GIH Bulletin

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Foundation (Detroit) awarded a $92,318 grant to the State of Michigan Department of Community Health (Lansing) to supplement the Prostate Cancer Research Fund, which was established to promote research on prostate health throughout Michigan.

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.

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

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).

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).

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.

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.

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.

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.