How Robert Wood Johnson’s Centering Communities in Health Research
The foundation's ongoing efforts to cultivate community input extend to the research realm, including through a new $20 million partnership with the American Heart... Read more.
Open Philanthropy Tackles the “Low-Hanging Fruit” in Public Health
Cari Tuna and Dustin Moskovitz's effective altruism-focused foundation looks for simple, low-cost answers to widespread global health problems — like lead exposure.... Read more.
Health Insurance Philanthropies Are Getting into the Impact Investing Game
We look at how insurers like Elevance Health are trying to shape community health and wellbeing through impact investments via their foundations.... Read more.
A Corporate Funder Aims to Open Up Medical Career Paths
Building on a health equity grant portfolio that expanded during COVID, the Siemens Foundation is targeting apprenticeship and career coaching, while also seeking... Read more.
How One Corporate Foundation Is Backing Maternal Health in the U.S. and Abroad
The newly formed GE HealthCare Foundation is hitting the ground running with grants focused on the U.S. and on work in Kenya and Indonesia. Building and training... Read more.
“Evidence to Action.” The Commonwealth Fund’s Evolving Approach to Healthcare Equity
Over a century old, the Commonwealth Fund is pursuing a distinctly contemporary goal these days: a more efficient healthcare system that delivers for the most vulnerable,... Read more.
How the de Beaumont Foundation Seeks to Forge Public-Private Partnerships for Health
Finding ways for the nonprofit health arena to team up with the private sector is a specialty of this public health-focused foundation. Here’s a look at how it... Read more.
MacKenzie Scott’s Open Call Awards Give Disability-Focused Nonprofits Breathing Space
Twenty-six gifts went out to nonprofits identifying disability as a focus area in Scott’s recently concluded open call. Leaders say the unrestricted awards give... Read more.
How Kellogg and Partner Philanthropies Are Funding in Haiti, a Country Beset by Crisis
Through the three-year, $90 million Pockets of Hope campaign, the W.K. Kellogg Foundation and several other funders want to change the narrative that backing systemic... Read more.
Who Is Funding Efforts to Support the Nation’s 1 Million Homeless Students?
Attending school while experiencing homelessness poses a mountain of obstacles for young people and their families. A handful of funders are backing efforts to help,... Read more.
To Start Children on the Right Path, Funders Seek to Strengthen Earliest Relationships
There’s a growing body of research showing that early childhood bonds have a profound impact on development and wellbeing. Foundations are working together in... Read more.
In Response to Violent Extremism, Some Funders Seek to Defuse Hate
Following disturbing acts of violence in recent years, some foundations are getting involved in anti-hate work, including efforts to curb division in American communities.... Read more.
Amid a Flurry of State Laws and Court Battles, New Funders Wade Into Pro-Democracy Litigation
Voters stood up to threats against democracy in the midterms, but the fight continues, including ongoing legal battles. Here are three funders who decided to back... Read more.
In a Post-Roe Era, Here’s How Packard Is Funding the Fight for Reproductive Freedom
The Packard Foundation has been funding reproductive rights and health for more than 50 years, and has awarded millions in additional emergency grants this year.... Read more.
