C.H.E.F.(R) Receives Grant from The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to Train Nonprofits in Business Planning

C.H.E.F.(R) Receives Grant from The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to Train Nonprofits in Business Planning

SEATTLE, June 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Comprehensive Health Education Foundation (C.H.E.F.(R)), an entrepreneurial nonprofit organization that developed the most widely-used prevention curricula in the United States, announced that it has received a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to launch an innovative training program for a diverse group of its grantees on how to build organizational capacity and long-term sustainability through business planning.

Funded through the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and developed by C.H.E.F., this pilot program will span a period of three years and encompass training, strategy development, technical assistance, implementation and evaluation to help the health and human service nonprofit organizations acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to build and improve their business capacity. The premise of this program is that nonprofits will have a greater chance of reaching their mission and financial bottom lines if they have a strong business plan and diverse revenue base.

According to Larry Clark, President and CEO of C.H.E.F., "We are thrilled to have been selected by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to receive this grant, and are appreciative of their commitment and dedication to helping other nonprofit organizations learn the skills required for capacity-building and long-term sustainability. As a health and prevention nonprofit organization that has operated for the past 30 years with a successful social enterprise model, we are uniquely qualified to assist other nonprofit organizations to strengthen their management and business capabilities, retain their mission focus, and become more financially self-sufficient."

According to Jane Isaacs Lowe, PhD, Senior Program Officer at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, "In collaboration with C.H.E.F., the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation will focus on the importance of helping our grantee organizations not only build their programs and organizations with the grant funds that we provide, but also help to ensure that the proper social enterprise discipline, tools, and skills are in place to allow those same programs and organizations to grow and thrive in the long-term, even after the grant funds have run out."

About The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation focuses on the pressing health and health care issues facing our country. As the nation's largest philanthropy devoted exclusively to improving the health and health care of all Americans, the Foundation works with a diverse group of organizations and individuals to identify solutions and achieve comprehensive, meaningful, and timely change. For more than 30 years the Foundation has brought experience, commitment, and a rigorous, balanced approach to the problems that affect the health and health care of those it serves. Helping Americans lead healthier lives and get the care they need-the Foundation expects to make a difference in our lifetime.

About Comprehensive Health Education Foundation

Founded in 1974 and celebrating its 30th Anniversary year, Seattle-based Comprehensive Health Education Foundation (C.H.E.F.(R)) is dedicated to promoting health and quality of life through education, addressing such important topics as childhood obesity and other unhealthy behaviors. As a nationally-known nonprofit organization, C.H.E.F. develops a variety of health promotion and prevention education programs and products targeted to the early childhood, school-aged youth and healthy aging markets. For information about C.H.E.F.'s new FUEL(TM) series designed to fight childhood obesity, please visit http://fuel.chef.org/. For C.H.E.F.'s other products and programs, please visit http://www.chef.org/ or call 1.800.323.2433.

For More Information:

Michael Oxman Communications Consultant Comprehensive Health Education Foundation 847.226.4158 moxmanLLC@chef.org

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Source: Comprehensive Health Education Foundation

CONTACT: Michael Oxman, Communications Consultant, Comprehensive Health Education Foundation, +1-847-226-4158, moxmanLLC@chef.org

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