The Capital Health Foundation is the philanthropic and community outreach arm of Capital Health. Its purpose is to raise and steward charitable funds to advance Capital Health's mission to improve the health and wellbeing of the populations we serve in urban and suburban communities.
Capital Health System Foundation Inc centers its giving on Capital Health’s mission to improve health and wellbeing in urban and suburban communities, with a five-year Trenton Neighborhood Initiative driving investments in home ownership and rehabilitation, job training, digital equity, and healthy beginnings for new moms and families. That program framing makes the foundation’s priorities unusually clear: health care support is paired with neighborhood stability and practical services that affect daily life in Trenton and nearby communities. Its recent grants show that pattern in action. The foundation awarded $1,500,000 to Trenton Health Team Inc in 2025 and $1,000,000 the year before, both for program support. It also funded Arm In Arm Inc with $96,000 in 2025 and $80,000 in 2024, indicating continuing support for organizations that serve local residents. Smaller awards to groups such as Rider University, the Trenton Fire Department, and Howard’s Healthy Choices extend the same local, community-based approach across health, education, and civic services.
In community development, the Trenton Neighborhood Initiative ties funding to housing, job training, digital equity, and support for new mothers and families. That structure appears in awards to Trenton Youth Wrestling & Learning Center and African American Cultural Collab of Mercer CO, both in Trenton, as well as Smith Family Foundation, also in Trenton, all listed for program support. Health-related grantmaking is a second thread. Trenton Health Team Inc received the largest two grants in the recent list, and the foundation also supported Howard’s Healthy Choices in Trenton. Social support and basic-needs work appear through Arm In Arm Inc in Hamilton Twp and Share My Meals Inc in Princeton, showing a local portfolio that connects health, food access, and neighborhood stability.
Typical grant size is mid-sized to large, with a p25 of $45,450, a median of $80,000, and a p75 of $540,000. The recent list shows both very large, repeated awards and smaller program-support grants, suggesting a mix of anchor commitments and targeted local awards. Grants in the list appear across 2024 and 2025, including repeat support to the same organizations in consecutive years. The foundation is operating from a local, program-based structure, and the awards shown are restricted to program activities.
$1.7M
$19.1M
$3.4M
$2.6M
Most grants fall between $45K and $540K, with a median of $80K.
25th Percentile
$45K
Median
$80K
75th Percentile
$540K
JENNIFER ANTINORO
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Grantmaking is concentrated in New Jersey, and every listed recipient is in the state. Trenton appears most often, including Trenton Health Team Inc, Smith Family Foundation, the Trenton Fire Department, African American Cultural Collab of Mercer CO, Trenton Youth Wrestling & Learning Center, and Howard’s Healthy Choices. Other New Jersey recipients include Hamilton Twp, Lawrenceville, Princeton, and Mercer County-area organizations. The recipient-country distribution is entirely U.S.-based.
The foundation supports Capital Health’s mission through health care and hospital support, community development and neighborhood revitalization, maternal and child health, workforce development and job training, digital equity, cancer care and clinical trials, and health equity and LGBTQ+ inclusive care. The Trenton Neighborhood Initiative adds housing, employment, digital access, and healthy beginnings to that mix.
Its grant sizes are fairly broad: the 25th percentile is $45,450, the median is $80,000, and the 75th percentile is $540,000. Recent awards include both six-figure and seven-figure program-support grants, alongside smaller local grants around $10,000.
Yes. Trenton Health Team Inc received $1,000,000 in 2024 and $1,500,000 in 2025. Arm In Arm Inc also appears in consecutive years, with $80,000 in 2024 and $96,000 in 2025. That pattern points to recurring support rather than one-time awards only.
Its giving is local and entirely in New Jersey. The recent grants list shows recipients in Trenton, Hamilton Twp, Lawrenceville, Princeton, and Mercer County-area organizations. Trenton is the most frequent city among the named recipients.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| trenton health team inc | trenton, NJ | $1,500,000 | 2025 | program support |
| arm in arm inc | hamilton twp, NJ | $96,000 | 2025 | program support |
| Rider University | Lawrenceville, NJ | $38,871 | 2025 | program support |
| Smith Family Foundation | Trenton, NJ | $25,000 | 2025 | program support |
| African American Cultural Collab of Mercer CO | Trenton, NJ | $10,000 | 2025 | program support |
| Share My Meals Inc | Princeton, NJ | $10,000 | 2025 | program support |
| Trenton Youth Wrestling & Learning Center | trenton, NJ | $10,000 | 2025 | program support |
| Howard's Healthy Choices | Trenton, NJ | $9,988 | 2025 | program support |
| trenton health team inc | trenton, NJ | $1,000,000 | 2024 | program support |
| arm in arm inc | hamilton twp, NJ | $80,000 | 2024 | program support |
| trenton fire department | trenton, NJ | $10,899 | 2024 | program support |
| CAPITAL HEALTH SYSTEM INC | TRENTON, NJ | $159,540 | 2023 | PROGRAM SUPPORT |
Smith Family Foundation
$25,000program support
African American Cultural Collab of Mercer CO
$10,000program support
Share My Meals Inc
$10,000program support
Trenton Youth Wrestling & Learning Center
$10,000program support
Howard's Healthy Choices
$9,988program support
trenton fire department
$10,899program support
CAPITAL HEALTH SYSTEM INC
$159,540PROGRAM SUPPORT