Florida Blue Foundation

**Our guiding principles** **These core principles help guide the priorities and actions of the Florida Blue Foundation, including our grant making decisions.** **Improved Access** We prioritize community-based programs that directly improve access to and quality of health-related services for the people of Florida. **Focus** We prioritize initiatives that focus on creating lasting impact for a smaller population over those that support large numbers without sustained benefit. **Impact** We value the extent to which a program demonstrates sustained community benefit and measurable impact. **Relationships** We value strong, respectful and lasting relationships. We respect the autonomy of the local community in taking responsibility for its future. **Planning** We respect the diligence behind well-thought-out plans. We value plans that candidly admit limitations, identify possible challenges, analyze obstacles and identify steps to address them. **Leadership and Accountability** We value evidence of quality leadership, including a positive community representation, low staff turnover, partnerships with other organizations, and financial accountability. **Learning** We value programs from which we can learn and better inform other programs, as well as our future grant making decisions. **Innovation** We recognize that the issues faced by those we seek to assist are often remarkably complex. Therefore, we value the innovation, thoughtfulness and diligence of organizations to make the best use of available information and experiences to realize their goals. **Mission: To help people and communities achieve better health**