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Funding Priorities:
In an effort to advance two areas the Foundation's Board considers to be significant in
the healthcare field, the Foundation has established priority funding status for proposals
that address 1) caregiving, and 2) correctional health care. Other projects falling within
the Foundation's stated guidelines will also be considered for funding.
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Mission Statement:
The Foundation's grant-making
program is centered on the concepts of health and well-being.
The Foundation's purpose is to promote and support effective
and creative programs, practices and policies related to healing
from illness, accident, physical, social or emotional trauma
and to extend the availability of programs that promote healing
to underserved populations.
Click
here for the complete description of the Foundation's
programmatic focus. It is important to read this to gain
a full understanding of the Foundation's mission prior to submitting
a funding request. |
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Cooperative Assistance Featured Current Completed |
In order to help potential
grantees tailor their funding requests to the Foundation's
interests, we have created this Featured
Projects section to highlight approved grants
most favored by the Board. These grants, with a focus
on individuals or communities that are often overlooked,
represent creative projects that can serve as models.
If you would like to submit a request for funding, you
may register in the
Applying for a Grant section. Click
here to see a complete list of Featured Grants.
| $125,931 over 12 months
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Vera Institute of Justice
The Guardianship Project
The Guardianship Project is appointed by Brooklyn (and soon Manhattan) Supreme Court as guardian for elderly and disabled people. For the last three years we have provided services and have grown to 140 clients. Our mission is to return to or keep in the community as many clients as possible with home care and carefully monitored medical care. |
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| $163,723 over 12 months
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371 Productions
Almost Home
Almost Home is a national PBS documentary and educational outreach campaign that utilizes the story of a typical continuing care community replacing its medical model of care with a social one, to teach professionals, policy makers, and ordinary people about aging and "cuture change" in long term care. |
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| $97,760 over 24 months
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Interfaith CarePartners
Caregiving RFP: Utilizing the Infrastructure of Congregations for Respite and Support of Frail Older Adults
The project will undertake an independent evaluation of the effectiveness and outcomes of a volunteer respite and direct care program consisting of 2,100 volunteers which serves over 1,550 people annually. Respite for caregivers (often of dementia patients) and frail older adults who need help to age in place are the primary recipients of support. |
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