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Cover Story: Health Foundation of South Florida
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Ushers in a New Era in Grantmaking
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April 2017 good health. In particular, health professionals and health The Foundation believes that your economic, social and physical
providers need to work hard to support people from illness and environments can have a much greater impact on your health.
Host of the South treat them in a way that creates health and wellness.” With that in mind, greater emphasis is being placed on enabling
To further improve the health of residents and communities, neighborhoods to promote health.
In 2014, $7.5 million was allocated to the City of Miami
Florida Healthcare Health Foundation recently revised its grant application process Gardens and the neighborhood of Little Havana as part of the
to offer a more innovative community engagement format with
even greater opportunities for nonprofit organizations working to Foundation’s Live Healthy Community Partnerships initiative to
Networking Group improve health. Funding opportunities are now available on an reduce poor health outcomes by engaging community residents
ongoing basis. Previously, there were two grant cycles per year in to improve selected public health indicators.
which nonprofit organizations could submit a concept paper and “Pete and I regularly visit the mayor of the city of Miami and
a preliminary proposal for a health-related project to the elected officials of the City of Miami Gardens to report on the ini-
Foundation. tiative and what improvements we can make,” says Marcus.
“We've changed the paradigm so at any point during the year “We're constantly seeking feedback as to how the Foundation is
FLORIDA you can submit a concept paper,” says Peter Wood, Vice President doing as we engage in these initiatives because we believe in a
of Programs and Community Investments for the Health very collaborative process between Health Foundation and the
MEDICAL Foundation of South Florida. In addition, Wood notes that when organizations we work with.”
applicants are developing their projects, they will now have the If you’d like to work with Health Foundation of South Florida
CENTER guidance and support of the Foundation's program staff to discuss and have an idea for a health-related initiative or project and want
the project prior to final submission. to pitch a concept paper or proposal, Wood recommends to be
“This new process will allow us to assign a staff person to sit sure to convey the importance of sustainable change.
down with the applicant and talk about what will be the keys to “We encourage you to think about the long-term impact of
For information about success,” he explains. “In essence, it’s a collaborative effort to help whatever changes you’re proposing,” he says. “In addition, think
develop the project. The goal is to produce a product that hope- about how we can work together as a community to ensure that
our next meeting of fully will be stronger and will benefit from input from this inter- there is a long-term impact of whatever you want to initiate.”
SFHNG, active and collaborative process.” Marcus adds that the Foundation is not looking just to create
This collaborative mindset is an aspiration Health Foundation programs, fund them for a couple of years and then have them go
please email away. “Our Board of Directors strives to embed change in what we
strives to achieve, according to Marcus. “Our Foundation makes
charles@ collaboration a priority whether it’s with an individual or any of do in each initiative so we can ultimately improve health in the
the nonprofit provider agencies we work with,” he says. communities we’re working with.”
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For example, Marcus cites Health Foundation of South Florida’s
Live Healthy Community Partnerships which targets the Funding opportunities are featured in the Grants section of Health
improvement of community health policies and systems such as Foundation of South Florida website at www.hfsf.org.
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