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About Prevention Is Key Foundation
Prevention Is Key Foundation makes a small number of targeted, moderately sized grants that support community quality-of-life initiatives and services for at‑risk families with young children. Their giving is split between supporting local community infrastructure (via a community foundation) and funding direct-service early childhood family support programs, suggesting a place-based focus on regional community wellbeing and prevention for young children and families.
Focus Areas
Regional community development and quality-of-life initiatives (via community foundations)Support for at-risk families with children ages 0–5 / early childhood family supportPlace-based philanthropy in the Ozarks/Nashville region
Who They Fund
at-risk families with children aged 0–5low-income individuals and familieswomen / mothers (maternal clients)children (including sick and food-insecure children)children with disabilities (e.g., blind children)
About Prevention Is Key Foundation
Prevention Is Key Foundation centers its giving on prevention-focused programs for children, youth, and at-risk families, with a clear emphasis on nutrition and movement education. Its recent grants show a mix of direct-service support and community infrastructure, including repeated backing for Nurses for Newborns in Nashville and Whole Kids Outreach in Ellington. The foundation also funds community-level efforts through the Community Foundation of the Ozarks, signaling interest in local quality-of-life improvements alongside program grants. The funding pattern is place-based and practical. Grants support in-home nursing visits, low-income wellness services, community meal programs, nutrition coaching for women, and youth health awareness. Several grantees appear more than once across recent years, which suggests a continuing relationship with a small set of organizations rather than broad one-time dispersal. The foundation’s grantmaking reaches both Nashville-area groups and organizations in southeast Missouri, including Poplar Bluff, Sikeston, Springfield, and Ellington. Across these awards, Prevention Is Key Foundation appears to favor targeted, moderately sized grants that fit specific prevention and early-support uses.
What Prevention Is Key Foundation Funds
Nutrition and movement education sit at the center of Prevention Is Key Foundation’s grant program. Recent awards include $10,000 to Rodale Institute for community health education and $10,000 to Metro Nashville Public Schools for community health awareness, both consistent with a preventive health approach. The foundation also supports family health services for vulnerable mothers and young children. It gave $10,000 to Nurses for Newborns for in-home nursing visits and $10,000 to The New Beginnings Center for community nutrition/coaching for women, pointing to a focus on early support and maternal well-being. Food access and youth support also appear in the portfolio. The Nashville Food Project received $5,000 for food supply to needy children, while The Boys & Girls Club of Pb received $7,500 for community youth program support. These grants show attention to both basic needs and structured youth programming.
How Prevention Is Key Foundation Gives
Typical grants cluster tightly around $10,000, with a lower quartile of $5,000 and an upper quartile also at $10,000. That pattern points to a narrow band of moderately sized awards rather than highly variable grant sizes. The grant list also shows repeat support for several organizations across 2023, 2024, and 2025, including Nurses for Newborns, Faith Family Medical Center, The New Beginnings Center, Fiftyforward, Rodale Institute, and Whole Kids Outreach. Prevention Is Key Foundation is not a fund that makes program-related investments, and it does not fund individuals. Its active program descriptions indicate competitive grants to 501(c)(3) organizations, with unsolicited applications accepted.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$120K
Total Assets
$329K
Total Revenue
$148K
Total Expenses
$229K
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $5K and $10K, with a median of $10K.
25th Percentile
$5K
Median
$10K
75th Percentile
$10K
Geographic Reach
Regional4 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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