GIH Bulletin: July 2025
In the last few years, there has been an increased number of extreme weather events, including wildfires, tornadoes, hurricanes, floods, and heatwaves in the United States. In 2023, the United States experienced 28 disasters that cost at least $1 billion, the largest number of billion-dollar disasters in a single year on record (Smith 2024). While some areas of the country are more susceptible to these threats, there are no regions immune to disasters. According to a recent Gallup poll, 37 percent of adults in the United States report they have been personally impacted by at least one extreme weather event in the last two years, which is higher than the 2022/2023 survey result at 33 percent.
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.
GIH Bulletin: October 2009
American Legacy Foundation’s Schroeder Institute for Tobacco Research and Policy (Washington, DC) received a $977,346 grant from the National Institutes of Health (Bethesda, MD) under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
GIH Bulletin: September 2009
To be more environmentally conscious and cost-effective, GIH will start distributing the GIH Bulletin electronically.
GIH Bulletin: August 2009
Birmingham Foundation (Pittsburgh, PA) has awarded 33 grants totaling $924,650 to 29 organizations that improve the quality of life in several South Pittsburgh neighborhoods.
GIH Bulletin: July 2009
BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina Foundation (Columbia) approved more than $1.5 million in grants for health programs in South Carolina.
GIH Bulletin: June 2009
Aetna and Aetna Foundation, Inc. (Hartford, CT) announced an initial grant of $50,000 to support the work of the National Kidney Registry (Babylon, NY).
GIH Bulletin: May 2009 (2)
The Colorado Health Foundation (Denver) awarded $2 million to support the use of health information technology.
GIH Bulletin: May 2009 (1)
The Colorado Health Foundation (Denver) announced the production of an original 12-episode telenovela (Spanish soap opera).