School-Based Grants
SHD provides one-year competitive grants to community-based organizations to support health & wellness programs in local school districts. Our Healthy Schools Initiative grants provides funding for programs that address a wide range of important health areas. These health areas include: social emotional support services, preventive education/health screening, physical education/activity, and nutrition education.
We have identified the following as high priority health issues:
- Counseling & Social Emotional Development
- Health Literacy & Physical Activity
- Family Engagement & Community Involvement
- Food & Nutrition
HSI Grants Timeline
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*Grant Cycle Year
**Following Year
Over $5 Million Awarded In 3 Years
Take A Look At Our Past Grantees
2025-26 Grants
Over $1.7 Million Total Awarded
Health Literacy, Physical Activity and Health Services:
Organization |
Program |
Amount Awarded |
|---|---|---|
Center for Wellness and Education (CWAE) |
Mindfulness Education |
$70,000 |
Center for Wellness and Education (CWAE) |
Employee Integrative Wellness |
$80,000 |
El Centro de Libertad / The Freedom Center |
Substance Use Prevention |
$25,000 |
Health Connected |
Teen Talk / Puberty Talk |
$161,526 |
Lucile Packard Stanford Health |
Teen Health Van |
$40,000 |
Peninsula Community Center |
PE+ - Physical Education classes |
$879,155 |
San Carlos Charter |
Vision and hearing screens, med management, health education |
$12,500 |
Siena Youth Center |
Physical education and wellness |
$35,000 |
Counseling & Social Emotional Development:
Organization |
Program |
Amount Awarded |
|---|---|---|
Acknowledge Alliance |
Social Emotional Learning |
$20,000 |
Adolescent Counseling Services |
On-campus Counseling Programs: mental health assessment, individual therapy, and depression screening |
$51,650 |
Care Solace |
Mental Health Navigator |
$25,595 |
Child Mind Institute |
Trauma Treatment Groups (3rd-5th), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (6th-8th) |
$25,000 |
Expanded Learning Opportunities Program |
After-school Counseling and Social Emotional Learning Groups |
$30,000 |
Friends for Youth |
After-school and in-school group mentoring |
$45,000 |
Jasper Ridge Farm |
Horse Buddies equine therapy and fitness for special needs youth |
$20,000 |
National Center for Equine Therapy (NCEFT) |
Mental health skills building + social emotional learning via equine therapy |
$42,500 |
One Life |
School-based Counseling & Behavioral Health Services |
$100,000 |
San Carlos Charter |
Vision and hearing screens, med management, health education |
$12,500 |
Family Engagement & Community Involvement:
Organization |
Program |
Amount Awarded |
|---|---|---|
Generations United |
Beyond Ok - Family, School & Community Engagement |
$20,000 |
Parent Venture |
Bi-lingual Parent Education Series |
$55,000 |
United Through Education - Familias Unidas |
Familias Unidas Workshops |
$20,000 |
Youth Community Service |
Youth leadership, community engagement and wellness |
$10,000 |
2024-25 Grants
Over $2 Million Total Awarded
Nutrition Education:
Organization |
Program |
Amount Awarded |
|---|---|---|
Adelante Selby Spanish Immersion School |
Garden Class & Food Club |
$18,000 |
Henry Ford Elementary School |
Garden Class |
$1,500 |
Each Green Corner |
Food Explorers |
$40,000 |
Sager Family Farm |
Big Buzz About Bees |
$20,000 |
Health:
Organization |
Program |
Amount Awarded |
|---|---|---|
Stanford Medicine |
Teen Health Van |
$30,000 |
San Carlos Charter |
Healthy Student |
$15,000 |
Health Literacy & Fitness:
Organization |
Program |
Amount Awarded |
|---|---|---|
Addiction Education Society |
Neuroscience of Addiction |
$7,500 |
El Centro de Libertad / The Freedom Center |
Youth Substance Prevention Education |
$25,000 |
Health Connected |
