The mission of the Greater Rochester Health Foundation is "to improve the systems that link those services and programs together – ideally in an efficient, coherent, responsive way. We help to enact better” policy – both public policy and the policy of key institutions by changing political, economic, and social structures (and culture) in ways that expand who has access to resources, opportunities and power.
The Health Foundation's strategic areas of focus are:
Responsive Grants: Responding to emerging health issues and needs as identified by community.
Responsive Grants are one way we partner with and support a broad array of communities and organizations as they are best suited to understand their priority needs and to create solutions that improve health. Driven by community voice, Responsive Grants are open, nimble, and responsive to emerging health issues and needs. These grants allow flexibility to test innovative ideas and different approaches to challenges and share what we and our partners are learning from the projects supported.
Partnership: Collaborative projects + Community event sponsorship
Targeted: Healthy Futures Strategy + Neighborhood Health Status Improvement Initiative
A list of former focus areas is available at https://thegrhf.org/what-were-learning/history/