Meet the 2025 Heart to Heart Grant Finalists
Alpha Phi Foundation proudly recognizes four finalists for the 2025 Heart to Heart Grant
In its 32nd year, the Heart to Heart Grant brings four finalists to compete for our flagship grant. Applicants worked tirelessly to provide information regarding their commitments to women’s heart health and alignment to Alpha Phi Foundation’s mission, and our finalists went above and beyond. Thanks to our volunteer Medical Readers and Heart to Heart Grant Advisory Council, our top four are from the following institutions:
Cedars Sinai Medical Center
Mission: Cedars-Sinai Health System, a nonprofit, independent healthcare organization, is committed to delivering quality healthcare services with leadership and excellence, expanding the horizons of medical knowledge through biomedical research, educating and training physicians and other healthcare professionals, and striving to improve the health of our community.
Providing excellent clinical services with compassion and supporting research and medical education are essential to our mission. This aim is founded in the ethical and cultural precepts of the Judaic tradition, which inspires devotion to the art and science of healing and to the care we give our patients and staff.
Website: https://www.cedars-sinai.org/home.html
Cleveland Clinic
Mission: Cleveland Clinic is a nonprofit academic medical center that provides clinical and hospital care, research, and education. At Cleveland Clinic, researchers and physicians share a. common mission: caring for life, researching for health, educating those who serve.
Website: https://www.lerner.ccf.org/
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
Mission: Stanford University’s mission statement emphasizes the promotion of the public welfare by exercising an influence on behalf of humanity. It aims to prepare students for personal success and usefulness in life while fostering freedom of inquiry and open-mindedness. The university seeks to advance the frontiers of knowledge and benefit society through research, education, and community engagement.
Website: https://www.stanford.edu/
University of Minnesota Foundation
Mission: To connect passion with possibility, inspire generosity, and support greatness at the University of Minnesota.
Website: https://give.umn.edu/
All finalists have taken part in virtual interviews with members of Alpha Phi Foundation staff, Board of Directors, and Heart to Heart Grant Advisory Council. Recipients will be announced at the end of February to close out Heart Health Month.