GIH Bulletin

The Blue Foundation for a Healthy Florida, Inc. (Jacksonville) announced grants to 11 Florida nonprofits as part of its biannual IMPACT Health Care (Improving Access to Health Care) grants program.

The California Endowment (Los Angeles) awarded nearly $8 million in grants to several organizations across California to expand the health care safety net for state residents.

Greater Rochester Health Foundation (NY), during 2008 and 2009, awarded $630,000 in mini grants to more than 40 organizations as part of the foundation’s 10-year plan to increase the number of children at a healthy weight.

Caring for Colorado Foundation(Denver) is providing five, $100,000 grants to community health centers, safety net dental clinics, and nonprofit organizations statewide as part of its 10-year, $10 million Oral Health Improvement Project.

American Legacy Foundation’s Schroeder Institute for Tobacco Research and Policy (Washington, DC) received a $977,346 grant from the National Institutes of Health (Bethesda, MD) under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.

To be more environmentally conscious and cost-effective, GIH will start distributing the GIH Bulletin electronically.

Birmingham Foundation (Pittsburgh, PA) has awarded 33 grants totaling $924,650 to 29 organizations that improve the quality of life in several South Pittsburgh neighborhoods.

BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina Foundation (Columbia) approved more than $1.5 million in grants for health programs in South Carolina.

Aetna and Aetna Foundation, Inc. (Hartford, CT) announced an initial grant of $50,000 to support the work of the National Kidney Registry (Babylon, NY).

The Colorado Health Foundation (Denver) awarded $2 million to support the use of health information technology.