Power to the People: Advancing Impact Through Participatory Budgeting
Who is best positioned to determine how health funding should be allocated? At the Community Health Commission of Missouri (CHCM), we believe the answer is clear: the people most affected by health disparities.
Philanthropy, Stewarding a Just America
In a time of intensive action to dismantle policies and practices that protect the well-being of all Americans, where chaos is the principal strategy to overthrow the will of and care for the American people, philanthropy must remain rooted in what is legally and morally right.
How Pew Is Learning to Improve Health Policy
Antibiotics revolutionized medical treatment and are a cornerstone of modern health care. However, the global rise of antibiotic-resistant bacteria is making infections costlier and deadlier. After a 2008 report commissioned by The Pew Charitable Trusts highlighted these concerns, the organization invested in multiple projects to set limits on the use of antibiotics and to spur the development of new drugs.
NY Health Foundation: January 2024
Although New York has one of the lowest veteran suicide rates in the nation, suicide remains a persistent challenge. Recent data shows that the rate has remained stubbornly high over the last 10 years despite numerous federal, State, and local investments in prevention efforts. A new NYHealth Foundation snapshot shows trends from 2012–2021, using the latest available data.
The Blue Cross Blue Shield Foundation of Massachusetts: January 2024
Blue Cross Blue Shield Foundation of Massachusetts partnered with Manatt Health to develop a vision, framework, and proposed statewide Health Equity Action Plan that offers an organizing structure, process, and set of practical steps for collectively achieving a racially and ethnically equitable health care delivery system in Massachusetts.
Blue Shield of California Foundation: January 2024
Lack of paid family caregiving and medical leave policy at the national level makes the United States a global outlier. In the absence of a national guarantee, more than a dozen states have passed and implemented necessary paid family and medical leave.
Philanthropy @ Work – Grants and Programs – January 2024
The latest on grants and programs from the field.