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Funding opportunity through Vic Health - grants of up to $150,000 are available. Applications open on July 3rd and close on July 31st. A $4million funding pool is available to support Victoria’s children, young people and their families facing structural barriers to good health. They will fund innovative ideas that will address the question: “How do we break down the barriers for children, young people and their families to be as healthy as possible?” The grant will focus on investing in health promoting programs and innovations for people who: * come from lower socio-economic backgrounds * have disabilities * experience mental health or psychological distress * live outside metropolitan areas * identify as LGBTIQA+ * are from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities * are from culturally and racially diverse communities

New Case Study: Participatory Grantmaking in Practice The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (@Robert Wood Johnson Foundation) shares an in-depth look at their $5 million Building Local Alignment initiative, showcasing how they ceded power to community experts in grantmaking decisions. Key takeaways: • How RWJF formed an external Grant Advisory Committee • Designing an inclusive, two-phase application process • Challenges and lessons learned in sharing decision-making power A must-read for funders exploring participatory approaches to advance equity and community voice in philanthropy. #ParticipatoryPhilanthropy #HealthEquity  https://lnkd.in/eC9KZCBF

📢 Exciting News! Build Healthy Places Network is thrilled to announce the formation of our Advisory Council for the Community Innovations for Racial Equity (CIRE) initiative! This initiative, backed by a $1.1 million grant from The Kresge Foundation, is set to empower BIPOC-led Community Development Corporations (CDCs) and drive transformative change towards racial equity. 🙌 💐 A huge thank you to the 13 esteemed leaders who have joined our Advisory Council. Your expertise will be instrumental in guiding this important work. Amber Banks-Bond, President, African American Alliance of CDFI CEOs Monica Copeland, Project Director, The People’s Practice, Thirdspace Action Lab Kate Gallagher, MPH Gallagher, Senior Manager, Place-based Investing and Policy Initiatives, Healthcare Anchor Network Suzanne Gunther, Communications Director, Community Opportunity Alliance Romi Hall, Director of Network and Influence, Center for Community Investment Jackie Hunter, Vice President, Health Equity Strategies, American Hospital Association  Enrique Martinez-Vidal, Vice President for Quality and Operations, Association for Community Affiliated Plans Courtney Williams Robertson, Director of Programs and Partnerships, Collective Impact Forum Surbhi Sardana, MPH, Senior Manager, Network Learning, Community Initiatives, NeighborWorks America Shona Sen, Senior Program Officer, Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC)  Storm T., Senior Director of National Alliance of Latino CDFI Executives (NALCE), National Association for Latino Community Asset Builders (NALCAB) Pete Upton, CEO/Chairperson, Native CDFI Network and Executive Director, Native 360 Loan Fund Sarah Weller Pegna, Interim Program Director, Health & Wellbeing, Leadership, Education, Advancement and Development, National League of Cities Stay tuned for updates as we embark on this journey to build healthier, more equitable communities! 🔗 Link in Comments for the full announcement. #RacialEquity #CommunityDevelopment   #CommunityDevelopment #AdvisoryCouncil #CommunityInnovationsforRacialEquity #TheKresgeFoundation

2024 Early Years Conference sponsor: Cairns South Together / Mission Australia Cairns South Together is a collaborative focused on improving the lives of Cairns South young people and their families, through a place-based collective impact approach. Our Vision is for “Happy and healthy young people contributing to a brighter future in Cairns South”. We were developed to represent the desire for our children and young people to have the well-being, support, and opportunities they need to grow and thrive. To achieve this, we are focused on two primary areas:   ·        Children are developing well in their first 1,000 days and launch into early learning. ·        Young people have the foundations needed as they start adolescence and launch into a thriving future.   The CST is supported by Mission Australia as the backbone organisation under their Community of Focus initiative. To create community change and sustain systems change the CST Steering Committee have embedded the five interconnected practices of enacting systemic change, identified by Tamarack Institute, into the governance structure. These include:   ·        Collective Impact ·        Community Engagement ·        Collaborative Leadership ·        Community Innovation ·        Evaluating Impact.

Who says big foundations can’t explore participatory grantmaking and share power with communities? During the past few years, I've been privileged to work with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to help design and facilitate a participatory grantmaking initiative it undertook as part of a multiyear, cross-institutional effort that cedes power to local leaders to advance health and racial equity. An important part of this initiative was documenting every part of the process, which is now available as a detailed case study that includes innumerable behind-the-scenes insights and takeaways that @RWJF hopes will be helpful to other foundations, especially larger institutions that are exploring or already engaging in some form of participatory philanthropy (which can include but isn’t limited to making grant decisions). We also hope it’s helpful to the participatory philanthropic field overall by sharing our own experiences with some of the issues that tend to emerge during these processes, including addressing conflicts of interest; deciding on participant stipends; creating the panel; building trust; holding virtual meetings; dealing with institutional guardrails and policies; and ensuring equity, diversity, and inclusion. Read the case study and let me/us know what you think. And please share with others! https://lnkd.in/e5aCKvxW Katy Love Diana Samarasan Hannah Paterson Chris Cardona Hilary C. Jen Bokoff Artrese Morrison Monique Shaw, PhD, MPH, CHES Susan Mende William H. Woodwell, Jr. Rebecca Clark Ben Wrobel Sneha Dave Elizabeth Dale, PhD Anne Katahira Allistair Mallillin Participatory Grantmaking Community of Practice Trust-Based Philanthropy Project The Chronicle of Philanthropy Gail B. Nayowith Matt Leighninger Nicholas Longo #CommunityPower #EquityInAction #HealthEquity #InclusiveHealthcare #HealthJustice #ParticipatoryGrantmaking #ParticipatoryPhilanthropy #Philanthropy #RacialEquity #philanthropy #foundations

