Hersh Foundation
Learn more about Hersh Foundation’s mission, vision, and approach in this Grantmaker Focus profile.
Health Funders and the Challenge of Shifting Funding Upstream
The uncertain future of the ACA has focused attention for the past several months on policies related to health care, but we should not lose sight of the factors outside of the health care system that profoundly shape health. Community development, housing, and domestic violence—all discussed in this month’s Bulletin—are among them.
How to Support Hurricane Harvey Relief Efforts
Grantmakers In Health has compiled a list of resources for funders interested in supporting Hurricane Harvey relief efforts.
Building Bridges, Eliminating Walls: Why Philanthropy Should Care about Domestic Violence
Though domestic violence touches so many lives, there are still too few who are working to prevent its detrimental effects on those who struggle the most.
How a Small Craft Navigates Shifting Tides
With services and supports to our community’s most vulnerable residents repeatedly at risk over the last several months, we have found ourselves wondering: is this the new reality? And as a relatively small local foundation, how can we most effectively target our resources to make a difference?
Health and Housing: Empowering Older Adults
As growing evidence shows how profoundly our health is shaped by upstream factors, numerous foundations have focused their attention on the links between health and housing.
Health, Housing, and Civil Rights Strategies
Grantmakers, practitioners, and advocates have recognized the role of place in shaping health, and know that there is a growing urgency to respond to inequities related to housing, residential segregation, and neighborhood conditions.
Connecting the Dots: Equitable Local Economies Create Healthy People
The Business Alliance for Local Living Economies (BALLE) has spent the last 17 years working with thousands of local businesses, investors, and civic leaders who are strengthening local economies and communities across the United States and Canada.
Philanthropy @ Work – Grants and Programs – September 2017
The latest on grants and programs from the field.
Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky Report: September 2017
A study published in the August 2017 issue of Health Affairs found that the infant mortality rate in Appalachia is 16 percent higher than in the rest of the country, and that the life expectancy for Appalachians is 2.4 years shorter than for those living elsewhere in the United States.