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Letter from the President, Views from the Field, Grantmaker Focus, and more…
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September 2022
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Last month I had the distinct pleasure of visiting Georgia and North Carolina with key partners in rural health. Our “rural road trip” was a refreshing journey that provided inspiration for philanthropy’s work and a reminder that ensuring better health for all must engage all rural communities. |
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VIEWS FROM THE FIELD
Centering Racial Justice to Address Climate Change: Learning What it Takes
Erica Browne, DrPH, MPH, Program Officer, The Kresge Foundation
In 2018, the Kresge Foundation launched the Climate Change, Health, and Equity (CCHE) initiative as a 5-year, $22 million commitment to accelerate action on climate change and climate-related inequities in health. Since its inception, the CCHE network has worked in distinct, yet aligned strategies that focus on health institutions, practitioner and professional societies, and community-based organizations. The priority was to bring together diverse grant-funded partners at different points along their equity journey, with initiative partners providing evaluation, technical assistance, and support to sustain the network.
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VIEWS FROM THE FIELD
Children’s Environmental Health Day: Actions Needed Now to Protect Our Children’s Health
Lendri Purcell, Co-President, Jonas Philanthropies; President, Families Advocating for Chemical and Toxics Safety (FACTS)
It has been over a decade since the World Health Organization raised the alarm that chronic diseases—including cardiovascular, cancer, diabetes, obesity, and metabolic syndrome—are rapidly becoming an epidemic in developed nations, and increasingly, in developing nations. Escalating rates of neurocognitive, metabolic, autoimmune, and cardiovascular diseases cannot be solely attributed to lifestyle, genetics, and nutrition. Prenatal, early life, and ongoing exposures, along with bio-accumulative toxicants, are playing a large role in the increased incidence of chronic disease. In fact, we need only look at the statistics to see that chronic disease rates in children are on the rise, and this can often be linked to toxic exposures.
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VIEWS FROM THE FIELD
Rhode Island’s Health Equity Zones: Rethinking Community Investing to Create Measurable, Sustainable Gains in Health Equity
Christopher J. Ausura, Co-Director, Health Equity Institute, Rhode Island Department of Health
In 2015 the Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) launched a project called the Health Equity Zones (HEZ) initiative, with the goal of creating a new public health approach. Rather than prioritizing specific health outcomes, Rhode Island’s HEZ initiative was designed to shift investments upstream to improve the social, environmental, and economic determinants of health by intentionally investing in community infrastructure and resident empowerment. The HEZ initiative has grown over the past seven years to become an internationally recognized model for operationalizing health equity, and during that time we have learned a lot about the role of community investments and how our approach needs to be rethought if we are truly going to invest in health equity.
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VIEWS FROM THE FIELD
Strengthening Social Connection and Opportunities in Rural Communities
Abena Asante, Senior Program Officer, St. David’s Foundation
William Moore, Principal, The Strategy Group and Senior Fellow Midwest Center for Nonprofit Leadership
This brief describes an unfolding learning journey intended to strengthen social connection, resident voice, and agency to address inequities in rural health and well-being. Along the way, we have come to realize the important lessons for each of our institutions and ways in which we are better off for having taken this approach to our work.
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GIH NEWS
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Register Now for the 2022 GIH Fall Forum
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The 2022 Grantmakers In Health Fall Forum will provide policy-engaged funders with information on current issues, access to leading thinkers, and connections with grantmaking peers. This year’s theme is Better Health Policy Through Stronger Communities, and the forum will feature programming focused on what funders can do to strengthen community engagement, advance LGBTQ health equity, and support policies to achieve better health for all.
The Fall Forum will be held on November 16 - 18, 2022 in Washington, D.C. at the Hilton Washington DC National Mall The Wharf hotel. Learn more and register now
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Save the Date: 2023 GIH Annual Conference
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We are excited to announce that the 2023 GIH annual conference, Advancing Philanthropy’s Commitment to the Long Game, will be held on June 7 - 9, 2023 in Minneapolis, Minnesota at Hilton Minneapolis. Every year, GIH brings together the bright minds, seasoned experts, and innovative practitioners working in health philanthropy today. More details will be announced in the coming weeks.
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Cara V. James in Inside Philanthropy: Funders Send a Message to Biden on Hunger and Health |
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Grantmakers In Health President and CEO Cara V. James was quoted in an August 30, 2022 Inside Philanthropy article about a recent letter that GIH, along with The Funders Network, Grantmakers for Education, Native Americans in Philanthropy, and 49 other organizations in philanthropy sent to the Biden administration in support of the upcoming White House Conference on Food, Nutrition, and Health. Read the full article on the Inside Philanthropy website (subscription required).
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PHILANTHROPY
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Grants & Programs
The Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Foundation (Detroit, MI) • Foundation for a Healthy Highpoint (Highpoint, NC) • Foundation for Opioid Response Efforts (New York, NY)
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Transitions and Appointments
Ann Barnes and Elena Marks (Episcopal Health Foundation) • Nancy Heaton (Foundation for Community Health) • Christina Mathews (Point32Health Foundation) • Becky Payne, Laura Landy, and Alan Lieber (The Fannie E. Rippel Foundation) • Dr. Ken Shatzkes (FORE) • Carolyn Wang Kong (Blue Shield of California Foundation)
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