Winter Park Health Foundation

What Winter Park Health Foundation does

Winter Park Health Foundation (WPHF) is an independent private philanthropic foundation headquartered at 220 S. Edinburgh Drive in Winter Park, Florida, that functions as a community health catalyst, convener, and strategic investor across three priority Central Florida communities: Eatonville, Maitland, and Winter Park. Founded in 1955 as the Winter Park Memorial Hospital Association and converted to an independent foundation in 1994 after the sale of what is now AdventHealth Winter Park, WPHF has cumulatively invested more than $132 million in community health projects spanning three strategic priority areas: Access to Primary Care, Food Is Health, and Youth Mental Health. The foundation operates with a lean team of approximately 15 staff and a Board of Trustees composed of community leaders, led by President & CEO Nicholas Abrahams, CFO Ron Lambert, and a director-level leadership team.

WPHF's core assets are not technology platforms but a portfolio of owned and operated health facilities, partnership-driven programs, and philanthropic capital. It co-owns the 80,000-square-foot Center for Health & Wellbeing (CHWB) with AdventHealth, which opened in April 2019 and houses the medically integrated Crosby Wellness Center (managed by Power Wellness), the Nutrition Theatre, conference rooms, and the Open Doors complimentary venue program for nonprofits. WPHF also owns the Miller Center for Older Adult Services (operated by Easterseals Florida) and its headquarters building. Its programmatic portfolio includes Spark: Wellness at Work (employer-based wellness), Food Is Health (nutrition via 4Roots and the Culinary Health Institute), school-based health services in 14 Orange County Public Schools, and targeted community investments (e.g., $300,000+ deployed across three Eatonville partnerships in 2026).

The foundation's revenue model is philanthropic rather than commercial: it generates 'spendable resources' through endowment investment returns and donor contributions, which are then deployed as grants, programmatic funding, facility operations, and technical assistance to vetted nonprofit partners. Its go-to-market is community-led and event-driven — reaching nonprofit partners through direct outreach, grant applications, and partner referrals, and reaching residents through owned facilities, community events (e.g., the 20-year Fast Start Track Invitational), and digital channels including its website, Instagram, and the bi-monthly Well-Informed newsletter launched May 2026. Crosby Wellness Center members represent the foundation's closest analog to fee-paying customers, with reported satisfaction ratings of 9+ out of 10 across personal training, customer service, and group exercise.

Name

Winter Park Health Foundation

Legal name

Winter Park Health Foundation

Website

https://wphf.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1994

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Community Health Philanthropy

NAICS

Grantmaking Foundations (813211), Grantmaking and Giving Services (81321)

SIC

Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

Community Foundations (BPAGAKAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Community Health & Prevention Program Funding (HLAJALAF), Chronic Disease & Health Promotion Program Funding (HLAJALAJ)

Keywords

• Community health funding
• Philanthropic grant making
• Wellness facility operations
• Nonprofit health initiatives
• Community foundation services

Headquarters

HQ city

Winter Park

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Philanthropic grant-making and fundraising: As a private philanthropic foundation, WPHF raises and deploys charitable funds (invested endowment and donor contributions) to fund community health programs, facilities, and partner organizations. It does not generate revenue from commercial product or service sales. Its primary 'revenue' is investment returns and donations, which are distributed as grants and program support.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Winter Park Health Foundation is a private philanthropic foundation that invests philanthropic capital in community health across Eatonville, Maitland, and Winter Park, Florida. It distributes grants to vetted nonprofit partners, operates owned community health facilities including the 80,000-square-foot Center for Health & Wellbeing (co-owned with AdventHealth) and the medically integrated Crosby Wellness Center, and convenes partners across healthcare, nutrition, education, and youth development to drive systemic health improvements.

Product overview

Winter Park Health Foundation operates as a multi-faceted health organization offering community facilities, wellness programs, and grants. The core facilities include the Center for Health & Wellbeing (an 80,000 sq ft health hub co-owned with AdventHealth) and the Crosby Wellness Center (Central Florida's first medically integrated fitness facility). Supporting programs include the Open Doors venue rental program for nonprofits and Spark: Wellness at Work workforce wellness services. The Foundation also supports older adults through the Miller Center's Day Break program and funds Food Is Health nutrition initiatives through strategic partnerships.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Crosby Wellness Center: Central Florida's first medically integrated fitness facility, focused on improving physical, emotional, and social wellbeing of members through modern fitness spaces and accessible rates
• Center for Health & Wellbeing
• Elinor & T. William Miller, Jr. Center for Older Adult Services
• Open Doors Program
• Spark: Wellness at Work
• The Well-Informed

Products and services

• Crosby Wellness Center Central Florida's first medically integrated fitness facility offering modern fitness spaces, accessible membership rates, personal training (rated 9.2/10), customer service (9.3/10), and group exercise programs (9.4/10). Owned by WPHF.
• Center for Health & Wellbeing (CHWB) An 80,000-square-foot state-of-the-art health hub designed to strengthen visitors' mind, body, and spirit, bringing wholeness, fitness, and medicine in one location. Co-owned with AdventHealth.
• Open Doors Program

Quantifiable outcome

• Over $132 million invested in community health since 1994
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

21 partnerships are on record, tiered core and supporting.

• AdventHealthcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019Co-owner and co-operator of the Center for Health & Wellbeing (CHWB) with AdventHealth. AdventHealth provides clinical/healthcare integration within the facility. AdventHealth Medical Group family physician Dr. Arianna Becker also serves on the WPHF Board of Trustees.
• Power WellnesscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOperates the Crosby Wellness Center under management agreement with WPHF (owner). Power Wellness brings medically integrated fitness management expertise to Central Florida's first medically integrated fitness facility.
• Easterseals FloridacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOperates the Elinor & T. William Miller, Jr. Center for Older Adult Services (Day Break program) for WPHF. Easterseals provides adult day health care services for adults with disabilities and dementia-related disorders.
• 4Roots Farm CampuscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHome of the Culinary Health Institute (CHI). WPHF provides $30,000 annual grant plus technical assistance to CHI for nutrition education programming at the Center for Health & Wellbeing, including the Food as Medicine series.
• Grace Medical HomecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerWPHF invested $125,000 in mobile medical services and nutrition education partnership with Grace Medical Home, Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church, and Hebni Nutrition in Eatonville. Also recipient of $30,000 grant for CHI programming.
• Grace CounselingcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRecipient of $125,000 WPHF investment for weekly group counseling and individual therapy scholarships for children, in partnership with Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Florida.
• Boys & Girls Clubs of Central FloridacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerWPHF invested $125,000 for youth counseling services in partnership with Grace Counseling at the Joe R. Lee Branch in Eatonville.
• Orange County Public SchoolscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerWPHF committed $80,000+ to establish a school-based health office with a nurse practitioner at Hungerford Elementary School (starting August 2026). Also funds free student health services in 14 OCPS schools.
• Hebni NutritionsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in the $125,000 Eatonville mobile medical and nutrition education initiative alongside Grace Medical Home and Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church.
• Macedonia Missionary Baptist ChurchsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerCommunity partner in the $125,000 Eatonville mobile medical and nutrition education initiative alongside Grace Medical Home and Hebni Nutrition.
• Orlando Magic Youth FoundationsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborates with WPHF on community youth health and wellness initiatives.
• Winter Park InstitutesupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerWPHF's former VP Lindsay Kist transitioned to Executive Director of Winter Park Institute; ongoing collaboration between WPHF and WPI on community engagement and thought leadership.
• Orlando Economic PartnershipsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional economic development organization collaborating with WPHF on community health initiatives in Central Florida.
• Foundation for Orange County Public SchoolssupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerEducational foundation partner supporting OCPS school health and nutrition initiatives alongside WPHF.
• Hispanic Chamber Metro OrlandosupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional chamber partner collaborating on community health initiatives serving the Hispanic community in Central Florida.
• Central Florida Vocal ArtssupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerArts nonprofit partner supported by WPHF in community programming.
• New Hope for KidssupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerGrief support nonprofit that has participated in WPHF-funded culinary health education workshops.
• Center for Change: A Renée's Dream ProjectsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerNonprofit partner supported by WPHF.
• Town of EatonvillecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHistoric town community in Central Florida; WPHF invested $300,000+ in health partnerships within Eatonville in May 2026, including counseling, mobile medical, and school health programs.
• Town of MaitlandsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerMaitland is one of the three priority communities for WPHF's health investment alongside Eatonville and Winter Park.
• City of Winter ParkcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPrimary home community of WPHF; location of CHWB, Crosby Wellness Center, and WPHF headquarters.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Regional players

• Winter Park YMCA: Community wellness and recreation organization serving the same Winter Park geography as WPHF. Comparable in operating accessible wellness facilities (similar to Crosby Wellness Center) and in serving overlapping community health audiences.

Emerging players

• AdventHealth Foundation: Hospital-affiliated philanthropic arm of WPHF's primary partner AdventHealth. Comparable as a community health grantmaking entity, though anchored in a healthcare system rather than operating as an independent place-based foundation.
• Orlando Health Foundation: Healthcare system foundation serving the Central Florida region where WPHF operates. Comparable donor base and community health focus, though driven by hospital fundraising rather than independent community grantmaking.
• Riley Children's Foundation: Children-focused philanthropic foundation in Indiana supporting pediatric health programs. Comparable to WPHF's Youth Mental Health pillar through grantmaking to community partners serving children and families.

Direct peers

• Maine Health Access Foundation: Place-based health philanthropy foundation investing in community health across Maine. Directly comparable to WPHF in mission, grantmaking focus on access to care, and rural/underserved community programming.
• Healthcare Foundation of New Jersey: Regional grantmaking foundation dedicated to improving community health in greater Newark and surrounding New Jersey communities. Closely mirrors WPHF's model of deploying philanthropic capital for place-based health improvements.
• Central Florida Foundation: Regional community foundation serving Central Florida, including Winter Park and surrounding areas. Highly comparable to WPHF in geography and community-foundation structure, with overlapping donor and nonprofit partner networks.
• United Way of Central Florida: Regional philanthropic intermediary funding community health, education, and financial stability programs across Central Florida. Comparable to WPHF as a place-based grantmaker convening nonprofits to address community needs in the same geography.
• Health Foundation of South Florida: Place-based philanthropic foundation focused on community health in South Florida. Comparable to WPHF as a regional health foundation deploying grants and convening partners to improve population health outcomes.

Broad incumbents

• Allegheny Health Network Health Foundation: Larger regional health-affiliated foundation with broad community health programming. Comparable in deploying philanthropic capital for community health, but operates at a larger scale and as part of a broader health system portfolio.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/WPHealthFdn
• Facebookfacebook.com/WinterParkHealthFoundation
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/winter-park-health-foundation
• Instagraminstagram.com/winterparkhealthfoundation

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Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Subsidiaries4 records

Funding overview

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