GIH Bulletin

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).

The Colorado Health Foundation (Denver) awarded $2 million to support the use of health information technology.

The Colorado Health Foundation (Denver) announced the production of an original 12-episode telenovela (Spanish soap opera).

The Centene Foundation for Quality Healthcare (St. Louis, MO) awarded a $25,000 grant to Madison County Community Health Centers, Inc. (Alexandria, IN) to support the School-Based Health Clinic

Austin-Bailey Health and Wellness Foundation (Canton, OH) awarded grants totaling $197,490 to 14 organizations that address the health and wellness of local residents.

The Blue Foundation for a Healthy Florida, Inc. (Jacksonville) awarded a $100,000 grant to the Orange County Health Department (Orlando, FL) for a program to educate and link pre-conceptual and pregnant women to local health clinics for oral health services.

Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation (Pittsburgh, PA) made three grants totaling $345,000 to organizations with health and human services programs that benefit residents of West Virginia and southwestern Pennsylvania.

The Atlantic Philanthropies (New York, NY) awarded a $3.5-million grant to Boston College’s Center for the Study of Home and Community Life (Boston, MA).

The 2009 GIH Annual Meeting on Health Philanthropy Seeing the Future with 20/20 Vision will take place in a fitting location: New Orleans, Louisiana.