Gladys Vega of La Colaborativa to Be Honored with the 2026 Andy Hyman Award for Advocacy
Gladys Vega, President and CEO of La Colaborativa in Massachusetts, will receive Grantmakers In Health’s 2026 Andy Hyman Award for Advocacy.
Mark Constantine, of the Dogwood Health Trust to be honored with the 2026 Terrance Keenan Leadership Award
Mark Constantine, Senior Vice President of Community Investment at Dogwood Health Trust in North Carolina, will receive Grantmakers In Health’s 2026 Terrance Keenan Leadership Award.
GIH Joins Amicus Brief Opposing New Citizenship Verification Requirements
GIH joined organizations filing an amicus brief for the case brought by NY and other states seeking to stop the administration’s attempt to expand citizenship verification requirements under the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 for programs administered by the Departments of Health and Human Services, Agriculture, Education, Housing and Urban Development, Labor, and Justice.
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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.
Mary Black Foundation Report: October 2017
Mary Black Foundation presented data demonstrating the efforts of seven case managers across Spartanburg County, South Carolina after July 31, 2017 marked the end of a three-year federal grant through the Office of Adolescent Health’s Pregnancy Assistance Fund.
Health Funders and the Challenge of Shifting Funding Upstream
The uncertain future of the ACA has focused attention for the past several months on policies related to health care, but we should not lose sight of the factors outside of the health care system that profoundly shape health. Community development, housing, and domestic violence—all discussed in this month’s Bulletin—are among them.
How to Support Hurricane Harvey Relief Efforts
Grantmakers In Health has compiled a list of resources for funders interested in supporting Hurricane Harvey relief efforts.
Building Bridges, Eliminating Walls: Why Philanthropy Should Care about Domestic Violence
Though domestic violence touches so many lives, there are still too few who are working to prevent its detrimental effects on those who struggle the most.
How a Small Craft Navigates Shifting Tides
With services and supports to our community’s most vulnerable residents repeatedly at risk over the last several months, we have found ourselves wondering: is this the new reality? And as a relatively small local foundation, how can we most effectively target our resources to make a difference?
Health and Housing: Empowering Older Adults
As growing evidence shows how profoundly our health is shaped by upstream factors, numerous foundations have focused their attention on the links between health and housing.