Vitamix Foundation
Learn more about Vitamix Foundation’s mission, vision, and approach in this Grantmaker Focus profile.
Immigration as a Social Determinant of Health
The bedrock of our immigration policy is exclusion. Anti-immigrant sentiment continues to run through our laws, from the rise of anti-immigrant policies of the 1990s to the overwhelmingly anti-immigrant rhetoric permeating our society today.
Care Partners: How Philanthropy Can Kick-Start Programs to Engage Community and Family Members to Improve Depression Care for Older Adults
Late-life depression is a pressing public health concern among an aging population facing increasing chronic health concerns. As many as 5 to 10 percent of older adults seen in a primary care health setting suffer from depression, which can last for months or even years, and is associated with both decreased quality of life and higher health care costs.
Philanthropy @ Work – Transitions – March 2018
The latest on transitions from the field.
Philanthropy @ Work – Grants and Programs – March 2018
The latest on grants and programs from the field.
The Rippel Foundation Report: March 2018
The Rippel Foundation released the findings from a study conducted in 2016 that set out to find the communities best positioned to participate in ReThink Health’s Ventures initiative.
Con Alma Foundation Report: March 2018
The number of grandparents raising their grandchildren continues to rise in New Mexico and across the country. This study provides an understanding of the causes and issues behind the growing trend and how stakeholders, including the families affected, can best support this population.
Upstream, Systems-Based Solutions to the Oral Health Epidemic
At the turn of this century, then Surgeon General Dr. David Satcher put out the first Surgeons’ General Report on oral health and declared that poor oral health was a “silent” epidemic that impacted much of the United States. That declaration was a pivotal moment that increased salience and spurred action around the issue.
Clean and Safe Drinking Water: A Cornerstone of Healthy Lives
In California, where our foundation is based, upwards of 1 million residents lack access to clean and safe drinking water in their homes. Their drinking water is contaminated by nitrates from fertilizer, industrial solvents, naturally-occurring arsenic, and other harmful elements.
Hospital Anchor Mission and Community Health: Implications for Health Funders
A group of funders, working in partnership with Grantmakers In Health developed a health funder learning journey to understand health care evolution and examine how hospitals and health systems can more effectively advance health equity in partnership with health funders.