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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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GIH Health Policy Update Newsletter

An Exclusive Resource for Funding Partners

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.

Reports

John A. Hartford Foundation: January 2020

This report shares the findings from “Driving Towards Age-Friendly Care for the Future”, a survey of more than 2,700 older patients and caregivers.

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Reports

Build Healthy Places Network: January 2020

The goal of this effort was to provide a starting point for estimating the health impact and societal value of comprehensive community development investments.

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Reports

Archstone Foundation: January 2020

The report, “Integrating Social Care into the Delivery of Health Care: Moving Upstream to Improve the Nation’s Health,” shows that addressing patients’ social needs within health care delivery is key to improving health outcomes and reducing health disparities.

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Awards

Philanthropy @ Work – Awards – January 2020

The latest on awards from the field.

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Grants and Programs

Philanthropy @ Work – Grants and Programs – January 2020

The latest on grants and programs from the field.

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Terrance Keenan Institute

2020 Terrance Keenan Institute for Emerging Leaders in Health Philanthropy

Nominations are now open for the 2020 Terrance Keenan Institute for Emerging Leaders in Health Philanthropy. The institute, founded by GIH with support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, is a living legacy through which Terrance Keenan’s words and deeds will continue to inspire future leaders in the field.

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