Healthier Information Ecosystems: Strategies for Health Philanthropy
Our information environment is transforming—including the places and people who help us make decisions about our health. Those health information ecosystems are fragmented; filled with information from a wide range of expertise and sources; and platform algorithms exert tremendous and unseen control over what messages are seen, shared, and amplified. These changes have many of our traditional health information sources racing to learn new skills to ensure they remain trusted and relevant.
Beyond Innovation: How Philanthropy Can Strengthen Systems to Improve Rural Health Outcomes
Sometimes innovation in philanthropy is associated with breakthrough technologies or new medical discoveries. But some of the most impactful investments fund something less visible: the coordination of people, protocols, and institutions already in place so they work together seamlessly to save lives.
A Philanthropic Tree of Life: Seeding Health Equity through Influence and Innovation
Philanthropy can function as a living ecosystem for change rooted in equity, nourished by trust, and bearing the fruits of community well-being. The Direct Relief Fund for Health Equity (DRFHE), launched with $50 million in initial investments, exemplifies a transformative philanthropic model supporting nearly 200 community-based organizations across the United States. Acknowledging DRFHE as a “Tree of Life” offers a framework grounded in community-led, trust-based, and unrestricted giving that challenges traditional philanthropic paradigms. Therefore, this article describes the fund’s origins, strategic priorities, and outcomes, and introduces the DRFHE Tree of Life framework as a replicable model for equity-driven philanthropy.
GIH Health Policy Update Newsletter
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The Health Policy Update is a newsletter produced in collaboration with Leavitt Partners and Trust for America’s Health. Drawing on GIH’s policy priorities outlined in our policy agenda and our strategic objective of increasing our policy and advocacy presence, the Health Policy Update provides GIH Funding Partners with a range of federal health policy news.
The Rita and Alex Hillman Foundation: March 2021
The Rita and Alex Hillman Foundation’s 2021 Hillman Innovations in Care (HIC) program will issue a special call for proposals that focus on racism and its impact on health.
Well Being Trust: March 2021
The Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) released “A Guide for Health Systems to Save Lives from ‘Deaths of Despair’ and Improve Community Well-Being.” IHI partnered with Well Being Trust to evolve a set of recommendations and guidance for health care systems to improve mental health and well-being in the communities they serve, focusing specifically on saving lives from deaths of despair.
New York State Health Foundation: March 2021
Using survey data from the U.S. Census Bureau, a new New York State Health Foundation (NYSHealth) report analyzes mental health in New York State during the pandemic.
Montana Healthcare Foundation: March 2021
Montana Healthcare Foundation created two new reports that look at Medicaid’s impact on the health and economy.
Episcopal Health Foundation: March 2021
According to a new report sponsored by the Episcopal Health Foundation, significant pre-existing health differences for Black and Hispanic residents in Texas are leading to higher COVID-19 death rates, plus billions of dollars of increased health care spending and lost work productivity.
Philanthropy @ Work – Grants and Programs – March 2021
The latest on grants and programs from the field.