Health Institutions Investing Upstream to Improve Community Health

Why Pioneering Health Institutions are Investing Upstream to Improve Community Health

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The Center for Community Investment works to ensure that all communities, especially those that have suffered from structural racism and policies that have left them economically and socially isolated, can unlock the capital they need to thrive.

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Recent Posts

Financing Community Health: Unlocking Investments to Address the Social Determinants of Health

Center for Community Investment Oct 21, 2019

Grants are magic. They can pay for all kinds of things that improve community health and well-being—salaries for community health workers, groceries for a food pantry, transit passes to access medical care, and housing vouchers.

A diverse group of people work together to paint a colorful mural

Putting Race, Gender, and Equity at the Heart of Community Development

Center for Community Investment Oct 15, 2019

Inequality and segregation are persistent and urgent challenges.

Joanna Trotter (far right) writes on a flipchart during a Elevated Chicago workshop

Interview with Fulcrum Fellow Joanna Trotter

Alex Castilla Sep 17, 2019

This week, we interviewed Fulcrum Fellow Joanna Trotter, Senior Director of Community Impact at The Chicago Community Trust (The Trust), a community