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Walking Through Truth: Indigenous Wisdom and Community Health Equity

Stanford Social Innovation Review

As a physician and public health professional, these formative traditional values and beliefs have guided my personal journey toward promoting equity. Races and ethnicities in the United States are defined by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). What’s In a Name? They had forgotten that the earth was their mother.

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Funding And Grant Resources For Nonprofits Focused On Mental Health

Bloomerang

According to The World Health Organization , of the 1 billion people around the world currently experiencing a mental disorder, more than 80% are without any form of quality, affordable care. And with the COVID-19 pandemic’s effect on mental health, there has never been a more important time than now to address mental health conditions. .

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Housing and Health: Creating Solutions With Communities

Stanford Social Innovation Review

In vibrant and thriving communities, people have the power and resources to realize their vision of health and well-being. The importance of housing as a social determinant of health has been well-documented by researchers and philanthropies alike. By Stacey Barbas , Kate McLaughlin , Jessica Mulcahy & Vedette R.

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How MacKenzie Scott Is Giving Her Money Away

NonProfit Quarterly

The total giving to date has been consistent with four priorities outlined by Scott in establishing the fund: Education, Equity & Justice, Economic Security & Opportunity, and Health. Comparing 2023 to prior years, giving to health increased, for example, while giving to education and arts and culture decreased.

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Advancing racial equity for effective environmental grantmaking 

Candid

Together, we are reducing the reporting burden on nonprofits and supporting the sector to better track funding disparities discernible in relation to race/ethnicity, gender, sexual identity, and ability status. EGA is also wasting no time to realize the potential of carefully collected data to advance racial equity in the field.

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How to Address the Maternal Mortality Crisis: A Conversation with Dorothy Cilenti

NonProfit Quarterly

To combat the maternal mortality crisis, over 150 maternal health experts came together to write The Practical Playbook III: Working Together to Improve Maternal Health. The book was published by the de Beaumont Foundation in partnership with the Maternal Health Learning & Innovation Center and Oxford University Press.

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Measure what matters: collect data with intention 

MNA Association

It can be a headache for staff, burdensome to program participants, and a source of ongoing frustration to organization leadership who just want to communicate the powerful work they know is happening(!!). Collecting data on race and ethnicity allows us to identify inequities and ensure more just programs and services.