Health Foundation of South Florida: October 2026
Through Black Health Summit In Action, the foundation carries the insights and priorities from the stage into direct community investment, supporting solutions in maternal and infant health, Black men’s health, housing, and community safety, while amplifying the voices most directly affected. This work responds to what residents and grassroots leaders have long shared: health equity requires more than clinical care. It demands collaboration, trust, and investment in communities themselves.
Center for Effective Philanthropy: October 2026
The Center for Effective Philanthropy released Evolving Foundation Responses to a Sector in Crisis. The report finds that foundations are making many changes in response to the current context, but barriers, including risk aversion, contribute to their sense that they have not been very effective in response. Most foundations are providing support beyond grants to the nonprofits they fund, but that support is frequently mismatched to nonprofits’ needs.
Burke Foundation: October 2026
The Burke Foundation’s 2025 Impact Report describes how years of philanthropic investment, evidence-building, and collaboration among nonprofits, state agencies, community leaders, and fellow funders are expanding maternal and early childhood health programs across New Jersey. In 2025, relationship-based programs supported by the foundation reached more than 13,600 families, more than double the number reached two years earlier.
Philanthropy @ Work – Grants and Programs – October 2026
The latest on grants and programs from the field.
Submit a Session Proposal for the 2027 GIH Annual Conference on Health Philanthropy
We invite you to submit a session proposal for the 2027 Grantmakers In Health (GIH) Annual Conference on Health Philanthropy, From Meetings to Movements: Transforming Health, which will be held in person in Chicago, Illinois, from June 28 to July 1, 2027. From Meetings to Movements: Transforming Health Forty-five years ago, a small group of…
Make Connections to Create a Movement for Rural Health
On Thursday, September 24, the Annual Meeting of the Rural Health Philanthropy Partnership kicked off in downtown Bethesda, MD. Selected highlights from the convening’s first day setting the stage for a full day of sessions and networking opportunities centered on how collaboration can build on progress already underway in rural and tribal communities, including rural health transformation efforts.
NJ SNIP: Supporting Behavioral Health Access Through Trust-based Grantmaking
Amid shifting federal health care funding, grants that enable health care safety net entities to respond to the changing landscape can unlock immense value. This form of grantmaking puts daily program-related decisions in the hands of people doing the work, allowing organizations to develop and sustain staff positions, workflows, and programs that reflect their priorities.
Leaning Into Radical Collaboration Will Advance Your Focused Mission
At this year’s GIH annual conference, I found myself surrounded by hundreds of philanthropic leaders deeply committed to improving the health and well-being of their communities. Again and again, I met funders whose work was grounded in a particular place, population, or issue. These funders know their communities intimately. They understand local history, relationships, and the needs of their communities. Their focus is one of their greatest strengths.
Changing the Vaccine Conversation Before It’s Too Late—What Can Philanthropy Do?
In July 2026, the United States reached a grim milestone when the number of confirmed cases of measles exceeded the total for all of 2025. On August 10, 2026, the White House issued an executive order directing changes to the federal childhood vaccine schedule and categories, and calls for availability of separate measles, mumps, and rubella vaccines. The science has not changed, but the new framework could significantly slow down the delivery of protective immunizations from these serious diseases.
Community Focused Strategies to Improve Health in West Baltimore
For far too long, residents of west Baltimore have faced continuous uphill battles to access basic amenities, services, jobs, and quality of life. Racism, redlining, eminent domain, disinvestment, school closures, poverty, violent crime, chronic health conditions, failed affordable housing, and the outmigration of businesses and residents have left behind vacant housing and dilapidated commercial corridors. These challenges result in a 17-year difference in life expectancy between residents of west Baltimore neighborhoods compared to other parts of the city.