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The following organizations have supported or worked with PAJ:
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
www.rwjf.org
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, based in Princeton, N.J., is
the nation's largest philanthropy devoted exclusively to health
and health care. It concentrates its grantmaking in four goal
areas: to assure that all Americans have access to quality health
care at reasonable cost; to improve the quality of care and
support for people with chronic health conditions; to promote
healthy communities and lifestyles; and to reduce the personal,
social and economic harm caused by substance abuse -- tobacco,
alcohol, and illicit drugs.
The Life Institute
www.thelifeinstitute.org
The Life Institute is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) educational
organization working in collaboration with VA Healthcare Network
Upstate New York and other national organizations to develop and
implement programs in advanced illness and end of life care as
well as wellness in aging. The Life Institute is the parent
organization of The Center for Advanced Illness Coordinated Care (CAICC)
and The Center for Wellness in Aging. CAICC is funded by the
Charitable Leadership Foundation.
The following organizations provided support for
Finding Our Way: Living with Dying in America:
Partnership for Caring
www.partnershipforcaring.org
A national, nonprofit organization devoted to raising consumer
expectations for excellent end-of-life care and increasing demand
for such care. It is the only end-of-life organization that
partners individuals and organizations, consumers and
professionals in a powerful collaboration, joining their voices to
demand improvements in how dying people and their loved ones are
cared for in our society. Partnership for Caring has a dual focus:
providing services for individuals and advocating for societal
change. Among other services, Partnership for Caring operates the
only national toll-free crisis and information hotline, available
to individuals and professionals alike, dealing with end-of-life
issues. Partnership for Caring also provides state-specific living
wills and medical powers of attorney. Partnership for Caring
administers a number of grants and special projects. A recognized
leader in the end-of-life movement, Partnership for Caring is the
home of the National Program Office for the Last Acts campaign.
Last Acts ®
www.lastacts.org
Last Acts® is a national program to improve care and caring near
the end of life. It is a multifaceted campaign to raise awareness
of palliative care and encourage improvement in its delivery. At
the heart of the campaign is a coalition of more than 700 national
and local professional and consumer organizations - Partners -
that share a commitment to improving care for dying people and
their families. The campaign's activities focus on educating and
engaging the public and professionals through Partner
organizations. It accomplishes education and engagement by
gathering and sharing existing information and strategies,
stimulating development of new ideas and approaches, and creating
opportunities for networking and coalition action. Last Acts®
sponsors national and regional conferences, publishes an email
newsletter, a quarterly print newsletter and special reports,
conducts discussion groups about end-of-life issues, and posts new
information nearly daily on its Web site.
Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation
www.samuels.org
A New York State not-for-profit foundation dedicated to funding
work in health care and the performing arts. The Foundation's
mission in health care is to assist New Yorkers, particularly
those who are elderly or chronically ill, to receive high quality
health care and to exercise their rights as consumers of health
care. To achieve this, the Foundation makes grants for
demonstrations, evaluations, and other types of studies that
directly impact the users of health care. Such applied research
enables providers within the health care delivery system as well
as policy makers to better identify the innumerable problems
facing an aging population and thoughtfully address the myriad
difficulties older individuals experience in accessing
appropriate, affordable, quality care.
Charitable Leadership Foundation
www.charitableleadership.org
Charitable Leadership Foundation (CLF) supports programs and/or
organizations that address problems in the areas of education,
housing (especially low-income), job skills and enhancement of
economic opportunities for low-income people. CLF also supports
initiatives in medicine, as well as medical research that meet
certain criteria. In order to achieve this end, it awards grants,
loans, and technical assistance to legally incorporated, IRS 501
(c)(3) charitable organizations for projects, programs and
capacity-building appropriate to this mission.
A special thanks to Dr. Dan Tobin, who helped PAJ find its way.
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