Knowing that a healthy community enables people to maintain a high quality of life and productivity, the Foundation supports hospitals and community organizations in promoting healthy behaviors and creating healthy environments.

Our History
The Foundation for Healthy Communities was endowed by Ohio hospitals in 1994 to encourage collaboration between hospitals and other community organizations on programs aimed at improving community health status. The Foundation is a charitable arm of the Ohio Hospital Association (OHA). OHA represents 177 hospitals and 40 health systems with more than 230,000 employees throughout Ohio. See more.

Our Vision
The Foundation for Healthy Communities advances good health for all Ohioans. We initiate health improvement and education by engaging partners, promoting proven strategies, and advocating for wellness in our communities.

Our Objectives
Support Good Health – Align grants administration with the Foundation’s vision and dedicate resources to advancing good health.

Advocate – Based on proven strategies, set an advocacy agenda to promote wellness through cultural, environmental and related policy changes. 

Identify What Works – Create a single Ohio resource to identify current initiatives directed at improved health status, establish criteria to evaluate the results of those initiatives and promote proven health improvement strategies.

Educate & Engage – Serve as a catalyst to promote the teaching of healthy lifestyles to students at all levels of the educational system.

Our Services
In addition to offering program support to hospitals each year, the foundation serves as a pass-through agency for state and federal funding for various programs.  The foundation strives to be a valued source of information to hospital wellness leaders by sharing lessons learned from current and previous grant-funded hospital programs.  The foundation also offers programming at OHA's annual meeting to help hospitals learn about ways to improve the health and wellness of their communities.