9/18/2007
NEW PRELIMINARY AND FULL PROPOSAL APPLICATION GUIDELINES
Health Foundation of South Florida is transforming its responsive grantmaking program. Recognizing our limited resources, the Board of the Foundation engaged in a lengthy process to strategically identify priority health areas aligned with the Foundation’s mission and goals. Our new priority-focused responsive grantmaking approach was created in response to the commitment of the Foundation to create greater measurable impact in the health status of the residents of South Florida.
Our new priority funding areas are:
- Primary care
- Healthy lifestyle promotion
- Preventive health measures
- Oral Health
Health Foundation of South Florida will provide 80% of its responsive grant funding for these new priority funding areas and will continue to support a broad range of community health needs with the remainder of the annual responsive grant budget. Our aim is to develop a dynamic new partnership with our grantees and work jointly with funders. We hope to learn more and develop greater expertise in these four categories.
The following new responsive grantmaking document is available for your review: HFSF Grant Application Guide. This guide will provide applicants with the Foundation’s areas of interest, potential types of projects, evidence-based program models, sample outcome objectives as well as links to required forms.
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7/30/2007
HEALTH FOUNDATION AWARDS 2.1 MILLION DOLLARS IN GRANTS TO LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS
MIAMI, FL- Health Foundation of South Florida announced awards from $40,000 to $270,300 to 14 nonprofit health organizations in Broward, Miami-Dade and Monroe Counties. The awards, which total $2.1 million, were made to grantees during the recent grant cycle. Currently, there are 124 nonprofit health organizations located in Broward, Miami-Dade and Monroe Counties receiving funding from the Foundation.
[Additional Documentation]
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6/26/2007
HEALTH FOUNDATION OF SOUTH FLORIDA HOSTS PREVENTIVE HEALTH MEASURES COMMUNITY FORUMS
Health Foundation of South Florida knows that health care presents unprecedented opportunities ---and enormous challenges. After several years of reductions in the rate of smoking, the rate has leveled off. More than 15,000 deaths per year in Florida are attributed to smoking. Poor nutrition and physical inactivity are fueling an epidemic of obesity that is driving diabetes rates up and the age of diabetes onset down.
[Additional Documentation]
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3/27/2007
HEALTH FOUNDATION AWARDS 2.8 MILLION DOLLARS IN GRANTS TO LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS
MIAMI, FL- Health Foundation of South Florida announced awards from $25,000 to $310,000 to 22 nonprofit health organizations in Broward, Miami-Dade and Monroe Counties. The awards, which total $2.8 million, were made to grantees during the recent grant cycle. Currently, there are 124 nonprofit health organizations located in Broward, Miami-Dade and Monroe Counties receiving funding from the Foundation.
[Additional Documentation]
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3/14/2007
HEALTH FOUNDATION OF SOUTH FLORIDA ANNOUNCES NEW BOARD APPOINTMENTS
MIAMI, FL – Richard Laviña and Roymi V. Membiela have been elected to the board of directors of Health Foundation of South Florida, a nonprofit public foundation that has awarded more than $67 million in grants and program support to critical health initiatives since 1993.
“Richard and Roymi’s community involvement, fresh perspectives and energy will help Health Foundation of South Florida carry out its mission of improving the health status of Broward, Miami-Dade and Monroe County residents,” said Sheldon D. Dagen, Foundation chairman.
Richard Laviña |
Richard Laviña is Senior Vice President and Division Manager of LaSalle Bank N.A. He has served on the executive committee and board of the Dade Community Foundation, Beacon Council and been on the advisory boards of the Miami Museum of Science and the Epiphany School Financial Review Committee. He has coached for several area athletic children's leagues and is a founding member of the Belen Jesuit Preparatory School's Crew Program.
“Health Foundation has always been mindful of its responsibility to helping South Florida’s most vulnerable people,” Laviña said. “ I look forward to working with my fellow board members to guide this important philanthropic institution.”
Roymi Membiela |
Roymi V. Membiela is the assistant vice president and chief diversity officer at Baptist Health South Florida. She is an active member of the South Florida Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and leadership Florida and is involved with many organizations, including the Miami-Dade Expressway Authority; State of Florida Board of Architecture and Interior Design; Carrefour and WFOR Neighbors-4-Neighbors.
“Having the good fortune to work with providers that symbolize the leading edge in healthcare, business and technology, I look forward to utilizing my experience in creating diversity in organizations and maximizing resources for South Florida’s Hispanic community as a valued member of Health Foundation’s board,” said Membiela.
Health Foundation of South Florida’s other officers for this year includes chairman; Sheldon Dagen, CPA; vice chair Susan Kelley and Karen Gilmore as secretary. Board members are: Richard B. Adams, Esq.; Marliene Bastien, LCSW; James Eckhart, Esq; Arthur Finkle, CLU; Divina S. Grossman, Ph.D.; Philip Grossman, MD, Quinton Hedgepeth, DDS; Charles M. Hood III, Omar Pasalodos, MD and Stanley Worton, MD.
Health Foundation of South Florida, a $169 million community asset, is committed to working with organizations and institutions that directly benefit the health and well being of those in need in Miami-Dade, Broward and Monroe Counties. The Foundation’s mission is to expand access to affordable, quality health care for underserved individuals and communities, and to promote fundamental improvements in the health status of all South Floridians. For more information, please call 305-374-7200.
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