Williamsburg Health Foundation

Advance organizations, systems, and public policy crucial to community health and well-being.

Target behavioral and social risk factors that influence the health of individuals throughout the lifespan.

Strengthen the healthcare safety-net for uninsured and underinsured individuals.

Advance organizations, systems, and public policy crucial to community health and well-being.
-Public Policy Advocacy – actively supporting a particular policy or group of policies at the local or state level. Advocacy can include a variety of activities including support for regulatory changes, education, and forming relationships with decision makers.
-Community Capacity Building – developing and strengthening the skills, abilities, processes, and resources that communities and organizations working together need to adapt and thrive in a changing world.
Williamsburg Health Foundation is particularly interested in community-level systems work which includes collaboration.
-Organizational Capacity Building – strengthening internal structures, systems and processes, management, leadership, governance, and overall staff capacity to enhance organizational, team, and individual performance.

Target behavioral and social risk factors that influence the health of individuals throughout the lifespan.
-Healthy Eating Active Living – empowering individuals to make healthy choices through increased access to healthy food and opportunities for physical activity.
-Two Generation Family Services – building family well-being by intentionally and simultaneously working with children and the adults in their lives.
-Healthy Aging – sustaining an individual’s physical, functional, and cognitive abilities to increase well-being in older age. Activities may include good nutrition, physical activity, assessments, managing health conditions, and reducing social isolation.

Strengthen the healthcare safety-net for uninsured and underinsured individuals.
-Behavioral Health Services (BHS) – acknowledging the connection between the health of the body and the mind, BHS address the importance of emotional, psychological, and overall well-being.
-Advanced Primary Care (APC) – ensuring patients are provided with comprehensive high-quality care. APC service delivery models include primary, oral, and behavioral care as well as medications. Care is given through a team approach that promotes patient engagement.
-Medication Access – ensuring patients can obtain prescribed medications to manage health conditions to optimize day-to-day functioning. This includes ongoing access to those essential medications on an affordable and sustainable basis.

WHF leverages our grant-making by working in close collaboration with both independent nonprofit agencies and the localities in Greater Williamsburg. As a place-based foundation, we cultivate long-term relationships with our partners. With the guidance of an outstanding Board of Trustees and Staff, our funding and all of our efforts are laser focused on our strategic plan and making our goals a reality.

The Williamsburg Health Foundation was founded in 1996 with proceeds from the partnership between Sentara Healthcare and the former Williamsburg Community Hospital. WHF has awarded approximately 100 million in grants to date. As of December 2022, our corpus is over 135 million dollars.