UniHealth Foundation: July 2026
UniHealth Foundation recently launched its Healthy Neighbors Small Grants Program. The new initiative will fund nonprofits focused on enhancing community health and wellness in Pasadena, Altadena, Sierra Madre, and South Pasadena, California. Grant awards will range from $5,000 to $10,000, with decisions announced in late fall 2026.
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.
Conceptualizing Best Practices for Maternal and Child Health
The Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs (AMCHP) is committed to sharing effective and promising maternal and child health practices so that programs may maximize on existing knowledge and learn from peers. AMCHP aims to do so through its Best Practices program and the Innovation Station, a searchable, on-line database of programs that work.
Improving Systems of Care for Children with Special Health Care Needs
When children with chronic conditions are acutely ill, they generally receive high-quality, comprehensive medical care. Once the acute stage has passed, however, families typically find that ongoing care for a child with complex needs involves a series of discontinuous, uncoordinated, and costly services and programs.
Faith Mitchell Named GIH President and CEO
The Grantmakers In Health Board of Directors has selected Faith Mitchell, Ph.D. as the organization’s next president and CEO. She will assume the position on December 1, 2012, succeeding Lauren LeRoy, who has led GIH for the past 14 years.
Health Foundation for Western and Central New York’s Maternal and Child Health Initiative
Central New York has long struggled with the issue of poor maternal and child health (MCH) outcomes. While there have been some real successes over the years, poor MCH outcomes persist in the eight central New York counties served by the Health Foundation for Western and Central New York.
Call for GIH Board Nominations
GIH seeks nominations for its board of directors for terms beginning immediately following the annual meeting in March 2013. Nominations are due September 6.


