The purpose of this new program area is to provide access to resources, services, experiences, and amenities that are often limited or lacking for those who live in distressed, neglected, and marginalized communities. Emphasis will be placed on urban neighborhoods that are impacted by systemic inequities. The overarching goal is to create stronger, wealthier, healthier, and more resilient communities.
Grantmaking will be concentrated in the areas of housing, economic mobility, health, education, and transit. Funding will also support efforts to increase understanding and awareness about the causes and manifestations of systemic racism and to address its detrimental consequences.
The foundation will collaborate with a broad range of partners to generate community-based priorities, goals, and solutions that are effective, replicable, and improve quality of life and place.
Sample Grants
A Step Ahead Chattanooga’s mission is to remove barriers to contraception through education, outreach, and access to birth control for any individual living within ASAC’s tristate, eighteen-county service area surrounding Chattanooga. Lyndhurst has provided ongoing support to ASAC since its founding in 2013.
The mission of Clinica Medicos is to solve the complex challenges of health
care, especially for the underserved Latino community of Chattanooga.
Lyndhurst has assisted the clinic with its fellowship program in obstetrics, along
with-general operating support to reduce the cost of the delivery of medical
services.
The Construction Career Center is an innovative model for vocational education for the construction trades with training, career counseling, and industry resources under one roof, bringing employers closer to students in construction. The center’s programs are available for both teens and adults. Lyndhurst provided capital support for the construction of the new building, as well as three years of operational support.
