Humana Foundation Advances Equity Through Community-Engaged Research Practices

Grantmakers In Health’s Maya Schane spoke with Heather Hyden and Soojin Conover of the Humana Foundation about the Foundation’s recently published report, Strengthening Science and Community Impact Through Equitable Research Practices. The report examines innovative research methods adopted by the Foundation’s partners to promote health equity in public health research through community-engaged research practices.

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Collaborating for Impact: Providing Trust-Based Grantmaking and Technical Assistance to Support Local Resilience to Extreme Weather Events

In the last few years, there has been an increased number of extreme weather events, including wildfires, tornadoes, hurricanes, floods and heatwaves in the United States. In 2023, the United States experienced 28 disasters that cost at least $1 billion, the largest number of billion-dollar disasters in a single year on record (Smith 2024). While some areas of the country are more susceptible to these threats, there are no regions immune to disasters. According to a recent Gallup poll, 37 percent of adults in the United States report they have been personally impacted by at least one extreme weather event in the last two years, which is higher than the 2022/2023 survey result at 33 percent.

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Working Through Challenges to Sharing Power With Community: Highlights from a session at Grantmakers in Health’s Annual Conference

The people closest to the issue best know the solutions. For health funders, sharing power with community could mean giving residents a voice in shaping your grantmaking priorities or where grant dollars are spent. Many funders understand that solutions are more likely to be successful when the people who are most affected have a voice in shaping them. But when it comes to including that voice, the work often stalls before it starts.

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Philanthropy New York: Preparing for COVID-19: Philanthropy’s Response in Times of Crisis

Philanthropy New York hosted a webinar on March 12 to allow grantmakers in the region to share funding decisions related to COVID-19 as well as to exchange questions and up-to-the-minute information.

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Grantmakers In Health Announces 2020 Award Winners

It is with pleasure that we invite you to join the GIH Food Access and Security Learning Community.

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Earl Maxwell to Be Honored with Terrance Keenan Leadership Award in Health Philanthropy

Earl Maxwell, former Chief Executive Officer of St. David’s Foundation, will receive the Grantmakers In Health’s 2020 Terrance Keenan Leadership Award in Health Philanthropy.

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The California Endowment: Bob’s Blog: Lead by Shutting it Down: Notes on COVID-19

In “Lead By Shutting It Down: Notes on COVID-19,” President and CEO of The California Endowment Robert Ross discusses Italy, flattening the curve, and social-distancing.

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Washington Post: As coronavirus spreads, the bill for our public health failures is due

In “As Coronavirus Spreads, The Bill for Our Public Health Failures is Due,” a Washington Post op-ed, President and CEO of Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Richard Besser applies a health equity lens to the COVID-19 response.

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