Current Grantees

Café Momentum — Award Amount: $30,000

CarePartners — Award Amount: $20,000

Center for Adoption Support and Education (C.A.S.E.) — Award Amount: $25,000

Children’s Cancer Cause — Award Amount: $25,000

HeartGift — Award Amount: $10,000

Jubilee Housing — Award Amount: $25,000

Pea Pod Nutrition and Lactation Support — Award Amount: $30,000

St. Pete Free Clinic — Award Amount: $35,000

The University of Texas Foundation — Award Amount: $35,000

Building African American Minds (BAAM) — Award Amount: $25,000

Building Responsible and Productive Citizens

Qlarant funding supports Your Wellness Matters!—a physical and mental health support program for youth, adults, and families who are more likely to be at-risk for factors associated with poor health. This population is mainly associated with people of color and those experiencing poverty and the effects it has on physical health and social-emotional wellness.

Food & Friends — Award Amount: $20,000

Addressing Health and Food Security Challenges

Food & Friends improves the lives and health of people with HIV/AIDS, cancer, and other serious illnesses that limit their ability to provide nourishment for themselves. Qlarant Foundation funds support the Specialized Nutrition Services (SNS) program providing a uniquely multifaceted service that seeks to address health and food security challenges faced by residents in the greater DC metro area. SNS consists of two meal services, medical nutrition therapy, and nutrition education—all of which help clients manage their health and avoid the costly side effects of illness.

Grassroots Health — Award Amount: $20,000

Using Sports to Advance Health Equity

There is a mounting body of evidence indicating that youth of color are more vulnerable to health threats such as HIV, diabetes, asthma, and obesity than their white counterparts. Grassroots Health’s holistic model addresses these challenges and improves adolescent health inequities by supplementing middle school health education with an innovative curriculum and near-peer delivery—mobilizing local NCAA student-athletes to facilitate nutritional, sexual, and mental health programs for 6th, 7th, and 8th-grade students. These volunteers use modified sports games to combine physical activity and health education into the same class period.

Ulman Foundation — Award Amount: $25,000

The Ulman Foundation built the Ulman House for the residential program for adolescent and young adult (AYA) cancer patients and caregivers. The purposes of the program are to reduce the financial burden of AYA cancer patients during cancer treatment, and to allow them greater access to the highest quality care at the Johns Hopkins Hospital, the university of Maryland Medical Center and the Maryland Proton Treatment Center. In addition, the program results in reduced stress and reduced isolation for the patients. Patient Navigation services are also available to the residents of Ulman House, specializing in the needs of AYA patients and their special circumstances such as fertility preservation, and difficulty coping with a life interrupted in its prime.