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Let’s Use Summer Months to Integrate Health Supports and School Services

Summer is a time when educators take stock of the past year and ready themselves for the school year ahead. It’s a critical period of reflection, learning, decision making, and intention setting. It’s also a time of inward focus for most schools—and that should change.

Academic... Read more

Board Member Reflections on the MetroWest Health Foundation’s Strategic Planning Process

For the past 20 years, the MetroWest Health Foundation has served as a catalyst for a healthy MetroWest region, providing over $5 million in annual financial support to meet the health needs of 25 communities in the MetroWest area of Massachusetts.

In 2017, recognizing the changing health... Read more

Discussing Systems Leadership with the Hunger to Health Collaboratory

This week, I was honored to participate in the Hunger to Health Collaboratory event at the Boston Public Library. This cross-sector effort is convening leaders from philanthropy, non-profit, education, health, private industry... Read more

Lessons on Implementing a New Strategic Plan from St. David’s Foundation

Becky Pastner and William Buster are leaders at St. David’s Foundation, the largest health-focused funder in Central Texas. I worked closely with Becky, the chief impact and metrics officer, and William, the executive vice president of community investments, when St. David’s Foundation... Read more

How the California Health Care Foundation is Closing the Innovation Gap

Despite being the nation's largest health insurer, Medicaid remains largely overlooked by investors and entrepreneurs, who typically focus on developing solutions for private and commercial customers. To improve both access to health care and the value of that care, the California Health Care... Read more

How Novo Nordisk is Shifting Harmful Social Norms in Obesity

Earlier this year, we facilitated a conversation at the Shared Value Leadership Summit with Novo Nordisk, ABinBev, and ActionSprout about how companies can create significant, lasting social change by ... Read more

The Power of Companies to Influence Social Norms

Companies are uniquely positioned to drive change around social norms by using their brand credibility, marketing expertise, reach, and access to key influencers, among other assets. Companies can create significant, lasting social change by shifting harmful social norms. But why should... Read more

How Funders Can Support Immigrant Communities in Today’s Environment: A Conversation with Farmworker Justice and Vista Community Clinic

In the months since the 2016 U.S. presidential election, the well-being of immigrant populations is a growing concern for city and state governments, civil society organizations, and private foundations. In February, over 200 foundation leaders signed a... Read more

How Foundation Leaders Can Create Impact in the Uncertain U.S. Health Landscape

These are uncertain times for the future of health in the U.S. The context continues to shift with amendments to the original failed American Health Care Act (AHCA) bill under constant discussion, and swirling speculation about a vote on a new bill this week before Congress goes on recess.... Read more

Kaiser Permanente’s Pam Schwartz on Becoming a Learning Organization

Like others in the social sector, I spend a lot of time thinking about hard questions: To what degree are we improving the lives of people in the communities we serve? How can we work more effectively? How can we ensure that our experiences last week, last year, and over the last decade help... Read more

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