What Are Foundations and Others Doing to Help Veterans, Service Members, and...
News coverage around the recent Memorial Day holiday reminded us of the sacrifices veterans have made. Here is just a sampling of what foundations are doing to help them, our military, and their...
View ArticlePost on the RWJF’s Use of Social Media Leads GrantWatch Blog’s 2011 Most-Read...
We compiled a list of the most-read posts during 2011, in case you missed any of these. The most-read GrantWatch Blog post in 2011 was on the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s skill at using social...
View ArticleChallenging the Policy of Disdain for Chronically Homeless People
Foundations should provide leadership in programming and advocacy for this population. In the early 1990s, there was a movie entitled Dave. Kevin Kline stars in it as the head of an employment agency...
View ArticleEver Thought about Working in Health Philanthropy? More Openings to Check Out.
If you are taking some time off this week for Easter or Passover, you may want to dust off that resumé and apply for one of these positions. I have included a few interesting points about each...
View ArticleFoundation Funding to Eliminate Food Deserts and to Improve Oral Health
The May GrantWatch column in Health Affairs focuses on efforts of foundations around the United States to address the problems of ‘food deserts’—low-income communities where there are limited locations...
View ArticleMental Health: What Are Foundations Funding?
My GrantWatch column in the September issue of Health Affairs, “Mental Health: What Foundations Are Funding,” provides a snapshot of foundation efforts around the country to help people who suffer from...
View ArticleWhat are Foundations Doing to Help Veterans?
Veterans Day is Sunday, November 11, and for some of us, Monday, November 12, is a public holiday. In observation of this day honoring the many veterans in the United States—who have served in the...
View ArticlePeople Post: News of Personnel Changes, Awards in the Foundation World,...
Happy Holidays to all from GrantWatch Blog! Mark Carter, CEO of Passport Health Plan, has been named to the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky’s board of directors. Passport is a “local nonprofit...
View ArticleNew in the Journal: “Foundation Support for Mental Health” GrantWatch column
May is Mental Health Month, according to a Mental Health America press release. So, the newest GrantWatch column serendipitously came out just at the right time! In the just-released May 2014 issue of...
View ArticleHow Foundations Are Helping Veterans and Military Service Members and Their...
If you have been following recent news reports, you’ve heard about the allegations that veterans have not been getting the health care that they need. Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric Shinseki, not...
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