GIH Bulletin

Austin-Bailey Health and Wellness Foundation (Canton, OH) awarded grants totaling $179,952 to 16 nonprofit organizations located in the four-county area of Holmes, Stark, Tuscarawas, and Wayne in Ohio.

The recent shooting death of African-American teenager Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, is a painful reminder of the deeply entrenched divisions and tensions that plague too many American communities fractured by decades of racial discrimination, poverty, and disinvestment.

Each fall, Grantmakers In Health (GIH) offers programming designed for funders with a strong interest in health policy.

Archstone Foundation (Long Beach, CA) awarded $4.6 million in grants to support 21 projects that address the needs of an aging population. Among the grantees are: University of Washington, Seattle

Greater Rochester Health Foundation (NY) announced a new funding opportunity in 2014 for its nine-county service area.

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Foundation (Detroit) recently awarded three research grants to Michigan physicians to conduct pilot studies. Among the
grantees are University of Michigan, Amber Sabbatini, M.D., M.P.H.

Most of Grantmakers In Health’s Funding Partners are local or state foundations, and I suspect that the majority of health funders are geographically based in some way.

The Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority (Anchorage) awarded a total of $86,248 in grants statewide for innovative small projects of $10,000 or less that are a direct benefit to trust beneficiaries, people with mental illness, developmental disabilities

Aetna Foundation (Harford, CT) awarded more than $1.2 million in grants to 23 organizations nationwide to address the use of digital health technology to support minorities and other vulnerable populations.