Other Examples of Public Policy Grantmaking

Issue Advocacy, Both Lobbying and Nonlobbying

• The California Wellness Foundation
• Commonwealth Fund—Testifying Before Congress
• The Community Technology Foundation of California—Proposition 54
• Wallace Alexander Gerbode Foundation—Reproductive Health Technologies
• California HealthCare Foundation—National Health Policy Forum
• David and Lucile Packard Foundation—Food Banks

Leadership Development

• W.K. Kellogg Foundation—Flemming Fellows Program
• Charles G. Koch Charitable Foundation—Public Policy Fellows Program
• George Gund Foundation—Supporting Public Policy Staff Positions

Litigation

• Bullitt Foundation—Water Rights Litigation
• Common Counsel Foundation—Funding Litigation

Policy Research and Analysis

• California HealthCare Foundation—Harvard School of Public Health
• The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation—Changes in Health Care Financing and Organization Initiative

Public Education, Including Framing and Messaging

• Milton and Rose D. Friedman Foundation—School Vouchers
• The California Wellness Foundation—Violence Prevention Initiative
• The California Wellness Foundation—Proposition 188
• Minneapolis Foundation—Minneapolis Council of Nonprofits
• MacArthur Foundation—Bazelon Center
• David and Lucile Packard Foundation—NARAL Campaign

Public/Private Partnerships

• New Schools Venture Fund
• Charles Stewart Mott and David and Lucile Packard Foundation—21 st Century Community Learning Centers
• Packard—Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
• Rose Community Foundation—Child Health Advocates
• David and Lucile Packard Foundation—Reading Lions
• Improving Public Policy: States and Grantmakers Working Together, The Council of Governor's Policy Advisors
• Building Relationships In Health—How Philanthropy and Government Can Work Together, Grantmakers in Health
• "Grantmakers are from Mars, Policymakers are from Venus" by Mark Smith, Grantmakers for Health