Make Our Children Healthy Again Strategy Report

This resource provides an overview of the Department of Health and Human Services report on children’s health released on September 9, 2025.

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Department of Health and Human Services Reorganization and Reductions: Explaining the State of Play

This issue brief provides an overview of the current status of the reorganization and Reductions in Force (RIF) at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to help funders understand the impact on their work and engage in the current policy landscape.

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2014 Terrance Keenan Institute for Emerging Leaders in Health Philanthropy

Grantmakers In Health seeks exceptional grantmakers to participate in the 2014 Terrance Keenan Institute for Emerging Leaders in Health Philanthropy. The Call for Nominations deadline is May 1.

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A World of Darkness: What If Thomas Edison Had to Write Grant Proposals to Invent the Light Bulb?

In this Views from the Field article, Jeffrey Brenner argues that despite investments made by public and private dollars to cure disease and push the frontiers of medical knowledge, we have little understanding of how to deliver better care at lower cost to every American.

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Changing the Community Conversation on Health Care in Orange County, California

As the Health Funders Partnership of Orange County considered what its role would be in improving the health care needs of Orange County, it considered the question: How can this group of funders and health care systems change an entire health care ecosystem?

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Public Policy and the Equity Agenda

While a number of leading organizations have called for health in all policies, imagine if the field went a step further to call for health equity in all policies.

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Making Health Happen for Our Sons and Brothers

In April 2013, leaders from The California Endowment (TCE) and more than two dozen philanthropic foundations pledged to form an alliance to strengthen the sector’s investment in creating greater opportunities and wellness for black males and other males of color.

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A Lawyer’s Role: Ensuring the Health of Children and Youth in Foster Care

Too often, legal professionals only come into contact with children and youth when they are involved in some type of court action—whether before a judge independency cases, for delinquency or status offenses, or in domestic relations proceedings (such as custody, visitation, child support, and domestic violence).

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