Episcopal Health Foundation

10/13/2026

Good ideas for improving health in Texas need more than funding. They need the right opportunity to move forward.

EHF's new 2027 Cycle 1 Grant Guidance outlines where we're looking to invest - from strengthening comprehensive care and community leadership to helping more Texans access and use health insurance coverage and other health-related benefits. We're also looking for ideas that address food and nutrition security, maternal health, and diabetes prevention.

Connect with an EHF Program Officer, review the funding opportunities in our Grant Guidance, and start planning your Letter of Inquiry. New applicants can register now for access to EHF's online Grants Portal.

Letter of Inquiry submissions open November 9 and are due by 5pm November 30.

Learn more: https://www.episcopalhealth.org/grantmaking/

2027 Cycle 1 Grant Opportunties The application process for Episcopal Health Foundation's first grant cycle of 2027 begins now!EHF has released its 2027 Cycle 1 Grant Guidance, giving organizations time to review the funding opportunities and connect with a Program Officer to discuss their proposed....

10/12/2026

Tomorrow, we're showing you how to turn Texas health data into information you can use to identify barriers, support your work, and help make decisions in your community.

Join EHF Tuesday, October 13 at 11am for a live demonstration of our new interactive Texas Health Tracking Poll website.

We'll show you how to explore the latest findings, compare results across different groups, uncover connections between different factors, and create customized information sheets to use.

Register here: https://episcopalhealth-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_53DsRJS9Svi7SA3lfHkrqA

10/08/2026

What is EHF doing in North Texas, and why does our work matter to the health of communities across the region?

At this week's Texas Tribune 2027 Texas Legislature preview event in Fort Worth, EHF CEO Dr. Ann Barnes introduced our work to an audience of local leaders and shared how we're using grantmaking, research, data, and policy to remove barriers to better health.

From supporting innovative efforts like the North Texas Maternal Health Accelerator to using research and polling to inform policy decisions, EHF is working with partners across Tarrant and 23 other North Texas counties to address the non-medical factors that affect health.

Watch Ann's remarks to learn more about EHF's work and impact in North Texas.

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10/07/2026

New EHF grant opportunities for 2027 are here.

EHF has released our 2027 Cycle 1 Grant Guidance, launching the first competitive grant cycle for next year.

This cycle includes opportunities focused on Strengthening Comprehensive Care, Activating Community Voices, and Maximizing Connections to Health Coverage and Benefits, along with specific strategies in food and nutrition security, maternal health, and diabetes prevention.

The Letter of Inquiry (LOI) submission period opens Nov. 9, but organizations can get started now. Review the new guidance, connect with an EHF Program Officer, and, if you’re a first-time applicant, register for access to our online Grants Portal.

LOIs are due by 5 p.m. on Nov. 30.

See what EHF is looking to fund in 2027 and learn how to apply: https://www.episcopalhealth.org/grantmaking/

10/06/2026

The barriers affecting Texans’ health rarely happen one at a time. EHF’s new Texas Health Tracking Poll website is helping show how they overlap.

The interactive site brings together eight years of statewide polling and every question and result from the 2025 poll. The numbers reveal important connections between health care costs, food affordability, chronic conditions, health insurance coverage, and the resources available in communities.

For example, 57% of Texas households affected by or say they can’t afford balanced meals. Food-insecure Texans are also more than 4.5 times as likely to have medical bill problems as those who are food secure.

Take a look and create your own customized information sheet at EHF’s Texas Health Tracking Poll website - https://texaspoll.episcopalhealth.org/

10/01/2026

Join us for a closer look at what Texans are saying about health and the barriers getting in the way.

On October 13 at 11 a.m., we'll go over the new Texas Health Tracking Poll interactive website. We’ll show how to explore results across different groups, uncover connections between barriers to health, compare findings over eight years, and create customized information sheets to use in your own work.

See what the numbers say and how you can put it to work.

Register: https://episcopalhealth-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_53DsRJS9Svi7SA3lfHkrqA #/registration

09/30/2026

EHF’s new Texas Health Tracking Poll website is helping uncover important connections in the annual poll data and giving us a more complete picture of the barriers affecting Texans’ health.

One example is diabetes. Nearly half of Texas households include someone with diabetes or prediabetes, and the statewide poll shows 57% of those households say they can’t afford balanced meals. The new poll also found that communities without adequate grocery stores have a prediabetes rate 8 percentage points higher than communities with adequate grocery access.

Looking across the numbers this way helps show how food affordability, access, and chronic conditions are connected. It also helps identify where removing barriers and focusing on prevention could make a difference before health problems become more serious.

See what the new data shows about and food affordability: https://www.episcopalhealth.org/enews/new-ehf-poll-shows-connection-between-diabetes-and-food-affordability-in-texas/

More than half of Texas households affected by diabetes or prediabetes say they can’t afford balanced meals, showing how access to healthy food can become a barrier to managing chronic disease.

09/29/2026

Cost is getting in the way of health for millions of Texans, but it’s rarely the only barrier they face. EHF’s annual statewide poll and new interactive website show how health care costs, food insecurity, chronic health conditions, and other challenges are connected.

The site brings together years of polling and lets you see the latest results across different populations, regions, income levels, health insurance coverage, and other factors. Users can also create customized information sheets with charts, statistics, quotes, and notes to download and share.

“When someone tells us they skipped care because of cost, that's rarely the only thing happening in that household,” said Dr. Ann Barnes, EHF's president and CEO. “The same family may be short on groceries and sitting on a medical bill they can't pay. This website is the first time we can show those things together instead of one at a time, and that's information decision makers can use to change systems and remove barriers that are preventing good health.”

The latest findings show why those connections matter. While six in 10 Texans skip care because of cost, food-insecure Texans are more than 4.5 times as likely to have medical bill problems as those who are food secure. And 93% of Texas adults say their community is missing at least one important resource people need to be healthy.

Read more and take a look at the new Texas Health Tracking Poll website: https://www.episcopalhealth.org/enews/new-explore-ehfs-interactive-texas-health-tracking-poll-website/

See the latest statewide findings, uncover connections among the barriers affecting Texans’ health, compare results over time, and use the data to create information tailored to your work.

09/28/2026

Improving health means addressing the barriers outside the doctor’s office that shape whether people and communities can be healthy. That includes economic barriers and whether communities have the resources and investment they need to thrive.

That’s why EHF brought 40 people from congregations and community organizations to Galveston for the recent Neighborhood Economics Conference.

EHF's Eric Moen and Willie Bennett along with other partners helped lead sessions on faith-based organizing for economic justice and how congregations can work alongside communities to address economic challenges. EHF's Susybelle Gosslee also helped introduce the Texas Impact Capital Alliance (TICA), a new statewide effort to help smaller community organizations access new sources of investment to support their work in areas like housing, food access, and community economic development.

It’s all connected to EHF’s Community and Congregational Engagement work: bringing people together, strengthening community leadership, and exploring new ways to remove barriers to better health.

09/25/2026

Get to Steppin’!

We spend a lot of time at EHF talking about ways to help people live their healthiest lives. Our Smiles & Miles program gives us a chance to put some of that into practice ourselves.

For three months, EHF staff are taking on different challenges designed to get us moving more, trying new activities, and doing it together.

This week, we took it to the stairwells with music, encouragement, and plenty of steps.

It’s a simple idea: make it easier and more fun to move more during the day.