GIH Bulletin

The Centene Foundation for Quality Healthcare (St. Louis, MO) awarded a $25,000 grant to Madison County Community Health Centers, Inc. (Alexandria, IN) to support the School-Based Health Clinic

Austin-Bailey Health and Wellness Foundation (Canton, OH) awarded grants totaling $197,490 to 14 organizations that address the health and wellness of local residents.

The Blue Foundation for a Healthy Florida, Inc. (Jacksonville) awarded a $100,000 grant to the Orange County Health Department (Orlando, FL) for a program to educate and link pre-conceptual and pregnant women to local health clinics for oral health services.

Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation (Pittsburgh, PA) made three grants totaling $345,000 to organizations with health and human services programs that benefit residents of West Virginia and southwestern Pennsylvania.

The Atlantic Philanthropies (New York, NY) awarded a $3.5-million grant to Boston College’s Center for the Study of Home and Community Life (Boston, MA).

The 2009 GIH Annual Meeting on Health Philanthropy Seeing the Future with 20/20 Vision will take place in a fitting location: New Orleans, Louisiana.

Seeing the Future with 20/20 Vision will feature more breakout sessions, site visits, and networking opportunities than ever before.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota Foundation (Eagan) awarded state-based organizations a total of $450,000 in grants under two initiatives focused on improving health in Minnesota – Growing Up Healthy: Kids and Communities and Healthy Together: Creating Community with New Americans.