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Women’s Health Funding: Where We’ve Been and Where We’re Going

Women’s Health Funding: Where We’ve Been and Where We’re Going. Presented By Nicole E. Cozier, MBA/MS Director of Programs. Introduction. W&P is an affinity group, not a grantmaking entity Presentation will be in 3 parts: Trends in Women’s Health Funding

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Women’s Health Funding: Where We’ve Been and Where We’re Going

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  1. Women’s Health Funding: Where We’ve Been and Where We’re Going Presented By Nicole E. Cozier, MBA/MS Director of Programs

  2. Introduction • W&P is an affinity group, not a grantmaking entity • Presentation will be in 3 parts: • Trends in Women’s Health Funding • Changes and Opportunities in the Field • Strategies for Funding

  3. Status of Funding for Women & Girls Data Source: The Foundation Center, “Foundation Giving Trends: Update on Funding Priorities” 2004 Edition

  4. Federal Agency Fiscal Year 2004 Fiscal Year 2003 National Institutes of Health (NIH) $27.98 bil $26.98 bil Office on Women's Health at the Department of Health and Human Services $29.1 mil $29 mil Office of Women’s Health at the FDA $3.6 mil $3 mil Office of Research on Women's Health at NIH $40.95 mil $41.22 mil Federal Support for Women’s Health Source: Society for Women’s Health Research; http://www.womens-health.org/policy/issues_funding.htm

  5. Private Support of Women’s Health • Of the $973M in funding to programs for women & girls in 2003/2004, 45.2% went to health-related areas Data Source: The Foundation Center, “Grants for Women & Girls.” 2003/2004

  6. …About Trends in Reproductive Health Funding* • Funding for population, reproductive health and reproductive rights work recovered slightly in 2003. * Source: “Highlights from the Grants Database: Funding Analysis 2003”; The Funders Network on Population, Reproductive Health and Rights

  7. …About Reproductive Health Funders • A few large foundations provide the vast majority of funding in this field.

  8. …About Funding Priority Areas

  9. …About Domestic vs. International Funding

  10. What is the Bottom Line? • Reproductive health funding levels are likely to drop in 2004 before leveling off in 2005.

  11. Growth & Diversification of Philanthropy • Foundations have multiplied at an exponential rate: • Today over 60,000, with 65% created since the 1980’s. Source: Global Business Network

  12. Development of Health Philanthropy • Grantmakers in Health has identified >165 new foundations formed from health care transactions – conversion foundations • Scrutinized to ensure they are contributing to communities at a level commensurate with the benefit of the previous non-profit Source:A Profile of New Health Foundations. Grantmakers in Health. May 2003.

  13. Development of Women’s Philanthropy • New laboratories of giving, including women’s funds, venture philanthropy groups, and donor circles. • New centers of power are emerging, with more diversity and women as leaders and donors • New centers of knowledge are changing philanthropy through new academic centers, evaluators, consultants, and affinity groups. Source: Global Business Network

  14. Tools for Action: Three Frameworks • Fairness Framework • Effectiveness Framework • Human Rights Framework Source:The Case for Better Philanthropy: The Future of Funding for Women and Girls. A Women & Philanthropy Publication.

  15. Fairness Framework • Based on equal justice movements of 1960’s and 1970’s • Challenges: • High competition for limited funding dollars • Grantmaker fatigue • Misperception that gender inequality is no longer an issue • “Pro-woman” approaches losing favor

  16. Effectiveness Framework • Increasingly popular among grantmakers • If foundations want to be more effective with their grantmaking, they cannot ignore gender issues. • Effective grantmaking strategies within a foundation’s priority program area includes universal and gender specific funding

  17. Human Rights Framework • Emerging framework • Ties gender issues to other justice issues, e.g. economic, environmental and racial justice • Also provides connection between domestic and international work

  18. Conclusion • Will have funding challenges ahead • There are opportunities if we engage some new funders • Need to develop new strategies for making our case – framing is one strategy

  19. Resources • A Profile of New Health Foundations. Grantmakers in Health (online) • Highlights from the Grants Database: Funding Analysis 2003, Funders Network on Population, Reproductive Health and Rights • The Case for Better Philanthropy: The Future of Funding for Women & Girls, Women & Philanthropy • Leading 100 New Foundations Funding Women & Girls, Women & Philanthropy in partnership with Jankowski & Associates

  20. Contact Information: Nicole Cozier Director of Programs Women & Philanthropy 1629 K St., NW – Suite 402 Washington, DC 20006 Ph: 202-887-9660 Email: ncozier@womenphil.org Web: www.womenphil.org

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