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Nothing focuses the mind more than knowing your time is limited. Like a small but growing number of foundations, the Kendeda Fund will sunset at the end of 2023, concluding…

To understand exactly how the business of health grantmaking shifted during COVID-19, Jennifer Chubinski and Allen Smart conducted in-depth interviews with health foundation leaders from around the country to learn what changed in their grantmaking strategies…

There’s a rule of thumb that rainfall intensity increases by about 7% per degree Celsius as temperatures rise. But the increase is much higher in the mountains, scientists found.

In the weeks since the 2023 Grantmakers In Health conference in Minneapolis, where we gathered as a community of grantmakers seeking to advance health equity, I have been reminded often of the inspiring and encouraging conversations we had by an envelope of Post-It Notes sitting on my desk.

Clark & Pace: Navigating attacks and strengthening curriculum in the face of culture wars and bans on teaching about race, gender and sexuality.

Efforts to rectify this inequity and lead to a more equitable distribution of resources must encompass various strategies. Here are a few worth highlighting.

Desert dust storms are increasingly picking up materials like sewage, herbicides and other human-made waste and transporting them on tiny particles that are easy to inhale.

Many people with sickle cell disease don’t receive adequate treatment to ease their pain and are subjected to racial discrimination and stigmatization.

Engineers spend much of their time absorbed in the technical aspects of problems, whether they’re designing the next generation of smartphones or building a subway. As recent news stories attest,…

Around the world, intersectional movements for social justice are often being led by Black women from all backgrounds guided by feminist principles. From Sudan to Brazil, Black feminists are at…

Despite successes, these centers struggle. (Photo by Jordan Whitt, Unsplash) Even with higher success rates, family-based residential addict…

Schools regularly serve as sites for learning, as well as hubs for community safety when disaster strikes. Here’s how they’re changing to beat heat, …