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Stanford Social Innovation Review: Healthy Eating, Active Living

This Grantmakers In Health supplement to the Stanford Social Innovation Review provides a snapshot of the latest thinking from health funders, researchers, and advocates on healthy eating and active living (HEAL) and healthy communities.

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Dollar Stores’ Growing Impact on Local Food Environments

This webinar discussed the expansion of dollar stores and how funders might start to address the challenges that they present.

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Boosting Philanthropic Investment in Healthy Food in Tribal Communities

Tribal communities in America receive only about a half percent of all philanthropic giving, and the total dollar amount of grantmaking in these communities by large philanthropic foundations actually declined by 29 percent ($35 million) from 2006 to 2014 according to a report by First Nations Development Institute. Additionally, only a small portion of those grant dollars go to Native-controlled organizations.

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What’s Coming Up in 2019 for GIH and Health Philanthropy?

In 2019, there are several trends we will be following. These trends show that, in general, funders are grappling with the changing environments of service delivery, health in communities, and organizational effectiveness.

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HEAL Funder Learning Community Meeting #3

This third convening of the GIH HEAL Learning Community was held September 24-25, 2018 in Richmond, Virginia.

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Replicating Global Maternal and Child Health Innovations in the United States

This webinar taught participants about domestic maternal and child health innovations adapted from global initiatives.

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2018 GIH Annual Conference on Health Philanthropy

The 2018 GIH Annual Conference on Health Philanthropy was held from June 20 – 22, 2018 in Chicago, Illinois.

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Innovations in the Field of Food is Medicine

Cosponsored with Funders Concerned About AIDS Providing healthy, nutritionally appropriate food to prevent or address specific health conditions is a rapidly growing and evolving field. This webinar was about the latest innovations and leadership efforts in the “Food is Medicine” movement, including Community Servings’ launch of the Massachusetts Food is Medicine State Plan and the…

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When Hospitals Deliver More Than Health Care

This webinar was a conversation with Randy Oostra, President and CEO of ProMedica, about how health systems translate understanding about the social determinants of health into action.

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HEAL Learning Community Call 1.24.18

Listen to the Jan 24, 2018 HEAL Learning Community call.

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