To advance public health by supporting the education, research, leadership development and training needs of the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps and the Commissioned Officers Association through scholarships, fellowships, grants and related programs.
The foundation’s funding is built around public health workforce development: scholarships, fellowships, leadership training, continuing education, and community-based public health projects for the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps and the Commissioned Officers Association. Recent awards show a steady pattern of small, targeted grants, with $10,000 awards appearing frequently and 2025 support continuing at $9,270 per grant for selected recipients. That mix points to a funder that uses modest awards to keep officers, branches, and community partners in training and program delivery. Among the recent grants, the foundation supported Ball State University for $9,270 and Grassroots Health for $9,270, both in 2025. In the 2023 grant list, Klamath County Public Health received $10,000 and the Community Health Worker Coalition received $10,000, showing that the foundation backs both institutional training settings and community-facing public health work. The grant list also includes organizations focused on oral health, primary care, recovery, refugee services, and Indian health, which reflects a broad public health service orientation rather than a single-disease strategy. Its giving aligns with a corps-centered mission, but the recipients span universities, local health entities, and community organizations across the country. The result is a grantmaker that appears to support professional development alongside practical public health services.
In scholarship and education support, the foundation funded Ball State University for $9,270 in 2025, and its named Mishoe 'Believe' Scholarship is listed as an active scholarship program that accepts unsolicited applications. For continuing education, the RADM Michael Fellowship supports tuition and fee coverage for junior officers, including the University of Maryland School of Public Health Certificate in Global Health. Leadership and policy training are another clear theme. The Georgetown Congressional Operations Seminar funding supports USPHS officers attending the Government Affairs Institute seminar in Washington, DC; in 2025 the foundation said it would fund six officers. That same leadership-development emphasis appears in the local-branch support line, where COF funds COA branches for public health education and training activities. Community-based public health also shows up in the grant list. Klamath County Public Health received $10,000, and the Community Health Worker Coalition received $10,000, illustrating support for local public health infrastructure and community-facing programming.
$100K
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Most grants fall between $9K and $10K, with a median of $9K.
25th Percentile
$9K
Median
$9K
75th Percentile
$10K
About 4% of grants go to recipients in CA.
Jacqueline Rychnovsky
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Typical awards cluster tightly around the $10,000 level, with a median grant size of $9,270 and an upper quartile of $10,000. The lower quartile is $9,000, so the distribution is narrow and centered on small, programmatic grants. The foundation’s recent record also shows repeat-year activity: 2023 and 2025 both appear in the grant list. The foundation is not a donor-advised fund or an operating foundation; it funds scholarships, fellowships, and programmatic grants. Several active programs accept unsolicited requests, including scholarships, fellowships, and COA local branch support. One seed-grant line was sunsetted in 2025, which suggests the menu of programs can change over time.
Grantmaking is national, and all listed recipient-country locations are in the United States. The top state by grant count is Kansas, while Maryland accounts for 4% of grants. Recent recipient cities range widely, including Delmont, Plano, Indianapolis, Providence, Concord, Savannah, Baltimore, Portland, San Francisco, and Washington, DC. The spread also reaches smaller and mid-sized places such as Eagle Butte, White River, Klamath Falls, and Muncie. That pattern fits a funder that supports public health work across multiple regions rather than concentrating on one metro area.
It funds public health education, scholarships and fellowships, leadership development, continuing education for USPHS officers, community-based public health programs, and training and professional development. The active program list also includes support for COA local branches and a seminar fund for officers.
Recent grant sizes are small and tightly grouped: the 25th percentile is $9,000, the median is $9,270, and the 75th percentile is $10,000. In the recent grants list, many awards are exactly $10,000.
Yes. The Mishoe 'Believe' Scholarship, Scholarships, Fellowships and Other Funding Requests, COF Support to COA Local Branches, Family Member Scholarships, and the RADM Michael Fellowship are all marked as accepting unsolicited requests or applications in the provided data.
Its stated beneficiaries are United States Public Health Service commissioned officers, public health professionals who are early to mid-career, and communities served by USPHS community health projects. The program descriptions also show support for family members of officers and COA local branches.
The grant recipient country distribution is entirely U.S.-based, with 56 grants listed in the United States and no non-U.S. recipient countries shown in the data.
2026
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2026.
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Deadline: Rolling until the fiscal-year allocation is depleted.
