NATIVIDAD MEDICAL FOUNDATION INC
Transforming Health Care Into Healing
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
5 Steps to Prevent Diabetes
“5 Steps to Prevent Diabetes” is a highly effective program that fosters healthy lifestyle behaviors through diet, physical activity and strategies for healthy eating on limited incomes. Donors have funded hundreds of 10-hour, hands-on training sessions for members of the local community. The program resulted in increased consumption of fruits and vegetables, increased daily physical activity, and increased use of shopping lists and meal planning to enable families to purchase healthier foods on a tight budget.
CHOICE
CHOICE, a program of Natividad's Trauma Center, is a violence prevention program designed to reduce retaliation and re-injury among victims of violence through case management and mentoring services.
The Agricultural Leadership Program
Established by John D'Arrigo, President, CEO & Chairman of the Board, D'Arrigo California, in 2010, The Agricultural Leadership Council (TALC) has donated more than $3.9 million to Natividad to fund 472 pieces of medical equipment and services for 17 hospital units and programs.
Where we work
External reviews
Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Percentage of 5 Steps to Prevent Diabetes participants who report increased consumption of fruits and vegetables.
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Families, Ethnic and racial groups, Economically disadvantaged people
Related Program
5 Steps to Prevent Diabetes
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Percentage increase among participants in who ate 1 1/2 to 3 cups of fruit and/or vegetables each day.
Percentage of 5 Steps to Prevent Diabetes participants who report increased daily physical activity.
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Ethnic and racial groups, Economically disadvantaged people, Families
Related Program
5 Steps to Prevent Diabetes
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Percentage increase among participants who exercise at least 30 minutes daily most of the time or almost always.
Percentage of 5 Steps to Prevent Diabetes participants who report increased use of strategies to eat healthfully on a limited budget.
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Ethnic and racial groups, Economically disadvantaged people, Families
Related Program
5 Steps to Prevent Diabetes
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Combined increase in participants who sometimes used a grocery list to shop and/or planned meals ahead of time and/or most of the time or almost always compared prices before purchasing groceries.
Percent of CHOICE participants who identify mental health care as a need upon program intake.
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Ethnic and racial groups, At-risk youth, Victims and oppressed people, Adults
Related Program
CHOICE
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Holding steady
Context Notes
This number is documented using an intake assessment form completed by each participant in consultation with a CHOICE program Intervention Specialist.
Goals & Strategy
Reports and documents
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Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
Natividad Medical Foundation (NMF) is committed to philanthropically supporting Natividad Medical Center's programs and services with a special emphasis on vulnerable patients and families.
NMF's work over the past year has focused on ensuring all patients - including those with limited English proficiency - are able to effectively communicate with their healthcare providers and raising funds to support hospital-linked injury and violence intervention and prevention programs.
NMF is also committed to ensuring that all symptomatic women and men have access to mammography screening services; all under-insured, uninsured and uninsurable people living with HIV/AIDS in Monterey County have access to comprehensive primary care; all babies have the best start in life with the best "first food" (breast milk) and the support of high-quality, culturally appropriate parent education; teen mothers receive the support they need to become economically self-sufficient by developing life skills, completing their educations and gaining employment; and all low-income adults at risk for developing diabetes receive evidence-based diabetes prevention education and support.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
NMF supports access to useful healthcare services for people with limited English proficiency by providing trained interpreters for indigenous languages from Mexico, such as Mixteco, Triqui, Zapotec and Chatino - four of the top seven most commonly spoken languages at Natividad Medical Center.
NMF continues to seek funds to support the implementation of injury and violence intervention and prevention programs through Natividad Medical Center's forthcoming (January 2015) Level II Trauma Center, including programs for youth that provide education and protective gear such as helmets and reflective clothing for bicyclists and pedestrians and programs designed to interrupt the cycle of violence and re-injury that often accompanies youth victims of violence who will be receiving care through the hospital's new Trauma Center. In addition, NMF seeks government grants to continue to support the Community Medicine rotation of the University of California, San Francisco-affiliated Natividad Family Medicine Residency Program.
NMF supports access to breast cancer screening services by annually raising funds to provide free mammograms for eligible women and men; access to comprehensive healthcare services for people living with HIV/AIDS by annually securing federal Ryan White Part C Early Intervention Services grant funds; Baby-Friendly practices to support lactation as the best feeding; access to diabetes prevention education for low income adults at risk for developing diabetes through the Community Foundation for Monterey County-funded 5 Steps to Prevent Diabetes - Cinco Pasos Para Prevenir la Diabetes program.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
NMF has an established development team with a combined 40+ years of fundraising experience. NMF's team has the experience and skills needed to compete for and secure local, state and national foundation funds; local, state and national government grants; local, state and national corporate gifts; and individual major donor gifts;
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
Natividad Medical Foundation has expanded philanthropic support for Natividad Medical Center by 540% since 2006.
Since the inception (2015), the CHOICE violence intervention and prevention program has been able to maintain a 1% to 2% re-injury rate, compared with the 5-year post-injury national average of 44% after five years. In 2022, over 1,500 individual client basic needs and direct services were met.
The 5 Steps to Prevent Diabetes Program has reached over 1,000 community members in the past 10 years providing at-risk adults (with or without pre-diabetes) education on improving healthy lifestyle behaviors.
How we listen
Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.
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How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?
To make fundamental changes to our programs and/or operations, To inform the development of new programs/projects, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve, To understand people's needs and how we can help them achieve their goals
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Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?
We collect feedback from the people we serve at least annually, We take steps to get feedback from marginalized or under-represented people, We aim to collect feedback from as many people we serve as possible, We take steps to ensure people feel comfortable being honest with us, We look for patterns in feedback based on people’s interactions with us (e.g., site, frequency of service, etc.), We act on the feedback we receive
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What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?
Staff find it hard to prioritize feedback collection and review due to lack of time
Financials
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Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
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NATIVIDAD MEDICAL FOUNDATION INC
Board of directorsas of 02/29/2024
Dr Jeffrey Bass
Vituity
Term: 2024 - 2024
Ted Lorono
Pinnacle Bank
Term: 2024 - 2024
Craig Walls
Natividad Medical Center
Stephen W. Goldman
SSB Construction
Charles Harris
Natividad Medical Center
Jennifer Hollingsworth
Sheri Cline
Pinnacle Bank
Marcia Atkinson
Jeffrey Wriedt & Co.
Ted Lorono
Pinnacle Bank
Minerva Perez-Lopez
Natividad Medical Center
Jeffrey Bass
Natividad Medical Center
Board leadership practices
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Board orientation and education
Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes -
CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Yes -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? No
Organizational demographics
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Leadership
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Equity strategies
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- We review compensation data across the organization (and by staff levels) to identify disparities by race.
- We analyze disaggregated data and root causes of race disparities that impact the organization's programs, portfolios, and the populations served.
- We disaggregate data to adjust programming goals to keep pace with changing needs of the communities we support.
- We disaggregate data by demographics, including race, in every policy and program measured.
- We have long-term strategic plans and measurable goals for creating a culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.
- We have a promotion process that anticipates and mitigates implicit and explicit biases about people of color serving in leadership positions.
- We seek individuals from various race backgrounds for board and executive director/CEO positions within our organization.
- We have community representation at the board level, either on the board itself or through a community advisory board.
- We help senior leadership understand how to be inclusive leaders with learning approaches that emphasize reflection, iteration, and adaptability.
- We engage everyone, from the board to staff levels of the organization, in race equity work and ensure that individuals understand their roles in creating culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.