GIH Bulletin: August 2026
For more than three decades, through the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s KIDS COUNT® project, decisionmakers and communities have had access to reliable national, state, and local data to improve outcomes for all children, young people, and families in this country. KIDS COUNT comprises the foundation’s national KIDS COUNT publications—the annual KIDS COUNT Data Book and periodic reports such as Race for Results; the KIDS COUNT Data Center, a resource for year-round national, state, and local data; and the KIDS COUNT Network of state-based partner organizations that help policymakers, advocates, journalists, and community leaders understand and use data to make informed decisions.
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.