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Payable To: The Jesse and Juanita Grimes Fund for Humanitarian Services
Mail To: The Cape Cod Foundation
261 Whites Path, Unit 2
South Yarmouth, MA 02664
Community Need
Every region of our nation is impacted by the ongoing drug and alcohol epidemic. Cape Cod is no exception. Some members of our community also struggle with other mental and behavioral health challenges, such as depression, anxiety, and suicidal tendencies. The number of students reporting mental and behavioral health challenges has more than doubled in the last 10 years. During the pandemic, unemployment, underemployment, feelings of isolation, stress, illness, grief, substance use, depression, and anxiety increased across all age groups, creating an even greater demand for mental and behavioral health programs.
During the pandemic, food insecurity among Barnstable County residents increased 50-70%; local food pantries and food programs reported 100%-400% increases in demand. Those needs have remained elevated.
As our demographics shift and our population continues to age, we need to understand and respond to the specific health needs of diverse populations and expand access and services. The lack of both health insurance and transportation continue to be barriers to accessing care. In addition, the challenges of hiring and retaining workers are significantly impacting the scope and capacity of local healthcare providers and local healthcare options for residents.
Foundation Strategy
The Foundation’s key funding strategies focus on expanding access to health education and healthcare, including mental and behavioral health services and substance use prevention, treatment and recovery programs. We also fund initiatives that promote self-advocacy and self-sufficiency, offer access to healthy, nutritional foods, encourage active lifestyles, and support individuals with disabilities and their caretakers.
Recent Grantmaking
We have distributed $1.2 million in federal funding across the region to support food access and food security. This funding helped expand access through mobile delivery programs and coordinated deliveries of prepared meals in high-need areas. It helped establish culturally appropriate community gardens and pantries and support innovative partnerships and enhanced programming to respond to continued increase in demand.
Other Grants Have Supported:
- Behavioral health services and programs for young people and adults through school and community-based programs.
- Expanded access to health resources and health education to underserved populations.
- Enhanced social and recreational programming for adults with disabilities.
- Assistance programs for Cape Cod cancer patients and their families.
- Adult day health programs for substance use recovery coaching.
- Hygiene products for a food pantry.
- Summer camp experiences for underserved youth.
Fund Snapshot
FUND NAME
The Jesse and Juanita Grimes Fund for Humanitarian Services
FUND DESCRIPTION
To support health and human services on Cape Cod
DATE OF INCEPTION
1997
FUND TYPE
Permanent Endowment. Follows spending policy set and approved annually by Foundation’s Board Of Directors
CURRENT BALANCE
$569,540
TOTAL GRANTMAKING FROM FUND
$344,957
5-YEAR LOOKBACK/ALL FUNDS
$13,264,132. Total grantmaking from all Foundations Funds to support health and human services initiatives from 2019-2023.
FUND BACKGROUND
In 1997, we received a bequest from Jesse Grimes. Six years earlier, Mr. Grimes and his wife, Juanita, entrusted Foundation leaders to establish a named permanent endowment fund upon their deaths. Their goal was simple: to enable the Foundation to “sponsor and support humanitarian services” for Cape residents in perpetuity.
All figures updated April 2024.
Building Flexible Resources to Support All Aspects of Community Life
You can donate any amount to any of these field-of-interest funds at any time.
Through collective giving, we can fund broadscale initiatives that lead to regional, systemic change.
UNRESTRICTED FUND
ANIMAL PROTECTION & WELFARE FUND
ARTS & CULTURE FUND
EDUCATIONAL SCHOALRSHIPS FUND
ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION & PRESERVATION FUND
HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES FUND
HOUSING FUND
WOMENS AND GIRLS FUND
WORKFORCE
& CAREER DEVELOPMENT FUND
YOUTH DEVELOPMENT
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Kristin O’Malley
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The Cape Cod Foundation
komalley@capecodfoundation.org
508.790.3040, Ext. 115
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