What an Equity Lens in Health Philanthropy Requires
Foundation: California Endowment, Colorado Trust, Johnson Foundation, Kresge Foundation, Missouri Foundation for Health, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, California Wellness Foundation
A new report finds that, broadly speaking, health legacy foundations “are expanding the scope of their grant making and initiatives to focus on the social determinants of health…[seeking] to...more

Holts Summit approves fitness circuit for Hibernia Station Park
Foundation: Missouri Foundation for Health
Varner said the costs for the stations will be paid for largely through the Healthy Schools, Healthy Communities grant from the Missouri Foundation for Health. The mission behind the grant is to...more

Hospital begins new year with positive bottom line
Foundation: Missouri Foundation for Health
The Missouri Foundation for Health (MFH) chronic care grant ended after three years on Jan. 31 this year. The MFH grant totaled $110,000 and specifically targeted chronically ill patients that had...more

Bi-State Development Research Institute On Track to Make St. Louis a Stronger Community
Foundation: Missouri Foundation for Health
The institute received a $940,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration to establish a mobile health clinic. The clinic, operated by the St. Louis County...more

School cooking club gets taste of community's support
Foundation: Missouri Foundation for Health
The cooking club was started as part of a Healthy Schools Healthy Communities grant from the Missouri Foundation for Health. The grant is intended to help lower students' body mass indexes in four...more

Willow chamber hears update on school wellness program
Foundation: Missouri Foundation for Health
The district has that committee and also is mid-way through a five-year grant from the Missouri Foundation for Health that pays for a full-time district wellness coordinator. He said the foundation...more

CFO Grant Program Addresses Health Issues In Rural Ozarks
Foundation: Community Foundation of the Ozarks
The Community Foundation of the Ozarks has teamed-up with the Missouri Foundation For Health, to provide funding for the Rural Ozarks Health Initiative. ROHI is a 3 year grant program to address...more

Ingredients of health
Foundation: Missouri Foundation for Health
Callaway Hills' cooking club is in its second year, after it was established as part of a Healthy Schools, Healthy Communities grant from the Missouri Foundation for Health. The grant aimed to reduce...more

Joining forces to stop cycle of violence in St. Louis
Foundation: Missouri Foundation for Health
The Institute for Public Health at Washington University in St. Louis will launch the regional St. Louis Area Hospital-Based Violence Intervention Program (STL-HVIP), which will aim to promote...more

Vision Zero town hall meetings on traffic safety scheduled
Foundation: Missouri Foundation for Health
Funding for the first year of the plan came from a Missouri Foundation for Health grant to the PedNet Coalition, a nonprofit organization that works to make roadways safer for pedestrians and...more