Alexa Eggleston & Tym Rourke

Time to Step Up: A Call for a National Philanthropic Agenda to Combat Addiction

June 16, 2017

The country’s opiate epidemic grips national headlines. In 2016, more Americans died of an opiate overdose than from gun violence or traffic fatalities.

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“Amp’ing” Up Social Change

June 16, 2017

Grantmakers and the foundations they represent do not really listen, inspire or lead in any meaningful way. That is what I thought 15 years ago, as I worked in community organizing and advocacy.

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Supporting Older Adults and Family Caregivers

April 13, 2017

Care for older adults with chronic, disabling health conditions has entered a new chapter, one with far-ranging implications for families, communities, health care, and even the economy. The current system does not adequately support the needs of those routinely providing extensive help with daily activities, delivering complex medically-related services, and coordinating health care and long-term services and supports.

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Bridging Community Development, Health, and Metrics

May 17, 2016

The community development sector plays a vital role in improving neighborhood conditions, lifting people and places out of poverty, and transforming the health of low-income communities. Increasingly, community development financial institutions (CDFIs) are partnering with health foundations to invest in health-promoting efforts such as affordable housing, health clinics, grocery stores, and child care centers.

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Charting a New Course: Roadblocks, Breakthroughs, and Discoveries

March 3, 2016

Each year, GIH asks health funders to share their thoughts on our annual conference theme. This year’s authors wrote essays about what it means to chart a new course in health philanthropy.

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Policy Unsweetened: Tackling Sugar-Sweetened Beverages

January 19, 2016

Grantmakers’ interest in supporting healthy eating policies has grown over the past two decades and been rewarded with considerable progress. Nonetheless, the next phase of policy work brings new challenges, opportunities, and questions. To explore these issues, Grantmakers In Health (GIH) convened Tackling Difficult-to-Crack Healthy Eating Policies, a strategic conversation for funders, practitioners, and experts in Sacramento, California. 

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Healthy Eating and Active Living: Checking in on Philanthropy’s Investments

November 17, 2015

The Surgeon General’s Call to Action in 2001 sparked widespread public concern about the rising prevalence of obesity and overweight in the United States. Since then, many health funders have supported obesity prevention, healthy eating/active living, and healthy living.

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Supportive Housing: Strengthening Communities, Improving Health

October 20, 2015

Supportive housing has emerged as an innovative and comprehensive intervention that addresses the health inequities associated with housing instability, affordability, and homelessness. In this model, housing is combined with wraparound services such as primary and behavioral health care, case management, financial assistance, and legal counseling.

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Philanthropy and Community Development: Partners In Health

July 21, 2015

Community development financial institutions (CDFIs) are funding projects across the nation to support health care centers and clinics, grocery stores with healthy food options, and healthy housing. Read this Issue Focus on how CDFIs are a valuable potential partner for health philanthropy.

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The Cuban Prescription: Human-Centered Care

April 21, 2015

Earlier this year, members of Grantmakers In Health’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. The primary objectives of the trip were to see the Cuban approach to health in action, and to consider whether there were takeaway lessons for the U.S. health system.

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