2023 was an amazing year! The year started with the Humana Foundation announcing a new strategy to eliminate barriers to equitable health. My amazing team, our board, and the people we serve, enabled a strategic direction to deliver measurable, impactful investments in the places where we have the integrity to accelerate change.
Of course, we couldn’t advance good health and equity in our communities without the assistance of Humana Inc. associates. Thousands of you were generous in 2023 and we continue to gain inspiration from your actions.
Innovative partners and strong investments defined 2023. We were beyond proud to join USAA and The USAA Foundation, as founding partners of the Face the Fight™ initiative, to raise awareness and support for veteran suicide prevention. In the years to come, we’ll work with a coalition of corporations, foundations and organizations, to break the stigma of seeking help and increase the conversation about the problem.
We were able to join multiple partners in the city where we were founded, to assist in community healing. In the wake of fatal shootings in Louisville, KY, we partnered with Greater Louisville Inc. to expand the number of mental healthcare providers and joined other prominent organizations to inspire youth ages 13-24 to “Be There” for their peers by earning certificates in mental health support. Louisville’s mayor boosted our efforts with proclaiming a week in October, “Be There Louisville Week.”
We launched the Humana Foundation Senior Council! The 14-member volunteer group consisting of both seniors 65+ and high school seniors, is inspiring our work and we love the enthusiasm of these dedicated community leaders.
We awarded 81 college scholarships to children of Humana associates, and we announced nutrition and mental health grants totaling $12.9 million to partners we admire and respect like San Antonio Food Bank, Older Adults Technology Services (OATS) from AARP, Big Brothers Big Sisters of America, to name a few. We also donated nearly $400,000 to the organizations our associates care about most through our Dollars for Difference program, which launched in April 2023 providing donation dollars to associates who volunteer in their communities.
As the Humana Foundation embarks on its 42nd year of service and on behalf of my team, I wish our grantees, partners and friends, a healthy Holiday season and a prosperous New Year.
--Tiffany Benjamin
CEO, Humana Foundation
