Lauren LeRoy, who since 1998 has led GIH through a period of transformative growth and change, will step down as president and CEO in October. Dr. LeRoy spearheaded an ambitious agenda that has positioned GIH as a leader among philanthropic support organizations. During her tenure, the number of GIH Funding Partners has doubled, and their financial support has nearly tripled. The search for her successor will be conducted by the GIH board.
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Get a jump start on the new year and
register for the 2012 GIH annual meeting
Health and Equity for All, March 7-9 in Baltimore, Maryland. Meeting highlights include plenary speakers
Alan Weil,
Angela Glover Blackwell, and
Derek Yach, as well as a diverse range of breakout sessions and site visits, and numerous networking opportunities.
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GIH, with support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, is making available grant writing support to help states implement the Affordable Care Act. The
GIH State Grant Writing Assistance Fund will provide up to $30,000 to foundations that are interested in offering grant writing support to state and county government agencies. This RFP includes a revised matching rate of 2:1 (the fund will match two dollars for every dollar requested). Previous awardees are eligible to reapply. Proposals must be submitted no later than
February 29, 2012.
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Margaret O'Bryon, president and CEO of the Consumer Health Foundation, has been selected to receive the 2012 GIH Terrance Keenan Leadership Award in Health Philanthropy.
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GIH announces the addition of Jandel Allen-Davis and Anthony Iton to the board. Dr. Allen-Davis is vice president of government and external relations at Kaiser Permanente-Colorado. Dr. Iton is senior vice president, healthy communities at The California Endowment. Their board terms begin after the 2012 GIH annual meeting.
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The Affordable Care Act’s influence on a broad range of health issues is affecting much of the work in which health grantmakers are engaged. In response, GIH has created the GIH Health Reform Resource Center Fund to inform and connect funders and provide sound, strategic, and actionable information.
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