1.5 million to the Giving Together program next year.
The Humana Foundation also contributes to organizations in which our associates are involved through programs like the Spirit of Philanthropy Award and the Dollars 4 Doers Drawing.
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