Advancing Health Beyond Health Care: How Policy Wins in Texas Reflect Philanthropic Strategy
At Episcopal Health Foundation (EHF), our vision is to build healthy communities for all by focusing on health beyond the walls of the doctor’s office. In 2024, we launched a new strategic framework that centers on three major action areas: health and health care services, healthy communities, and health policies. Across these areas, we also are prioritizing food and nutrition security, maternal health, and diabetes prevention, as these are critical levers for improving health outcomes in Texas.
Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust: October 2025
Three new fact sheets inform funders about how recent federal budget cuts will impact health care access, food assistance, and the health of immigrant families. The fact sheets detail what is being cut, when the cuts will take effect, and what to do next.
GIH Health Policy Update Newsletter
An Exclusive Resource for Funding Partners
The Health Policy Update is a newsletter produced in collaboration with Leavitt Partnersi 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 California Endowment: Bob’s Blog: Lead by Shutting it Down: Notes on COVID-19
In “Lead By Shutting It Down: Notes on COVID-19,” President and CEO of The California Endowment Robert Ross discusses Italy, flattening the curve, and social-distancing.
Washington Post: As coronavirus spreads, the bill for our public health failures is due
In “As Coronavirus Spreads, The Bill for Our Public Health Failures is Due,” a Washington Post op-ed, President and CEO of Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Richard Besser applies a health equity lens to the COVID-19 response.
The Chronicle of Philanthropy: 6 Steps for Grant Makers to Take Now to Ensure Nonprofits Recover From Coronavirus Spread
In “6 Steps for Grant Makers to Take Now to Ensure Nonprofits Recover From Coronavirus Spread,” published in the Chronicle of Philanthropy, Antony Bugg-Levine, CEO of Nonprofit Finance Fund, discusses how funders can help nonprofits recover from the COVID-19 crisis.
Advocacy in an Election Year
As elections approach, foundations across the country are considering how to best raise awareness of issues ranging from health equity and climate change to immigration reform and criminal justice.Health foundations tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code—which includes both private foundations and community foundations—must comply with IRS rules requiring 501(c)(3) organizations to remain nonpartisan
FSG: COVID-19—Seven Things Philanthropy Can Do
“COVID-19: Seven Things Philanthropy Can Do,” a blog post by Lauren Smith, Co-CEO of FSG, a mission-driven consulting firm.