Media & Communications
Media Contact
Karen Ager, Director of Communications
603-228-2448 X2 • kager@endowmentforhealth.org
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Media Relations: We will be happy to arrange interviews with various subject matter experts for journalists who are covering health and health care stories as well as articles about philanthropy. Members of the Endowment team are also available to work with journalists as they compile background information and research on various health-related topics. Please call or email to make arrangements.
Press Releases
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October 14, 2021
Endowment for Health Appoints Board Chair; Elects New Member
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July 30, 2021
Endowment for Health Awarded More than $3.4 Million Since Pandemic Began
The Endowment for Health awarded more than $3.4 million in grants since the start of the pandemic, supporting a wide array of projects focused on communities and organizations working to alleviate the health, social and economic impacts of COVID-19. Resources helped to address complex social problems that were intensified over the past 16 months, including strengthening the mental health support network, suicide prevention, resources for families with young children, health care workforce stabilization, and championing the work of New Hampshire’s public health professionals.
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December 16, 2019
Endowment for Health Awards More than $3 Million in Grants for Calendar Year 2019
“The Endowment’s field-building strategy continues to support the work of coalitions and advocacy efforts aimed at driving systems change,” said Endowment for Health Chief Financial Officer Sue Fulton. “Over the past year, the Endowment awarded 77 grants to 40 organizations with an average grant size of more than $39,000,” she said, adding that the Endowment’s support goes beyond grantmaking or dollar size.
In the News
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June 22, 2022
Shortage of health care workers persists – but now there’s a plan to address the problem
Two years in the making, Giving Care: A Strategic Plan to Expand and Support New Hampshire’s Health Care Workforce has both immediate and long-term recommendations, some requiring policy changes or new funding, and others calling for collaboration among stakeholders and the creation of a central repository for the state’s scattered workforce data. Endowment for Health Program Director Kim Firth is interviewed about this action-oriented plan in New Hampshire Bulletin.
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March 8, 2021
Ned Helms & Betsy Paine: Connecting with neighbors strengthens democracy
EH Board members Ned Helms and Betsy Paine ask their fellow Granite Staters an important question in this Union Leader opinion piece: What kind of democracy do we believe in? A selective one or an expansive one?
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October 15, 2020
Embracing a Future Focus on Health
Endowment for Health President Dr. Yvonne Goldsberry discusses equity and health as she describes efforts in New Hampshire to engage residents in envisioning the future of health. The aspirations of Granite Staters are feeding into a national strategy to set the course for the future of health 30 years from now and beyond.