• Marillac Community Health Centers - Providing immunizations to 6,200 newborns, dental care to 6,000 people living in poverty, and a CDC-led National Diabetes Prevention Program to promote healthy lifestyles, lowering type 2 diabetes risk by 58% or 71% for 5,500 individuals over 60.
• Med-Camps of Louisiana - An outdoor summer camping experience for 500 young people with physical disabilities, developing community, independence, and physical health habits.
• Pilots for Patients - Providing volunteer airlift services for patients (and caregivers) who must travel long distances for treatment of chronic or series diseases such as cancer.
• United Way of Acadiana - Providing a comprehensive Community Health Needs Assessment to coordinate the efforts of dozens of agencies supporting tens of thousands of patients.
• Martin Luther King, Jr. Health Center - Serving 425 uninsured or underinsured families with primary care and pharmacy services.
• Central Louisiana AIDS Support Services - Supporting more than 1,000 people living with HIV with mental health and support services.
• Miles Perrett Cancer Services - Providing medical supplies, supplements and treatment care kits to more than 19,000 patients undergoing cancer treatement.
• Girls On the Run - Helping 3,500 girls across the state learn to love running and run their first 5k through community outreach programs.

• Covenant House New Orleans - Providing meals and shelter to 650 young people experiencing homelessness.
• Society of St. Vincent de Paul - 10,000 hot meals for people living with food insecurity.
• Top Box Foods - Providing 22,470 meals to 11,235 families or individuals across Southeast Louisiana over the course of a full year
• Feeding Louisiana - Sponsoring and packing more than 250,000 meals for food-insecure families across Louisiana.
• Hunters for the Hungry - 50,000+ pounds of food donated, providing fresh meat and produce to people experiencing food insecurity.

• Operation Warm - Providing 1,200 coats to students in the greater Shreveport and Monroe regions.
• South Louisiana Community College (SLCC) Foundation - Providing educational support services for 19,000 students, including a network of grab-and-go "Little Food Pantries."
• Teach for America of South Louisiana - Supporting practicum training for educators through summer schooling for 450+ students.
• Terrebonne Foundation For Academic Excellence In Public Education - 90+ grants made to educators to resupply classrooms devastated by Hurricane Ida.
• The Orchard Foundation - School readiness workshops for families and educators serving thousands of students in Central Louisiana.
• United Negro College Fund - Providing scholarships to 15 Black students pursuing undergraduate degrees across the state.
• YMCA of Greater New Orleans - Providing 5,000 hours of continuing education and career readiness training for adults.

• Louisiana Center for Children's Rights - Providing mental health screenings and counselling for students in the juvenile justice system.
• Mental Health Association for Greater Baton Rouge - Supporting continuing education opportunities for hundreds of mental health professionals.
• Northwestern State University Foundation - Providing mental health screenings and referrals for 1,000 residents.
• Southern University System Foundation - Weekly counselling and mental health support for a cohort of students coming from backgrounds of poverty.
• Family & Youth Counselling Agency - Supporting 6,800 hours of counseling, case management, and other services for 537 children alleged to be abused and/or neglected.

• • Sankofa Community Development Corporation - Supporting the SNAP Enrollment Project with a team of community health ambassadors to enroll SNAP-eligible seniors who face barriers to entry.
  • Sprout Nola - Creating a cohort of 15 local growers to support food systems in southeast Louisiana.
  • Food Bank of Central Louisiana - Piloting ready-to-eat food distribution for families through library summer reading programs.
  • Hunters For The Hungry - A project to get FDA approval to accept more types of game from hunters to be distributed to those facing good insecurity.
  • Louisiana Center for Health Equity - Creating a two-phase pilot program to develop a holistic approach to improve school environments and student performance.
  • Pennington Biomedical Research Foundation - A study to assess the validity of the PortionSize™ app to quantify children’s own dietary intake and children’s intake by parents or caregivers.
  • Lukes House - Piloting a unique approach to identifying and addressing gaps in mental health services for low-income Latinx community members who are undocumented and their first or only language is Spanish.
  • Louvis Services - Creatig a prototype/ model of the tiny house duplex that the organization will replicate throughout the city, including housing, supportive services, and an edible landscape program.
  • Public Affairs Research Council of Louisiana, Inc. - A program to provide local actors (government, foundations, nonprofits) with the information needed to promote understanding of early childhood education, including the existing opportunities and the accountability measures that ensure money will be spent prudently.
  • Dress For Success Shreveport/Bossier - Creating a mobile unit for women entering the workforce that provides professional attire, a fitting room, and a work station with a laptop and mobile hotspot.

