GIH Bulletin: April 2024
In 2019, MacKenzie Scott announced that she was stepping into the world of philanthropy to give away her multi-billion-dollar fortune “until the safe is empty.” She has kept her word—to date, she has given away $16.5 billion. Her initial process for choosing which organizations would receive grants was shrouded in mystery. From 2019 to 2023, Scott used a process she termed “quiet research” to identify possible grantee organizations. The lucky organizations received a call from Scott’s consultants, who let them know they were receiving a grant for immediate use however they would like to spend it. In the Fall of 2022, Grantmakers In Health (GIH) became one of those grantee organizations, along with more than 20 health foundations. Two additional GIH Funding Partner organizations received gifts in 2020 and 2021, respectively.
GIH Bulletin: July 2010
Archstone Foundation (Long Beach, CA) announced the approval of 14 grants for more than $1 million to California-based organizations that address the
needs of older adults.
GIH Bulletin: June 2010
Aetna Foundation (Harford, CT) awarded a $331,000 grant to Engelberg Center for Health Reform at the Brookings Institution (Washington, DC) to help the center explore innovative approaches to implementing and evaluating value-based purchasing programs
GIH Bulletin: May 2010
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina Foundation (Chapel Hill) awarded a three-year, $610,000 grant to the North Carolina Dental Health Fund of the North Carolina Dental Society (Cary).
GIH Bulletin: April 2010
Aetna Foundation (Hartford, CT) and Hartford Foundation for Public Giving (CT) awarded approximately $720,000 to fund two obesity awareness and prevention programs at Connecticut Children’s Medical Center (Farmington).
GIH Bulletin: March 2010
Aetna Foundation, Inc. (Hartford, CT) announced two grants totaling $250,000 as part of its continuing efforts to establish racial and ethnic equity in health and health care.
GIH Bulletin: February 2010
The Blue Foundation for a Healthy Florida, Inc. (Jacksonville) announced grants to 11 Florida nonprofits as part of its biannual IMPACT Health Care (Improving Access to Health Care) grants program.
GIH Bulletin: January 2010
The California Endowment (Los Angeles) awarded nearly $8 million in grants to several organizations across California to expand the health care safety net for state residents.
GIH Bulletin: December 2009
Greater Rochester Health Foundation (NY), during 2008 and 2009, awarded $630,000 in mini grants to more than 40 organizations as part of the foundation’s 10-year plan to increase the number of children at a healthy weight.
GIH Bulletin: November 2009
Caring for Colorado Foundation(Denver) is providing five, $100,000 grants to community health centers, safety net dental clinics, and nonprofit organizations statewide as part of its 10-year, $10 million Oral Health Improvement Project.