The Hill Family Foundation (HFF) hopes to find you and your loved ones mental health well in 2025. This year we have been able to continue to support initiatives that align with our vision of advancing and networking youth and young adult mental health care. We sponsors wellness centers, athletes, and coaches through scholarships, increased training, recovery center accessibility, providing Christ-centered real solutions. We will continue to be committed to the funding & development of local and regional out-patient counseling facilities which offer Christ-centered Trained Professionals

To be included on future updates and to make tax deductible contributions to the Grant Hill Memorial Fund, you can visit www.hillfamilyfoundation.net.

Our Mission: Hill Family Foundation provides research, support, and encouragement for advancing state-of-the-art treatment methods. Hill Foundation continues extensive research meeting with health care professionals across Alabama and Southeast to share knowledge on emerging treatment methods. North Alabama youth’s severe depression is at epidemic levels and we are committed to bringing highly trained health care resources to our community.

Our Focus: Hill Family Foundation conducts extensive research into methods that are both FDA-approved and on the cutting edge of treatment for traditional therapy resistant patients. Traditional treatments including behavioral talk therapy and prescription medications have an alarming failure rate on average of 30 percent. Advanced alternative methods such as accelerated Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) by Dr. Charles Hayden is a rapidly progressing science aimed to reduce treatment length and improve response time for those suffering from severe depression. You will find TMS literature and recent advancements in the 2024 Annual Report Addendum.

Kids To Love
Grant Hill Mental Wellness Team
February 2024

The Hill Family Foundation continues to partner with Kids to Love through over $500,000 in commitments to build a Madison, Alabama Mental Wellness Facility. Your contributions have helped expand the staff serving on the “Grant Hill Wellness Team” at the Mark C. Smith KTL Wellness Center. The new Out-Patient Care Facility is under development with the GHTT operating out of transition space on track for expansion to 200 patients weekly. KTL Founder Lee Marshall and the KTL Team have worked tirelessly on fundraisers including our annual HFF Grant Hill Memorial Golf Tournament.

Above Photo: Stacey Hill visits construction site of Smith Family Wellness Center - home of the Grant Hill Trauma Team (GHTT)

Christ Health: Faith-Based Counselor Training
February 2024

Hill Family Foundation continued funding Christ Health and Live Oaks Mental Health Clinic over $125,000 to train mental health care professionals on Christ-centered mental health counseling and out-patient recovery. Christ Health has completed 10 pilot episodes with Dr. Gavin Brunsvold, a Christian Psychiatrist for 20 master class counseling series to train interns with elite Christ-centered mental health care for ages 12-25 years old.

*Above Photo: Live Oaks Mental Wellness Center, Part of the Christ Health Campus Located in Downtown Birmingham, Alabama*

Cherokee Ridge Club
Annual Golf Tournament Fundraiser
June 2024

Hill Family Foundation hosted the 3rd Annual Grant Hill Memorial Golf Tournament on 14 June, 2024 at Cherokee Ridge Country Club with over 200 in attendance. The tournament raised $103,000 in sponsorships and donations for the Kids to Love (KTL) Grant Hill Trauma Team (GHTT). The GHTT treats youth battling depression from trauma and tragedy; treatment is conducted in the Smith Family Wellness Center, built in memory of Mark C. Smith. Bailey Hill, Hunter Hill, and Clay Sanders were key contributors and spent months on organizing the HFF annual golf fundraiser event.

Above Photo: Hill Family Foundation presents tournament donations to KTL Founder Lee Marshall. Pictured left to right is Bailey Hill, Brad Hill, Stacey Hill, Clay Sanders, Lee Marshall, Hunter Hill, and Heather Carlton. Special thanks to KTL for bringing in a full staff of 12 volunteers to help ensure the event was a resounding success!

Hill Family Foundation recognizes our Platinum, Gold, and Silver partners and key sponsorships. We could not have exceeded out $100,000 goal without each of you. Making a large commitment to mental health helps us together build a stronger and healthier community.

Platinum Level: DC Capital Partners, Huntsville/Madison Rowing and Water Sports, Intrepid, Ken L. Sanders Family, MTSI, and Twickenham Advisors

Gold Level: Freedom Real Estate, MOBIUS, and Gray Analytics

Silver Level: Morell Engineering, Pipaya, Valkyrie, Ajosta, and Cole Consulting.

