Maximus Foundation Announces Over $2 Million in Grants for Nonprofits Nationwide
June 03 2024 - 11:00AM
Business Wire
209 nonprofits focused on community and youth
development receive $10,000 grants each
Maximus (NYSE: MMS), a leading employer and provider of
government services worldwide, today announced the Maximus
Foundation will award over $2 million in grants to 209 nonprofit
organizations across the United States. This year, each grantee
will receive $10,000 to further their work across community
development, youth programs, and healthcare services.
The Maximus Foundation, founded by the company’s board of
directors in 2000, has awarded more than 3,000 grants totaling more
than $15 million throughout its history. It is committed to
supporting organizations and programs that promote self-sufficiency
through improved health, child, family, and community
development.
“The 2024 Maximus Foundation grant recipients, located in
diverse communities across the United States, is an inspiring group
of nonprofits that are truly driving change in local communities,”
said Dr. Arvenita Washington Cherry, Maximus Foundation President
and Chairperson. “Our ethos is to help move people forward, and
that spirit runs through every one of these nonprofits, which are
improving the lives of countless people and families.”
This year, the Maximus Foundation provided $10,000 grants to
each awardee, with focus areas including homelessness prevention,
job training programs, youth development, and education programs.
The 209 nonprofits receiving grants are located in 31 states and
the District of Columbia. The 2024 grants will help nonprofit
partners make financial plans with the launch of the Foundation’s
new, more focused philanthropic strategy next year.
In 2025, the Foundation’s grantmaking approach will evolve from
annual unrestricted grants to multi-year, unrestricted financial
support for a smaller group of grant partners. This new strategic
approach will foster greater stability and capacity for nonprofits
to achieve enduring positive change in the communities they serve.
The Foundation’s new funding strategy will support organizations
tackling a specific social impact issue. In the first year, the
Foundation will support organizations with a record of successfully
addressing food insecurity and advancing food equity.
“The annual grant giving from the Maximus Foundation is
extremely personal to our employees because the efforts of these
nonprofits mirror the causes and initiatives they care about,” said
Bruce Caswell, President and Chief Executive Officer of Maximus.
“The Foundation’s board is shifting strategy in 2025 because they
heard from our employees about how important food equity has
become, particularly in the aftermath of the COVID pandemic.
Through the Foundation, we aim to help as many people as possible,
and that includes our responsibility as a good corporate citizen to
impact change where we live and work.”
Individual organizations will announce their awards to local
communities throughout 2024. For more information on the Maximus
Foundation, including full reports on previous grantees and details
on the strategic shift beginning in 2025, please visit
maximus.com/foundation or view the 2023 Foundation Annual
Report.
About the Maximus Foundation
As the philanthropic arm of Maximus, the Foundation extends the
mission of the company by identifying and awarding grants to
partners with specialized expertise to deliver results within the
same populations and communities served by the public programs the
company operates. The Maximus Foundation is completely funded by
Maximus and its employees to support local community organizations
with programs and projects in the areas of child and youth
development, health, and community development.
About Maximus
As a leading strategic partner to governments across the globe,
Maximus helps improve the delivery of public services amid complex
technology, health, economic, environmental, and social challenges.
With a deep understanding of program service delivery, acute
insights that achieve operational excellence, and an extensive
awareness of the needs of the people being served, our employees
advance the critical missions of our partners. Maximus delivers
innovative business process management, impactful consulting
services, and technology solutions that provide improved outcomes
for the public and higher levels of productivity and efficiency of
government-sponsored programs. For more information, visit
maximus.com.
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