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Centering Health EquityAuthor: Maria Hernandez and Duane Reynolds
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Foundations Respond to Health Equity Backlash
Tuesday, 15 September, 2026
In this episode of Centering Health Equity, we were joined by Dr. Giridhar Mallya of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Dr. Karen McNeil-Miller of the Colorado Health Foundation to explore how philanthropy is responding to federal funding cuts, growing resistance to health equity initiatives, and the resulting challenges facing public health and community-based organizations. The conversation examines the real-world consequences of reduced funding, including lost research data, diminished healthcare access, and threats to trusted community programs, while highlighting how foundations, nonprofits, and legal advocates are sustaining essential services through collaboration, strategic funding, legal support, and narrative change.
