Humana is inviting all nonprofit 501(c)(3) organizations based in Brazoria, Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris or Montgomery County to apply for the one-time, $100,000 Humana Communities Benefit charitable grant in Houston. Organizations will be considered in the operational areas of childhood health and education, health literacy and services or intergenerational health. The application deadline is July 13, 2012. Following a selection process by a panel of local judges, the 2012 grant winner will be announced at a celebratory event in October.

“Humana is pleased to offer the $100,000 charitable grant again, and we encourage any Greater Houston nonprofit organization that aims to improve the health and wellness of the community to apply,” said Pattie Dale Tye, president of commercial operations for Humana in Houston and Dallas/Fort Worth. “Over the past eight years, we have donated nearly $1 million dollars in charitable funds to some of the area’s most innovative nonprofits, and we look forward to continuing that tradition this year.”

The Humana Communities Benefit program in Houston has been awarding one-time $100,000 signature grants to Houston-area nonprofits focused on improving the health and well-being of local communities since 2004.

Houston Area Women’s Center, the 2011 Grant Recipient, Makes Vast Improvements to Help Domestic Violence Victims with Humana Funding. The Houston Area Women’s Center, a nonprofit organization that supports victims of domestic and sexual violence by providing free shelter, counseling and advocacy services, recently opened its new state-of-the-art call center to more effectively interact with local underserved women. Funding for the call center was provided through a one-time, $100,000 grant that the center received from the Humana Communities Benefit program in Houston in September 2011.

Now, another nonprofit organization in the Greater Houston area has that same opportunity to positively impact the health and wellness of Houston-area residents. For its eighth consecutive year, Humana (NYSE: HUM) has opened the call for entries in search of the 2012 recipient of the $100,000 grant and is seeking Greater Houston charities to apply.

More information on the application and the grant are available at www.Humana.com/HCB. Questions can also be directed to Humana by e-mail to [email protected].