GIH Bulletin: August 2012
BHHS Legacy Foundation (Phoenix, AZ) and its affiliates announced that they have awarded $2,361,533 in grants in the greater Phoenix region and $956,352 in grants in their tri-state region (Bullhead City, Mohave Valley, and Topock, AZ; Needles, CA; and Laughlin, NV) during the first half of 2012.
Annual Report 2011
We invite you to explore GIH’s 2011 Annual Report, which summarizes highlights of the year and key facts about GIH’s operations and governance. Our work covered a range of issue areas—from health reform, to behavioral health, to the social determinants of health—providing opportunities for funders to learn about critical health issues through written products, audioconferences and webinars, meetings, and issue networks.
GIH Bulletin: July 2012
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Foundation (Detroit) awarded three research grants to Michigan-based physicians.
GIH Bulletin: June 2012
The Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority (Anchorage) awarded $86,339 to support 11 programs throughout Alaska.
Medical Homes 101
First championed by the American Academy of Pediatrics more than 40 years ago, the medical home is a team-based health care delivery model led by a physician that provides comprehensive, continuous, and coordinated primary and preventive medical care to patients.
GIH Bulletin: May 2012
Austin-Bailey Health and Wellness Foundation (Canton, OH) approved grants totaling $189,250 to eight nonprofit organizations located in Holmes, Stark, Tuscarawas, and Wayne counties in Ohio.
2012 Terrance Keenan Award Speech
The following remarks are excerpted from Margaret O’Bryon’s acceptance speech upon receiving The Terrance Keenan Leadership Award in Health Philanthropy on March 8, 2012.
Elder Abuse: Opportunities to Make a Difference
In the past several decades, remarkable strides have been made in addressing the devastating issue of interpersonal violence—both child abuse and neglect, as well as intimate partner violence. Sadly, however, the issue of elder abuse lags behind these advances.