Letter from the President, Views from the Field, Grantmaker Focus, and more…
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April 2020
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Philanthropy has a critical role to play in ensuring that health disparities are acknowledged and addressed during this crisis and throughout the recovery process.
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As the novel coronavirus races across the globe, health funders are urgently preparing for and responding to COVID-19 in the communities they serve.
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COVID-19 is unmasking our shortcomings, gaps, disinvestments, disparities, inequities, and discrimination towards each other. Because COVID-19 is now so pervasive, this unmasking is playing out in multiple arenas
simultaneously. One of the major ones is behavioral health.
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Relationships between health care institutions and networks of community-based organizations can improve health outcomes, but what does it really cost, and who should pay?
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“We have learned that case management and supportive services, along with assistance navigating access to affordable health care, are vital to improving the ability of those who are homeless, or at risk of becoming homeless,
to find and maintain stable housing. With this new focus, we can experiment with funding novel and creative approaches to the safety net of housing and health care services available in our community.”
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GIH NEWS
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An Update on the GIH Annual Conference
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Due to recent COVID-19 developments, GIH has made the difficult decision to cancel our 2020 Annual Conference on Health Philanthropy, scheduled for June 17-19 in Minneapolis. To learn more, click here.
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PHILANTHROPY @ WORK
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COVID-19 Grants
GIH's new roundup provides information on the latest grantmaking around COVID-19.
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Grants & Programs
AstraZeneca HealthCare Foundation (Wilmington, DE) • Foundation for Opioid Response Efforts (New York, NY) • John A. Hartford Foundation • The Minneapolis Foundation (Minneapolis, MN)
• Obici Healthcare Foundation (Suffolk, VA) • Pottstown Area Health & Wellness Foundation (Pottstown, PA)
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Transitions
Katherine Fritz and Sheldon Weisgrau (Missouri Foundation for Health) • Irene Frye and Mary O’Donnell (RRF Foundation for Aging) • Dr. Ian Greaves (Northern Virginia Health
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