Breakfast, Lunch, Snack/Drink Sponsorships were provided by: KROLL, Grayson Carter& Son, CFD Research, SIMTECH, Torch Technologies, Siniard Law, Iron Mountain, Green Acres, Mauldin and Jenkins, and Mark Jackson Law Firm.

2025 Golf Tournament Schedule

Mark your calendars for the 4th Annual Grant Hill Memorial Tournament will be held, Friday, 06 June 2025 at Cherokee Ridge Country Club. More information will be announced soon.

Huntsville High School College Scholarships
May 2024

Hill Family Foundation presented $10,000 in college scholarships at the Huntsville High School (HHS) Senior awards day to well-deserved winners selected by the athletic department. The Grant Hill Memorial Leadership Award recognizes student athletes who strive to be the best. The 2024 annual award winners were Gray Coleman Cochran (Football Team) and Jacob Joseph Harper (Track Team). High School Football America included Gray Cochran on the 2024 High School Football All-American Alabama State Academic football team, for exceeding a 3.7 Grade Point Average while playing offensive line at Huntsville High School.

*Above Photo: Gray Cochran, Brad Hill, and Stacey Hill.*

University of Alabama Athletics
October 2024

Hill Family Foundation provides support to the UAH Track and Field program through a $100,000 donation for athletics department mental health awareness and coaching. The Hill family has been active volunteering with the program for many years and Brad Hill was involved with coaching UAH All-American athletes in the throws.

*Above Photo: UAH Track Coach Cade Finley and Hill Foundation Scholarship Winner Jordyn Beverly.*

UAH hired Cade Finley as assistant coach for the 2024-25 season. A native of Florence, Alabama, Finley comes to the Chargers as 2022 graduate of Mississippi State. Finley participated in the track and field team as a thrower, placing in Top 15 in the SEC Outdoor Track and Field Championship.

Jordyn Beverly from Carterville, Illinois received a 2024 Hill Foundation $20,000 scholarship as a Freshman throws specialist for the UAH Track and Field team. Jordyn is a dedicated multi-event athlete that placed 4th in Discus at the 2024 Illinois State Track Meet.

Huntsville Hospital 35th Annual Classic Fundraiser
May 2024

Hill Family Foundation sponsored $10,000 for the 35th Annual Classic held by Huntsville Hospital Foundation at the Orion Theater in Mid-City Huntsville. The 2023 and 2024 events recorded proceeds of over $1.7M providing much needed cardiac CT scanner for the Heart Center, reducing patient wait times from months to weeks.

Above Photo: Hill Family Foundation attended the 2024 Huntsville Hospital Foundation Classic Fundraiser. Pictured left to right are Francesca Lee, Mike Lee, Cindy Buford, Jim Buford, Jane Sanders, and Stacey Hill.

National AT100 Conference
April 2024

Hill Family Foundation participated as guest speaker at the National Athletic Trainer Association (AT100) along with Dr. Brett McCabe, University of Alabama Football Team Sports Psychologist (Mindside), and Dr. Kevin Alschuler (University of Washington). AT100 was held in Charlotte North Carolina. Brad Hill presented Hill insight into Elite Athlete mental health challenges and Advanced Treatment Techniques under research in Huntsville, Alabama by Dr. Charles Hayden of TMS Huntsville. Over 100 ACC, SEC, Big 10 and Major Conference Trainers attended and shared lessons learned for improving team mental health.

*AT100 Speakers Dr Kevin Alschuler, Dr. Brett McCabe, Brad Hill.*

Enable Madison County Alabama
March 2024

Hill Family Foundation contributed $10,000 in March 2024 for Enable Madison County Alabama that provides services to the aging and homebound that enables them to live independently, safe, and with dignity. Hill Foundation along with 20 other sponsors provided funds for purchase of a wheel chair ramp production and assembly warehouse located in North Huntsville, to date Enable has provided 2,701 wheel chair ramps for the North Alabama Community.

*Stacey and Brad Hill with Enable Award.*

The Foundation’s Southern Social
August 2024

Hill Family Foundation contributed $1,000 to the Foundations Southern Social held at MARS music hall in downtown Huntsville to support Huntsville Hospital Foundation. The event honored the Sarah Gayle Gibbs Memorial Foundation fundraiser for giving back to families who have experienced catastrophic loss and to the community who supports them.

ADDENDUM – Depression Advanced Treatments and Mental Health Awareness