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.
Why We Need to Go to Florida
A few weeks ago, we opened registration for our first in-person conference since 2019. The 2022 GIH Annual Conference on Health Philanthropy will be held in Miami, Florida, and includes an opportunity for participants to join us virtually. Since then, we have received a few inquiries.
Retrospective Report: Mental Health Policy Academy and Policy Fellow Initiative
The Hogg Foundation for Mental Health released a retrospective report of their decade of investment in the Mental Health Policy Academy and Policy Fellow Initiative, which had the goal of bolstering the mental health and substance use policy workforce to make long-term systems change.
Foundation for Opioid Response Efforts Announces $4.8 Million in New Grants
The FORE Foundation announced 11 new grants totaling $4.8 million as part of a new Innovation Program to support solutions to some of the opioid crisis’ most challenging problems, including professional education and training to address stigma, timely and actionable data, and supporting the transition from treatment to recovery.
New Infographic: Climate Change Is Affecting Our Mental Health
The National Institute for Health Care Management Foundation released an infographic that highlights how climate change is affecting mental health and offers steps that can be taken to build mental health resilience.
America’s Oral Health Is Improving Thanks to Better Prevention, Expanded Access to Care
The Pew Charitable Trusts are wrapping up their long-term dental campaign, which worked to address policy changes that would increase access to dental care.
Grantmakers In Health Announces 2022 Award Winners
Grantmakers In Health (GIH) is pleased to announce Janice B. Yost as the 2022 recipient of the Terrance Keenan Leadership Award in Health Philanthropy, and Evelyn Delgado as the recipient of the Andy Hyman Award for Advocacy.