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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.

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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.

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Rx Foundation

“Over the past decade, Rx has evolved both what we fund and how we fund. We began by asking what a small national health foundation could do to support health advocacy, and that question led us to move resources toward building capacity for community organizing, civic engagement, and the connective tissue that makes it possible for communities to build power for long-term change.”

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New Hampshire Children’s Health Foundation

“Over the past several years, we have come to recognize that many of the issues our funded partners work tirelessly to address—poor health outcomes, educational disparities, and family instability—are inextricably linked to economic hardship. Even in a state often perceived as prosperous, significant pockets of child poverty persist, particularly in rural communities and among families with limited access to opportunity. This reality prompted us to take a deeper look at the systemic conditions shaping children’s lives and to reconsider how our philanthropy could be most effective.”

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Beyond the Rankings: What Four Decades of KIDS COUNT Have Taught Me About Why Data Matter

For more than three decades, through the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s KIDS COUNT® project, decisionmakers and communities have had access to reliable national, state, and local data to improve outcomes for all children, young people, and families in this country. KIDS COUNT comprises the foundation’s national KIDS COUNT publications—the annual KIDS COUNT Data Book and periodic reports such as Race for Results; the KIDS COUNT Data Center, a resource for year-round national, state, and local data; and the KIDS COUNT Network of state-based partner organizations that help policymakers, advocates, journalists, and community leaders understand and use data to make informed decisions.

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Preventing Domestic Violence by Reaching People Who Cause Harm

The research involved a landscape scan of Cook County, Illinois’ policies, funding, and services for people who cause harm with a goal of engaging the stakeholders and providers doing this work as well as survivors and those who receive services to identify barriers, challenges, and strengths of domestic violence prevention programs. The research examined Partner Abuse Intervention Programs (PAIP) in particular, a standard intervention for people who cause harm that is overseen by the Illinois Department of Human Services.

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Reports and Publications

Philanthropy’s Newest Members: Findings from the 1999 Survey of New Health Foundations

This GIH report presents findings from our 1999 survey of new health foundations.

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Coming of Age: Findings from the 1998 Survey of Foundations Created by Health Care Conversions

This GIH report shares findings from our 1998 survey of foundations created by health care conversions.

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Health Care Conversion Foundations: 1997 Status Report

This 1997 report provides a status update on health care conversion foundations.

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Trustee Resources

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