Can We Have It All? Balancing Key Factors in Evaluating a Grant Portfolio
Like many funding organizations, Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas, Inc., has been on a journey to incorporate strategic evaluation into its grantmaking, and in 2019, completed an ambitious suite of impact evaluations. The evaluation had multiple aims, including: determining the portfolio’s impact; examining the impact of each intervention via program-level studies; and supporting grantees’ use of and capacity to engage in these and future evaluations.
Building an Equitable Future for Health and Well-Being
FORESIGHT is the name for a partnership of 17 philanthropies that is catalyzing a vision for the future of health and well-being centered on two things: the game-changing trends, challenges, and opportunities on the horizon; and the aspirations of a diversity of communities throughout the U.S.
Gilead Sciences, Inc.
Gilead knows that it will take more than medicine to end some of the greatest public health crises of our time. The social, economic, and political factors that drive infectious disease epidemics present formidable challenges to our work. But together–in partnership with communities most directly impacted–program by program, we can help improve health outcomes for the most marginalized populations and help change lives.
Philanthropy @ Work – Transitions – October 2020
The latest on transitions from the field.
RCHN Community Health Foundation: October 2020
The study underscores the steady growth of community health centers and highlight the importance of the Community Health Center Fund and the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA’s) Medicaid expansion.
Dogwood Health Trust RFP: October 2020
The Dogwood Health Trust approved $1 million for Racial Equity Community Grants to benefit historically underfunded organizations serving Black, indigenous, and communities of color.
Rural Health Foundation RFP: October 2020
The Rural Health Care Services Outreach Grant Program is a community-based program designed to expand, enhance, and sustain health care delivery in rural communities.
Philanthropy @ Work – Grants and Programs – October 2020
The latest on grants and programs from the field.
COVID-19 Grants and Programs – October 2020
The latest on COVID-19 grants and programs from the field.
Addressing Secondary Traumatic Stress: Philanthropy’s Role in Fostering Grantee Resilience
Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees recently conducted a national research study on models and promising practices in addressing secondary traumatic stress. The full report and funder summary provide an important review of the field and recommendations on how funders can best support grantee organizations.