Georgia Baptists give nearly $9M to health care ministries

DULUTH, Ga. — Helping those who help others is the mission of the Georgia Baptist Health Care Ministry Foundation. In 2025, the Foundation awarded $8,977,399.43 to support the work of 87 health care ministries across the state. That's an increase of more than 6.5% from last year's total.

Larry Wynn, GBHCMF executive director, said, “Our efforts in offering grants to non-profit health care organizations is intended to lighten the burden of those who offer health care services, and those who receive those benefits.”

The focus, he added, is on “funding ‘hands-on’ health care ministries.”

Grants are awarded to organizations that emphasize compassionate care and unconditional acceptance of those they serve.

Among the organizations receiving funding for 2025 are the nursing programs at the state’s three Baptist universities, Brewton-Parker, Shorter, and Truett McConnell. Pregnancy centers, medical and dental clinics, and mobile health ministries across Georgia also received support.

Organizations receiving funding reported close to 1,000 salvation decisions in the past year and 25,455 since 2005, when the grant program began.

Additionally, foundation-funded clinics that minister to mothers-to-be have saved the lives of more than 25,000 babies that otherwise may not have been carried to full term.

The foundation has awarded more than $92 million in grants since its creation.

This year’s recipients are:

• A Beacon of Hope (Ultrasound Machine Upgrade for Enhanced Patient Care): $70,000
• Athens Neighborhood Health Center (ANHC Indigent Primary Medical and Dental Care Program): $90,000
• Baptist Village Retirement Communities (Charitable Skilled Care Provision): $100,000
• Bethesda Community Clinic (Free Mobile Healthcare Program): $90,000
• Brewton-Parker College (College of Nursing Program and Scholarship): $150,000
• CareLink of Northwest Georgia, Inc. (Primary Care to Uninsured and Underinsured Adults): $30,000
• Center for Black Women's Wellness (Medical Care for Indigent Uninsured Adults Project): $60,000
• Child Evangelism Fellowship of GA, Inc. (Trustee Grant): $20,000
• Christ Community Health Services Augusta (Charitable Primary Care Clinic): $90,000
• Christian Women's Center (Trustee Grant): $20,000
• Clarkston Community Health Center (Charitable Primary Care Clinic): $75,000
• Community Helping Hands Clinic (Free Healthcare for the Indigent Uninsured): $10,000
• Community Helping Place (Mobile Medical and Dental Care Clinic): $90,000
• Community Whole Health Corp. (Charitable Primary Medical Care Program): $10,000
• ConnectAbility (Trustee Grant): $10,000
• Consolation Baptist Association (Graham Clinic): $75,000
• Coweta Samaritan Clinic (Primary Medical/Dental Clinic): $90,000
• Curtis V. Cooper Primary Health Care (CVC Mammogram Access Program): $90,000
• DEO Clinic, Inc. (Charitable Care Clinic Whitfield and Murray Counties): $60,000
• East Georgia Healthcare Center Inc. (Charitable Primary Medical Care) $90,000
• Ethne Health (Charitable Primary Medical and Dental Care Clinic): $90,000
• Extra Special People, Inc. (Trustee Grant): $15,000
• Faith Hope & Love Christian Ministries INC.(Charitable Primary Medical Care Clinic): $75,000
• Faith In Serving Humanity Medical, Inc. (Medical and Dental Program): $70,000
• Fayette C.A.R.E. Clinic. Inc. (Indigent Care Health Program): $80,000
• Forsyth Community Clinic (Forsyth Community Clinic Mobile Clinic): $40,000
• Free Clinic of Rome (Charitable Primary Medical and Dental Care Clinic): $90,000
• Friends of Disabled Adults and Children (Home Medical Equipment Program): $60,000
• Ga. Baptist Children's Homes (Treatment and Intervention): $100,000
• GBMB (GBMB Health Initiatives): $2,500,000
• GBMB (GBMB Retiree Health Care Program): $523,399.43
• Georgia Charitable Care Network Inc. (Women's Cancer Screening Clinics): $85,000
• Georgia Highlands Medical Services (Georgia Highlands Medical Services): $75,000
