GIH Bulletin: August 2017

As part of our 35th anniversary celebration, we reached out to GIH board members and board alumni to share their advice to health funders about the primary challenges that philanthropy should be tackling. As described in my July letter, several pointed out the contributions health funders have made—and can continue to make—to policy change.

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GIH Bulletin: July 2017

As part of our 35th anniversary celebration, we reached out to GIH board members, past and present, for their insights about the road ahead for health philanthropy. They are proud of the sector’s legacy—and they share a strong belief in health funders’ ongoing leadership locally, statewide, and nationally.

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“Amp’ing” Up Social Change

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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Philanthropy’s Growing Toolbox

As health funders, we often sit in a unique position in our communities amidst a complex and ever-changing environment. We are not government—we are not restricted by the same rigid boundaries and funding parameters that our cities, states, and federal funders face.

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Lead, Listen and Inspire: Measuring Health Improvement

Interact for Health in Cincinnati actively engages in data collection and applied research. We do this work because we are uniquely able to invest in high-quality data, ask politically controversial questions, and fund and partner with researchers with a similar research agenda.

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Developing the Next Generation of Community Leaders through Innovation: Inspiring Action for Impact

Terrence Keenan once wrote, “A great foundation is a resource for both delivery and change. It invests not only in the identification of answers, but also in the pursuit of solutions.” When it comes to fighting health inequities, where are we pursuing solutions?

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Alexa Eggleston & Tym Rourke

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

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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GIH Bulletin: June 2017

As legend has it, GIH began as a conversation among foundation program officers at a Nathan’s Famous Hot Dogs restaurant in New Jersey, in 1978. At the time, there was no organization dedicated to the needs and concerns of health funders.

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