This idea is often called "leverage", i.e. seeing what overall investment or contribution could be leveraged from an initial investment (could be a government program, or a foundation contribution) to get an idea of the total impact of a grant.  Several foundations are particularly interested in tracking this.  You might try contacting Trillium or Atkinson in Toronto.  United Way might be useful as well.

Hope this is helpful.

Ken Hoffman
Director, Community Health Promotion
Sandy Hill Community Health Centre

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I'm having a little trouble getting to the right approach on this one ...
Someone has asked for:

"Any studies that talk about whether other investments in a community follow
from government investments in health promotion or other activities (the example
given was CAPC).  In other words, is there any evidence that has been written
down that if a government spends money on some health program, the community
will benefit from other investments that are prompted or encouraged by the
original investment? -- i.e. further investments perhaps by the private sector,
NGOs, or other government levels in the community... "

I've tried Medline and some social sciences databases, as well as looking around
on the internet at health promotion, community development, health policy &
economics, but I'm not finding research which documents the benefits of health
program investments as being other investments. Typically, there are
cost-benefit analyses of particular interventions, programs, etc.

Any suggestions would be much appreciated.

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Jean Lederer
Resource Centre Manager, PPHB