About Health Care Foundation of the Oranges
The HCFO Board is committed to fostering communities where no one faces homelessness, hunger, or a lack of essential mental health support alone. Through strategic partnerships with health-focused programs, we work to eliminate barriers to well-being as defined by the Social Determinants of Health.
Focus Areas
Homelessness PreventionSupportive HousingFood Security / Food Scarcity PreventionBehavioral Health / Mental HealthCommunity Health InitiativesChronic Disease ManagementEnvironmental HealthFamily HealthNutritionHealth Education
Who They Fund
general community members (health screening recipients)congregations/churches (faith-based organizations)
About Health Care Foundation of the Oranges
The Health Care Foundation of the Oranges Inc. centers its grantmaking on social determinants of health in East Orange, Orange, Irvington, and bordering West Newark, with a stated commitment to communities facing homelessness, hunger, and gaps in mental health support. Recent awards show that approach in practice: the foundation made multiple six-figure community support grants in 2025, including $100,000 to Nia Hope Center in Newark and $100,000 to Transcend Outreach Center Inc in Irvington. Those grants sit alongside a broader portfolio that includes direct service funding, restricted project support, and capacity-building through training and equipment. The foundation’s subject areas are broad but connected, covering homelessness prevention, food scarcity prevention, behavioral and mental health, chronic disease management, environmental health, family health, and community health initiatives. Its grant history also includes support for health-screening outreach, youth resilience programming, and faith-based community capacity building. Taken together, the record shows a local funder that uses restricted grants and program support to address immediate needs while backing organizations embedded in its service area.
What Health Care Foundation of the Oranges Funds
The foundation’s health agenda reaches beyond clinical care. In community health outreach, it gave $35,000 in 2023 to Metropolitan Cardiovascular Foundation for a program providing cardiac and vascular screenings free of charge to 300 community members. In emergency preparedness, it awarded $25,000 to The Essex Association of American Baptist Churches for AED equipment and training for more than 30 churches. Behavioral health and trauma support also appear in the grant record: Imagine a Center for Coping With Loss received $20,000 for programming that fosters resilience in Newark youth coping with trauma and loss. Faith-based capacity building is another clear thread, reflected in support for congregations and church networks through community health-oriented grants.
How Health Care Foundation of the Oranges Gives
The typical grant size is tightly clustered: the 25th percentile is $22,500, the median is $25,000, and the 75th percentile is $30,000. The recent record also includes larger community support grants at $50,000, $75,000, and $100,000, suggesting a tiered approach around a core grant band. The foundation gives through restricted grants, LOI-to-application pathways, and competitive project funding. It also makes program-specific and in-kind/equipment awards. The available grants list shows repeated support over multiple years, including 2023 and 2025 awards to different organizations, which points to an ongoing local grantmaking pattern rather than one-off giving.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$591K
Total Assets
$6.5M
Total Revenue
$1.4M
Total Expenses
$938K
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $23K and $30K, with a median of $25K.
25th Percentile
$23K
Median
$25K
75th Percentile
$30K
Geographic Reach
Local2 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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