A Compass of Indispensable Leadership Attributes to Guide Health Philanthropy
Trends in leadership are changing—just take the Terrance Keenan Institute as an example. When the program started in 2010, it focused on general leadership tactics with topics that ranged from leveraging resources and building partnerships to board dynamics. Since then, the Institute’s curriculum has moved towards a recognition that leaders possess individual strengths that can be embraced to make our organizations and the broader field of health philanthropy more effective.
Philanthropy @ Work – Transitions – January 2024
The latest on transitions from the field.
NY Health Foundation: January 2024
Although New York has one of the lowest veteran suicide rates in the nation, suicide remains a persistent challenge. Recent data shows that the rate has remained stubbornly high over the last 10 years despite numerous federal, State, and local investments in prevention efforts. A new NYHealth Foundation snapshot shows trends from 2012–2021, using the latest available data.
The Blue Cross Blue Shield Foundation of Massachusetts: January 2024
Blue Cross Blue Shield Foundation of Massachusetts partnered with Manatt Health to develop a vision, framework, and proposed statewide Health Equity Action Plan that offers an organizing structure, process, and set of practical steps for collectively achieving a racially and ethnically equitable health care delivery system in Massachusetts.
Blue Shield of California Foundation: January 2024
Lack of paid family caregiving and medical leave policy at the national level makes the United States a global outlier. In the absence of a national guarantee, more than a dozen states have passed and implemented necessary paid family and medical leave.
Philanthropy @ Work – Grants and Programs – January 2024
The latest on grants and programs from the field.
Journalism and Philanthropy: Growth, Diversity and Potential Conflicts of Interest
This study examines the role of philanthropy in American journalism.
Talking Health: A New Way to Communicate About Public Health
The de Beaumont Foundation’s book Talking Health, explores research-based tools to help health professionals communicate more effectively about public health, strengthen community partnerships, and improve health outcomes.
Strategies for Developing Culturally Driven Public Health Communications
The Public Health Communications Collaborative and HCN co-created this document to support public health communicators in effectively communicating with multicultural audiences.