Over the years, we have worked to establish ourselves as an engaged and effective grantmaker and community partner. In addition to our grantmaking, highlights of other efforts include:

Connections Newsletter

We publish and disseminate our newsletter Connections twice a year.  Connections offers an in-depth look at the work of our nonprofit partners. Our most recent issue, Connections Vol.8 No.2, features our groundbreaking 2006 Annual Meeting (see below) and our September 13th press conference on our recently published report, Speaking Up and Speaking Out for Health:  A Community Call to Action to Improve Health and Health Care in the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Region.  [more] If you don’t already have the free Adobe Reader, you’ll need to download it in order to view this file. Click here

Annual Community Meeting

In September, we held our 11th Annual Meeting, Roots and Remedies:  Creating Health Equality through Social Justice, at George Washington University’s Marvin Center. This year’s meeting focused on structural racism as the underlying cause of our community’s glaring racial and ethnic health inequities, and featured organizations that work are actively leading efforts in the area of health justice.

Capacity Building and Technical Assistance Programs

We provide capacity building opportunities and technical assistance in the areas of program design and evaluation, communications, technology and finance. While these opportunities are available to our current community grantee partners, we also provide technical assistance to help selected, small, new and emerging organizations develop the infrastructure they need to operate successful programs.

 
MPH Fellowship Program

We continue our partnership with the University of Michigan School of Public Health and provide a summer internship for a second year graduate student seeking a Master in Public Health. Working with capable and committed young people—particularly those pursuing careers in the health professions—not only broadens the perspectives, knowledge, and talent available to us, but also expands the circle of health professionals who share our vision.

Health Partnerships and Outreach

We continue our leadership, together with The Meyer Foundation of the Health Working Group under the auspices of the Washington Regional Association of Grantmakers (WRAG). This group of local and national funders meets regularly to address critical health issues and challenges in the region. A key activity that we initiated is the Regional Primary Care Coalition, which is working toward a coordinated system of community-based health care across the D.C. metro area that will eliminate disparities in healthcare access; make high-quality, affordable health care available to all who seek it; and serve as a  model for the nation. We also have an exciting partnership with the Annie E. Casey Foundation through a grant to support work behalf of vulnerable populations and healthcare consumers in the District. And, we actively support and participate in the Washington AIDS Partnership, a funding collaborative of WRAG, as well as the Washington Area Partnership for Immigrants, sponsored by The Community Foundation of the National Capital Region, and the Health Care Task Force of the Greater Washington Board of Trade.  

Connections offers an in-depth look at the work of our nonprofit partners.

Working with capable and committed young people—particularly those pursuing careers in the health professions—not only broadens the perspectives, knowledge, and talent available to us, but also expands the circle of health professionals who share our vision.