Bonnie Hardage
Executive Director, Jesse Parker Williams Foundation
Ms. Hardage joined Jesse Parker Williams Foundation in 2016 after serving 17 years in healthcare marketing and development at a metro-Atlanta based community hospital, a spinal cord and brain injury specialty care and rehabilitation hospital and a Federally Qualified Healthcare Center, specifically designated to care for individuals living in homelessness. This broad experience informed understanding of the complex nature of our healthcare sector, how it is financed and the access issues that come with complex care and healing; especially as it relates to marginalized members of our community.
The mission of Jesse Parker Williams Foundation is to support highly effective organizations that emphasize preventive, comprehensive health opportunities and enhance access to health services for women and children. The Foundation supports individual and population health programming with priority given to programs addressing health equity and social determinants of health in community-based services. The Foundation support addresses prevention, primary care, and mental health services strengthening integrated care models that remove systemic barriers to advance health equity and reduce health disparities for women and children in Metro Atlanta.
WHY MENTAL HEALTH?
Over 20% of the population lives with a mental health or substance use disorder.
From academic achievement to economic mobility and overall equality, mental health and addiction play a central role in every major social issue.
Mindful Philanthropy envisions a world in which all funders are invested in solutions that integrate mental health and well-being so that all people have equitable access to the tools and resources they need to be well.
ABOUT
Mindful Philanthropy was founded in 2020 with the mission to catalyze impactful funding in mental health, addiction, and well-being. We envision a world in which all funders are invested in solutions that integrate mental health and well-being so that all people have equitable access to the tools and resources they need to be well.