Cigna Group Foundation gives $3.45 million to 23 nonprofits for veterans' housing and mental health
The grants, announced Nov. 10, go to groups in 10 states and are expected to reach more than 4,700 veterans and their families. They pay for home builds and repairs, rent and mortgage help, and mental health services.
Bloomfield. The Cigna Group Foundation has awarded $3.45 million to 23 nonprofits that help veterans find and keep a home, the foundation said on Nov. 10. The grants go to organizations working in 10 states and are expected to reach more than 4,700 veterans and their families.
The money will pay for nearly 50 new home builds, repairs or modifications, along with rental, mortgage and utility assistance, housing placement, help with benefits, mental health services, job support and other services, according to the foundation, the philanthropic arm of the health company The Cigna Group.
Third year of a $9 million pledge
The awards are the third round of the foundation's $9 million commitment to improve veteran mental health through housing stability and wraparound services. The initiative backs local projects that add permanent housing, make housing more affordable and connect veterans with services that help them stay housed.
In 2025, the foundation said, its grantees served 8,025 veterans, and more than 200 employees of The Cigna Group volunteered over 1,000 hours with those organizations.
Several grantees are returning from 2024 and 2025. They include the Gary Sinise Foundation, whose R.I.S.E. program provides specially adapted, mortgage-free homes to severely wounded veterans, and Veterans Community Project, which runs a tiny home community for veterans in St. Louis where company employees volunteer on builds and repairs.
“Stable housing gives veterans a stronger foundation to focus on their health, their families and their futures.”
The grantees, by where they work
The foundation listed the grantees by the location of their projects. In Arizona, they are Nation's Finest and U.S.VETS in Phoenix; in Connecticut, Homes for the Brave and The WorkPlace; in Florida, Broward Housing Solutions and United Way of Northeast Florida; and in Georgia, Rebuilding Together Atlanta and the Gary Sinise Foundation.
In Illinois, the grants go to the Schuyler County Mental Health Association and Transitional Living Services; in Missouri, to Catholic Charities of Kansas City-St. Joseph and Veterans Community Project; in New Jersey, to Community Hope and Family Promise of Sussex County; and in Pennsylvania, to Habitat for Humanity Philadelphia and the Veterans Leadership Program of Western Pennsylvania.
Tennessee's grantees are Operation Stand Down Tennessee and United Way of Greater Chattanooga. In Texas, they are Foundation Communities, Texas Wounded Warriors and West Texas Counseling & Guidance.
Two grantees work in several states: Homes For Our Troops, with projects in Florida, New Jersey and Texas, and Operation Finally Home, with projects in Florida, Georgia and Texas. The foundation did not give the size of each grant.
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