Josiah Macy Jr Foundation

The Foundation is dedicated to improving the health of the public by advancing the education and training of health professionals. Its guiding principle is that health professional education has at its core a strong social mission: to serve the public's needs and improve the health of the public.

The Foundation's grantmaking is focused on projects that:

• Demonstrate or encourage interprofessional education and teamwork among health care professionals
• Teach principles of patient safety, quality improvement, and system performance
• Develop new models for clinical education, including community-based models
• Increase the diversity of the health care professional workforce through career development for underrepresented minorities
• Improve education for the care of underserved populations

Current Strategic Priorities

The Foundation currently focuses on three key areas:

Promoting Diversity, Equity, and Belonging — Ensuring equitable treatment in clinical learning environments and addressing systemic inequities that limit career satisfaction and advancement opportunities for health professionals from historically underrepresented communities, including people of color, women, people with disabilities, the LGBTQ+ community, members of some religious groups, and individuals from low-income households.

Increasing Collaboration Among Future Health Professionals — Promoting environments where health professionals and learners work together as high-functioning teams, replacing historically siloed approaches with collaborative training among nurses, social workers, physicians, pharmacists, and other providers.

Preparing Future Health Professionals to Navigate Ethical Dilemmas — Ensuring health professionals are prepared to address complex ethical challenges in modern healthcare.