HOUSTON, TX (March 25, 2025) - St. Luke’s Health, a member of CommonSpirit Health, has awarded $1.5 million in grants to nonprofit agencies to help improve the health and well-being of people in underserved communities.

Twenty-three nonprofits received a total of 32 grants across St. Luke’s service areas in Greater Houston, East Texas and the Brazos Valley. The grants are funded by the CommonSpirit Health Community Health Improvement Grant program, now in its second year.

“Partnering with local organizations and supporting their wide-ranging initiatives are essential to improving the lives of the most vulnerable people in our region,” said Michael Lawson, Houston Market President of St. Luke’s Health. “It demonstrates St. Luke’s Health’s commitment to the betterment of the communities where we offer nationally-recognized health care with humankindness.”

The grants will help agencies tackle issues that include access to health care and health services, mental health, food insecurity, safe shelter and housing, violence prevention and human trafficking.

Agencies awarded grants are:

• A Hopeful Harvest
• Angel Reach
• Brazos Maternal & Child Health Clinic, Inc (The Prenatal Clinic)
• Brazos Valley Food Bank
• Burke Center
• Casa of the Pines
• Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Galveston Houston
• Compassion United Inc.
• Health For All
• HOPE Clinic
• Houston Area Women's Center, Inc. (HAWC)
• Interfaith Community Clinic
• Magnificat Houses Inc
• Northwest Assistance Ministries
• San José Clinic
• The Arc of Harris County
• The Lighthouse of Houston
• The Network of Behavioral Health Providers
• The Rose
• Twin City Mission, Inc.
• United Way of Brazoria County
• United Way of the Brazos Valley
• Unity Partners dba Project Unity

Collaborating 501(c)3 nonprofit organizations applied to receive grant funds to address significant issues in community health needs assessments. The grant program helps to improve community health and health equity, and enhance local service systems, via restricted charitable contributions for defined projects.

St. Luke’s awarded nearly $1 million in grants in 2024, the program's inaugural year.

About St. Luke’s Health

St. Luke’s Health, part of CommonSpirit Health, consists of 16 hospitals covering communities in Greater Houston, East Texas, and the Brazos Valley. The system includes Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center, a research and teaching hospital for Baylor College of Medicine, and  the Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center, an NCI-designated comprehensive cancer center.