We have implemented a defining framework that supports our mission to improve the health and health care of all Americans. This impact framework reflects different grantmaking techniques and styles, and helps us harness these varied approaches and make measurable progress. The framework clusters the vast majority of our grantmaking into four portfolios—Targeted, Human Capital, Vulnerable Populations and Pioneer.

TARGETED PORTFOLIO

Addressing specific improvements in eight targeted health and health care challenges within a defined time period.

	Field of Interest	Strategic Objective
	Addiction Prevention and Treatment	Increasing the number of treatment settings employing proven approaches.
	Childhood Obesity	Halting the increase in prevalence of overweight among children.
	Disparities	Reducing racial and ethnic disparities in the care of targeted diseases.
	Health Care Coverage	Supporting efforts to achieve stable and affordable health care coverage for all Americans.
	Nursing	Reducing the shortage in nurse staffing and improving the quality of nursing-related care by transforming the way care is delivered at the bedside.
	Public Health	Improving the strategic use of information and accountability measures by leaders to enhance performance and raise the visibility and impact of public health.
	Quality Health Care*	Accelerating performance improvements on nationally adopted measures of outpatient chronic care through local market demonstrations.
	Tobacco Use and Exposure	Recruiting new funding partners to sustain the state and national tobacco policy change infrastructure and maintain policy gains and momentum through targeted grantmaking.

HUMAN CAPITAL PORTFOLIO

Attracting, developing and retaining high-quality leadership and a workforce to improve health and health care.

VULNERABLE POPULATIONS PORTFOLIO

Promoting community-based projects that improve health and health care outcomes for society’s most vulnerable people.

PIONEER PORTFOLIO

Promoting fundamental breakthroughs in health and health care through innovative projects.

OTHER

Supporting programs that are consistent with the Foundation’s overall mission but are not aligned with a portfolio or targeted objective.

NEW JERSEY

Supporting programs mainly in New Brunswick and the surrounding Middlesex County communities.

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* Quality Health Care includes prior grantmaking efforts that focused on care at the end of life.