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Health Conversion Foundations

Most of these foundations were created through the sale of a nonprofit hospital to a for-profit corporation, and many of these "conversion" foundations are emerging as prominent funders in their communities.

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Below are links to other sites that can inform your health conversion foundation's philanthropy. If you have any questions, feel free to contact us at info@dvg.org or 215/790-9700.

Health Philanthropy:

	Foundation Center's Update on Health Policy Grantmaking (March 2004) Focuses on trends in grantmaking from 1995 through 2003 based on an analysis of all grants of $10,000 or higher awarded by more than 1,000 of the nation's largest private and community foundations. Also available from the Foundation Center is "Health Policy Research and Foundation Grantmaking: Identifying Where Foundations Fill the Gap."
	Grantmakers in Health Grantmakers In Health (GIH) is a nonprofit, educational organization dedicated to fostering communication and collaboration among grantmakers and others, and to help strengthen the grantmaking community's knowledge, skills, and effectiveness.
	The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation The Foundation serves as an independent voice and source of facts and analysis for policymakers, the media, the health care community, and the general public on the major health care issues facing the nation.

	Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Grant Result Reports As one of the nation's leading health funders, RWJF has begun to catalog their grants and post reports that describe the problem addressed, the objectives and strategies, the results or findings, communications efforts, and any next steps.
	"Health Care Conversions and Philanthropy: Regulation, Impacts and Unanswered Questions" This report from the Nonprofit Sector Research Fund and GIH assesses how the new wave of health conversion foundations is impacting the nonprofit sector and the field of health philanthropy.