TeenTalk / Puberty Talk |
$161,526 |
Peninsula Community Center |
PE+ |
$876,620 |
Siena Youth Center |
Healthy Student Program |
$30,000 |
Star Vista |
Crisis Intervention/ Suicide Prevention |
$25,000 |
Star Vista |
Insights Alternatives to Suspension |
$30,000 |
Counseling & Social Emotional Development:
Organization |
Program |
Amount Awarded |
|---|---|---|
Adolescent Counseling Services |
On-Campus Counseling Program |
$50,000 |
Center for Wellness and Education (CWAE) |
Meditation Boost Program |
$40,000 |
Child Mind Institute |
School & Community |
$20,000 |
Summit Everest |
School Based Counseling |
$25,000 |
Friends for Youth |
School-based Group Mentoring |
$45,000 |
Jasper Ridge Farm |
HorseBuddies |
$15,000 |
National Center for Equine Therapy (NCEFT) |
Mental Health and Resilience |
$40,000 |
One Life |
School-based Counseling & Behavioral Health Services |
$100,000 |
San Carlos Charter |
School Counseling and Psych Services |
$30,000 |
Star Vista |
School-based Behavioral Health & Counseling Services |
$202,500 |
Summit Prep |
General Education Counseling |
$25,000 |
YMCA |
Project Cornerstone |
$15,000 |
Family Engagement & Community Involvement:
Organization |
Program |
Amount Awarded |
|---|---|---|
Generations United |
Beyond Ok - Family, School & Community Engagement |
$20,000 |
Innovate Public Schools |
East Palo Alto Academy Family Engagement |
$20,000 |
Parent Venture |
Parent Education Series |
$45,000 |
San Mateo County Sheriff's Activities League |
Health & Wellness |
$20,000 |
Star Vista |
Youth Development Initiative |
$40,000 |
United Through Education - Familias Unidas |
Familias Unidas Family Engagement Workshop |
$25,000 |
Youth Community Service |
Youth Service Learning |
$25,000 |
2023-24 Grants
Over $1.6 Million Total Awarded
Food & Nutrition:
Organization |
Program |
Amount Awarded |
|---|---|---|
Adelante Selby Spanish Immersion School |
Food Club |
$13,000 |
Each Green Corner |
Food Explorers |
$25,000 |
Sager Family Farm |
Big Buzz About Bees |
$10,000 |
Health & Safety:
Organization |
Program |
Amount Awarded |
|---|---|---|
Addiction Education Society |
Neuroscience of Addiction |
$7,500 |
El Centro de Libertad / The Freedom Center |
Youth Substance Prevention Education |
$25,000 |
San Carlos Charter |
Learner Health Services |
$10,000 |
Star Vista |
Insights Alternatives to Suspension |
$25,000 |
Health Literacy & Fitness:
Organization |
Program |
Amount Awarded |
|---|---|---|
Health Connected |
TeenTalk / Puberty Talk |
$140,450 |
Siena Youth Center |
Healthy Student Program |
$25,000 |
PE+ |
PE+ |
$698,327 |
Social Emotional & Mental Health:
Organization |
Program |
Amount Awarded |
|---|---|---|
Acknowledge Alliance |
Resiliency Consultation Services |
$30,000 |
Acknowledge Alliance |
Collaborative Counseling |
$60,000 |
Adolescent Counseling Services |
On-Campus Counseling Program |
$50,000 |
Center for Wellness and Education (CWAE) |
Meditation Boost Program |
$40,000 |
Friends for Youth |
School-based Group Mentoring |
$45,000 |
Jasper Ridge Farm |
HorseBuddies |
$15,000 |
Mission Be |
Mindfulness Education |
$31,000 |
One Life |
Building Resiliency |
$50,000 |
One Life |
School-based Counseling |
$45,000 |
San Carlos Charter |
School Counseling and Psych Services |
$25,000 |
Summit Prep |
General Education Counseling |
$20,000 |
Star Vista |
Crisis Intervention/ Suicide Prevention |
$20,000 |
Star Vista |
School-based Behavioral Health & Counseling Services |
$67,500 |
Star Vista |
Youth Development Initiative |
$40,000 |
YMCA |
Project Cornerstone |
$10,000 |
Community & Family Engagement:
Organization |
Program |
Amount Awarded |
|---|---|---|
Parent Venture |
Bi-lingual Parent Education Series |
$30,000 |
United Through Education - Familias Unidas |
Parent Engagement |
$5,000 |
Youth Community Service |
Service Learning & Leadership Development |
$20,000 |