Foundation pledges $6 million to address health issues identified in Ferguson report
Foundation: Missouri Foundation for Health
In May, the foundation awarded the first of those grants to two groups. The St. Louis Regional Health Commission's Alive and Well STL...more

School health initiative applies for final grant funds
Foundation: Missouri Foundation for Health
The Monett school district has submitted its application for the fourth and fifth years of funding through the Missouri Foundation for Health...more

Elementary schools fight childhood obesity
Foundation: Missouri Foundation for Health
The Missouri Foundation for Health awarded Capital Region Medical Center its Healthy Schools, Healthy Communities (HSHC) grant, which...more

City expands collaboration with health initiative
Foundation: Missouri Foundation for Health
City expands collaboration with health initiative ... Missouri Foundation for Health, explained that the latest collaboration would secure a $24,575...more

Executives' Alliance Foundation Leaders “Ban the Box,” Issue Call to Action for All U.S. ...
Foundation: Arcus Foundation, Black Belt Community Foundation, Butler Family Fund, California Community Foundation, Casey Family Programs, Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo, Consumer Health Foundation, East Bay Community Foundation, Edward W. Hazen Foundation, Liberty Hill Foundation, Lumina Foundation, Marguerite Casey Foundation, Marguerite Casey Foundation, Public Welfare Foundation, Rosenberg Foundation, Sierra Health Foundation, Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Southern Education Foundation, Atlantic Philanthropies, California Endowment, Ford Foundation, Johnson Foundation, Kresge Foundation, Nathan Cummings Foundation, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation, San Francisco Foundation, Schott Foundation for Public Education, Skillman Foundation, Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation, Open Society Foundations, California Wellness Foundation
They also issued a challenge to all U.S. philanthropic institutions to follow suit and eliminate ... Vikki Spruill, President and CEO, Council on Foundations, added, “To advance the common...more

Executives' Alliance Foundation Leaders "Ban the Box," Issue Call to Action for All U.S. ...
Foundation: Arcus Foundation, Black Belt Community Foundation, Butler Family Fund, California Community Foundation, Casey Family Programs, Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo, Consumer Health Foundation, East Bay Community Foundation, Edward W. Hazen Foundation, Liberty Hill Foundation, Lumina Foundation, Marguerite Casey Foundation, Marguerite Casey Foundation, Public Welfare Foundation, Rosenberg Foundation, Sierra Health Foundation, Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Southern Education Foundation, Atlantic Philanthropies, California Endowment, Ford Foundation, Johnson Foundation, Kresge Foundation, Nathan Cummings Foundation, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation, San Francisco Foundation, Schott Foundation for Public Education, Skillman Foundation, Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation, Open Society Foundations, California Wellness Foundation
They also issued a challenge to all U.S. philanthropic institutions to follow suit and eliminate .... Vikki Spruill, President and CEO, Council on Foundations, added, "To advance the common...more

Grants available to help reduce infant mortality in St. Louis and Mo. Bootheel
Foundation: Missouri Foundation for Health
The Missouri Foundation for Health is seeking Letters of Interest for 2016 Collaborative Grants as part of its Infant Mortality Reduction...more

On Our Reading List: A Scan Of Foundation Policy Strategies And A Call For Transparency
Foundation: Missouri Foundation for Health
by David Callahan, founder and editor of Inside Philanthropy (described as a ... Callahan acknowledges that “philanthropy still does enormous good. ... Callahan believes that “foundations and...more

Ferguson Commission picks a managing director and receives a $150000 donation
Foundation: Missouri Foundation for Health
The Missouri Foundation for Health donated $100,000; Greater Saint Louis Community Foundation is giving $10,000; and the Incarnate...more

COO retiring from Missouri Foundation for Health
Foundation: Missouri Foundation for Health
McCarthy first joined the foundation in 2002 and was on the original executive ... The nonprofit foundation grants about $50 million a year to...more