Overview

Background

The Restuccia Health Justice Fellowship (The Fellowship) is a new program dedicated to supporting the growth and reach of diverse advocacy organizations and their leadership teams situated at the intersection of health equity, racial justice, and organizational transformation. It honors the legacy and vision of Rob Restuccia, Community Catalyst’s longtime and founding executive director.

At Community Catalyst, we have always believed that investing in community leadership is essential to progress. The Restuccia Health Justice Fellowship is designed to deepen that commitment, with an emphasis on supporting organizations of color.

Program Overview

The Fellowship's primary objective is to equip diverse teams within local, state, and national health advocacy organizations with the tools, resources, and teamwork they need to transform their organizations. From this, these organizations will be able to take greater strides towards health equity and racial justice.

The Restuccia Health Justice Fellowship will accept applications from teams within Community Catalyst’s local, state, and national advocacy network dedicated to pursuing a specific organizational transformation and deepening their practice towards health equity and racial justice.

As part of their application, teams will need to submit at least one proposal for an organizational transformation goal they wish to pursue through their Fellowship, rooted in the Fellowship’s framework:

· Leadership and Teamwork

· Organizational Transformation

· Powerful and Unusual Partnerships

· Leadership Through a Health Equity and Racial Justice Lens

Eligibility Questions

Are you a local, state, or national organization with a 501c (3) tax status or have a fiscal sponsor with a 501 c (3) tax status?

YesNo

Are you a member of the Community Catalyst network defined as follows:

Organizations at the state, local, and/or national level that received technical assistance (defined as receiving support from Community Catalyst in the six advocacy capacities, organizational & leadership development and/or health equity)
The recipient of a grant and/or subgrant;
Been invited to apply for a Community Catalyst grant in the last 5 years.
If you received an invite directly from Community Catalyst about this opportunity, or if you were invited to join the webinar then you ARE considered part of our network also known as a/our partner.

Are you a member of the Community Catalyst Network?

YesNo

Community Catalyst defines an organization of color (OOC) as an organization that fits the below criteria:

The organization is primarily focused on improving the lives of the communities of the following identities: Black, Indigenous, Hispanic, Latino/a/e/X, Arab/Arab American, African, MENA (Middle Eastern, Northern African), Southeast Asian, Asian, Asian Pacific Islander, Native Hawaiian, Alaska Native, immigrants, and/or any other identities of color not listed and their families, and this is reflected in the organization's mission, goals, and program activities.
A majority (75%) of Leadership (board members, executive director, and senior management as defined by your organization) identify as members of the above-listed communities

Please note external partners have assisted in the development of this definition. Community Catalyst is committed to learning and growing in this space and, therefore, continuously revisiting this definition. We welcome any comments, questions, or ideas you may have.

Based on this definition, are you an organization of color?

YesNo

Does your organization and the 3 staff members chosen to participate in the Fellowship have the capacity to fulfill the following requirements throughout the grant period?

One virtual retreat in 2021, and two in-person retreats in 2022, both will be 3 days each (this does not include travel days)
Video conferences and training (approximately 10-12 hours)
Coaching sessions (approximately 25-30 hours)
Individual staff assessments
Organizational assessment (10-15 hours)
Homework (10-12 hours)

Does your organization have the capacity to fulfill these requirements?

YesNo

Thank you

You are not eligible to apply for this funding.

Organizational Overview

Applicant Organization Information

Organization

Organization Website

Address of Organization

Annual Organizational Budget

If using fiscal sponsor, please use your project budget size, not the fiscal sponsor's budget

Does your organization have at least 5 FTEs (FTEs can be inclusive of full-time, part-time and/or volunteer)?

YesNo

Organization staff size

10 and under50 and under100 and underOver 100

Applicant Contact Information

Contact First Name

Contact Last Name

Contact Email

name@domain.com

Fellowship Team

Fellow Applicant 1 Name

Fellow Applicant 1 Email

Fellow Applicant 2 Name

Fellow Applicant 2 Email

Fellow Applicant 3 Name

Fellow Applicant 3 Email

If one or more of the above listed fellow applicants is a volunteer, does this person assist with critical duties for your organization?

YesNo

We suggest answering each of the below questions in under 300 words.

Organization:

Please describe your organization's mission, vision, and history and how health is an organizational priority? Who is the community you serve? Please be sure to describe their demographics.

Fellowship Team

Describe the organization team applying for the Fellowship. Please include the name, title, and tenure of each of the team members. Please share any lived experience relevant to the organization's mission or anything pertinent to understanding their commitment to your organization and, in turn, this Fellowship.

Organizational Transformation

Please describe the organizational transformation you wish to focus on as part of the Fellowship. Why is now the time for this change? What challenges or burdens to successful implementation do you foresee? Examples of organizational transformation include but are not limited to strategic planning, board development, knowledge management, software structures, implementing human resources practices and policies, fundraising, launching a capital campaign, or recruiting and retaining a more diverse staff.

Commitment to Racial Justice & Health Equity:

Please describe the efforts your organization has taken towards racial justice and/or health equity? Please include any internal and/or external efforts. Of these, what has created a challenge or hurdle for your organization? What has spurred positive change for your organization? How will the organizational transformation outlined above support racial justice?

Partnerships

Please describe your current partnerships. Who are your organization's typical partners? Who are organizations and/or stakeholders you would like to work with but have not yet been able to?