GIH Bulletin: August 2025
Access to abortion care in Ohio. The chance to support city candidates with democracy vouchers in Seattle. Promoting judicial ethics in Colorado. An $11 an hour minimum wage in Arkansas. What do these policy changes have in common? They were all enacted through the ballot initiative process, and they all support healthy, thriving communities, both in process and in outcome. But multiple states are seeing efforts to curtail the ballot measure process, limiting the voices of voters.
GIH Bulletin: August 2014
Each fall, Grantmakers In Health (GIH) offers programming designed for funders with a strong interest in health policy.
GIH Bulletin: July 2014
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
GIH Bulletin: June 2014
Greater Rochester Health Foundation (NY) announced a new funding opportunity in 2014 for its nine-county service area.
GIH Bulletin: May 2014
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.
GIH Bulletin: April 2014
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.
GIH Bulletin: March 2014
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
GIH Bulletin: February 2014
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.
GIH Bulletin: January 2014
Allegany Franciscan Ministries (Miami, FL) awarded 118 grants totaling $4.8 million in 2013 to improve the overall health of residents of Miami-Dade County; Palm Beach, Martin, and St. Lucie counties; and the Tampa Bay area of Hillsborough and Pinellas counties.
GIH Bulletin: December 2013
2013 was a transitional year for GIH. It was the beginning of my tenure as President and CEO and also the year we launched GIH 3.0.