A New Path for Philanthropy: Supporting Oral Health Through Community Partnerships
Good nutrition is essential to good oral as well as overall health. A community-based organization in central Washington state called APOYO shares this belief with Arcora Foundation. Beyond food and nutrition services, the organization has long supported immigrant and Latinx families with culturally relevant outreach, advocacy, and resource navigation. But during the summer of 2025, their ability to support communities was in jeopardy.
Welcoming and Belonging: Drivers for Equity and Growth
More than a decade ago, leadership at REACH Healthcare Foundation began exploring how a community would function if it truly embraced welcoming and belonging for immigrant and refugee populations. The mid-sized Midwest philanthropic foundation sought to invest in a plan to reveal, then address, the systemic barriers impacting Kansas City’s efforts of inclusion for all members of the community.
Healing Takes Practice: Reaching People Is Only the Beginning
Violence is increasingly understood as a public health problem. That shift has changed the way communities respond—moving the conversation beyond policing and criminal justice and toward prevention, intervention, and the conditions that put people at risk. But treating violence as a health problem also requires us to reckon with trauma.
We Didn’t Stop: Leading with Purpose When the System Stepped Back
The notice came the way these things now tend to come: abruptly, in writing, and without a transition plan. In April 2025, Public Health AmeriCorps programs were terminated nationally alongside about 900 other AmeriCorps programs. Funding halted. AmeriCorps service members who had built their careers and households around a year of community health service were left waiting for answers no one could give them. Organizations across the country scrambled.
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We Didn’t Stop: Leading with Purpose When the System Stepped Back
The notice came the way these things now tend to come: abruptly, in writing, and without a transition plan. In April 2025, Public Health AmeriCorps programs were terminated nationally alongside about 900 other AmeriCorps programs. Funding halted. AmeriCorps service members who had built their careers and households around a year of community health service were left waiting for answers no one could give them. Organizations across the country scrambled.
Lessons from a Year of Disruption: What’s Worked So Far as We Help Michigan Prepare for H.R. 1
By now, the health philanthropy field is familiar with the potential harms posed by H.R. 1, the budget reconciliation act signed into law in 2025. In Michigan, possible impacts from the legislation include up to 355,000 people losing Medicaid coverage, $32 billion in projected reduced federal Medicaid spending over the next decade, up to 796,000 families with reduced or lost SNAP benefits, and up to $2.3 billion in reduced annual provider tax payments to hospitals.
The Burroughs Wellcome Fund: October 2026
The Burroughs Wellcome Fund (BWF) has announced the next cycle of its Next Generation Pregnancy Initiative (NGP), significantly expanding its investment in researchers working to deepen understanding of pregnancy and address some of the field’s most persistent challenges.
Rural Health Information Hub: October 2026
The Rural Health Information Hub (RHIhub) released the AI in Rural Healthcare Toolkit, developed by the NORC Walsh Center for Rural Health Analysis in collaboration with RHIhub. The toolkit guides rural organizations as they explore whether and how to adopt artificial intelligence (AI), covering planning, implementation, evaluation, and sustainability. It includes program models spanning clinical decision support, care delivery, and operational management, as well as examples of rural health care organizations that have implemented AI.