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Our July 2024 newsletter features engaging and educational events during Minority Mental Health Awareness Month. Our Community Event Fund Recipient Spotlight features ROC the Peace Inc., which is hosting a free festival to promote positivity and anti-violence. Don’t miss the opportunity to join our team as an Accountant & Grants Associate. Learn how Board Member Dr. Michael Scharf from UR Medicine is uplifting parent voices at the ribbon-cutting celebration for the new Golisano Children’s Hospital pediatric mental health urgent care center.

Our June 2024 newsletter we’re celebrating all things Juneteenth in our region! Browse events from the Greater MLK Commission, The Strong, EE Pathways, RMSC Genesee Country Village & Museum, and more!

We’re also uplifting PRIDE events that are already underway with organizations such as Ibero American Action League, and upcoming events with Trillium Health/Rochester Pride, and Lifespan of Greater Rochester.

Plus, find learning opportunities with PathStone Corporation and check out out this month’s Recommended Resource: ACT Rochester’s new website and Community Indicators Dashboard.

Our Community Board features events by: Soulstainable Living LLC, SEIU Healthcare 1199NW, the Healthcare Education Project, Homesteads for Hope, and Dress for Success Rochester!

In our May newsletter we’re uplifting parent power by sharing a video (produced by a parent leader!) celebrating what can be accomplished when nonprofits and funders work in partnership with parents to make lasting change!

Find resources for #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth and #NationalFosterCareAwarenessMonth with local partners like Healers’ Village and HOPE585. Our Grantee Spotlight shines on Mentors Inspiring Boys & Girls’ Spring Showcase and the Women’s Foundation Immersive Grant Writing Program.

In our April 2024 newsletter: Take a scroll through our monthly newsletter and find great updates on our Healthy & Equitable Futures initiative that empowers parents to make an impact in the health and wellbeing of children.

Then find Learning Opportunities with: The Alzheimer’s Association of Rochester, Common Ground Health, and Climate Solutions Accelerator. Our Grantee Spotlight shines on Bivona Child Advocacy Center and United Way of Orleans County.

Our March newsletter is out and we’re sharing Women’s History Month events with Eleversity and a guide to historic sites in our region from Visit Rochester.
Plus, ICYMI – our Call for Ideas Responsive Grant opportunity is now open!
This month’s Grantee Spotlight shines on Lifespan of Greater Rochester Inc. and the YWCA of Rochester & Monroe County with Faith Leaders Roundtable.

We’re now accepting proposals under our Call for Ideas funding opportunity.

This grant opportunity is part of our Responsive Grantmaking. Driven by community voice, Responsive Grants are open, nimble, and responsive to emerging health issues and needs. Through this opportunity, we seek ideas/solutions from a broad array of organizations and populations, focused on health equity, and developed with rather than for communities.

Happy Black History Month! Our February newsletter is out and we’re uplifting events and resources from: BIPOC Parent Mental Health Project; City of Rochester’s Black Heritage Committee; Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture; RMSC (Rochester Museum & Science Center); Clarissa Street Legacy and Center for Teen Empowerment, Inc.

In the Spring of 2023, we engaged the Center for Effective Philanthropy to conduct the field-leading Grantee Perception Report (GPR) for comprehensive feedback from our grantee partners. This is the second time we’ve fielded the GPR, offering insight into progress since our first survey in 2020. Results benchmark our performance relative to all foundations with GPR data as well as a sample of a dozen foundations most similar to ours. As we share these findings with you (access the key findings and full report at the end of this email), we want you to know that we are committed to listening and learning from your feedback as we strive to be more than a funder, but a thought partner, amplifier, and connector. We are grateful to our many partners who took the time to respond to the survey.

Launched in December, 2023, Impact Stories are designed to share more about the work of our grantee partners—from idea, to implementation, to impact. Impact Stories begin with the recognition that dismantling the social and systemic inequities that drive health outcomes is collective and connected work. The series explores connections across partners and efforts supported by Health Foundation grants, including common issue spaces, fields and strategies.

Open the Impact Story, Telehealth: New Developments, Grantee Spotlights & Provider Perspectives: