Salem Health and Wellness Foundation

Salem Health and Wellness Foundation is a US private foundation based in Penns Grove, NJ.

Profile derived from the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2024, TY2023, TY2022) and its website, with every statement checked against those sources. Sources read on 7 October 2026.

Priority Areas

The Salem Health and Wellness Foundation invests in nonprofit organisations serving Salem County that promote health and wellness, using the Social Determinants of Health to frame this work. Its public-health grants support system improvement and transformation, taking account of residents’ physical, psychological and social well-being and safety. These projects tend to be larger in scope and seek significant improvements in county health, safety and well-being. Its grantmaking also supports small-scale or short-term projects through the Mini-Grant Program, and the Matching Gift Program helps organisations build their donor base and use general operating support or match other awards. Eligible applicants are public charities providing services in or connected to Salem County.

Themes

• Health and wellness
• Social determinants of health
• Public health system improvement
• Nursing
• Safer transportation
• Parent and child health

Geographic Focus

Salem County.

What They Don't Fund

• Institutions that discriminate on the basis of race, ethnicity, creed, gender, or sexual orientation in policy or practice
• Sectarian religious activities, political lobbying or legislative activities
• Capital expenditures, such as land, buildings, or equipment, or any building, renovation, or remodeling of facilities. Examples include machinery, capital equipment, medical equipment, vehicles, licenses, etc
• Deficit reduction/ bad debts, contingencies, fines/penalties, interest payments, litigation costs, or any other comparable financial costs;
• Contributions to cash reserves and/or endowment funds;
• Lobbying or attempting to influence federal, state, or local legislation;
• Fundraising events, activities, and related expenses (e.g., benefits, dinners, etc.);
• Awards, prizes, or scholarships for use outside the applicant’s programming;
• Tuition for academic study;
• Projects benefiting for-profit organizations;
• Private events closed to the general public and activities restricted to an organization’s membership;
• Projects of a religious nature designed to promote or inhibit religious belief and/or practice and that have no basic underlying secular theme or topics
• Individuals and for-profit organizations

For most grants, the foundation approaches an organisation directly and invites it to submit a proposal; it occasionally solicits applications for a targeted project through an open call.

• Repeat giving: In its TY2024 filing, 81% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in its TY2022 or TY2023 filing.
• Grant size: Across its TY2022, TY2023 and TY2024 filings, half of its 60 grants to organisations were $20,000 or less.

What the foundation says:

• The foundation favours projects with the greatest possible impact on improved health or wellness for individuals in Salem County.
• Grant proposals are reviewed by Foundation staff, then the Grantmaking Committee and finally the full Board.