{"id":15864,"date":"2026-09-22T16:12:59","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T21:12:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/empowermissouri.org\/?p=15864"},"modified":"2026-09-22T16:50:48","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T21:50:48","slug":"partner-spotlight-missouri-foundation-for-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/empowermissouri.org\/es\/partner-spotlight-missouri-foundation-for-health\/","title":{"rendered":"Partner Spotlight: Missouri Foundation for Health"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since 2000, Missouri Foundation for Health\u00a0 has been an active force in the state of Missouri building a more equitable future through collaboration, convening, knowledge sharing, and strategic investment.\u00a0 Empower Missouri is a longstanding partner of MFH, actually playing a critical role in the creation of the Foundation during the 1990s.\u00a0 Empower (then MASW) built a 60-organization coalition to oppose Blue Cross Blue Shield of Missouri from abusing its non-profit status by attempting to convert 80% of its business to a for-profit venture. MASW and our coalition persuaded state regulatory officials to reverse previous decisions and enforce the law, resulting in a protracted legal battle. Eventually, the Missouri Foundation for Health was created as a key settlement provision of the lawsuits, endowed with over $300M in assets from BCBSMO and meeting a critical need in the state to advance the healthcare of Missouri&#8217;s uninsured and underinsured.<br><em><br><\/em>In more recent years, Empower Missouri was a proud participant in MFH\u2019s Exemplary Advocate Cohort that brought together a select group of nonprofits to lead discussions and mobilize on health-related advocacy in the state of Missouri (Sarah Owsley wrote a fantastic article last year on her experience within the cohort which you can read <a href=\"https:\/\/empowermissouri.org\/es\/6-powerful-years-with-the-mfh-exemplary-advocate-cohort\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">aqu\u00ed<\/a>). They have also been a generous funder of our work, particularly our HIV Justice campaign, our food security coalition, our Advocacy Accelerator, and our tenant organizing. We are proud to highlight MFH as an organization that works tirelessly to assure the voices of Missourians are heard and accounted for when it comes to making sure health care is both fair and accessible for all. 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