Foundations & Other Organizations
Foundations and other private funders play a crucial but often overlooked role in enhancing the healthcare workforce. They can not only provide grants to address health and public safety worker well-being, they can fund in ways that incentivize the change needed across Actionable Strategy areas.
Resources
PEAK Grantmaking is a community of 7,000 grants professionals advancing equitable, effective grantmaking practices, including aligning values with practices, rightsizing grantmaking processes, and driving equity with demographic data. Their website of grantmakers working in each area.
The Ford Foundation’s Diversity, Inclusion and Equity Tools and Resources for Grantmakers includes a Funder Guidance for Engaging Grantees on DEI and Case Studies. One best practice is to request data that captures diversity at different levels of the grantee organization.
