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Letter from the President, Views from the Field, Grantmaker Focus, and more…
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August 2022
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It was so wonderful to see everyone in Miami at the 2022 Grantmakers In Health annual conference, especially those who joined us for the first time, and to learn more about the work you are doing to achieve better health for all through better philanthropy. The conference occurred at an important moment for our country. As Admiral Rachel Levine, U.S. Assistant Secretary for Health, said during our strategy session on advancing LGBTQ health equity “even after decades of social progress, the most vulnerable among us continue to suffer.” The conference provided an opportunity for us to reconnect, to reflect on the considerable health challenges facing the United States, and to learn and grow together as we explore and share solutions.
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VIEWS FROM THE FIELD
Activating the Potential of Residents to Lead Community Transformation, Collaboratively
Annie Martinie, Director of Collaboration and Senior Program Officer, Danville Regional Foundation
Tim Schwantes, Senior Project Officer, Healthy Places by Design
Liz Weaver, Co-CEO, Tamarack Institute; Director, Tamarack Learning Centre
In 2019, the Virginia-based Danville Regional Foundation (DRF) set a new strategic vision—to help more people believe in the transformation of the region and embrace their role in achieving it. A region formerly dominated by tobacco and textiles, the Dan River Region has made great strides toward reinvention. DRF recognized that increasing collaboration and building the civic capacity of the region would be critical to its economic transformation.
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VIEWS FROM THE FIELD
Achieving Racial Justice and Health Equity Through Housing Justice
Amanda Andere, Chief Executive Officer, Funders Together to End Homelessness
Jeanne Fekade-Sellassie, Executive Director, Funders for Housing and Opportunity
Having a stable, safe, and affordable place to call home impacts our ability to be healthy. But because America’s foundational housing policies and systems intentionally excluded Black, Indigenous, and other people of color, far too many people in our nation are at risk of poorer health because a home is out of reach.
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VIEWS FROM THE FIELD
Lessons from a Long Season of Disaster Response
Michael Tipton, President, BCBSLA Foundation
By the time this article is published, we’ll be marking several anniversaries of devastating natural disasters in Louisiana, all of which arrived late in summer. Hurricanes Katrina and Rita infamously decimated the Southern Louisiana area in 2005. Fifteen years later, in the span of just two consecutive summers, Hurricanes Laura, Delta, Zeta, and Ida battered a weary state still mired in the thick of COVID-19.
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“No one strategy is sufficient to reach people from underserved communities who are living with diseases like cancer, diabetes, and HIV/AIDS with the high-quality health care they deserve. That’s why the Merck Foundation has focused on making longer-term and more flexible philanthropic investments that support an array of promising and comprehensive approaches. Further, collaboration is critical to tackle complex health disparities and build healthier communities. Through our initiatives, we bring together health care providers, community leaders, and academics from across the United States and around the world to test and expand innovative solutions to improve the delivery of health care in their communities.”
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GIH NEWS
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Call for GIH Board Nominations
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Grantmakers In Health is seeking nominations by Friday, September 23, 2022, for its board of directors for terms beginning in March 2023. Self-nominations are welcome. The board continues to be interested in recruiting candidates from diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds—including Indigenous and tribal communities—and from different types of grantmaking institutions. This year, the board is also interested in candidates with expertise in fundraising and revenue generation for nonprofit associations; health equity, racial equity, and social justice; state and national health policy; community engagement and empowerment; communications; and data analysis. |
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Community Change Experience
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The Community Change Experience is a three-day event to be held on October 24 - 27 in Delray Beach, Florida, designed for community engagers, practitioners, and innovators from across the country to come together and share ideas, successes, and failures, and then apply this learning to community change work where they live. Hosts include the EJS Project, Palm Health Foundation, Tamarack Institute, and Tenacious Change.
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Trust-Based Philanthropy is Grounded in Mutual Accountability and Learning
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A new article by Jennifer Zimmerman, Vice President of Evaluation and Impact at bi3—a GIH Funding Partner and grantmaking initiative based in Cincinnati, Ohio—shows how applying a trust-based philanthropy lens helps funders capture the full impact of grants.
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PHILANTHROPY
@ WORK
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Grants & Programs
Archstone Foundation (Long Beach, CA) • Blue Shield of California Foundation (San Francisco, CA) • The California Endowment (Los Angeles, CA) • The Convergence Partnership (New York, NY) • The Foundation for a Healthy High Point (High Point, NC) • The John A. Hartford Foundation (New York, NY) • Health Foundation for Western and Central New York (Buffalo, NY) • Health Foundation of Central Massachusetts (Worcester, MA) • Jewish Healthcare Foundation (Pittsburgh, PA) • RRF Foundation for Aging (Chicago, IL)
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Transitions and Appointments
Craig Demchak and Arin Gencer (The Weinberg Foundation) • Brenda Goins (Salem Health and Wellness Foundation) • Ira Kaplan (Mt. Sinai Health Foundation) • Brenda McDuffie and Sucharita Paul (Health Foundation for Western & Central New York) • Dr. Donald Neel, John Parker, and Marcie Timmerman (Foundation for Health Kentucky) • Jasmine Hall Ratliff (Missouri Foundation for Health) • Adriana Rocha (Neighborhood Funders Group)
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Awards
The California Endowment (Los Angeles, CA) • John A. Hartford Foundation
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