Latino Giving Circle Network // Photo Credit: Bryan Patrick Photography for Latino Community Foundation

Our health and wellness is the bedrock of everything we do. Yet, our health and wellness often takes a back seat to the pressures and demands of our daily life.

In honor of National Wellness Month, we invite you to learn about health organizations in the United States who are doing great work focused on healing, health, and wellness. Celebrated every August, National Wellness Month was created to increase awareness of the importance of wellness and self-care.

Along with the organizations featured in this blog that are on the frontlines, doing the work to serve their communities, there are giving circles, like Latinos in Healthcare Giving Circle, that focus on healthy living to support and fund them.

Hosted at the Latino Community Foundation, Latinos in Healthcare Giving Circle is a group of healthcare professionals using their collective skills, passion and resources to advance healthcare equity in their organizations and communities. They work to inspire Latinos, Latinas, and Latinxs interested in healthcare professions and to eliminate systemic racism and oppression.

Connect with Latinos in Healthcare Giving on their website, Instagram, Twitter or Facebook for more on Latinos in healthcare philanthropy.

Abide Women’s Health Services
Abide Women’s Health Services focuses on combating healthcare disparities and improving birth justice and outcomes for Black mothers in Dallas by reducing infant and maternal mortality rates; increasing breastfeeding rates; reducing preterm rates; and increasing the number of Black midwives. Learn More

Afghan Health Initiative
Afghan Health Initiative advocates for immigrants and refugees within the state of Washington to increase access to equitable healthcare through promoting community-based public health interventions . Learn More

BirthNet
BirthNet works to eliminate inequalities for all childbearing people in maternity and infant care by providing resources, events, advocacy and community doulas. Their vision is that everyone receives respectful, culturally appropriate, person-centered care. Learn More

Black Nurses Coalition
The Black Nurses Coalition aims to empower Black and minority nurses through the betterment of knowledge and access to healthcare and community resources that positively impacts the healthcare of BIPOC communities. Learn More

Clinica Tepati
Responding to the Latino communities who are subject to socioeconomic disadvantages and being medically underserved, Clinica Tepati works to fill the gap for Latinos within the greater Sacramento area, at no cost, ensuring that they receive quality healthcare. Learn More

Foundation for Black Women’s Wellness
The Foundation for Black Women’s Wellness is a Wisconsin-based nonprofit working to eliminate health disparities in Black women while promoting mind-body-spirit wellness through education, advocacy and powerful partnerships. Learn More

Genesis Health Institute
Genesis Health Institute aims to support those in the US who have historically, systemically or institutionally experienced trauma through nourishing and amplifying the healing and mental health ecosystem with advocacy, education, and programs on skill-building and development. Learn More

Hopi Relief
Hopi Relief is a nonprofit organization that serves 12 Navajo Nation villages in Northern Arizona.It began during the height of COVID-19 as a relief assistance program to villages in Hopi establishing the area’s first-ever food pantry, and continues to provide needed supplies to the communities. Learn More

International Association of Indigenous Aging (IA2)
IA2 is a nonprofit that protects the rights and promotes the overall development of indigenous elders by collaborating with professionals from all sectors while upholding and honoring the history, culture and values of aging Native Americans. Learn More

Latino Leadership Council, Inc.
Latino Leadership Council is a Latino-focused nonprofit that fosters leadership, systemic change and advocacy for the Latino community through youth, health and education development services. Learn More

Lesbian Health Fund, A Project of GLMA
The Lesbian Health Fund works to improve the health and wellbeing of LGBTQ+ women and girls by funding small-scale pilot grants and scientific research in addition to addressing homophobia within the healthcare industry. Learn More

Pre-Health Dreamers
PHD gives a voice to the voiceless within communities of undocumented immigrants within higher education and healthcare fields to make better, more meaningful connections by promoting inclusion, being a resource, and equipping them with skills for success. Learn More

Rich City Rides
Rich City Rides leverages healthy living, community engagement, and bicycle advocacy while providing access to resources and promoting transportation equity and equality. Learn More

She Rocks, Inc.
She Rocks works to help ovarian cancer patients going through treatment. It’s mission is to fund groundbreaking research and conduct outreach to increase awareness of ovarian cancer. Learn More