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A New Path for Philanthropy: Supporting Oral Health Through Community Partnerships
Good nutrition is essential to good oral as well as overall health. A community-based organization in central Washington state called APOYO shares this belief with Arcora Foundation. Beyond food and nutrition services, the organization has long supported immigrant and Latinx families with culturally relevant outreach, advocacy, and resource navigation. But during the summer of 2025, their ability to support communities was in jeopardy.
Welcoming and Belonging: Drivers for Equity and Growth
More than a decade ago, leadership at REACH Healthcare Foundation began exploring how a community would function if it truly embraced welcoming and belonging for immigrant and refugee populations. The mid-sized Midwest philanthropic foundation sought to invest in a plan to reveal, then address, the systemic barriers impacting Kansas City’s efforts of inclusion for all members of the community.
The Box Problem: Why Health Philanthropy Keeps Missing 34 Million Americans
A few years ago, I sat down to fill out a routine intake form at a doctor’s office. I got to the race and ethnicity question and did what I have done since I was a child: I paused. Not because I didn’t know who I am, but because the form didn’t know what to do with who I am. Black or White. Asian or Hispanic. Choose one. I am Indian and White, and I have spent my whole life being asked to leave part of myself in the waiting room.
The Burroughs Wellcome Fund: October 2026
The Burroughs Wellcome Fund (BWF) has announced the next cycle of its Next Generation Pregnancy Initiative (NGP), significantly expanding its investment in researchers working to deepen understanding of pregnancy and address some of the field’s most persistent challenges.
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.
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.
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GIH Bulletin: January/February 2026
One year ago, as we were just one month into the new administration, I wrote that “At a moment when so much has been described as ‘unprecedented,’ and so much of what we value is being attacked, we need to ask ourselves as individuals, organizations, and a field, what do we stand for? What values do we hold, and what will we do and say to defend them?” Today, the answers to these questions are needed more urgently than ever.
GIH Bulletin: November/December 2025
GIH President and CEO, Cara V. James, delivered these remarks on Protecting the Freedom to Give at the closing of the 2025 Health Policy Exchange, in Arlington, Virginia.
Behavioral Health Strategies
GIH conducted a survey in late 2024 on funder engagement in behavioral health. This fact sheet, based on a sample of 139 health funders, summarizes the current trends, gaps, successes and challenges for funders. It also highlights philanthropy’s continued commitment to behavioral health while also signaling concern about the upcoming funding environment.
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