Thiru Family Trust Momentum Maker Grant
Addressing health disparities to protect mental health in Arizona
The Thiru Family Trust Momentum Maker Grant (Momentum Maker) was created to inspire new paths to mental health and well-being in Arizona. Each year, we identify a specific area of mental health-related need and award a single Momentum Maker grant to address that need. Momentum Maker funding helps grantees build capacity, innovate, test proof of concept, or expand early-stage projects.
2026 Funding Opportunity
Inspiring programing to improve mental health and social connection for older Arizonans
For 2026, an award of $45,000 will focus on serving the mental health and social connection needs of older Arizonans.
The Foundation seeks to partner with an Arizona-based organization that provides older adults with increased advocacy, loneliness prevention, caregiver support, cognitive health support, or enhanced social drivers of health (housing, food access, transportation, heat relief, and digital access). Applicants must demonstrate how, through programs, services, or other support, they serve this population with the goal of promoting improved mental health.
Qualified applicants should demonstrate experience delivering programming rooted in a commitment to empowering individuals through supportive, person-centered approaches.
2025 Grantee: 4th Trimester Arizona
For 2025, the Momentum Maker grant focused on maternal mental health. 4th Trimester Arizona, a Phoenix-based nonprofit serving expectant and new parents, received $100,000 for their “It Takes a Village” project.
Programming was funded to:
- Train and certify 30 community-based doulas to support families during pregnancy and postpartum.
- Serve populations that are often underrepresented in maternal care and support systems.
- Support more than 1,800 Arizona families across five years.
This meaningful investment is impacting Arizona families for generations to come, expanding access to the kind of care that creates change, and that’s exactly the kind of impact we’re proud to invest in.
Funding changemaking ideas. Uplifting mental health.
The Thiru Family Trust Momentum Maker Grant (Momentum Maker) was established in 2023 thanks to a generous gift from the Thiru Family Trust. Momentum Maker embodies our shared passion for inspiring new paths to mental health and well-being in Arizona.
