Improving Health and Wellness

Improving Health and Wellness
Lin Hollowell, director of The Duke Endowment's Health Care program area, explains our approach to grantmaking in this ever-changing field. 

As the health care field continues to evolve into a comprehensive, service-delivery system and as advancements in medicine and medical education allow people with chronic diseases to live longer lives, a variety of barriers to health remain. We aim to remove those barriers and improve the lives of individuals in North Carolina and South Carolina.

We seek to accomplish lasting change by working to expand prevention and early intervention programs, to improve the quality and safety of services, and to increase access to care.

Learn about the strategies, lessons learned and resources behind specific efforts, both past and present, by searching our work below.

    Integrating and Extending Crisis Mental Health Care

    Many people entering hospital emergency departments are in need of specialized mental health care.To improve crisis mental health services in the Carolinas, The Duke Endowment has awarded...

    Improving Health Care for the Low-Income Uninsured

    In North Carolina and South Carolina, more than one in five nonelderly adults are uninsured. To improve access to more comprehensive health care services, The Duke Endowment is part of a...

    Expanding Nurse-Family Partnership

    Children born to low-income parents are subject to above-average risk for abuse, neglect, poor nutrition, slower cognitive development and illness. To help improve the health, well-being...

    Helping Low-Income Families Access Support

    To help low-income families access more than $2.6 billion in unclaimed work supports (such as tax credits, public benefits, and student financial aid), The Duke Endowment awarded more than...

    Providing Innovative Services for Seniors

    In North Carolina and South Carolina, the number of people aged 65 and older is growing rapidly, and experts predict the upward trend will continue. The dramatic increase will present new...

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2019 Grantmaking

New Grants: $34,912,314

Total Distributions: $44,691,947

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Areas of Work

  • Prevention and early intervention for at-risk children

    To equip children and families with skills to ensure that children reach developmental milestones to lead successful lives.

  • Out-of-home care for youth

    To drive child welfare systems toward greater accountability for child well-being.

  • Quality and safety of health care

    Improving the quality and safety of health care delivery

  • Access to health care

    Improving health by increasing access to comprehensive care

  • Prevention

    Expanding programs to promote health and prevent disease

  • Academic excellence

    Enhancing academic excellence through program and campus development

  • Educational access and success

    Increasing educational access and supporting a learning environment that promotes achievement

  • Campus and community engagement

    Promoting a culture of service, collaboration and engagement among schools and communities

  • Rural church development

    Building the infrastructure and capacity of United Methodist churches to enhance ministry and mission

  • Clergy leadership

    Strengthening United Methodist churches by improving the quality and effectiveness of church leadership

  • Congregational outreach

    Engaging United Methodist congregations in programs that serve their communities