The Cigna Group Health Equity Impact Fund 2025 is sponsored by The Cigna Group Foundation. Allocates grants to nonprofits in Hartford, Connecticut, and St. Louis, Missouri, to improve health outcomes and address health disparities.

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The Cigna Group Foundation is committing $9 million over three years to reduce key barriers to health equity through The Cigna Group Health Equity Impact Fund. Programming will address root causes of specific health disparities most prevalent in local communities. Health equity is achieved when every person can reach their fullest health potential, regardless of economic, environmental, physical, or social circumstances.

1 We know that 80% of a person’s health is affected by drivers outside of medical care. These include personal habits and traits, and the conditions in the places where individuals live, play, and work—known as the Social Determinants of Health (SDOH). 2 The work we want to do in our communities cannot be done alone.

Many great nonprofit organizations have the reach and local network necessary to build healthier communities, so contributing to and collaborating with them will help strengthen our collective impact. The goal of The Cigna Group Foundation’s Health Equity Impact Fund is to support, convene, and collaborate with local nonprofit organizations serving their community members.

This Fund operates on a hyper-local level in select U.S. cities—including Hartford, the capital city of the state where our company is headquartered—and has committed $3 million each year to support local nonprofits. For the second cohort, we awarded 4 grants serving community members in Hartford, Connecticut, and 10 grants to nonprofits supporting community members in St. Louis, Missouri.

In St. Louis, residents have disproportionately higher rates of death from substance use disorders and are more likely to visit the emergency room for a mental health challenge than other counties in Missouri. 3,4,5 Our aim is to increase access to mental health care and substance use disorder treatment by supporting nonprofits that focus on these health disparities.

We continue to advance health equity and address disparities in our own backyard. Hartford faces high poverty rates and lower life expectancy compared to other Connecticut cities. Additionally, Hartford residents are disproportionately likely to forgo health care due to lack of access to reliable transportation and primary care, as well as lack of trust in care.

6,7 Expand the availability of providers and related community-based resources for adults that reflect culturally appropriate care models. Increase access to transportation for adults to attend health visits and healthy physical activities. Residents of Memphis have higher rates of diabetes and heart disease and struggle with obtaining affordable primary care services.

8 Increase access to affordable primary care services for adults. Increase access to healthy foods, nutrition education, and healthy lifestyle activities for adults. The 2026 Health Equity Impact Fund open call period is now closed.

Please visit The Cigna Group Foundation for updates on upcoming grant opportunities. Read our frequently asked questions . The Cigna Group Foundation The Cigna Group Foundation Health Equity Investments Deliver Early Results in Houston and Hartford The Cigna Group Foundation Invests in Hartford Nonprofits to Advance Health Equity and Access The Cigna Group Foundation Invests in St.

Louis Nonprofits To Expand Mental Health and Substance Use Support 1 Addressing Social Determinants of Health: Examples of Successful Evidence-Based Strategies and Current Federal Efforts, ASPE, April 1, 2022, https://aspe. hhs. gov/reports/sdoh-evidence-review 2 Research: How social determinants of health impact vitality of individuals, communities, and businesses, Evernorth, May 30, 2024, https://www.

evernorth. com/articles/research-how-social-determinants-health-impact-vitality-individuals-communities 3 Health Disparities in Connecticut, Connecticut Health Foundation, 2024, https://www. cthealth.

org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Health-disparities-fact-sheet-v3. pdf 4 Behavioral Health Disparities by Area, St. Louis Gov, https://www.

stlouis-mo. gov/government/departments/health/behavioral-health/data/disparities-by-area. cfm , accessed May 27, 2025​ 5 Mental Health Inequity in St.

Louis, Chiron Community Giving Foundation, June 2023, https://www. stlouis-mo. gov/government/departments/health/behavioral-health/data/disparities-by-area.

cfm 6 Health Equity in Connecticut 2023, DataHaven, 2023, https://www. ctdatahaven. org/sites/ctdatahaven/files/DataHaven%202023%20Health%20Equity%20Report%20082323.

pdf 7 Community Wellbeing Index 2023, DataHaven, 2023, https://www. ctdatahaven. org/sites/ctdatahaven/files/DataHaven_GH2023-web.

pdf 8 Shelby County Commission District Health Profile, 2024, https://www. shelbytnhealth. com/DocumentCenter/View/7105/2024-CommissionDistrictReport_Final_PDF Let’s Explore Health Equity The Cigna Group Leadership Our Culture of Compliance Environmental, Social, and Governance Selecting these links will take you away from TheCignaGroup.

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