How Would Your Nonprofit Use $100,000?

Could your favorite charity use a financial boost?

Humana, one of Tampa Bay’s leading health benefits companies and health care employers, will award a one-time, $100,000 grant to a deserving nonprofit organization in the Tampa Bay area focused on the health and well-being of the community.

Humana is inviting all nonprofit 501(c)(3) organizations based in Hillsborough, Pinellas, Pasco and Hernando counties to apply for the one-time, $100,000 Humana Communities Benefit charitable grant in Tampa Bay.

Humana Communities Benefit is a charitable giving program, sponsored by the Humana Foundation. The chosen charity will be one that concentrates on childhood health, intergenerational health and active lifestyles.

The grant application deadline for this year’s program is July 30. Following a selection process by a panel of local judges, the 2013 grant winner will be announced at an awards gala in Tampa Bay this October.

“Humana is very pleased to provide nonprofit organizations in the Tampa Bay area with an opportunity to receive this transformational funding,” said Dan Feruck, Humana Employer Group Florida Market president.

“We saw so many outstanding Bay area charities and nonprofit groups benefit from this money when we awarded the one-time grant between 2006 and 2009, and we’re thrilled to once again have a strong and enduring impact on another deserving nonprofit in our community,” said Dr. Scott Latimer, Humana Central Florida Senior Products Market president. “We encourage all eligible nonprofits in Tampa Bay to apply for their chance to receive this year’s $100,000 grant.”

“Receiving the Humana Communities Benefit grant in 2008 was a tremendous opportunity for our ‘Homes for the Holidays’ program to make a lasting impact on families in the Tampa Bay area,” said Warrick Dunn, founder of Warrick Dunn Charities Inc.

“Through the generosity of Humana, the $100,000 grant assisted three deserving single-parent families with everything from lowering their monthly mortgage payments to purchasing cleaning supplies, lawn care necessities, food and home furnishings,” added Dunn, a former pro football star for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Atlanta Falcons.

“The Humana grant was instrumental in enabling us to provide our first opportunity for families to benefit from professional counseling, not only our young patients, but also help with the emotional needs of their siblings and parents,” said Patty O’Leary, chief operating officer of 2009 Humana Communities Benefit-Tampa Bay grant recipient The Children’s Cancer Center.

More information on the application and the 2013 grant are available at www.Humana.com/HCB. Questions can also be directed to Humana by e-mail to tampabaybenefits@humana.com.