Last week, The Center at Sierra Health Foundation's Community Economic Mobilization Initiative (CEMI) facilitated a timely session at Rise Economy’s Action and Advocacy Conference in Los Angeles. The discussion was moderated by Kendra Lewis, Managing Director of Community Economic Development at The Center at Sierra Health Foundation, and brought together CEMI's partners and expert panelists who shared insights on driving positive change in underserved communities: 📢 Vanessa Carter Fahnestock – Project Manager, USC’s Equity Research Institute 📢 Teresa Gonzalez – Managing Director, LIVE FREE USA 📢 Benjamin Torres – President & CEO, Community Development Technologies (CDTech) Together, they highlighted how CEMI’s support has helped them build economic and climate resilience through funding, technical assistance, and power-building initiatives. With $160B in available funding in #California alone, CEMI is prioritizing inclusive economic development—transitioning from relief to opportunity. CEMI is proud to partner with grassroots organizations and assist in their capacity for accessing funding opportunities that they have been historically excluded from. We're working to drive lasting, equitable change. Learn more about CEMI on The Center's website: https://lnkd.in/dmSDxV4Q #CEMI #CommunityEmpowerment #EquitableDevelopment #EconomicJustice #ClimateResilience #InclusiveGrowth #PublicFundsForChange #SupportCBOs #GrassrootsLeadership #ActNow

Sometimes its hard to round out your praxis to impact all the leverage points necessary to affect real change. Those organizational structure limitations are especially pesky. Like so many of our peers, CPHC spun off a nonprofit to fill in the gaps. Mantle Center is a conservatory and incubator of ideas that improve the health status of communities. Its tagline, For Health Capacity, speaks to how it will bring new community-informed ideas into practice. Holding community listening sessions and teaching high schoolers how to engage with qualitative health research is that baseline work that can't always be fomented in a for-profit entity. Never be afraid to make more work if the vision requires it. The communities we serve are more than worth it.

Hear insights on the evolving landscape of public-private partnerships! As governments worldwide are recognising the limitations of tackling societal challenges alone, collaboration with non-profits, social enterprises, and business is key. 🌍 Join Maria Dominique Lucenario and Gloria Wawira, alongside Andreea Anastasiu from the Government Outcomes Lab, University of Oxford, for a discussion on outcomes-based partnerships—an approach where funding is contingent on measurable results. Are these partnerships living up to their potential? How can we ensure they're designed effectively? 👇 https://lnkd.in/eMa_zE37 If you're interested in adopting a more strategic approach to contract management and deliver more impactful partnerships, learn more about our programme at the Blavatnik School of Government: Leading Cross-Sector Partnerships Programme https://lnkd.in/e9WPShuY #PublicPrivatePartnerships #SocialImpact

⭐ NEW PRODUCT ALERT ⭐ PRODUCT 1: After 2 years, Grantcycle can finally answer the question, "Do you know any grant writers?" We have officially launched our a FREE database of grant writers and pre-award consultants. Their expertise spans various industries, including health and human services, SBIR/STTR, small business development, and economic/rural/community development. Whether you're a grantseeker in the public, private, or nonprofit sector, the database has you covered. And be sure to check it regularly as we'll be continually adding new grant professionals. Link: https://lnkd.in/d5mVN_ZP BUT THAT'S NOT ALL. We're taking a page out of Taylor Swift's playbook and dropping a surprise product. PRODUCT 2: Grantcycle has teamed up with Watkins Public Affairs to bring you FUNDamentals--a weekly newsletter about all things US federal grant funding. Each Wednesday, we'll send you - policy changes and information (and what they actually mean in non-government speak) - open grant opportunities across federal agencies - resources for grant writers and grant seekers, such as webinars, articles, and guides You can read part of each newsletter for free, but for $10/wk you get full access. If you spend more than 15 min/wk searching for federal grant opportunities for yourself or your grant writing clients, I guarantee this will save you time. Link: https://lnkd.in/dVCnv93d

CFLeads and Public Equity Group (PEG) just released a new resource highlighting 13 case studies that showcase how community foundations are advancing racial equity nationwide. Explore this transformative work here: https://lnkd.in/gBf-7cdd #RacialEquity #CommunityFoundations #EquityinAction