Reports

The California Endowment: November 2020

The California Endowment released a report detailing investments made to Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC)-led organizations over the last 10 years through the organization’s Building Healthy Communities  initiative.

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Reports

Blue Cross Blue Shield Foundation of Massachusetts: November 2020

A released report estimates 55,000-129,000 Massachusetts residents may forgo or disenroll from MassHealth coverage and 27,000-63,000 residents are in households that may disenroll from or forgo Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits.

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Awards

Philanthropy @ Work – Awards – November 2020

The latest on awards from the field.

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COVID-19 Grants and Programs – November 2020

The latest on COVID-19 grants and programs from the field.

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We’re Moving!

The GIH office has relocate to a new suite (in the same building) as of October 22, 2020. Please note the following address in your system to ensure that we continue to hear from you: 1100 Connecticut Avenue NW, Suite 1100

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Supporting Emerging Leaders Amid a Pandemic

This year has placed a spotlight on many things, including the importance of leadership during times of crisis and uncertainty. I recently had the pleasure of welcoming the newest cohort of fellows to the Terrance Keenan Institute for Emerging Leaders in Health Philanthropy. We spent three afternoons together learning about each other’s leadership style, talking about how to foster more diverse and inclusive work environments, discussing how to advance health equity through the work of their foundations, and engaging community leaders in a discussion on power sharing and how to more effectively partner with community organizations to effect change.

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Defeating the Deadly Double: Depression and Diabetes

Inadequate access to mental health services, diabetes, and obesity are the top-ranked critical service gaps in virtually all community health needs assessments conducted by local health departments and nonprofit hospitals throughout Virginia. Diabetes and depression are also among the top three conditions treated in Virginia’s health safety net organizations.

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Responding to COVID-19 and Beyond

In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Trust was compelled to do our part. Like most philanthropic organizations, we were determined to maximize impact and make grants quickly, while also adhering to our due diligence standards.

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From Citizen-Led Ballot Initiative to Community-Centered Solutions for Mental Health and Substance Misuse

Our mission is to address Denver’s mental health and substance misuse needs by growing community-informed solutions, dismantling stigma, and turning the community’s desire to help into action. In less than one year of operation, we have funded 41 organizations and five City agencies and provided $17.3 million in funding to the Denver community.

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