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November 19, 2008

In this issue of Health Funding Watch, the Foundation Center's newsletter devoted to health-related topics, you'll learn about a group of people who have been recognized for making their communities better, healthier places in which to live. You'll also find links to other health-related news, resources, funding opportunities for individuals and organizations, and job listings. Health Funding Watch is available exclusively to visitors who register at the Foundation Center's Web site.

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Announces 2008 Community Health Leaders

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has announced the recipients of its 2008 Community Health Leaders award. The annual award recognizes ten individuals who have overcome daunting obstacles to improve the health and quality of life for underserved men, women, and children in communities across the United States. This year's winners have dedicated themselves to tackling a range of challenges, from providing deaf patients better access to medical care with interpreters, to giving low-income children a fair start on their education with eye exams, to violence prevention programs for teens. Read the article»

Recent Health News from Philanthropy News Digest

Children's Hospital Boston Receives $25 Million to Study Rare Diseases in Children
The grant from the Manton Foundation will be used to establish the world's first center for the study of rare diseases that affect mostly children, including genetic syndromes, immune system problems, and metabolic and neuromuscular disorders....
Posted: 11/19/08

Peter G. Peterson Foundation Awards $5.3 Million in Grants
The grants include support for research and analysis on rising healthcare costs and an effort to inform the incoming presidential administration and Congress on how to best address the nation's sustainability issues....
Posted: 11/17/08

NYU Langone Medical Center to Receive $260 Million for Major Expansion
Longtime benefactor Helen L. Kimmel will donate $150 million toward the construction of a new patient pavilion, while a second gift of $110 million comes from a family of longstanding NYU benefactors that has chosen to remain anonymous....
Posted: 11/13/08

Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB, and Malaria Awards Record $2.75 Billion
The fund awarded grants totaling $2.75 billion in its eighth round of grantmaking, with 51 percent of the total allocated to fight malaria, 38 percent for AIDS-related programs, and 11 percent to address tuberculosis....
Posted: 11/13/08

More health news»

Funding Opportunities

Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation Invites Nominations for Neuroscience Prize
An award of $500,000 will be given to an individual from anywhere in the world whose research on the brain, spinal cord, or peripheral nervous system has led to major discoveries....
Deadline: 12/15/08

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Invites Proposals for Evaluating Innovations in Nursing Education Program
As many as nine awards of up to $300,000 each will be given to schools and healthcare organizations working with experienced evaluators to analyze innovations that expand teaching capacity or promote faculty recruitment and retention in nursing schools....
Deadline: 1/23/09

Nursing Research Grants Available to Improve Treatment of Patients With Auto-Immune Diseases and Cancer
The Daisy Foundation's new J. Patrick Barnes grants program will provide awards of up to $5,000 to registered nurses working on research and evidence-based practice projects....
Deadline: 3/01/09

Michael J. Fox Foundation Announces 2009 Funding Programs for Parkinson's Disease Research
A total of up to $11 million will be made available in 2009 to academic and industry researchers working toward transformative treatments and a cure for Parkinson's Disease; additional funding will be announced at later dates....
Deadline: Various

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Grantmaking in Lean Times: What to Expect

According to a November research advisory from the Foundation Center, an examination of more than 830,000 grants of $10,000 or more awarded by a sampling of the largest U.S. foundations during the economic downturn of the early 2000s suggests that grantmaking priorities do not shift suddenly in the face of reduced resources, although the overall level of foundation giving may decline. If past is prologue, nonprofits in the healthcare field should have one less cause for concern as they face challenging times ahead.

An Ounce of Prevention

A new report from the Trust for America's Health and the Prevention Institute finds that an investment of $10 per person, per year, in proven community-based disease prevention programs could save California's healthcare system $1.7 billion within five years — a return of $4.80 for every $1. According to the report, Prevention for a Healthier California (44 pages, PDF), in ten to twenty years an investment in these programs could grow to more than $1.9 billion annually.

Did you know…?

… that about one-third of Americans report that their family has had problems paying medical bills in the past year? That's up from about 25 percent two years ago. The survey (19 pages, PDF) from the Kaiser Family Foundation also finds that 47 percent of respondents report that someone in their family has gone without necessary health care in the past year because of cost concerns.

Job Opportunities

Program Director, Child/Family Health Plus Facilities
Health & Welfare Council of Long Island
Hempstead, New York
Posted: 11/18/08

HIV/AIDS Adult Treatment Advisor
Global Health Fellows Program
Washington, D.C.
Posted: 11/18/08

Foundation Coordinator
Lake Hospital Foundation
Painesville, Ohio
Posted: 11/14/08

Director, Partnership for Clear Health Communication
National Patient Safety Foundation
Boston, Massachusetts
Posted: 11/12/08

More job opportunities»

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