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.
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.
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.
Mother Cabrini Health Foundation: September 2024
Mother Cabrini Health Foundation released its 2023-2024 Impact Report, which outlines the foundation’s mission and strategies to address the health and wellbeing of vulnerable New Yorkers. The report outlines the foundation’s grantmaking process and the direct results of this year’s grants on a statewide level. This year, the foundation awarded 514 grants totaling $172 million to support nonprofit organizations addressing community health needs and disparities across New York State.
Greater Rochester Health Foundation: September 2024
2023 Annual Highlights “Partnering for Healthier Communities” showcases the impactful work of the foundation’s grantee partners across various areas and efforts to improve health equity. In 2023, Greater Rochester Health Foundation committed more than $8.1 million to 85 organizations, addressing critical issues such as mental health, racial equity, and public health, with grant-funded work reaching more than 75,000 individuals.
The Commonwealth Fund: September 2024
This brief reports on responses from community health centers leaders who were surveyed about care delivery, technology, workforce, and more. Findings highlight critical staff shortages amid rising demand for care and limited resources.
The California Endowment: September 2024
The California Endowment released its 2024 Annual Report, which highlights the work and initiatives of the foundation and its grantees over the past year.
Philanthropy @ Work – Grants and Programs – September 2024
The latest on grants and programs from the field.
Raising the Bar on Voting Accessibility in Missouri
Missouri Foundation for Health has developed a policy brief with recommendations supporting the efforts of the disability community across the state to make voting processes more accessible for all Missourians.