• Giving Health, Inc. (Telehealth Medical Care Clinic): $75,000
• Good Health Ministries (Charitable Medical Care Clinic): $70,000
• Good News Clinics (Good News for Healthcare): $60,000
• Good Samaritan Health and Wellness Center (Charitable Primary Health Care Services): $90,000
• Good Samaritan Health Center of Cobb (Charitable Primary Medical and Dental Care Clinic): $90,000
• Good Samaritan Health Center of Gwinnett (Access to Healthcare for Indigent and Uninsured Program): $90,000
• Good Shepherd Clinic (Medical Care Clinic): $90,000
• Good Shepherd Clinic of Dawson Co. (Charitable Primary Care Clinic): $40,000
• Grace Medical Outreach (Charitable Medical Care Clinic): $10,000
• Grace Village Medical Clinic, Inc. (Grace Village Medical Clinic): $7,500
• GuideStone Financial Resources of the SBC (Mission Dignity Healthcare Program): $198,000
• Hands of Hope Clinic (Medical and Dental Services to Henry County's Uninsured): $90,000
• Harrisburg Family Healthcare, Inc. (Family Health Care Health Care Services Program): $90,000
• Hebron CHC d.b.a. Truth's Community Clinic (Primary Medical and Dental Care Clinic): $40,000
• Heirborn Servants (Trustee Grant): $10,000
• Hope Clinic, Inc. (Primary Medical Care Clinic): $90,000
• Houston County Volunteer Medical Clinic (Primary Medical Care Clinic): $50,000
• J.O.Y. Clinic (Primary Healthcare and Dental Care): $50,000
• Kingdom Care, Inc. (Medical Care Clinic): $75,000
• Lagrange Dental Clinic (Trustee Grant): $20,000
• Macon Volunteer Clinic, Inc. (Primary Medical Care Clinic): $90,000
• MAP International (Domestic Medicine Program): $82,500
• MedCura Health (MedCura Health - Indigent Care): $90,000
• MedShare (Surplus Medical Recovery Program): $90,000
• Mercy Medical Clinic and Foundation, LLC (The Mercy Ministries): $75,000
• MercyMed of Columbus, Inc. (Primary Care Clinic): $100,000
• Meridian Ed Res Grp dba Whitefoord Inc. (Whitefoord Health Center and School-Based Health Centers): $75,000
• Miracle Making Ministries, Inc. (Druid Park Community Health Center): $90,000
• Morehouse School of Medicine HEAL Clinic (Student-led Clinic (MSM H.E.A.L. Clinic)): $75,000
• Morganton & Mountaintown Baptist Assoc. (Primary Medical and Dental Clinics): $100,000
• Moyo Missions (Trustee Grant): $10,000
• North Georgia Pregnancy Services Center (Ultrasound for Dahlonega/Dawsonville Center): $52,500
• Northeast Georgia CC (Trustee Grant): $10,000
• Our House (Charitable Primary Medical Care Clinic): $90,000
• Partnership Health Center (Partnership Health Center Primary Care Access Project): $90,000
• Penfield Addiction Ministries Inc. (Operation Compassion): $200,000
• Pinnacle Retreat Center (Trustee Grant): $10,000
• Rehab and Beyond, Inc. (Indigent Rehabilitative Care Clinic): $20,000
• Rehoboth Life Care Ministries, Inc. (Charitable Dental Care Clinic): $75,000
• Riley Medical Clinic Charitable Medical Clinic): $30,000
• Second Chance Ministry, Inc. (Trustee Grant): $20,000
• Ser Familia, Inc. (Fair Oaks Health Clinic): $50,000
• Shorter University (School of Nursing Operational Support and Scholarships): $150,000
• Southwest Hospice Services (Christian Care): $50,000
• St. Joseph's Mercy Care Services, Inc. (Indigent Primary Care Medical Clinic): $90,000
• St. Vincent de Paul Georgia (SVP Statewide No-Cost Community Pharmacy): $90,000
• The Good Samaritan Health Center (Charitable Primary Care Clinic): $90,000
• The Hearts & Hands Clinic (Primary Medical Care Clinic): $75,000
• Troup Cares, Inc. (Free Primary Care Clinic): $60,000
• Truett McConnell University (College of Nursing Program and Scholarship): $150,000
• TurningPoint Breast Cancer Rehabilitation (Charitable Cancer Care Clinic): $50,000
• Two Rivers Health Clinic (Primary Care Clinic in Effingham County, Georgia): $23,500
• Urban Health and Wellness (Primary Medical Care Clinic): $90,000
• Willing Helpers Medical, Inc. (Charitable Primary Medical Care): $75,000