How a New Foundation Utilized Community Voice in their Strategy Formation [fsg.org]

Mathew Portell 5/18/229:00 AM

By Abigail Ridgway, Allison Kaika, and Gabriella Cova, Illustration: lightwise/123RF, FSG, May 12, 2022

In 2021, FSG partnered with Natrona Collective Health Trust (NCHT), a new health conversion foundation in Casper, Wyoming, to develop its strategy to improve community health, and to do so in partnership with community members.

Place-based foundations have a unique opportunity to co-create strategies with the people they aim to serve. Community members must play an integral role in helping to identify and prioritize their most pressing needs, developing strategies to address them, and serving as advisors in the implementation of those strategies.

We spoke with Meredith Benton, CEO of NCHT, to learn more about how the foundation partnered with parents, youth, and beneficiaries to design their inaugural strategy to advance health equity in the county.

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