EHF has received a $20 million investment from national philanthropist MacKenzie Scott that will further the foundation’s important work to improve health, not just health care in Texas.

Episcopal Health Foundation’s Board of Directors has selected Dr. Ann Barnes as its next president and CEO.  Currently, Dr. Barnes is the Chief Health Officer and Senior Vice President for Harris Health System in Houston. Barnes will officially assume the role on October 3. Barnes joins EHF after almost 20 years of going beyond the

$21+ million in grants will fund innovative projects helping clinics and organizations go beyond the doctor’s office, focus on non-medical causes of poor health like food insecurity, poverty, unsafe housing, and more.

A large majority of Texans say it’s very important for candidates to address issues that make health care more affordable, and more than half say state lawmakers should increase state spending on health care. Those are just some the results of a new statewide Episcopal Health Foundation (EHF) health policy poll on health care access and affordability in Texas.

Episcopal Health Foundation announced today that Elena Marks, the organization’s founding President and CEO, will retire in 2022 upon selection of her successor.

Your Shot Texas is investing more than $1.1 million to help community-based organizations increase access to COVID-19 vaccines, battle hesitancy, and make sure communities that have been hit hardest by the virus have an equal shot to get vaccinated. Many of these latest grants are going to groups helping get solid information to parents about

Half of Texans say they’ve suffered financially because of COVID-19 and for many groups the economic impact is severe. Those are just some of the findings from Episcopal Health Foundation’s latest 2021 statewide survey on the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic across the state. The survey was conducted in November 2021 before the omicron variant

While most large Texas cities are served by one public health agency, the presence of two health departments in the Houston area — one run by Harris County and one by the city — creates confusion and inefficiencies that could be reduced if they collaborated in a new way. That’s just one of the takeaways