The de Beaumont Foundation is a charitable foundation in

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. It was created in 1998 by Pierre S. (Pete) de Beaumont, the founder of the

Brookstone Brookstone is a chain of retail stores in the United States and China. It was founded as a mail-order business in 1965, when it started selling items, such as dental clamps and other specialty tools. Its first physical location opened in 1973 ...

Company. The foundation is led by Brian C. Castrucci, DrPH, MA, whose previous experience includes the

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) is an American philanthropic organization. It is the largest one focused solely on health. Based in Princeton, New Jersey, the foundation focuses on access to health care, public health, health equity, ...

, the Philadelphia Department of Health, the Texas Department of State Health, and the Georgia Department of Public Health.

Major Initiatives

*Public Health Workforce Interests and Needs Survey (PH WINS), a national survey of the state and local public health workforce
CityHealth
a rating of U.S. cities on health-related policies
PHRASES
(Public Health Reaching Across Sectors)
BUILD Health Challenge
*Practical Playbook * BEAM (Building Expertise and Administration and Management), in partnership with the

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References

Medical and health foundations in the United States Organizations established in 1998 Charities based in Maryland