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.
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.
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.
Consumer Health Foundation RFP: February 2017
The Consumer Health Foundation’s Request for Proposals is open. Jointly submitted proposals from partner organizations are encouraged.
The Health Foundation of Central Massachusetts RFP: February 2017
The Health Foundation of Central Massachusetts is inviting new grant applications for its Activation Fund in 2017.
de Beaumont Foundation RFP: February 2017
The BUILD Health Challenge is issuing a new call for applications. De Beaumont Foundationwill join ten funding partners to support 18 communities that are collaborating across sectors to find bold, upstream, integrated, local, and data-driven solutions to health issues.
Allegany Franciscan Ministries RFP: February 2017
The Overtown Council for the Common Good, launched by Allegany Franciscan Ministries, is seeking proposals from qualified community stakeholders with diverse backgrounds, experiences, skill sets, and perspectives to collaborate around one of the community’s priorities, ensuring that Community Voices in Overtown Inform Policies and Decisions.
Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation Report: February 2017
The Health Equity Roundtable (“Roundtable”) is a program of the Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation, designed to help Harvard Pilgrim and the health care industry tackle some of the important health disparities by soliciting input from those individuals most directly impacted by disparities in health and health status.