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TCWF Presents Champions of Health Professions Diversity Award
TCWF presented its 2005 Champions of Health Professions Diversity Award to three leaders at an awards ceremony held in Costa Mesa on June 8. The honorees are Elia Gallardo of Sacramento and Sherry Hirota and Martin Waukazoo, both of Oakland. Each received a $25,000 grant acknowledging their commitment to increasing diversity in the health professions. This year’s champions share a commitment to strengthening California’s community clinics by advancing innovative strategies to ensure culturally competent health care. The awards were presented as part of a conference of TCWF grantees and other leaders who met to discuss strategies for increasing the diversity of California’s health care workforce. More information on the champions can be found at www.tcwf.org.
Fewer Clicks – More Information: TCWF Debuts New Website
In June, TCWF unveiled the next generation of its website, www.tcwf.org. The site has resources for policymakers and health advocates, the news media and grantseekers. It includes information about TCWF, its Responsive Grantmaking Program, an extensive collection of TCWF publications, news and other nonprofit and philanthropic resources.
TCWF’s 2004 Annual Report Available Online
TCWF’s 2004 Annual Report is posted in the Publications section of the Foundation’s website, www.tcwf.org. The cover story provides a preliminary look at the first three years of grantmaking under our Responsive Grantmaking Program. It illustrates how this strategy allows TCWF to be more flexible in its grantmaking and better able to support the essential efforts of nonprofits working to improve the health of underserved Californians. The report also includes the Foundation’s financial statements, an overview of the grants program and a comprehensive list of board-approved grants.
TCWF Grantees Brief L.A. Mayor and His Education Advisors
 Shortly after taking office in July, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa created a Council of Education Advisors to formulate recommendations on issues including school safety and violence prevention. At the Council’s August meeting, TCWF was invited to present findings and lessons learned by grantees and youth working on preventing violence against young people. Joining TCWF Program Director Nicole J. Jones for the presentation were 2003 California Peace Prize honoree Wayne Sakamoto, lead coordinator of Safe Schools, San Diego County Office of Education; Luis Antonio Sánchez, executive director of TCWF grantee InnerCity Struggle; and Billie Weiss, associate director for the Southern California Injury Prevention Research Center at the UCLA School of Public Health and founding director of former TCWF grantee Violence Prevention Coalition of Greater Los Angeles.
Article Provides Framework for Evaluating Community Initiatives
The June issue of the American Journal of Evaluation features an article co-authored by Ruth Tebbets Brousseau, TCWF director of evaluation and organizational learning. “Evaluating the Health of Community Initiatives” provides a conceptual framework and illustrates its use with an analysis of TCWF’s Health Improvement Initiative (HII). According to the article, the HII was largely successful in sustaining its core elements of collaborative partnerships, community-level systems changes, direct services and population health measurement.
Staff Updates
TCWF recognizes the following staff members for five years of service to the Foundation: Cecilia Laiché, communications officer; Laura Ascencio Real, senior grants management assistant; Cristina M. Regalado, vice president of programs; and Dollie Utter, senior grants management assistant.
TCWF welcomes new staff: Nik Carpenter, office clerk; Peter Mancina, office services coordinator; and Caitlin McShane, program assistant.
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