GIH Bulletin: October 2009
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.
Not Your Usual Flu: Preparing Communities for H1N1 and the Fall Flu Season
Each fall, influenza sickens millions of Americans and causes approximately 36,000 deaths. This year, however, could be much worse as scientists and public health experts anticipate that H1N1 influenza will reemerge, perhaps in a more virulent form.
GIH Bulletin: September 2009
To be more environmentally conscious and cost-effective, GIH will start distributing the GIH Bulletin electronically.
GIH Bulletin: August 2009
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.
The Cost of Chronic Disease
Health care costs are a major concern in the current political debate around health care reform. In 2007 the United States spent $2.24 trillion (15.2 percent of gross domestic product) on health care. Studies have shown that 75 percent of the rise in health care spending is due to the rise in prevalence of treated chronic disease.
GIH Bulletin: July 2009
BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina Foundation (Columbia) approved more than $1.5 million in grants for health programs in South Carolina.
A Profile of Foundations Created from Health Care Conversions
This report is the tenth in the GIH series that tracks and reports on the emergence and activities of health foundations formed from transactions involving hospitals, health plans, or health systems. The survey of foundations created from health care conversions collects basic information regarding the year of transaction, geographic location, assets, tax status, and focus of grantmaking.