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Letter from the President, Views from the Field, Grantmaker Focus, and more…
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JANUARY / FEBRUARY 2021
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Events over the last year put a spotlight on the significant health, economic, and social disparities in our country. In the few days that have elapsed in 2021, that spotlight has focused in on the division our country faces, fueled by mistrust.
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VIEWS FROM THE FIELD
Bringing "Invisible" Communities Out from the Shadows: A Community-Centered Approach
Maria Socorro Pesqueira, President, Healthy Communities Foundation
COVID-19 has not been an equal opportunity pandemic. It has impacted Latinx, Black, and Indigenous communities; immigrants, older adults, and the uninsured more profoundly than the general population. At the start of the public health crisis and several weeks after, the impact on these communities remained invisible with devastating health consequences.
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VIEWS FROM THE FIELD
Transforming Communities Through the Social Determinants of Health
Patrick McNamara, President and CEO, Palm Health Foundation
Abigail Goodwin, Vice President, Grants & Community Investments, Palm Health Foundation
Six years ago, Palm Health Foundation made a risky decision. Dissatisfied with the short-term gains of traditional responsive grantmaking, we launched the Healthier Together initiative in an effort to forge a deeper connection to community through the social determinants of health.
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“What’s exhilarating about being a new and nimble funder is that we are not entrenched in outdated philanthropic ways. Each day we build toward our values and aspirations with our practices.”
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GIH NEWS
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Save the Date for the 2021 GIH Annual Conference
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The 2021 GIH annual conference, "Building a Just and Equitable Future," will be held the week of June 7, 2021. Interested in attending? Registration will open in February. Interested in sponsorship opportunities? Please contact GIH Development Advisor Beth Harris at bharris@gih.org. Stay tuned for more information and save the date!
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GIH Announces New Board Members
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GIH is pleased to announce that Elizabeth Fowler, Maria Socorro Pesqueira, Qiana Thomason, Winston Wong, and Emily Yu have been elected to its board of directors. Their three-year terms begin in March 2021. To learn more, click here.
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Revisit Your 2020 Learning
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Thank you for another wonderful year with GIH! Revisit your learning and browse our collection of resources in our 2020 GIH Year in Review.
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PHILANTHROPY
@ WORK
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Transitions
Lisa Davis (Blue Shield of California Foundation) • Sarah Grymes (Dogwood Health Trust) • David Gilmore (The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation) • Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and Tufts Health Plan (Wellesley and Watertown, MA) • Curtis Holloman, MA, MBA, Dr. Harry R. Culp, and Lydia Lyon (Foundation for a Healthy High Point) • Shirley Kelly and Kelsey Shields (Mat-Su HealthFoundation) • Viviann Schorle (Phoenixville Community Health Foundation)
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Grants & Programs
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Foundation (Detroit, MI) • California Wellness Foundation (Los Angeles, CA) • The Cannon Foundation (Concord, NH) • Caring for Denver Foundation (Denver, CO) • The Foundation for a Healthy High Point (High Point, NC) • John A. Hartford Foundation (New York, NY) • Quantum Foundation (West Palm Beach, FL) • RCHN Community Health Foundation (New York, NY) • St. David’s Foundation (Austin, TX) • Tufts Health Plan Foundation (Watertown, MA) • The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation (Owings Mills, MD)
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COVID-19 Grants
Dogwood Health Trust (Asheville, NC) • Kansas Health Foundation (Wichita, KS) • Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust (Phoenix, AZ) • Tufts Health Plan Foundation (Watertown, MA)
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