Grantee Resources
Sanctuary Webinar - Organizational Crisis Response
"How Nonprofits Can Keep from Being Upended in the Face of Crisis" was a 2-part series focused on organizational behavior in response to disruptive situations. Both sessions were presented by Sarah Yanosy, director of the Sanctuary Institute.
"How Nonprofits Can Keep from Being Upended in the Face of Crisis" - February 7, 2013
"Client as Crisis: Manipulative Behavior as Reenactment" - February 28, 2013
Sanctuary Webinar - Self-Care
The Sanctuary Institute whose work had been highlighted at the 2011 and 2012 Annual Meetings hosted a webinar, "Sanctuary's Self Care" on December 13, 2012. The discussion centered around "how to take of yourself - so you can take care of others."
- Presenter: Michael Thomas, Sanctuary faculty
- PowerPoint presentation
2012 Annual Meeting Resources
Thursday Morning - Mental Health Impact Assessment: A Tool for Achieving Equity
- Presenters: Lynn C. Todman, Ph.D. and Tiffany L. McDowell, Ph.D. from the Adler School of Professional Psychology
- PowerPoint presentation
Communication Webinars
Thaler Pekar, a leading voice in the field of organizational narrative and communication, is presenting three skill-building webinars for LFP grantees. Materials and audio recordings from the first two sessions are available here. The final session will be held August 16, 2012.
"Strategically Communicating with a Potential Funder" - August 16, 2012
"Developing Your Organizational 'Solution Statement'" - July 26, 2012
"Finding, Developing and Sharing Your Leadership Story" - June 28, 2012
Advocacy Webinar
"The ABCs of RWJF-Funded Advocacy and Special Election-Year Considerations" was presented on May 24, 2012 by Kristen Gurdin, Counsel for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
For specific questions about what is permissible advocacy using your RWJF award, or for a pdf version of the PowerPoint used in this presentation, please contact either Curtis Holloman or Polly Seitz.
Evaluation Webinars
Victoria Dougherty, an independent consultant providing evaluation services to foundations and non-profit organizations, presented 3 skill-building webinars for LFP grantees. Materials and audio recording of these sessions are available here.
1. "Evaluating Advocacy" - February 23, 2012
2. "Using Data" - March 22, 2012
3. "Reporting and Using Evaluation Results - April 26, 2012
2011 Annual Meeting Resources
- Sandra Bloom's Creating Sanctuary presentation and companion worksheet.
Additional resources can be found at Center for Nonviolence and Social Justice and The Sanctuary Model. - Jocelyn Harmon's The Art and Science of Online Fundraising presentation on Slideshare.
Reports
- Find all the Guidelines here.
- Please send them directly to the LFP office (not to RWJF) at grantreports@localfundingpartnerships.org.
Promote Your Project
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Note: No need to become a member. News Service members pay for coverage of certain issues, but the reporters look for news and feature stories from many sources. Call your local bureau and tell them about your work.
Changes to the LFP Program
As explained in a letter from Jane Isaacs Lowe, Ph.D., Team Director of Vulnerable Populations at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: although no additional Calls for Proposals for the LFP Annual Grantmaking program are anticipated at this time, the staff at the LFP national program office remain engaged with you and your funders. Read the letter.
Throughout the life of your grant, the staff will continue to discuss strategy with you, offer technical assistance, monitor your progress and respond to your reports. Please call us any time at the LFP office 609-275-4128.
Stay in Touch
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- “I think this is a good idea,” said Terry Keenan, RWJF Vice President for Special Programs, when describing the first authorization of the Local Initiatives Funding Partnership Program to me in the autumn of 1987. “National foundations need a model for matching dollars with local funders' best thinking about what will work to improve the health of their communities.”
- Twenty-five years and $130 million matched dollars later, we know that Local Funding Partnerships is indeed a very good idea. The 5,000 applications received over the course of seven RWJF authorizations offer a real time reflection on health care and philanthropy operating in a constant state of adaptation and change.
- The 350 projects funded under the banner of LFP are a microcosm of health and health care moving from hospital clinics into community health centers and homes, onto the streets and online. Whether focused on primary care, chronic disease management, substance abuse, mental illness, health promotion or violence prevention, each cycle of grants has been creative, energizing and collaborative.
- Pauline M. Seitz, director