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.

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Transitions

Philanthropy @ Work – Transitions – October 2025

The latest on transitions from the field.

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Reports

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.

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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 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.

Healthy Water, Healthy People

When it comes to our health, we tend to take water for granted. But as we have been reminded recently, failures within our fragile water systems can quickly become public health disasters. What is worse is that the people who are hit hardest typically live in our most vulnerable communities.

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Igniting a Women’s Health Activist Movement—WHAM!

We at the Jewish Healthcare Foundation (JHF) are not content to let this activist roar go silent. That is why we recently launched the Women’s Health Activist Movement Global (WHAM Global), a network to empower and cultivate female leaders who advance health care systems that are transparent, respectful, accountable, and equitable.

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Chet Hewitt to Be Honored with Terrance Keenan Leadership Award

Chet Hewitt, President and CEO of the Sierra Health Foundation, will receive Grantmakers In Health’s 2017 Terrance Keenan Leadership Award in Health Philanthropy. The award recognizes outstanding grantmakers whose work is distinguished by leadership, innovation, and outstanding achievement.

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Philanthropy @ Work – Grants and Programs – March 2017

The latest on grants and programs from the field.

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Philanthropy @ Work – Transitions – March 2017

The latest on transitions from the field.

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