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Field building: lessons from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's anthology series
Stephen L Isaacs1, James R Knickman
1Robert Wood Johnson Foundation in Princeton, New Jersey, USA. sisaacs@chsp.org
Abstract:
As editors of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's (RWJF's) anthology series, we have examined the entire range of the foundation's grant making since 1972. We found that the RWJF has enjoyed considerable success in building fields--from nurse practitioners to tobacco control to end-of-life care. The RWJF has done this by shaping fields as they were emerging, by adopting a wide-ranging "bear hug" approach, and by staying the course. The lessons from the RWJF's field-building efforts are relevant for both large and small foundations: Small funders can develop strategic plans aimed at building fields in their home state or locality.
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