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: November 2013
Blue Shield of California Foundation (San Francisco) and California HealthCare Foundation (Oakland) announced the expansion of California Catalyst Fund, which provides grants to help community health centers explore and implement partnerships that include administrative consolidation and mergers.
GIH Bulletin: October 2013
Archstone Foundation (Long Beach, CA) awarded 30 grants totaling $2 million to support programs and initiatives that address aging.
GIH Bulletin: September 2013
The Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority (Anchorage) awarded a total of $112,818 in grants for innovative small projects of $10,000 or less that directly benefit trust beneficiaries, including people with mental illness, developmental disabilities, chronic alcoholism, and other substance-related disorders
GIH Bulletin: August 2013
Philanthropy bridges people, organizations, and communities, and the value of this is especially critical in the South, a region with rich cultural texture, a robust network of grassroots initiatives, and a history of complex challenges.
GIH Bulletin: July 2013
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Foundation (Detroit) is funding a new initiative to address the needs of military personnel returning from Iraq and Afghanistan and the community.
GIH Bulletin: June 2013
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina Foundation (Durham) announced a partnership with the North Carolina Council of Churches (Raleigh) to provide equipment for 20 faith-based organizations to bring healthier food to their members and communities.
GIH Bulletin: May 2013
Aetna Foundation (Hartford, CT) made a $100,00 gift to the Patient Advocate Foundation (PAF) (Hampton, VA) to support victims of the Boston Marathon bombing and the recent fertilizer plant explosion in West, Texas.
GIH Bulletin: April 2013
Austin Bailey Health and Wellness Foundation (Canton, OH) approved grant requests totaling $173,950 to 14 nonprofit organizations located in Ohio’s four-county area that encompasses Holmes, Stark, Tuscarawas, and Wayne counties.
GIH Bulletin: March 2013
Philosophers and sociologists have written about the essential role social engagement and good connections between people play in building strong communities. At this year’s annual meeting I was reminded of this by all three plenary speakers.