GIH Bulletin: March 2015

This year’s annual conference in Austin, Texas, was a multidimensional exploration of the theme Pathways to Health. Dynamic plenary speakers set the tone, beginning with Patrick Kennedy (The Kennedy Forum)

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GIH Bulletin: February 2015

This January, members of GIH’s board and senior staff visited Havana, Cuba, with MEDICC, an organization licensed by the U.S. Department of the Treasury to conduct people-to-people trips to Cuba.

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GIH Bulletin: January 2015

At a recent conference on the science of dissemination and implementation, sponsored by AcademyHealth and the National Institutes of Health, I participated in a panel on the contributions of research to achieving progress in health equity.

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GIH Bulletin: December 2014

You may have noticed that next year’s gathering in Austin is called the GIH annual conference, not the annual meeting. The difference is more than semantic.

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GIH Bulletin: November 2014

Over the past year, GIH board members have sponsored receptions in their home communities, a wonderful opportunity to meet grantmakers across the country.

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GIH Bulletin: October 2014

Austin-Bailey Health and Wellness Foundation (Canton, OH) awarded grants totaling $179,952 to 16 nonprofit organizations located in the four-county area of Holmes, Stark, Tuscarawas, and Wayne in Ohio.

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GIH Bulletin: September 2014

The recent shooting death of African-American teenager Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, is a painful reminder of the deeply entrenched divisions and tensions that plague too many American communities fractured by decades of racial discrimination, poverty, and disinvestment.

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GIH Bulletin: August 2014

Each fall, Grantmakers In Health (GIH) offers programming designed for funders with a strong interest in health policy.

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GIH Bulletin: July 2014

Archstone Foundation (Long Beach, CA) awarded $4.6 million in grants to support 21 projects that address the needs of an aging population. Among the grantees are: University of Washington, Seattle

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GIH Bulletin: June 2014

Greater Rochester Health Foundation (NY) announced a new funding opportunity in 2014 for its nine-county service area.

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