Dignity Health Bakersfield Hosts Community Grants Award Ceremony to Distribute $519,000 to Ten Local Non-Profits

On Thursday, March 26, Dignity Health Mercy and Memorial Hospitals hosted an award ceremony to distribute $519,000 in funding to ten Kern County non-profit organizations in 2026.

Recipients of the 2026 Dignity Health Community Health Improvement Grants Program are:

• Links for Life - Links for Life Health and Wellness Program - $30,000
• Teen Challenge of Southern California - Kern County Chapter - $50,000
• Youth Connections of Kern County - Youth Connection of Kern County Project - $90,580
• Dress for Success: - Dress, Dignity & Direction: The Economic Empowerment Initiative - $20,000
• Brighter Bites - Improving food security and reducing health disparities with Brighter Bites Bakersfield - $40,000
• The Wounded Heroes Fund - The Wounded Heroes Fund Kern County Chapter - $50,000
• Flood Ministries - Compassion, Connection & Care: The Homeless Youth Health Initiative - $65,000
• Kern County Network for Children - Kern County Network for Children- $33,420
• Shielding the Frontline - Shielding Minds: Mental Health Resilience for Kern County First Responders - $75,000
• KRV Bridge Connection- KRV Bridge Connection to a Brighter Future - $65,000

To read the full story, visit www.kerncountyfamily.com/PublicArticle/4545/Dignity-Health-Bakersfield-Hosted-Community-Grants-Award-Ceremony

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Dignity Health is a multi-state nonprofit network of 10,000 physicians, more than 60,000 employees, 39 acute care hospitals, and 400-plus care-centers, including community hospitals, urgent care, surgery and imaging centers, home health, and primary care clinics in Arizona, California, and Nevada. Dignity Health is dedicated to providing compassionate, high-quality, and affordable patient-centered care with special attention to the poor and underserved. Dignity Health is a part of CommonSpirit Health, a nonprofit health system committed to advancing health for all people and dedicated to serving the common good. For more information, please visit our website at www.DignityHealth.org.