How We Work

We're a small foundation with big ideas

Our mission is to improve health in Greenville County, SC, by identifying critical issues, catalyzing community action, and supporting organization’s health related programs.

By tackling the root causes of community health issues and aiming for changes to the larger system, we focus our efforts on improving health in a broad way to create sustainable change.

Our Values

Innovative
Seeking creative approaches to improve and sustain health
Collaborative
Working with diverse partners and encouraging potential grantees to do the same
Bold
Looking beyond the limits of our financial assets to create community change

Focused
Concentrating our efforts where we can have the biggest impact
Flexible
Responding to community need, listening to our partners, and changing course when necessary

Looking beyond the traditional medical system as a means to wellness.

A lack of access to housing, healthcare, employment, recreation, healthy meals and life essentials are proven determinants of health.

That’s why we look beyond the traditional medical system as a means to wellness. Economics, the built environment, education, public safety, and more, have a proven impact on a community’s health. These are factors that we believe money alone cannot solve; it takes a cultural and structural change within the community in order to improve the health and quality of life for all people in Greenville County.

Our Focus

Transportation and mobility issues in Greenville, South Carolina

Housing and Health
Developing innovative and flexible approaches to increase access to safe, affordable, and stable housing to improve health outcomes for people experiencing chronic homelessness.

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Partnerships make it possible.

While Piedmont Health Foundation seeks to tackle big issues, the budget is lean. We band together with community partners whose actions perpetuate the changes needed in our community. By bringing together the right people at the right time, we create significant impact and sustainable difference in the health of our community. that we believe money alone cannot solve; that it takes a cultural and structural change within the community in order to improve the health and quality of life for all people in Greenville County.