Women’s Heart Health
Alpha Phi Foundation cares about improving women’s heart health, and has supported education and research since our dedication to the cause in 1946.
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Through the generosity of alumnae and donors, Alpha Phi Foundation funds research and educational programs that support the advancement of women’s heart health.
The annual Heart to Heart Grant awards $100,000 to medical professionals to better understand heart disease in women—specifically its symptoms, treatment, and prevention. Since its inception in 1993, the grant has funded over 30 cutting-edge projects focused in the improvement of women’s cardiovascular care.
Heart to Heart Grant Recipients
Year Recipient Grant Amount
2024 Barnes Jewish Hospital - Clinical Grant $100,000
2024 University of Missouri - Community Grant $25,000
2023 UF Health at the University of Florida $100,000
2022 Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania $100,000
2021 Duke University School of Nursing $100,000
2020 University of Iowa $100,000
2019 UC Davis Health $100,000
2018 Yale School of Medicine $100,000
2017 Texas Heart Institute $100,000
2016 University of Louisville Foundation $100,000
2015 Geisinger Health System $100,000
2014 Memorial Hermann Foundation $100,000
2013 Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare Foundation $50,000
2013 Texas Heart Institute $50,000
2012 University of Washington Division of Cardiology $50,000
2011 St. Luke's Hospital Foundation $50,000
2010 American Heart Association - Greater Boston Area $25,000
2010 Oregon Health Services University Foundation $50,000
2009 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Women's Heart Program $25,000
2008 Events of the Heart $25,000
2007 University of Colorado Hospital $50,000
2007 American Heart Association - La Jolla (Go Red for Women Campaign) $50,000
2006 American Heart Association - La Jolla (Go Red for Women Campaign) $50,000
2005 Cleveland Clinic Foundation: Heart Center for Women $50,000
2004 Mainline Health Heart Center $25,000
2003 Mercy Medical Center of Northern Iowa $25,000
2002 Mercy Medical Center of Northern Iowa $15,000
2001 Allen Memorial Hospital $10,000
2000 University of Cincinnati Women's Health Program $13,000
1999 California Pacific Medical Center / Transitional Cardiac Care Unit $10,000
1998 Egleston Children's Hospital's Sibley Heart Center $10,000
1998 Sacred Heart Medical Center $4,000
1997 Presbyterian Healthcare Foundation's "Women's Heart Night Out" $10,000
1996 University of Florida Medical Center, Dept. of Pediatrics $10,000
1995 Deaconess Hospital, Institute for Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease $10,000
1994 Brigham and Women's Hospital, Cardiovascular Division $10,000
1993 Program in Women's Cardiovascular Health, University Hospitals of Cleveland $10,000