• Teach for America of South Louisiana - Expanding the IGNITE Fellowship, which accelerates learning and fosters belonging for 1st-3rd grade students. Each student in the program receives consistent high-dosage tutoring through small group sessions within the school day that balance academia and wellbeing.
• Family & Youth Counseling Agency - Providing much-needed mental health care for up to 75 women suffering from depression and anxiety caused by Pre and Post-delivery, pregnancy, and/or grief.
• Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southwest Louisiana, Inc.- Expanding mental health outcomes with trauma informed care mentoring for youth in the Community and Site Based Mentoring Programs in Beauregard, Vernon, Allen, Rapides and Jeff Davis Parishes.
• 100 Black Men of Metro Baton Rouge - Building capacity to grow the Respect 4 Life curriculum with students at the local, state, and national levels.
• Second Harvest Food Bank of Greater New Orleans and Acadiana - Expanding Groceries to Geaux home delivery program for older adults in partnership with DoorDash. Dashers will make deliveries of nutritionally balanced food boxes to 340+ older adults with limited mobility or access to transportation each month.
• The Greater New Orleans Foundation - Expanding the Baby’s First Years (BFY) project, which provides financial support to 1,000 low-income mother to lessen the effects of poverty and improve childhood health and early learning outcomes.
• The Split Second Foundation, Inc.- Scaling the Split Second Cares Program, a comprehensive mental and emotional health program that centers providing individuals and families impacted by life altering injuries with immediate support after discharge from the hospital or in-patient setting.
• Southwest Louisiana Area Health Education Center - Expanding the Louisiana Community Health Empowerment by training Community Health Workers to provide free Marketplace and Medicaid enrollment assistance and information resources for uninsured people.
• Operation Restoration - Operation Restoration’s (OR) Lab Assistant Program prepares currently and formerly incarcerated women to work in laboratory healthcare settings and obtain immediate employment.
• Louisiana Association of United Ways, Inc. - Expanding the Ride United Vaccination Access Campaign to provide free rides for patients in active Lyft markets to get to health and social service appointments.
• Boys & Girls Clubs In Louisiana, Inc. - Adoption of a membership tracking system called MyClubHub, which will transform how Clubs connect with schools, families, and other partners. MyClubHub, a Salesforce platform, is designed to help Clubs track members, program outcomes, Club safety, volunteers, and more, and will create a real time, statewide dashboard that can translate into data-based decisions about the needs and challenges of Club youth in each region.

• Pelican Center For Children And Families - A statewide partnership to create more opportunities for family and community support, including advocacy, short-term case management, and referrals to wrap-around services.
• Northwestern State University - A community-wide partnership between nursing schools, local hospitals, and other workforce partners to train 300 nurses withing four years, and 1,000 nurses within ten years.
• Southern University System Foundation - A partnership to recruit and support nursing students at HBCUs across Louisiana, offering resources that make it possible for students of color to enter the nursing education pipeline to practice culturally appropriate compassionate care.

In response to the COVID-19 crisis and two years of devastating natural disasters, the Blue Cross Foundation allocated $15 million in funding to Community Crisis and Disaster Response Grants. These grants were general operational support to nonprofits and other community partners to address the immediate community needs after a disaster or crisis.

In 2022, the Foundation made $877,000 in grants to support long-term recovery programs, bringing total spending to $14.97 million.

In support of The Angel Award’s 25th anniversary, the Foundation’s board authorized grants of up to $250,000 to partnership of past honorees working together to solve problems. In 2022, the Foundation made its final Angels of Change grants:

• Sulphur Christian Community Coalition – To create the Neighborhood Family Learning Center, a nexus of services to help eradicate generational poverty.
• Med-Camps of Louisiana, Inc. – Supporting MedCamps on the Move!, a 3 to 5 day mobile day-camping program designed for children living with disabilities and their siblings.
• Peer Initiative – Leaders of Tomorrow – Growing PILOT’s program in partnership with other Angel organizations to train students across Louisiana on how to spot, speak with, and refer fellow students considering suicide.
• Heritage Ranch – Creating a Family Coaching cohort to teach parenting skills, improve physical and mental health, and decrease ACE risk factors.