In the fall of 2023, Missouri Foundation for Health (MFH) commissioned the Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP) to conduct an anonymous survey of MFH partners. CEP conducts surveys regularly for over 300 philanthropies nationwide and benchmarks each foundation’s performance against other funders. CEP asked for candid feedback on our performance using numerical data and open-ended…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Courtney Stewart Missouri Foundation for Health (314) 345-5505 cstewart@mffh.org New Foundation Partnership Will Enable Valuable Missouri-Specific Gun Violence Research Work with the National Collaborative on Gun Violence Research will help build a solid base of information on how to address the issue. ST. LOUIS, MO (January 3, 2020) Missouri Foundation for…
Combining housing with a robust support system can help improve the health and security of vulnerable populations. A new program from Missouri Foundation for Health, designed to offer supportive housing for individuals with health conditions, is coming closer to fruition with the announcement of the new Patriot Place apartments in Columbia, Missouri. The veteran’s apartments, funded in…
Questions from Grant-Seekers What services does MoCAP provide? MoCAP provides services in two areas: A. Grant resources and information – MoCAP offers website resources related to federal and national grant procurement. B. Direct support on a grant application – When an organization identifies an appropriate funding opportunity, MoCAP can support the organization’s proposal development by providing fully…
The opioid epidemic is one of Missouri’s most pressing health issues. To put it in perspective, roughly 64,000 Americans died from drug overdoses in 2016, with 49,900 of those deaths related to fentanyl, heroin, and prescription opioids. In Missouri, overall overdose deaths were up a shocking 28 percent from 2015. Rural communities are being hit…
Public health, which uses science and data to pursue practical results, is a powerful way to address health issues that influence a large number of people who share a common set of circumstances. By taking a public health approach, our nation and our state have made significant advances on thorny, even controversial population health issues.…
I don’t think I’m biased when I say that we have an exceptional organizational mission – “to improve the health and well-being of individuals and communities most in need” – to set as the North Star for our work. But how we think about the concepts of “health” and “well-being” greatly affects how we put…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Courtney Stewart Missouri Foundation for Health (314) 345-5505 cstewart@mffh.org 31 of 32 Missouri Schools Announced as “America’s Healthiest” Have Taken Part in MFH’s Healthy Schools Healthy Communities Initiative The total is up from 19 last year, and all but one awardee has participated in the Foundation’s work to address childhood obesity…
Our mission as a Foundation, to improve the health and well-being of people and communities most in need, is ambitious. Since our founding in 2000, we have known that if we’re truly committed to this, we’ll need to use a variety tools and tactics, take some risk, and have the long-view in mind. Given that,…
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