The Prime Together Foundation, created by Prime Therapeutics (Prime) employees in 2020, recently distributed more than $100,000 in grants to 501(c)3 organizations that align with the foundation’s mission to work together with our communities to address a range of societal issues such as racism, poverty, health and hunger. This year’s grant recipients include 11 previous recipients and 11 new organizations.

Since its inception, the Prime Together Foundation has awarded about $675,000 in grants to more than 50 organizations across 17 different states. Many of the funds used to cover these grants have been generously donated by Prime employees, who support the mission and impact of the Foundation.

“The Prime Together Foundation exists because we believe real change happens when we work closely with our communities,” says Kerry Florian, vice president, total rewards and board chair of the Prime Together Foundation. “These grants represent our shared commitment to creating opportunities for equity, health and hope in the communities we serve.”

“Thank you to everyone who has contributed since the Foundation’s start in 2020, whether that’s through your time, talent or donations,” Florian added. “You are the driving force behind the impact we’re making.”

This year’s grants will support the following organizations and initiatives:

Achieve Twin Cities
Supports Achieve Twin Cities’ Career and College Initiative, which provides school-based advising to 16,000 public high school students and paid summer internships to hundreds of youth to ensure all students graduate prepared to successfully transition into postsecondary programs and/or the workforce on pathways to living-wage careers.”

Affordable Rent Movement (ARM) of Save the Family Foundation of Arizona
Supports the Phoenix Scholar House programming, which integrates supportive services, academic resources for single parents pursuing postsecondary education, and affordable housing. This initiative is more than housing – it is an investment in generational change.

Athletes Committed to Educating Students (ACES)
Supports the organization’s delivery of year-round, accessible and culturally affirming out-of-school programs that use sports as an engagement tool to build math skills and confidence, STEM and social-emotional learning with middle school youth.

Baskets for Good (also known as GX3 Foundation)
Supports efforts to alleviate food insecurity in North Texas by providing families with a week’s worth of groceries and meals during the Thanksgiving holiday season.

Bergen County Court Appointed Special Advocates Inc. (Bergen CASA)
Recruits and trains volunteers who advocate for abused and neglected children in foster care, ensuring their educational, medical, and mental health needs are met and helping them find safe, permanent, loving homes.

Can Do Canines
Supports people with disabilities by providing highly trained assistance dogs free of charge and Facility Dogs for community spaces like hospitals and treatment centers.

Community Clothes Closet, Inc.
Supports year-round programs that provide free clothing, footwear, outerwear and bedding to individuals and families facing hardship.

Daily Planet Health Services
Supports the renovation of East Cary Health Center, including new equipment, upgraded systems and ADA accessibility. The new location adds eight new dental chairs and six new medical exam rooms and serves patients of all ages in the Greater Richmond region.

Family Values for Life
Supports culturally responsive services like food distribution, financial literacy workshops, youth programs and family-centered coaching to reduce poverty and build long-term stability.

Foster Together MN, Inc.
Supports community events and gatherings that strengthen foster, kinship and adoptive families through connection, caregiver support and youth-focused activities. These events include family fun days, youth-specific gatherings, caregiver support groups and training workshops.

Hammer & NER
Supports the organization’s Quality of Life Fund, which helps people with disabilities access essential needs like medical and dental care, winter clothing, meals and other life-enriching experiences not covered by insurance.

HavenHouse St. Louis
Supports efforts to provide subsidized lodging, free meals, transportation and 24/7 support for families traveling to St. Louis for specialized medical care.

The Heights Foundation, Inc.
Supports School Success programs that deliver early learning, pre-kindergarten, after-school enrichment, summer camps and family engagement initiatives. These efforts aim to boost academic achievement, life skills and school readiness for youth living in poverty, from birth through high school.

Kids ‘n Kinship, Inc.
Supports the one-to-one mentoring program, which connects youth ages 5–16 in Dakota County with caring adult mentors to build trust, resilience and positive development. Funding will expand access by recruiting and training mentors, coordinating matches and providing ongoing support to help ensure safe, consistent relationships for youth facing significant barriers.

La Plazita Institute
Supports programs that help individuals and families overcome challenges such as poverty, health disparities and generational trauma. Through culturally informed services and community leadership, this year’s grant will help provide pathways to healing, empowerment and long-term stability.

Lifeworks Services, Inc.
Supports Lifeworks’ Employment Equity Program, which provides tailored job placement, training and retention services to help Minnesotans with disabilities overcome barriers to employment.

MATTER
Supports the organization’s Hope Kit program, providing hygiene essentials to more than 1,000 individuals experiencing homelessness, displacement, addiction recovery or reentry, restoring dignity and promoting health.

Providence Park (also known as Refuge Village)
Supports efforts to provide permanent supportive housing and wraparound services for individuals experiencing chronic homelessness in Central Arkansas. Funding will help build tiny homes, launch an on-site medical clinic and expand programs that promote healing, stability and economic empowerment.

TC Food Justice 
Supports work to strengthen and expand programs that rescue and distribute fresh food, stock free food shelves in community spaces, preserve produce for winter and purchase goods from small, Black, Indigenous and people of color (BIPOC), and women-owned farms.

The Link
Supports the organization’s Supportive Housing Programs, which provide stable, affordable and trauma-informed housing for over 250 unhoused youth and young families each year across the Twin Cities.

The Trevor Project, Inc.
Supports efforts to end suicide among LGBTQ+ young people by expanding life-saving crisis services, peer support platforms and mental health resources.

VEAP, Inc.
Supports efforts to provide food and social services that foster financial resilience, improve health outcomes and strengthen community vitality.

Learn more about the Prime Together Foundation