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Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Yay Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 2026 | — |
| Altru Foundation | Grand Forks, ND | $10,000 | 2026 | — |
| No More Under | Seattle, WA | $10,000 | 2026 | — |
| The Keala Foundation | Lawai, HI | $10,000 | 2026 | — |
| Monitor My Health Inc | Hamden, CT | $10,000 | 2026 | — |
| The Family Place Utah | Logan, UT | $10,000 | 2026 | — |
| Hands on Personal Empowerment | Shelton, WA | $9,000 | 2026 | — |
| Albuquerque Health Care for the Hom | Albuquerque, NM | $8,250 | 2026 | — |
| Achievement Centers for Children an | Delray Beach, FL | $8,250 | 2026 | — |
| Ascension Wisconsin Foundation | Brookfield, WI | $7,500 | 2026 | — |
| Jefferson Healthcare | Port Townsend, WA | $7,000 | 2026 | — |
| Chicago Workers Collaborative | Waukegan, IL | $9,270 | 2025 | — |
| Our Minds Matter | Vienna, VA | $9,270 | 2025 | — |
| A Moment of Magic | New York, NY | $9,270 | 2025 | — |
| Grassroots Health | Washington, DC | $9,270 | 2025 | — |
| Chatham County Safety Net Planning | Savannah, GA | $9,270 | 2025 | — |
| SOWN | Philadelphia, PA | $9,270 | 2025 | — |
| The Friendship Circle Inc | Milwaukee, WI | $9,270 | 2025 | — |
| Cleveland Minority Organ Tissue | Cleveland, OH | $9,270 | 2025 | — |
| Boys and Girls Club - Sandhills | Southern Pines, NC | $9,270 | 2025 | — |
| Women for Healthy Rural Living | Milbridge, ME | $9,270 | 2025 | — |
| Ball State University | Muncie, IN | $9,270 | 2025 | — |
| Ocean Beach Hospital and Medical | Ilwaco, WA | $9,000 | 2025 | — |
| Juvenile Protective Association | Chicago, IL | $8,000 | 2025 | — |
| Baltimore City Medical Society Fdn | Baltimore, MD | $6,000 | 2025 | — |
| The Clay Counts Coalition | Clay Center, KS | $9,241 | 2024 | — |
| First 5 Yuba County Children & Fami | Marysville, CA | $9,136 | 2024 | — |
| Care and Counseling | Saint Louis, MO | $9,000 | 2024 | — |
| Portland Public Health Division | Portland, ME | $9,000 | 2024 | — |
| Youth Crossroads | Berwyn, IL | $9,000 | 2024 | — |
| REBOOT Recovery | Pleasant View, TN | $9,000 | 2024 | — |
| Youth Crisis Center | Jacksonville, FL | $9,000 | 2024 | — |
| Scenic Rivers AHEC | Cashton, WI | $9,000 | 2024 | — |
| Liv Sober Recovery Living | Lake Saint Louis, MO | $8,000 | 2024 | — |
| Alaska Seeds of Change | Anchorage, AK | $8,000 | 2024 | — |
| Borough of New Providence | New Providence, NJ | $7,500 | 2024 | — |
| C-ASSIST | Dearborn, MI | $7,500 | 2024 | — |
| Mayes County HOPE Coalition | Pryor, OK | $7,000 | 2024 | — |
| Frontline Workers Counseling Projec | San Francisco, CA | $5,000 | 2024 | — |
| Waco Family Medicine | Waco, TX | $5,000 | 2024 | — |
| Step-Up Inc | Indianapolis, IN | $5,000 | 2024 | — |
| PA Coalition for Oral Health | Delmont, PA | $10,000 | 2023 | — |
| Not 1 More Project | Indianapolis, IN | $10,000 | 2023 | — |
| Rosa es Rojo Inc | Plano, TX | $10,000 | 2023 | — |
| Refugee Dream Center | Providence, RI | $10,000 | 2023 | — |
| ABLE-NH | Concord, NH | $10,000 | 2023 | — |
| Chatham County Safety Net Planning | Savannah, GA | $10,000 | 2023 | — |
| The Keya Foundation | Eagle Butte, SD | $10,000 | 2023 | — |
| The Northampton Recovery Center | Northampton, MA | $10,000 | 2023 | — |
| Maryland Primary Care Program | Baltimore, MD | $10,000 | 2023 | — |
The Yay Foundation
$10,000Altru Foundation
$10,000No More Under
$10,000The Keala Foundation
$10,000Hands on Personal Empowerment
$9,000Jefferson Healthcare
$7,000A Moment of Magic
$9,270Chatham County Safety Net Planning
$9,270The Friendship Circle Inc
$9,270Cleveland Minority Organ Tissue
$9,270Ball State University
$9,270Ocean Beach Hospital and Medical
$9,000Baltimore City Medical Society Fdn
$6,000The Clay Counts Coalition
$9,241First 5 Yuba County Children & Fami
$9,136Care and Counseling
$9,000Portland Public Health Division
$9,000Scenic Rivers AHEC
$9,000Liv Sober Recovery Living
$8,000Borough of New Providence
$7,500Mayes County HOPE Coalition
$7,000Frontline Workers Counseling Projec
$5,000PA Coalition for Oral Health
$10,000Not 1 More Project
$10,000Rosa es Rojo Inc
$10,000ABLE-NH
$10,000Chatham County Safety Net Planning
$10,000The Keya Foundation
$10,000Maryland Primary Care Program
$10,000