UCSF’s popular Community Wellbeing Grants program returns for its fourth year with 15 new projects expected to impact staff, faculty and learners across the university community.

The program awards grants to projects that create a culture of wellbeing at UCSF and focus on one or more of UCSF’s seven pillars of wellness: emotional, physical, social, financial, career, environmental and spiritual. Administered by the UCSF Wellness department, the program allows grantees to serve as project leads who implement their visions around improving wellbeing. 

“Being selected made me feel like UCSF Wellness cared about something I care deeply about,” said Andrea Hartsough, whose project Beyond the Nod is about building connections within Mission Bay’s Black community. “I feel supported to do something I've been wanting to do.”

This year’s projects include various types of programming, including workshops, social events, community building, training, offsite events, and more. Projects serve a diverse range of communities, including university departments, international students/scholars, Black Womxn researchers, the Jewish community and many more.

A total of $100,000 in funds will be divided among the selected applicants for their projects.

“I am enthusiastic about the opportunities that each grant has to lay a foundation for a larger footprint,” said Stephanie Collins, Vice President/Assistant Vice Chancellor of People Wellness. “It is always an honor to watch the development of the grants move from their beginning stages to providing a solid foundation for well-being initiatives among our UCSF community and beyond!”

A total of 127 applications were submitted this cycle.

Below are the FY2025 grant winners and their projects. Learn more about the Community Wellbeing Grant program.

• "Beyond The Nod: Building connections within UCSF’s Black Community" - Andrea Lynn Hartsough
• "Asian American Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander Health & Wellness Resource Week" - Anthony Ababon
• "CHARMS (Community Healthy, Accessible, and Restorative Meeting Spaces) Project" - Brooks Bigart, Henry Ocampo, and Denny Nguyen
• "Spill the Disabili-Tea Disability Justice Workshop Series" - Cecile Puretz
• "Moving Milk: Human Milk Shipping Awards for Learners and Staff" - Erin McCauley
• "Office of Diversity and Outreach Art Gallery" - Hira Safdar
• "SAIL SF: Settling and Acclimating to Life in San Francisco" - Holly Nigorizawa
• "Unity in Diversity: Building Jewish Resilience and Connection at UCSF" - Jill Cozen-Harel
• "Professional Gender Expression Workshop" - Matthew Bratko
• "Creating a UCSF Community of Support for Caregivers of Elderly Relatives" - Nathalie Larsen
• "Strengthening Community and Wellbeing for UCSF Perioperative Health Equity Leaders" - Patti Orozco
• "Well Within: Centering Well-being for the UCSF staff community" - Renyea Colvin
• "Healing Together: Supporting Staff Impacted by the Overdose Epidemic" Suzy Brady
• "Cultivating Comunidad: A UCSF Latinx Resident Cross-Specialty Collaboration" - Vida Sandoval
• "Black Womxn Researcher Retreat" - Waru Gichane